josee’s AchillesBlog

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• 7/9/2013 - Election Day

  Today marks 1 week since the achilles surgery, and boy has it been a long week!

  It still feels surreal that my right leg will be completely out of action (non-weight-bearing) for 2 months. After exercising twice a day nearly every day for the previous 2 months, being bed-bound is a slow hour-by-hour struggle.

  So far I have battled with diet (or too much eating!!), lack of exercise and lack of mental stimulation. I should be studying but I can’t sit up for too long or my ankle swells up and lately I have been suffering nausea and headaches. I know I should be grateful that my leg has been given a very expensive second chance at life but I can’t help but wallow in self-pity, especially when I am home alone and making a cup of tea and taking it back to my room takes 3 times as long as it should.

  Yesterday my boyfriend drove me to uni so that I could fix up some paperwork to withdraw myself from playing squash at the upcoming Australian University Games (which by the way it THE highlight of semester 2) and it was nice to talk to the staff and get out of the house for an hour or so. I did get tired by the 45 minute mark and needed a nap as soon as we got home.

  I voted today and it was lovely to not be able to carry any of the propaganda that gets shoved in your face every 5 metres or so. My ankle did swell up a bit and started to press against the cast. I nearly slipped twice today with the wet weather.

  I have finished all the sympathy sweets and chocolate that have been given to me since being admitted to hospital so with week 2 underway tomorrow so to will the return of discipline that came with training hard every day, this time around will be applied to my studies and my eating. Only 8 more days till my first post-op with the surgeon and I can transition into a boot! Baby steps.

  Boyfriend’s mother said that my body is tired because all my energy is devoted to healing my achilles. This made me feel better about being in bed for the majority of the day. The remainder is devoted to making cups of tea, finding chocolate and using the bathroom.

  Cannot wait to hit the stage where I can get up and get shit done (and go to the gym!)