I am sneaking up on 44 weeks post op. This weekend will be my 1 yr anniversary of the initial injury and first surgery. The second surgery was in July of ’08. That will be a more important anniversary.
I am walking about a mile a day. I work out with weights 3 days a week. The calf is coming back but not quite there yet. I started integrating a few jogging moments into my walking time. If this sounds cautious, it is. I don’t want to re-rupture - ever, ever again.
I can’t wear heels yet and by heels I mean Vicky S. heels. I can wear “kitten” heels. Are there any women out there who have successfully gotten back into heels yet? The problem with heels is the scar tissue. It bunches up and the calf muscle feels inflexible. I don’t think that is a good thing.
And for those of you who have gotten back into jogging or running, when you first started did it hurt? Were you limping the next day? How hard to push it? Where’s the danger point? My foot is still stiff in the morning but most of the swelling is gone.
And for those just starting the journey, it will get better.
