July 1st, 2013

From the PT on Friday (June 28th) :
As of firday 28th, the ROM walker was set at 100 degrees, which felt quite strange , and the result, I was back on NWB instead of ‘ rolling ‘ PWB. I was however back ‘rolling’ and PWB already the next day. Other [...]

June 21st 2013

Dear All
[Original post found here, in Norwegian. http://www.terrengsykkel.no/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1320534&page=2 Edited and translated through google.translate.]
When it comes to exercise, I have good experience with rowing machine . I attach the uninjured leg as normal, and then I put the injured leg on the foot board and make it as comfortable as possible. And active as [...]

19th June 2013

Day 27 after rupture , day 22 after surgery : All quiet on the left foot.

[translated through google.translate (not optimal) and slightly edited, original here: http://www.terrengsykkel.no/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1320534&page=2 - Norwegian only]
Well, now there is finally something new going on, and thus I have something to report.
It happened pretty much nothing the past weeks, however [...]

31st May 2013

Achilles Rupture - day 9
[Taken directly from my facebook page]
31 May 2013 at 21:12
OK, so it’s friday evening. Ideally, I should have been in Oslo on the Round Table Norway AGM, however, more practically, I should have been in my office finishing our four-year-report to NORAD . Nevertheless, I am on [...]

May 29th 2013 - second post

Achilles rupture - day 7.

29 May 2013 at 17:46
D-Day: May 22nd.
[This is copy-pasted unedited from my facebook page]
May, 29th. Day 7:
Had operation on Monday, and all thumbs are up so far I had traditional open surgery.
Nevertheless, I have increasing pain in the operation wound, and will be back to the ER tonight [...]

May 29th, 2013

Day 7 post injury .
Day 2 post op.

[Translated and slightly edited. Originally written in Norwegian here: http://www.terrengsykkel.no/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1320534&page=1 on May 29th]
Had surgery on Monday - two days ago . The surgery went seemingly okay , but struggling with pain in the stitches . It feels like someone is tearing them [...]

25th May 2013

Dear All

[Translated and slightly edited. Originally written in Norwegian here: http://www.terrengsykkel.no/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1320534&page=1 on May 25th]
So, then I’m stuck on my in-laws’ sofa with a newly torn Achilles. Awaiting transport home and surgery. Reading that spinning is the exercise to go for in the early days of rehab - brings glimmers of hope [...]

Hello world! (yes, this is my first real post)

Dear World!
I ruptured my left achilles tendon on May 22nd, while playing five-a-side football. It was an atypical rupture, I think, as it didn’t really snap or pop. It was more of a long tear - until it was completely torn at the very end of my stride. Instead of the famous ‘pop’, I felt [...]