Achilles tendon total rupture

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LazyDaisy Aug 2015 8:14pm, 4 Aug 2015 11,506 posts	0 LazyDaisy Isn't that depressing though, that you should be fobbed off like that initially? It could make all the difference to whether you'll be dressing up for HDS or not
Molesy Aug 2015 10:17pm, 4 Aug 2015 2,258 posts	0 Molesy I guess it's the difference between specialisms. The trauma team in A&E aren't necessarily up to date on the latest developments in orthopaedics. I'd probably have wound up with the same or similar treatment when I got to the fracture clinic just 10 days later, unfortunately that extra 10 days amounts to a heck of a lot more muscle atrophy that takes considerably longer to recover. Actually you and I need to have a chat about HDS, I'd hate our outfits to clash
Molesy Aug 2015 2:33pm, 7 Aug 2015 2,274 posts	0 Molesy Ok, back from seeing the consultant and apparently what I had wasn't a rupture it was what's called an avulsion fracture - imagine peeling off wax that's dripped down the side of a candle, my Achilles is the wax and my heel is the candle. Quite often it rips lumps of bone off with it so he wants an X-ray of it next time I go back. Cast is off New cast is on Until Wednesday when I get a VACOped fitted Which I had to pay for myself so £248 lighter