To anyone who ruptured their right achilles, can you tell me anything about trying to drive (automatic) with the boot? Does it work? Bad idea? Dangerous? Did you break with the left?
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Just had my 6 weeks post op appointment. Doctor said everything looked good so far. I took one more wedge out of my boot. So now I am down to one. In 3 more days I will take the last wedge out. Then within a week after that, I am [...]
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Well, I am continuing my transition from PWB to FWB. My goal was to completely lose the crutches by 6 weeks post op. I’m not so sure that I am gong to hit that goal though. I can move around with one crutch and I have taken baby steps briefly. I [...]
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I just had my 4 week post op appointment with my doctor. I am continuing to hit new milestones. One week ago, I was instructed to remove the first wedge out of my boot. Today, they removed the second wedge. I was also told that over the next 2 weeks, I [...]
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It has been 19 days since my surgery. My incision area and tendon itself does not hurt. What is bothering me more is the fact that other parts of my leg and my left leg are sore from all of the awkward positions I am trying to keep my leg in. My left hamstring is [...]
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This is my first post. Here is a quick recap of my first 19 days.
May 12th - I ruptured my achilles tendon (complete tear) playing basketball.
May 16th - had my surgery to repair my tendon.
Week 1 post op - This was the worst week. I had kept my leg elevated above my heart non-stop besides [...]
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