I had an accident Friday, April 30, while walking through a building’s big heavy doors. A gust of wind blew the door closed and it caught the back of my right heel, The door had a metal horizontal brace about 6″ from the borrom and it sliced my ankle and severed my achilles tendon. (Still makes me sick thinking about it!) Building nurses came out and wrapped my ankle while the guard called EMS. They took me to the hospital where they told me the tendon was completely severed. You can only imagine my reaction!! I was lucky that a trauma orthopedic surgeon was there and they got me right into surgery around 3. It was about 2 1/2 hours, and I was in the hospital room by 7 with a cast up to my knee. I can put absolutely NO pressure on my right foot for six weeks and..WORST PART…no driving for 6 weeks. Then much rehab will follow. Am wondering if anyone else has had a severed achilles tendon and how has their recuperation been?
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