Recovery Part 2
Well as I said I had my second surgery on 6/23/15. The doctor told me that it was a success. I am currently bandaged up in a soft plaster cast that keeps my toes pointed down. In about two weeks I will go back to the doctor and they will put my leg in a hard cast for 2-3 more weeks. The pre-surgery process was similar to the first time. I got some good IV pain meds prior, they put a nerve block in my leg and then I was off to the operating room. This time the nerve block did not last as long and I woke up at 2 AM with a lot of pain in my leg. Lucky my other pain meds weren’t far away. Since the surgery I have mostly been laying around and taking a lot of naps. The oxycodone they have me on makes me very tired and loopy. I am hopeful that I will only have to take it for a few more days.
In talking to the doctor it sounds like it was definitely a good thing that we opted to have a second surgery. He said that my Achilles was re-ruptured in a way that it would not heal back together with any amount of strength that would allow me to do the activities I did before. Now my focus is on recovery and trying to to re-rupture again.
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