Archive for May, 2008

Cast Off

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Wow!  Twenty days since surgery and I’m in two shoes.  I can put  about 50% on foot but can’t walk because of ROM ( lack of!) Anyways,  feels great to have cast off.  Doc says I should be off those mother !@#$%^&*ing crutches in two weeks.  God I hope so.  It’s really weird having no [...]

1st post op visit!

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Ok,  so I saw the doc for the first time (12 days) since surgey…Better than I expected.  Took off plaster cast and and checked out her work.  She said everything looks great, good color, took out both stiches and put me back into a lighter plaster cast.  Here’s the interesting part,  this cast comes off [...]

BACK 2 WORK

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Well,  went back to work on monday(long day).  It was a long week, thank God I have a desk job so I can put my foot up when needed!  First post op with doc on the 20th, cant wait to get this cast off!!  Hoping to golf in company tourney on july 4?? Thanks to everybody [...]

DAY 2

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Ok,  surgery was a breeze!  Now the boring part, doing nothing.  A little pain, trying not to take to many meds.,  keeping leg elevated, etc. Will try and go to work Monday was planning on Saturday, dont think I will make Sat.  Thanks to everyone for the kind words.  Good luck to all.

Hello world!

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Welcome to Achillesblog.com.
Wow,  what a cool site!  I ruptured mine on May 4, surgery is May 8.  I will try and do some blogging, maybe it will help with my anger and frustration.