Day 3 and I have had my second shower, aided by my wonderful wife. Well, it was not so much a shower as me perching on the end of the bath, trying to keep my right leg straight outside of the bath and holding onto the edge of the bath to keep my balance - [...]
As I am literally just embarking on my recovery (nearly 2 days post op) and with some considerable time on my hands, I have read many many articles and feel like a world expert in the achilles tendon. The one thing that is intriguing me the most at present is just how different the treatment [...]
An interesting day. Not actually as frustrating as I thought. Since my cast falls short of the knee by 2-3 inches, at least I can actually bend it. If I couldn’t bend the knee at all, i think that would make things a lot more tricky. With a great deal of assistance from my wife, [...]
I had my operation yesterday. I’m now back home annoying my wife by treating her like a nurse (she is doing a wonderful job) and I am trying to adjust to life on crutches - more on this later. Here is the review of my 36 hours in hospital - my thanks to everyone who [...]
Have spent quite a bit of time reading other posts and websites. Not entirely sure how much they are helping at this stage but I am sure they will post-op. Having never had an operation, my main concern is going under general anaesthetic, but I guess I am not exactly the first person to have [...]
It has taken my quite a long time to get my injury diagnosed. It seems so obvious now and I guess that deep down, I knew it was probably at least a partial rupture and that I should have gone to A&E/Emergency Room right away. However, here is the chronology of events:
4th July 08 - [...]