Had a full list of cases (7) on Friday and got around without crutches most of the time. I only used the crutches to get from/to the car because I could cover the longer distance faster with the crutches than without. I did get a lot of comments to be careful that I didn’t mess [...]
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So, I had the day off today.
After helping get the kids off to school, I went back to bed (sleeping in is a wonderful thing), with my foot elevated. After I got up, I went to the recliner to read the paper. Once finished with the paper, I started cleaning up my office. Needing to [...]
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Yeah, I was all psyched to come home and post that I had taken a few steps while holding the crutches in the air (I was crutch-walking along, feeling good, so I just lifted the crutches up). I felt better at work today than yesterday, and coworkers also commented that I looked better today than [...]
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How does anyone get any sleep in the boot? My surgeon wants me to keep wearing the boot at night so that my tendon doesn’t shorten, but I had a terrible time sleeping last night. I know that some of it is because I let my sleep cycle get messed up during the time that [...]
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Thanks to all who commented on my really long initial post.
I got to get back to being a chauffeur-dad on Saturday - took son #2 to his fencing practice, went back home to get son #1, we then picked up son #2 and the three of us went to son#1’s soccer game. Fortunately, I have [...]
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Greetings,
A little background to start things off: I think that I am genetically predispositioned to suffer ATR. My father ruptured his left Achilles playing tennis ~13 years ago at age 58. Knowing this, when I developed Achilles pain 3 years ago I questioned orthopedic surgeons and podiatrists (I am an anesthesiologist - so sorry if [...]
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