Popped my achillles on May 06, 2008 playing……yep….basketball. Drove home, then couldn’t take the pain anymore, so I went to the emergency room and had a “thompson test”. Immediately they knew it was blown. I got pretty lucky in that the ER trauma surgeon for the next couple of days was the ortho surgeon, who does the achilles repair at a rate of about once per week. After about two hours of sitting at the ER, I had surgery scheduled for the next day. Apparently this was pretty good timing. Rupture to Surgery < 20hrs. So, today is day 15 post op. I had a temporary splint removed on day 12 post op, and am supposed to the see the surgeon on June 4. I really hope he puts me in a boot then, so I can take a shower without the bag. I did talk to a guy when I went to get my cast, who had ruptured his in early January and he still had crutches!!!!! I am hoping this is not normal to have to use the crutches this long. I have shared some pics of my last visit, so take a look and comment. Bye for now.

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