Shawn Olson Creative Arts 142 18 http://www.shawnolson.net http://www.shawnolson.net/sitemedia/shawnolsoncreativearts.gif http://www.shawnolson.net/guest/1/?refType=article&refId=1046 Guestbook Posts http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1046 Hi Shawn, Like Hi Long below, I too came across your story by accident and have really only found stories around tendonitis or an animal that has had a ruptured achilles. Like you and Hi Long, my achilles was severed. I had a plate travel straight and true through my heel. At first it was the strangest sensation, everything was numb. When I looked behind me a I a sizeable hole just above my heel. At this stage I had no blood. I knew that I had to get to hospital because, whilst I was still in no pain, I knew something was definitely amiss. As I started to hop to get a taxi to hospital all the blood finally began to flow through the hole. I guess I was lucky the cab driver took me with the blood I was spilling everywhere. At hospital I was rushed straight through to the docs. I had my foot repaired and spent 8 weeks in plaster. Once the plaster was removed I was tentatively walking around and had inserts in my shoes. On an interstate business trip one week after my plaster came off I stood, incorrectly, on a step and I felt my newly repaired achilles snap again. I think my body had saved up all the pain from the first time and added it to the pain I felt standing on the stairs in a crowded train station. I began to cry, partly due to the excruciating pain, but moreso at the fact I was resigned to another operation, another stretch in plaster (7 months this time), followed the most incredible pyhsiotherapy - that hurt too. That accident took me from Feb - December 2004 (with physio) and a while after to feel confident being mobile again. I play sports regularly now but still, sometimes, have an issue with confidence around my achilles. I wouldnt wish that injury upon anyone, but I will thank you for your email, having people able to relate to this type of injury helps. David Lawson 2009-06-25T03:01:55-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1046 I came across your site totally by accident. I had actually given up looking for "severed Achille's tendon" on the internet because all I could find was articles related to tendonitis. I was beginning to think I was the only person in the world with a severed Achille's. It happened to me in 2004, when a mirror fell on me and lodged in my shoe. the doctor tried to repair it, but I got a staph infection in the hospital, and they had to take out the damaged tissue. To this day I still have a leg brace and crutches. I'm just glad to know that there are other people out there that can relate to me. Thanks for your story. Hi Long 2008-06-12T12:07:59-05:00 http://www.shawnolson.net/a/1046 That story brings back memories of when i was 8 yrs old. I also had my achilles tendon severed except it was from a pocket knife that a boy had thrown at me. So many people have experienced the same thing, more than what I thought. I admire those who have overcame something so tramatic because it's a hard opsticle that isn't to overcome. Sincerely, Patricia Vito Patricia Vito 2006-10-05T23:52:28-05:00