no I didn’t….but I thought about it. Today is 6 weeks since surgery and doctor gave me clearence for two shoes. I did not tell him that I have been wearing shoes around the house for a few days already. Boy did it feel great to put that right shoe on. I changed my boot to 0 degrees and freed up the range of motion just in case I need it…but I hope I never have to have it on again. Tendon is stiff but I am stretching and doing rom excercises, going to PT on Tuesday. Finally feel like I have my life back again.
For all those starting out on this journey….they say TRY to enjoy the first three weeks of relaxation, you may never get a time like this again in your life. It is so true….my mindset is so different now than it was before the accident. I do appreciate little things more than before. I went food shopping today with my 5yr old and truly enjoyed our time together. We laughed and did not just rush through the store like we used to. My goal now is to play golf on my birthday (may 28) and then to jog a mile on June 18th…3 months from the rupture. My doctor said whatever I was doing was working as my incision was completey healed and you really have to look for it to see the scar. I stayed constant on my vitamins, zinc and cirrus rx. We changed our diet and eliminated processed carbs and sugars….it all helped I believe and I even managed to lose a few pounds through this process.
Next appt with doc is in 4 weeks on May 28th, I will leave his office and head to the golf course to play 18 holes……
Good luck to all of you and thanks for letting me ride along on your individual journeys….
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See also:
- 37 weeks and finally played basketball again (December 1st, 2009)
- 9 Month Update for athletes who just suffered the ATR (November 15th, 2009)
- 8 weeks and played 18 holes today (May 11th, 2009)
- 2 months or 8 weeks or 56 days or 1344 hours or 80640 minutes (May 11th, 2009)
- Bye Bye crutches….4 weeks and 3 days after surgery (April 19th, 2009)
May 2nd, 2009 at 1:17 pm
I can relate to the “slowing” down. What a blessing in disguise…. The diet? I really need to work on that!
May 3rd, 2009 at 7:17 pm
mstahlka - Congrats on getting to 2-shoes! Glad that you are eating healthier, and that this injury has had a positive influence on your life. By the way, I ruptured my achilles in the gym at Univ. of Buffalo last year playing basketball.