Comments for An Ironman's recovery from an Achilles Tendon Rupture http://achillesblog.com/hoss Just another Achillesblog.com weblog Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:06:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Week 23 & 24 - I am Running! by hoss http://achillesblog.com/hoss/2008/11/14/week-23-24-i-am-running/#comment-114 hoss Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:37:51 +0000 http://achillesblog.com/hoss/?p=118#comment-114 Despina, Wow! Start to finish? You must have too much time on your hands ; ) I remember doing the same thing when I first started on this saga. This is what makes this site so incredible. We get so much information from everyone here that we cannot get from anywhere else. This is why I am going to try and keep posting until the one year anniversary and then keep checking in from time to time. I can see how some people have fallen off the map once they get walking and returning to normal. We get caught back up in our busy lives and getting the time to post is hard. Plus, the improvements (if any) are very small so there is not much to say. But I know I am not 100% yet and anything I say might be valuable in some way. I just checked out your blog very quickly. Another tennis victim bites the dust. Welcome to the club. By the way, I love Australia (spent 3 days in Sydney and 9 days Melbourne). I can't even imagine waiting as long as you did for surgery. I knew right away and told the doctors what it was. They confirmed it and were impressed I knew all the details that I did. This makes me appreciate our medical system in Canada much more (even though many complain about it). All the best with your recovery. I am going to check out more of your blog. A very easy read. Despina,

Wow! Start to finish? You must have too much time on your hands ; )

I remember doing the same thing when I first started on this saga. This is what makes this site so incredible. We get so much information from everyone here that we cannot get from anywhere else. This is why I am going to try and keep posting until the one year anniversary and then keep checking in from time to time.

I can see how some people have fallen off the map once they get walking and returning to normal. We get caught back up in our busy lives and getting the time to post is hard. Plus, the improvements (if any) are very small so there is not much to say. But I know I am not 100% yet and anything I say might be valuable in some way.

I just checked out your blog very quickly. Another tennis victim bites the dust. Welcome to the club. By the way, I love Australia (spent 3 days in Sydney and 9 days Melbourne). I can’t even imagine waiting as long as you did for surgery. I knew right away and told the doctors what it was. They confirmed it and were impressed I knew all the details that I did. This makes me appreciate our medical system in Canada much more (even though many complain about it).

All the best with your recovery. I am going to check out more of your blog. A very easy read.

]]> Comment on Week 23 & 24 - I am Running! by despina http://achillesblog.com/hoss/2008/11/14/week-23-24-i-am-running/#comment-113 despina Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:14:02 +0000 http://achillesblog.com/hoss/?p=118#comment-113 Hoss, I just stumbled across your blog. Love your work! I actually read it from the beginning to your latest post. All in one hit. And I'm a pretty tough reader to capture and please! I'll be 8 weeks post-op (but 17 weeks post initial injury - it's a saga I've compressed onto my first post) on Tuesday, on which day I should start PWB if the surgeon gives the anticipated ok. If he does, I'll come right back to your blog and take some notes to guide me. Good luck with the further recovery & training. Despina Hoss,
I just stumbled across your blog. Love your work! I actually read it from the beginning to your latest post. All in one hit. And I’m a pretty tough reader to capture and please!

I’ll be 8 weeks post-op (but 17 weeks post initial injury - it’s a saga I’ve compressed onto my first post) on Tuesday, on which day I should start PWB if the surgeon gives the anticipated ok. If he does, I’ll come right back to your blog and take some notes to guide me.

Good luck with the further recovery & training.

Despina

]]> Comment on Week 23 & 24 - I am Running! by hoss http://achillesblog.com/hoss/2008/11/14/week-23-24-i-am-running/#comment-112 hoss Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:05:32 +0000 http://achillesblog.com/hoss/?p=118#comment-112 Mary, I don't mind the walking at all. I probably do more of that than continuous running at this point in time. I just need to get myself prepared for when I have to start training for the upcoming race season. Still a few more months til that training begins though. I wish I could play the piano (other than Happy Birthday and the theme to the TV show - All in the Family). You should have issued the challenge back in week #1. I might have gone for it. Recover well. Screwdriver, Great to hear from you. I was always curious about you since we have similar timelines. I could be doing a lot more physio type exercises too. I could not even think about going back to tennis right now. I am sure I can, but I know I am not at 100% and modifying the activity right now would not serve me any good. I am lucky that my club is shut down for the winter right now so my decision is easy. I get to wait until May. Even then, that will be interesting. No more jumping into my serve I think. You have described that exact same things I am going through. We can do normal stuff but the Achilles is not quite there yet. All the best to you. We are almost there. Hey Doc Ross, As with most (if not all) of your postings. I agree. Right now I am the tortoise and I don't mind one bit. I will catch up up to the hare eventually and pass his arse. All the best to you. And I'll end with more advice from your blog "make sure you are doing something everyday." Very simple but very key. I may not be doing actual physio specific exercises each day but I am either running, biking, stretching and doing heel lifts when I am standing at work, etc. Mary,
I don’t mind the walking at all. I probably do more of that than continuous running at this point in time. I just need to get myself prepared for when I have to start training for the upcoming race season. Still a few more months til that training begins though. I wish I could play the piano (other than Happy Birthday and the theme to the TV show - All in the Family). You should have issued the challenge back in week #1. I might have gone for it. Recover well.

