Achilles Tendonitis Surgery Stories are an incredibly valuable resource for people that are facing possible surgery on their Achilles Tendons for tendonitis or any other reason.
If you have had surgery, share your story.
If you are facing surgery, read the collected stories. They are first hand (foot?) accounts from people that have actually gone through the surgery.
Please share the experience of your Achilles Tendon surgery.
How bad was your pain before surgery? How are your feet now, and how long has it been since surgery?
Achilles Tendonitis Surgery can be scary to face.
Share your story so other people will have a better idea what to expect.
Please include the following information:
1. How long had you been having Achilles Tendon problems?
2. How severe was the pain and problem?
3. What was the experience of the actual surgery?
4. What was the recovery like?
5. How long has it been since the surgery, and how are you now?
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Achilles Tendonitis Surgery 6 Months Ago, now have a falling arch and returning pain





I am 17 years old and have had Achilles tendonitis for 19 months now and have had a surgery which involved cutting the tendon to trigger a full blown body ...
2 Achilles surgeries and not healing??





First sugery was 4/2009 and I had a repair, debridement, and calcanial exosectomy. Long story short it got much worse and turned in to a swollen severe ...
Achilles Tendon Surgery -- Good Outcome But Now Showing Up In Other Leg





I had surgery in January, 2010 for the following issues discovered on MRI:
1) partial tear of the anterior talofibulra ligament;
2) small longitudinal ...
Would never do it again... Achilles Tendonitis Surgery NIGHT MARE





I am 38 just starting jogging loosing weight... loving life... went hiking on a girls camp and tore my achilles and had a heel spur also on the bottom ...
Achilles Tendonosis and Ugly Swollen Ankles





I have had this Achilles Tendonosis problem for almost a year.
Getting worse- I am on my feet all day.
I have had PRP injection- worn boot for 2 ...
Achilles Tendon Tears, Unlucky but lucky with the Achilles Surgery





In 1983 I tore my right Achilles Tendon playing basketball and had surgery to repair it.
Then in 1986 I tore my left one playing softball and had ...
Achilles Tendonitis Surgery after 5 years and now have numbness and tingling in toes. Don't want to do these again!




it's been 3 weeks since surgery! it's been 5 long years since first pain started....i had the surgery so the pain would go away...surgical site doesn'...
Achilles Tendonitis Surgery, Freaking out somewhat about the prospect of having it




In February of 2009 I started having horrible pain at the back of my left ankle.
I sort of ignored it as I was walking a lot in my job. (I work ...
Achilles Tendonitis Surgery two years ago, still healing.




Looks like I'm the first story on here. Cool!
4 years ago I started having pain in my right Achilles Tendon, halfway between the calf and the heel....
Back at work 2 weeks after Achilles Tendonitis surgery reattachment



I am Female and 52 and ruptured my left achilles 3 years ago. After many vists to the hospital and many complaints I finally got to see the surgeon.
Had ...
The reattachments of my achilles tendon after achilles surgery
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I had surgery on my achilles tendons April 23, 2010.
The surgery wasn't bad at all. The fews days after surgery is more painful because your foot ...
Not Sure If Everything Is Alright After My Achilles Tendonitis Surgery
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I severely pulled my Achilles Tendon 8 years ago and limped badly ever since.
I finally went to the doctor and he said that he wanted to operate. So ...
Heel Spur and Archilles Tendonitis, Multiple Doctors
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Hello my name is Yolanda, my pain started in August, it was minimal I had a small spur on the back of my heel and it would hurt when my shoe would rub ...
My Husband's Constant Pain After Shoulder Surgery on Bursa and pinched nerves
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This is actually not about a tendon surgery problem.
My husband had surgery on his right shoulder in September for a bursa and pinched nerves that ...
Snapped Achilles Tendon, Am Two Weeks Into Achilles Tendon Reattachment Surgery
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Well I snapped my right achilles playing squash just over two weeks ago.
It was not like I had not warmed up or anything, I had played one match ...
Achilles Tendonitis, surgery, recovery, still recovering
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My story is pretty simple.
I run every summer. This last summer, at age 48, by the end of July I had pain in my Achilles so bad I could barely walk....
Achilles Tendonitis Surgery Last Week, Thank God For Painkillers
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I just got Achilles Tendonitis surgery on my right Achilles last week.
Other people I talked to said it wasn't that bad, I must be a wimp!
Ouch!...