A goal I had at the when I had surgery on June 25 was to run in the in Turkey Trot 5K in Detroit on Thanksgiving Day….I was not able to run the entire race and my time was rather slow 54 minutes on a snowy day, I still finished. I feel like it was a milestone in my recovery and the days following I have been able to run even more without pain in the achilles.

Some of my timeline for those just beginning the journey.

I went back to work (I am a teacher) at week 9 in the boot, week 10 I could walk on the beach without a boot but was still mostly in the boot, and gradually made it all the way out of the boot in week 11. PT ended at week 16.

Thanks to everyone who posts and comments on this website I read it religiously and it has been a great help in my recovery.