Screwdriver,
Great to hear from you. I was always curious about you since we have similar timelines. I could be doing a lot more physio type exercises too. I could not even think about going back to tennis right now. I am sure I can, but I know I am not at 100% and modifying the activity right now would not serve me any good. I am lucky that my club is shut down for the winter right now so my decision is easy. I get to wait until May. Even then, that will be interesting. No more jumping into my serve I think. You have described that exact same things I am going through. We can do normal stuff but the Achilles is not quite there yet. All the best to you. We are almost there.

Hey Doc Ross,
As with most (if not all) of your postings. I agree. Right now I am the tortoise and I don’t mind one bit. I will catch up up to the hare eventually and pass his arse. All the best to you. And I’ll end with more advice from your blog “make sure you are doing something everyday.” Very simple but very key. I may not be doing actual physio specific exercises each day but I am either running, biking, stretching and doing heel lifts when I am standing at work, etc.

]]> Comment on Week 23 & 24 - I am Running! by ross http://achillesblog.com/hoss/2008/11/14/week-23-24-i-am-running/#comment-111 ross Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:32:28 +0000 http://achillesblog.com/hoss/?p=118#comment-111 Hoss. Gald to hear you're on your way. Slow and steady wins the race. Doc Ross Hoss.

Gald to hear you’re on your way. Slow and steady wins the race.

Doc Ross

]]> Comment on Week 23 & 24 - I am Running! by screwdriver http://achillesblog.com/hoss/2008/11/14/week-23-24-i-am-running/#comment-110 screwdriver Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:35:03 +0000 http://achillesblog.com/hoss/?p=118#comment-110 congrats hoss. nice to know your progress is there. we are about the same timeline and i am someone who doesnt do much physio ( coming from a physio.) my last appointment i was told to resume sports - yes the dreaded basketball and tennis . im the one who backed up a bit but it sure helps to know the doctor is allowing me to do this . ( i asked some doctors in the hosptal i work in and most of them tells me to not engage in sports anymore as it is scar tissue thats there ) also he said to schedule an appointment in february if i have problems with going back to sports . my achilles is still tight , at work it fatigues and gets sore ( i work 10 hour days doing physio in the hospital getting patients up and walking) . i started jogging the day the doctor allowed me to do sports and it loosened up the tendon a lot. im looking forward to doing more physio the next 3 months . congrats hoss. nice to know your progress is there.
we are about the same timeline and i am someone who doesnt do much physio ( coming from a physio.)
my last appointment i was told to resume sports - yes the dreaded basketball and tennis . im the one who backed up a bit but it sure helps to know the doctor is allowing me to do this . ( i asked some doctors in the hosptal i work in and most of them tells me to not engage in sports anymore as it is scar tissue thats there )
also he said to schedule an appointment in february if i have problems with going back to sports .
my achilles is still tight , at work it fatigues and gets sore ( i work 10 hour days doing physio in the hospital getting patients up and walking) .
i started jogging the day the doctor allowed me to do sports and it loosened up the tendon a lot.
im looking forward to doing more physio the next 3 months .

]]> Comment on Week 23 & 24 - I am Running! by Sanfrantourguide http://achillesblog.com/hoss/2008/11/14/week-23-24-i-am-running/#comment-109 Sanfrantourguide Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:22:18 +0000 http://achillesblog.com/hoss/?p=118#comment-109 Stick with walking! Or how about playing the piano? Now THERE's a challenge. Mary Stick with walking! Or how about playing the piano? Now THERE’s a challenge.

