gpk1972’s AchillesBlog

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Yeah, it seems like everyone starts using the crutches in the PWB stage but ends up ditching them fairly soon after. I probably used my mine more than most people because I really wanted my achilles ready for the FWB stage. You really will be amazed at how quickly you progress from here. Hang in there!

Cserpent gives good advice here. Just use the crutches until you only need one, then none. You’ll be surprised how quickly your body adjusts. You’ll probably be able to ditch the crutches soon.

Use the crutches to keep some weight off the foot and definitely take small steps! Take the smallest step you need to walk in the most normal way. It takes a while to get the flexibility back in the achilles and until then you’ll limp if your stride is too long. Focus on a normal gait and think about rolling the foot completely as you walk.

Glad you’re starting to see progress. Yes this is a slow road. And try not to overdue it. I did and now all my PT is on hold while I let the achilles calm down. Ah well I had things that I had to do last week and it involved a lot of standing/walking which was too much for my achilles to handle right now.

The shower stool is a great idea and I think it would help me get over my fear of hopping over the 4′” ledge to get into the walk in shower. I just imagine for some reason looking like the scene from Flashdance with the water on. Another item I purchased that is a huge help is what they call diabetic socks or wide socks. I purchased a pair at my local drug store and they fit comfortably over my ATR leg without discomfort that comes with the nightly swelling. They’re advertised on Amazon as Extra Wide Lightweight Cotton Comfort Fit Dress Socks (3pack). They cost about $20, but like I said they go on easy over the incision area and up to the knee with little or no compression felt. Very comfortable and easy to put on with trying to get sock to pass over the heel area.

The daily push-down/pull-up foot exercise are improving daily with additional motion gained per day. On day 1 I could barely get my foot to raise or lower, but today I get it to. Again without this blog I’d be aggravated, but knowing its a marathon and not a sprint I’m feeling good confidence wise. My only question is how long does it take for the calf

Yep that knee scooter is great. I ruptured on my other leg 20 years ago and was on crutches exclusively for my NWB days. The scooter was like a breath of fresh air.

I know this whole deal is a mental drain. A couple things that keep me up is that it does get better and you start to appreciate new freedom with each milestone. Also the situation could me so much worse. My neighbor tore his patella this summer and had his leg locked in a straight position for 12 weeks (yikes!)

Keep us posted please. Looking forward to seeing you progress!

Welcome to the club,even if it is a club you would never want to join. It’s a long haul, for sure, but there are important steps along the way where life does improve, like when you can go FWB, no crutches, and later in shoes, and driving (if indeed you aren’t driving yet).

Like you say, you got this. And it sounds like you have a good team helping you. My wife has been great. I can’t imagine how someone living alone could manage this.

If you don’t already have a shower stool you should get one ordered ASAP. You can kneel your ATR leg on it in the shower while you’re NWB and once you are PWB you can sit on it or kneel on it depending on how the foot is feeling and what you are allowed to do while unbooted. I never really had a problem getting in/out of the tub/shower. We had hand rails installed when my mom stayed with us after several surgeries so I would just put the good knee on the edge of the tub, grab the hand rail and swing the surgery leg to get it positioned on the shower stool.

And you have got this. The nerve tingling and pain will subside but it may take months. I’m past 3 months and still get some. I never really know when the pain will come since it is pretty random. Nothing that I can’t deal and some of the pain is most likely coming from overstressing the foot in my PT exercises or by just being upright/walking too much during the day.

Keep on being positive and do those exercises as directed. Once the incision is fully healed you should also start doing scar massage to help keep things moving smoothly.

You do! You got this! And that nerve tingling and pain will subside. Every week it gets less and less, especially when you start putting weight on it. That blood flow really helps move things along.

When I first started showering without the boot I was so excited! It was such a milestone for me it seemed. But I was sooooo paranoid. Like you, I was soooo careful and moved at a snails pace to get over the shower threshold. I kept thinking I was going to fall without the boot on and that would be it…I’d have to start all over again. But confidence comes with time and now I hardly think about it. I’m still careful without the boot but not excessively so.

Those first 4 weeks are the hardest. But believe me, from someone who is not that far ahead of you recovery wise, it gets so much better! In a short amount of time you go from thinking “I will never walk normally again” to “Hey, I might be able to get back to where I was”. So hang in there! We all got this.