An Ironman’s recovery from an Achilles Tendon Rupture

Lots of movement at work today on the crutches so my right leg got a huge workout. It thought it might explode. It felt like I did one million leg squats. I think that when this is all over my right leg is going to dwarf my left.

Currently, I’m feeling a little tingly at my surgery site. Elevating makes it go away so I hope I didn’t push things too much today but I could not avoid it.

Weighed myself today and I’m 174 lbs. This is same weight I was at the time of the ATR. Since the surgery, my appetite reduced by 2/3.  As a result, my weight dropped to 172 lbs. My appetite seems to be making a bit of a comeback recently but I’ve also visited 2 buffets within the last 4 days. Hopefully the weight stays off.

Oh yeah, a tip for those of you in casts. Make sure to keep up on the hygiene and clean your toes that are sticking out of the cast. Things can get quite crusty and gross if you don’t stay on top of things. Especially the baby toe area that tends to get hidden in the cast and gather moisture.

 Til next time.

Almost forgot to post something for this third week post-op. Therefore, while this post is dated Monday June 23 it really refers to June 15^th to the 21^st.

Not much going on. Everything feels as good as it could possibly be.

I feel like I could cut the cast off and go for a run. But after reading about the horrible re-rupture experience of daveleft, I think I’ll get much more realistic and conservative once I do get my freedom from the cast.

I am much more comfortable on my crutches. I’m a lot faster going up and down the stairs. I even started driving again a few days ago. So more chauffeur service for me, tomorrow I’ll be driving myself to work.

My only exercise has been playing the Wii. I got it about a week ago and it has been my friend this week. My arm is sore from playing baseball, tennis, etc. It is a cool little machine and it sure makes for great company while my wife is off doing her thing. Once I get to do some weight bearing I’ll get the Wii Fit add on to do some more extensive exercise. Its fun stuff and I recommend getting one to stave away the boredom.

Anyway, just one more week of work for me and then it’s the summer break. I’ll be using it to recover of course and to take an online course for my work. If I can’t race I gotta keep busy somehow.

This 2^nd cast comes off in 11 days. What colour should the new one be? Hot pink?

Recover well everyone!