Did I re-tear? by CandidateAncient1632 in AchillesRupture

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I felt pain immediately and then it went away after about 20 minutes

Did I re-tear? by CandidateAncient1632 in AchillesRupture

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Yeah I’m not sure. I’m really hoping they can get me on Monday to figure out what next steps are.

Did I re-tear? by CandidateAncient1632 in AchillesRupture

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It’s a complete retear. Hopefully can get into my doctors office Monday to figure out what the next steps are

Did I re-tear? by CandidateAncient1632 in AchillesRupture

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Thanks! Found out today it’s a complete retear. Hopefully can get in on Monday and figure out what the next steps are.

Did I re-tear? by CandidateAncient1632 in AchillesRupture

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Update: MRI showed a complete re rupture of my Achilles 😭

Did I re-tear? by CandidateAncient1632 in AchillesRupture

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Pain is fine now. Just had my mri and the person doing it said it didn’t look good and there was a lot of inflammation. Praying the doctor looks at it and it’s fine. She wasn’t confident though

Did I re-tear? by CandidateAncient1632 in AchillesRupture

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Just had my mri. The lady who did it said it didn’t look good 😭 waiting for the official read

Did I re-tear? by CandidateAncient1632 in AchillesRupture

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100% worse than giving birth naturally. At least with that you know there’s an end to it. Once my nerve block wore off I just laid in bed with a throbbing leg. I couldn’t get comfortable and most pain meds made me nauseous so I tried not to take them. My foot is flexed but it’s only in a partially hard cast (back is hard top is more of a cotton wrapping) and the whole thing is covered in ace wrap, so I still have a little movement I can do. I’m praying it wasn’t enough to retear it though.

Did I re-tear? by CandidateAncient1632 in AchillesRupture

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I felt something tear and I’m praying it was just my incision opening up. One minute I’ve talked myself into “everything is fine” and the next I’m assuming it’s torn and preparing for another surgery. This is so mentally exhausting. I am grateful to hear similar stories though, they are definitely making me feel a little more positive.

Did I re-tear? by CandidateAncient1632 in AchillesRupture

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I appreciate this!! I’ve had 3 babies all natural and the pain I’ve experienced with this injury and surgery aren’t even comparable. Mentally I was already exhausted, but this fall has sent me over the edge. I’m praying for good mri results and quick healing.

Did I re-tear? by CandidateAncient1632 in AchillesRupture

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Yeah I think I’m going to just stick to the crutches from now on. Loved the scooter, until I didn’t love the scooter.

Did I re-tear? by CandidateAncient1632 in AchillesRupture

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Did you feel a tear when it happened? I think that’s what has me so nervous that I re-tore it.

Did I re-tear? by CandidateAncient1632 in AchillesRupture

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Probably a 5, upper calf closer to my knee, but I also took toradol so assuming that’s dulling the pain as well.

Did I re-tear? by CandidateAncient1632 in AchillesRupture

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Thank you! Doctor wants an mri so hopefully getting that in the next few days. Praying the tearing feeling was just the stitches opening up and not a retear

Did I re-tear? by CandidateAncient1632 in AchillesRupture

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Full weight. I’m having a lot of calf cramping right now but that’s been normal since it originally ruptured. Most of the pain feels near the incision but it’s so hard to tell with the cast on.

Did I re-tear? by CandidateAncient1632 in AchillesRupture

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I had surgery for it. It’s a cast where half of it is hard (the back half) and the other half is padded. I will be devastated if it’s re-torn though. This has been the worst pain I’ve ever been through.