After conferring with the Dr., the orthopedic surgeon’s office staff called back and moved my appointment up from 11/6 to 10/27 (this Monday), 10 days post injury.
They stated that I just needed to use the crutches and compression bandage in the meantime.
Hey gang, unwilling member of your blog / group site. I’d never googled “achilles tendon injury” until this past Sunday, and the more I read the more I believe I wasn’t missing out on anything…. 
I’m a 38 year old moderately active male. Desk bound office job, but exercise often outside of work. I was trying out for a recreational football team when the injury occured. I was recovering from a mild version of the flu and had been taking heavy antibiotics (1000 mg of biaxin / clarithromycin) for about 2 days. I also was wearing a brand new pair of cleats on a grass field, first time I had ran in cleats in many years and it just felt “funny” doing so.
Anyway, I stretched out well and warmed up. We ran some 40 yard sprints and some shuttle runs then jogged over to run some pass plays. I ran the first 2 no problem. The third was a “square out” where we sprint 10 yards and make a hard left hand 90 degree turn before sprinting out another 15 yards and catching the pass. There was a defender / coach at the 10 yard mark to signify where to turn, and when I made the turn I could have sworn he “frogged” (punched with his knuckle extended) my ankle when I powered out of the turn. As a matter of fact, I remember shooting him a nasty look over my shoulder before turning to catch the pass.
About 2 steps out of the turn I felt pain in my ankle and couldn’t walk normally. When I would go to push off with my left foot my leg would just buckle. I stayed on it the rest of practice (another 45-60 minutes) beforehobbling back to my car and driving home.
At home I iced it down before going out to a cookout with some friends. Although I stayed off it at the cookout, I still walked on it to / from the car and around the house. We stopped and got some crutches as I had a business trip that I had to leave for the following day (Sunday).
Sunday drove about 400 miles to a class / conference. Kept the foot elevated and iced / cooled most of the trip. The pain level was still very manageable for me.
Monday and Tuesday, out of stupidity and pride, elected not to use the crutches. Didn’t have to walk a whole lot (less than 100 yards) but I still had weight on it. Tried to keep it elevated in class but didn’t elevate it.
Tuesday night went to a walk in clinic. The Dr. did the Thompson test and said I needed to go immediately to the ER. I told her I was from Florida and would rather go to an ER on my home turf. She bristled, but decided to take x-rays first. After seeing the x-rays, she stated that going to Florida would probably be a good idea but that I should get it taken care of as soon as possible.
So here I sit. I really want / need to finish this class and would prefer to stay up here through Friday, use my crutches, keep it elevated, and just go to an Ortho next week.
I called an ortho and they booked me for a 11/6/08 appointment (15 days from now). I asked repeatedly if I needed a cast, if it could wait that long, etc. and they insisted that it was fine. They are going to run it past the Dr. to make sure so I half expect them to call back and move my appointment up.
Great source of information here, and much appreciated. I’ll keep everyone posted.
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