| Yesterday… | |
| 7:15 | Called up dentist, told them my face was swelling up, I wanted appointment today. They scheduled me @ 11am. |
| 8:00 | Called up orthopedic doctor, got an emergency appointment with him @ 12:30. |
| 11:00 | Dentist tells me the options: either extract the tooth, or he could refer me to a specialist. I can’t have infection linger, so I opt for extraction. By 12, the tooth is out. |
| 1:15 | (after sitting in waiting room for 45 min) I’m assigned to Dr. Favorito, who passes me off to Dr. Linz. Bottom line is my achilles ruptured at the insertion point to the heel. Since I’ve re-injured the achilles over the past years over and over, there is some irregular bone growth that he’ll remove in the process of reconnecting the tendon. There is some likelihood he’ll need to “borrow” some tendon from elsewhere in the foot. He says he does this surgery 3-4 times per month with great results. So I’m feeling pretty good about all that. Surgery is scheduled for next Thursday, June 5th. Good news is that I will likely not have my recurring achilles tendonitis after this is all worked out that I’ve dealt with over the past few years. If I would have gone in to see him pre-injury, the surgery would be just about the same (except that he wouldn’t be fighting against the swelling). I’ll be in cast for 4 weeks |
| Today… | |
| Mouth pain is a bit lower, but face is still swollen around extraction, I’m concerned that we get rid of mouth infection before achilles surgery in a week. Achilles pain is minimal, mostly annoying numbness + tingling which I can handle. I’m online + working—hopefully full-time except for next Thursday. | |
Achilles & Tooth update
May 28, 2008
Popped my achilles tendon
May 24, 2008
When it rains it pours…
This morning I woke up at 4am with tooth pain (I had my 3rd root canal appt in 3 weeks on Thurs), couldn’t fall back asleep, so went to play basketball @ 6am. Around 6:20 I was running down the court, tried to cut to the basket for a pass, and it felt like someone kicked my calf. I turned back to see who it was, saw no one, tried to take a step, and went down.
I knew immediately that I’d ruptured my Achilles. I just about lost consciousness for a few minutes. They called paramedic and took me to hospital. X-rays confirm it’s a complete rupture, and will require surgical repair. I have a temporary cast, I’m on crutches, and I can’t drive.
I plan to try to get surgery scheduled ASAP (with Shannon due in 4 weeks, timing for this injury is quite inconvenient), and I’ll be in a cast for around 6-8 weeks afterwards (so I’ve read). I haven’t seen an orthopedic doctor yet, so nothing is official on this stuff yet.
Good news is that I’ve got very little pain, and I’m hoping I can work on computer fairly normally. Traveling to work office is probably out of the picture for next few weeks.
Not a good start to the holiday weekend :(
