One thing I forgot to add…
One thing that I forgot to add about my rupture was that there was almost no pain. I suppose many ATR victims on here can attest to this themselves. When I describe to people that ask about my injury, their first response is always, "that must have hurt like a ___!" I immediately became very light headed. Perhaps that was partly due to not having any calories in my system. But to this day, I’ve yet to actually feel any extended soarness in my tendon. Of course, the incision area from surgery came with some nasty stinging sensation. And there are times I’ll get a twinge of pain that shoots through the tendon for a moment or so. But luckily, that’s all. I’ve not been so lucky with my heel, however, as it has been giving me grief since I began walking on it. Mainly now when I over-due walking or when I first get up out of bed… wonder when that is going to let up since I am now at 10 weeks post op’.
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Jonathan - ‘
I had hardly any pain myself. When at the ER they asked my pain level form 1 to 10 and I said 2. It was very strange. I actually drove home 30 miles and that was my driving foot.
I have heard of people passing out from the pain.