Kristin’s One Footed (Now Two-Footed!) Blog

Well hello there! I ruptured my achilles tendon April 6 of 2008 so it’s been about 1 yr and almost 3 mths. After rupture staples didn’t hold incision, so huge hole of a wound about 1.5 inches in diameter. Because of huge open wound I had MRSA also, but we licked that within a few weeks. Multiple grafts and wound vac, and after 6 mths of open wound it apparently closed in October.  Since then it’s been a scabby road I’ve been on. GOOD NEWS NOW: I began playing tennis again and have won all of my matches. I hope to be able to play singles again…but for now, it double’s. Also, just this June I’ve been comfortable enough with my scabby wound, or whatever you call it now, to get into a swimming pool. It been great! We vacation in Florida, and not getting in the water has been tough. So, I’m going about my daily life and am more active now, doing bootcamp classes and running a little. I still am not sure how much damn longer my scar/wound will look like it does…it looks really bad, but so, so much better than it did before. I have SO much scar tissue built up. I try and massage it daily, but am not very consistent. I do pay and have a massage just on my scar pretty frequently…so much for the relaxing massages! I’m putting all kinds of things on the scabby wound to keep it moist, like Vitamin E oil, various lotions, etc. I’ve attached pics…I’ve been meaning to put them up for a while…I took them myself from my iPhone, so not Portrait Quality…so, if you’d like a framed picture pls email me and I’ll autograph one for you. You think these pics looks bad? Take a look at my earlier posts to see how far I’ve come…but viewer discretion advised. :)  Good luck to you all on this patient journey…we’ll all be back to normal one day…one day.  Oh, I forgot…Question for you all…do any of you wear an ankle brace when you play sports now? Not sure if I should wear one for extra support or not. Pls advise Fellow ATR Dr’s. You guys are the best resource…so much better than our physicians! Nighty Night! - Kristin