Photos
As I’ve now finally figured out at least one way of adding photos, I will add all of them here in a new post, and then on an ongoing basis add them to the posts.
Surgery photo, the “white” thing is my plantaris tendon, which has been spread over the achilles’ after its been fixed, to provide a smoother surface.
Two photos from the when the cast came off after two weeks. The first immediately after the cast came off with the stitches still there. The other after they’d taken the stitches out and added a piece of tape as cover.
And finally the photo from a few days ago, about 2.5 weeks after surgery, when I first took off the tape that had been there after the stitch removal.
EDIT: Here is one additional photo, this is what the scar looks like right now, at 3 weeks and 4 days post.op
hello, photos do not show up on both Chrome and IE.
Strange, they show up for me on all browsers. It should load them through links in a public Dropbox folder. Anyone with another solution for showing photos if this isn’t showing up?
in this case it is most likely the proxy at my workplace.
They look great on my Android phone (EC Browser). Good looking scar, too.
Several people have posted non-Dropbox ways - chocolata and RyanB and a few more recently. Not obvious, but it can be done. (I haven’t.)
Oops! It’s really CM Browser!
I assume they stitched your plantaris to your AT?
BTW, if everybody activates AJAX Editing, well be able to fix our own typos. It should be ON by default, but Dennis thinks that’s impossible.
Norm, the way the Lynn technique is described is:
“…plantaris tendon is fanned out to make a membrane 2.5cm or greater wide for reinforcing the repair…”. And yes, it is sutured in place over the achilles’ repair. You can find a picture and explanation on slide 31 in:
http://www.slideshare.net/mittal87/management-of-tendoachillis-rupture
Also turned on AJAX for editing comments.
EDIT: According to my surgeon, it makes it a bit stronger initially, but the main benefit is getting a smoother surface on top of the AT stitching…
Thanks for all of it!