Aug 25 2011
Back to the UK
Luckily my insurance company arranged for wheel chair assistance at both departure and arrival airports and purchased me a further two seats on the plane. Having three seats to myself on a full flight lasting four hours was very much appreciated. Only downside was I couldn’t help my wife with two suitcases, hand luggage and two young children.
We eventually landed on time at midnight on Wednesday 10th August so an hours drive home, a few hours sleep before a visit to A&E in Luton. Luckily because I had paperwork from the Hospital in Fuerteventura I could go straight through to the Fracture Clinic to see an Orthopedic Consultant. Only an hour went by before I eventually saw him - plaster cast was removed then he examined the injury. No idea what they call these tests but grabbing the calf muscle didn’t move my foot so indicated a complete rupture. He couldn’t feel a gap in the achilles so the tests were not conclusive. An ultra sound scan was required to get exact extent of the injury.
During this consultation period, the consultant seem to be in favour of the non surgical route. Not only is there no risk of infection but he mentioned new research showed that a non surgical route was just as good as the surgical route. This went against everything I had read and all the advice I had been given from the private doctor in Fuerteventura and a good friend who had completely ruptured his 18 months ago.
Anyway, I couldn’t be scanned today but was told they would get me an urgent scan, so go home and stand by the phone. They re-plastered my leg from knee to toe with the correct foot angle and told me to only take aspirin while keeping my leg elevated above my heart.
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