2 Weeks Post Surgery
Today marks 2 weeks since my surgery, or as I like to refer to it as the day I went into a comma. What I have not told everyone is that I spent 16 years in the Marine Corps, which the Corps changes the way you look at injury and also how you handle it. To have an injury like ours is a considered a sign of weakness, and you learn to push through pain. We all now know that this simply will not work with an achilles injury, yet I still find myself trying. I actually have “pushed” myself to walk with the use of just one crutch already.
Tomorrow I go to have my staples removed, which I am excited about since they seem to be the source of a great deal of my pain now. I am surprised that I still seem to have a great deal of numbness in my foot. It feels like over half of my foot is asleep, even with those painful twitches that I seem to have at least one every night still. That is a topic that we do have some posts on. I do want to point out to the new members of our club that almost everyone experiences these reflex foot jerks, and yes they hurt really bad, however, I have never heard of anyone re-tearing their achilles with them. I know the first one I had I was worried that I tore it again.
I want to Thank everyone on here for being a great source of support!! This site has been a God send to me! Keep the faith and one day we all do awake from this comma and go on to lead normal lives again!!!
