[at-l] Weary's Achillies Re: sobo hike

[Sloetoe]

Can you control your forefoot at all?
Can you do a toe-raise?
Can you rotate your foot, as if to draw the letters of
the alphabet with your big toe?
Can you feel lumps along the length of your Achillies
from your heel to 3" above your ankle?

I suspect you have a major rip in your Achillies (from
your description of the pain), but the massive
swelling indicates (hopefully!?!) something more
"sprainish" as your doctor indicated. As Achillies
injuries take ferociously much time/attention to heal
well, I hope it IS a sprain. If you can feel lumps
along your achillies that are not proximately similar
to any on the other leg, that *may* indicate areas
where the tendonal fibers have separated (think
'strands of rope') and are impeding movement (or
denying movement altogether).

Very best wishes that this is your only trevail on
this Thanksgiving.

--- Bob C <ellen at clinic.net> wrote:
...
> No problem. Except when I landed on that other shore
> it felt like someone had wacked my achillies tendon
> with a big log. I looked back. No logs in sight. I
> carefully inched my way back to the cars -- only a
> mile or so away, where I discovered my right ankle
> and calf were were now twice the size of the left
> and have remained so ever since.
> 
> My doctor on Monday speculated that I had "sprained"
> the tendon and that time and a little RICE would
> cure things. Four days and counting. Still no
> improvement.
> 
> Hmmm. I'm now blind, deaf and halt. Do you suppose
> deterioration may be setting in? Nah. That couldn't
> be, could it?
> 
> Weary