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 nospringchicken writes "Hi everyone! I have found reading the postings on this site informative,encouraging and scary over the last few weeks so decided it was about time I joined!
I ruptured my AT 6 weeks ago while I was playing tennis. I was operated on the next day -though I'm not really sure what that accomplished because during the operation they discovered it had gone on the muscle tendon junction.
I know 2 other people locally who have sustained the injury in the same place and were treated at the same hospital as me and they were told that it is not possible to operate on the muscle tendon junction. I asked the consultant what had been done during the op and was told they had pulled the 2 ends together and a couple of sutures were put in. He explained that these would not be strong enough to hold under any pressure but would help the tendon to align itself.
Does anyone else have any info. about what they actually do to repair the AT during an op? Is my experience common?
I understood that if I had an op there was slightly less chance of it going again but if the op didn't make it any stronger this seems unlikely!
I was also told prior to choosing surgery that recovery would be 10 weeks in plaster/brace following an op but 12 weeks without it but when I came round - still woozy- I remember the registrar saying it would be 12 weeks. Do you think thats because they couldn't fix it properly in the end?"
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steve writes "I completely ruptured my achillies on my first day of the family holiday playing a racket sport. I was sent to hospital were the surgon decided the conservative method was best due to my age (45) I was transfered to my local hospital and after 5 weeks in a cast the foot was still very badly swollen and the tendon showed no signs of healing. I was them ommitted to hospital for a week to have surgery.
The injury they say is so bad they want to keep me in plaster for another ten weeks, that will be a total of four months in plaster. I have read that if this kind of injury is not operated on within two days there could be complications in the future. I am very worried that I will suffer for the rest of my life. Has anyone had surgery some time after their injury, and if so what problems if any did they suffer.
Kind Regards,
Steve"
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If you use this site and have your own site then add a link to this site from yours.
When I have used Google and searched for "Achilles Tendon Rupture" or similar I get several pages back. This site is several pages from the top.
I think the forum is of use to people who have suffered a rupture so I would like to get the site higher up the list
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I have ruptured my right Achilles tendon twice. The first time it was managed conservatively. The second time round I had surgery.
I host a forum here that fellow sufferers find useful.
You can also read my story here. - It has now been moved to the forum under Experience.
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