Get out of Jail - Free!

Posted on January 22nd, 2018 by kojak

It’s week 13 post ATR and I was discharged from the hospital.

Although I was hoping for a scan to check the level of recovery at least I will not miss going to the hospital.

Humorously, a few days after I sent in a caustic letter to the hospital trust CEO he resigned!

It was front page news in the local paper. I’m not shedding too many tears as I don’t think he will starve, and possibly the clinic service will improve.

On a more practical note - despite Internet reports of 5mm max gap for non-surgical recovery my ATR re-joined despite a 17mm gap.

I’m beginning to get up and down stairs and going for walks of a couple of miles unaided. The shoe wedge is still in - but I am going to remove that very soon.

My current recovery plan as recommended by the excellent physio is  :-

15 x 3 elastic band foot stretches. The foot resistance is forward, backward and at 45deg.

15 x 3 heel raises - these are tough.

Stand from sitting 3 x 15

Balance on each leg 3 x 30s.

Exercise bike - 20mins.

My physio appointments are every 3 weeks.

I am doing no sports and won’t unless I lose at least 3 stone and have no problems for 6 more months.

This will be my last post - unless something goes snap.

So, keep positive, complain if necessary, don’t lose hope and keep exercising!

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    Merry Christmas! Glad you are improving.

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    Congrats! Wish I was there. I hit my 6th week tomorrow and doc says no PT for another month. Hope you give us a summary of what PT you are doing!

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    Just had my surgery Nov. 3 after dealing with repeated microtears in my achilles since 2010. They would never heal. I can relate to listening to your achilles, but even then, rest sometimes does not heal the issue. I did 2 rounds of PT, PRP, and each time it would be good for 8 months, and then a minor activity would cause it to tear. I had a huge lump on the achilles. MRI revealed that I had an actual mid-grade tear. My body would not heal it…so the knife, debridement, slice my calf, and remove plantatar fasciitis. Sometimes your body needs assistance to heal. So after trying the conservative healing approach, sometimes surgery is necessary…and it make take years to make it apparent, as it was in my case. I was really unaware of how complicated and difficult the surgical route would be. However, my tendonitis was so debilitating that I could hardly walk at times. I am a very active person, going to the gym at least 3 times per week for weightlifting and light cardio. Wishing you the best on a speedy recovery.

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