Mary

]]> Comment on Week 10 - The healing continues by Norberto http://achillesblog.com/hoss/2008/08/06/week-10-the-healing-continues/#comment-108 Norberto Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:20:34 +0000 http://achillesblog.com/hoss/?p=96#comment-108 Dear Hoss, I´m very grateful to you reading your week after week rehab. information. I´ve been operated with the same technique as yours but IN BOTH LEGS with a difference of twenty days between each surgery. I´m now in my tenth week recovery, with no cast. I´m doing some exercises with FT with both feet, the left one that was first operated is quite Ok, the wright one in still swollen. I still not alloud to walk, probably if the evolution is OK ¨I´ll start in two weeks to do so but with crutches. ¨ Im a little fed up with all this, and more wshen I look forward and imagine all I still have to go trough for a final recovery Thats why I feel so grateful to you because I can imagine which my next steps will be. I don´t know when will I start with the bycicle and all the other exercises you do to gain stability, but I hope that it does not be to far away on time I´ve gaine some punds to, so I started a diet last week. Well again Thaks and I let you know of my improvements. Norberto - Argentina Dear Hoss, I´m very grateful to you reading your week after week rehab. information.
I´ve been operated with the same technique as yours but IN BOTH LEGS with a difference of twenty days between each surgery.
I´m now in my tenth week recovery, with no cast.
I´m doing some exercises with FT with both feet, the left one that was first operated is quite Ok, the wright one in still swollen.
I still not alloud to walk, probably if the evolution is OK ¨I´ll start in two weeks to do so but with crutches. ¨
Im a little fed up with all this, and more wshen I look forward and imagine all I still have to go trough for a final recovery
Thats why I feel so grateful to you because I can imagine which my next steps will be.
I don´t know when will I start with the bycicle and all the other exercises you do to gain stability, but I hope that it does not be to far away on time
I´ve gaine some punds to, so I started a diet last week.
Well again Thaks and I let you know of my improvements.
Norberto - Argentina

]]> Comment on About Me by hoss http://achillesblog.com/hoss/about/#comment-107 hoss Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:52:44 +0000 #comment-107 Wow! Both? That is crazy. I feel for you. When I was in my cast and hopping around on one leg, I was always thinking about what if the other leg went on me. All the best to you. Keep me/us updated for sure. You will surely have a unique perspective and great information for everyone. Thanks for reading and posting. Wow! Both? That is crazy. I feel for you.
When I was in my cast and hopping around on one leg, I was always thinking about what if the other leg went on me.
All the best to you. Keep me/us updated for sure. You will surely have a unique perspective and great information for everyone.
Thanks for reading and posting.

]]> Comment on About Me by Norberto http://achillesblog.com/hoss/about/#comment-106 Norberto Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:42:43 +0000 #comment-106 Dear Hoss. I´ve been reading the information you have written of the 10 weeks post surgery. I had the same surgery technique applied, but in BOTH LEGS ! I broke the first one on Septembe 2|nd and the right one on September the 22nd I,m going trough my 10 th week, but as I had surgery on both of my legs I´m not alloud to walk still. I believe in the next 20 days I´ll start doing it with crutches. I move without a cast all over the place in a wheel-chair using my legs but not putting any weight on them. I think that your report about your experience is great and tremendously helpful for all of us that are going trough this so long and boring experience. Thank you again for sharing it, I keep reading it week after week ( so as not to get anxious) and i register all your experiences and the progresing you are doing . Dear Hoss. I´ve been reading the information you have written of the 10 weeks post surgery.
I had the same surgery technique applied, but in BOTH LEGS !
I broke the first one on Septembe 2|nd and the right one on September the 22nd
I,m going trough my 10 th week, but as I had surgery on both of my legs I´m not alloud to walk still. I believe in the next 20 days I´ll start doing it with crutches.
I move without a cast all over the place in a wheel-chair using my legs but not putting any weight on them.
I think that your report about your experience is great and tremendously helpful for all of us that are going trough this so long and boring experience.
Thank you again for sharing it, I keep reading it week after week ( so as not to get anxious) and i register all your experiences and the progresing you are doing .

]]> Comment on Week 21 & 22 - Running will happen soon by hoss http://achillesblog.com/hoss/2008/10/31/week-21-22-running-will-happen-soon/#comment-105 hoss Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:12:32 +0000 http://achillesblog.com/hoss/?p=117#comment-105 Thanks for the feedback. The biking will help speed recovery but don't rush that running. I only started yesterday (one day earlier than planned). I did 7 x 500m at 6:27/km pace. I did a total of 7.7 km in one hour. So not fast at all. But I will take it. It felt so good to sorta run again. But I can feel the lack of strength my injured side has. It already feels better than my first attempt though. You may not want to hear it but you are still a long way off from running. I am sure you can try an rush it but why? I had a few scares of re-rupture to set me straight. There is no way you want to go back to the start of this whole process so be patient. Do some quality rehab and things will work out. That way when you are ready to run you will be 100% ready to go and not half-arsing it. Best of luck. Thanks for the feedback.

The biking will help speed recovery but don’t rush that running. I only started yesterday (one day earlier than planned). I did 7 x 500m at 6:27/km pace. I did a total of 7.7 km in one hour. So not fast at all. But I will take it.
It felt so good to sorta run again. But I can feel the lack of strength my injured side has. It already feels better than my first attempt though.

You may not want to hear it but you are still a long way off from running. I am sure you can try an rush it but why? I had a few scares of re-rupture to set me straight. There is no way you want to go back to the start of this whole process so be patient. Do some quality rehab and things will work out. That way when you are ready to run you will be 100% ready to go and not half-arsing it.

Best of luck.

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