4 weeks post surgery
Scar progress. A lot smaller and neater than I thought but have been told as achilles is stretching out so will the scar. I can feel bumps and lumps as I run my finger over the surgery site and hope that it is my achillles working hard at reattachment. I feel a sense of relief at coming this far and knowing that the risk of a rerupture is significantly reduced.
Still bruising and swelling around my inner ankle but virtually no pain at all. Have been testing my range of motion when its out of the boot and am continuing to do my one exercise several times a day. As well as comfortably moving my foot towards my body at the set angle, the joint is getting easier to manipulate. Really looking forward to setting this baby to 15 degrees plantar flexion.
Heading out to a uni ball tonight with the promises of unlimited alcohol, this will be a fun challenge for a self confessed party animal. I am most devastated with not being able to dance.
steve01 Said,
October 10, 2013 @ 8:15 am
Hey Josee,
I’m a few days short of four weeks post-op too. Did you doc tell you that at four weeks the incidence of re-rupture is low? A few writers have experienced re-rupture further out and it scares the bejeezus out of me.
Since week two my doc has had me doing a simple up/down motion for 10 minutes 3x/day. I’ve read that the motion helps collagen lay down properly on the tendon as it heals but my doc just told me to do it without saying why.
josee Said,
October 10, 2013 @ 10:22 pm
Hi Steve, at the time of writing I was reading around other blogs and the general consensus with being in the cast for 2-4 weeks was to avoid any possibility of a rerupture straight after surgery which was my main concern at the time! Though now after reading around several others have noticed that a few people have reruptured at the point where they have started wearing 2 shoes and maybe did things a little too early! I am now quite glad my surgeon is conservative in his rehab approach and I am still NWB for another 3 more weeks (bringing it to 8/9 weeks total on crutches) before PWB with the boot. I am having my second post-op tomorrow with the surgeon so will ask him what he thinks about reruptures!
Yeah my surgeon didn’t tell me what I am doing my exercise either. I hope recovery goes well for you!
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