Went to the Ortho and lobbied for what I wanted--no surgery! The Ortho guy was cool and seemed to be caring and listening (not what my preconceived notions were fearing...). He told me, "you are really a spitfire and very against surgery." Yes, yes. In the end he diagnosed me with a grade 3 gastroc. medial head tear. Fancy words for tore the shitskis out of my calf muscle. The part of the calf that meet the achilles has been battered, but not severed (sooo gross to say). The mutually agreed upon plan: I will wear a stabilizing boot for 2 weeks at all time save for showers--even sleep. If no improvement, then we could talk some surg. If improvement, then 2 more weeks of the boot and then 4 weeks of PT. Whew. I already feel a huge physical relief in the boot--it's comfy and supportive--and a big emotional relief--girls trip, here I come!
Worst Part of the Day-
I guess the whole high-fiving myself over still having to be laid up for a minimum of 8 weeks--bummer. Too bad I was actually digging the workout scene. Doh.
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Please post photos of you wearing the boot.
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