Ouch! Sounds painful!  I never had that surgery on my foot but I have experienced tendonitis and the only thing that will treat it is rest.  You can also take an anti-inflmatory med like ibuprofen or aspirin to keep down the swelling.

Why not go to the family practice or GP now?

Kat

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From: "Cleveland, Kyle E." <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 06/17/03 10:12 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: CP-related topic.  LOL!!!

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> Hi y'all!

I tell ya, things have not been good for me, physically, of late.  I won't
go into the list of non-CP stuff, but I would like to send out a general
question on a spasticity related issue.

Like many of us, as a kid I had numerous Z-plastys on my achilles tendon
(heel-cord lengthening).  In '96 my achilles tore completely in two as a
result of vigorous exercise.  That was a couple inches above the bottom of
the tendon, but now I have a problem where the achilles attaches to the
talus (heel bone).

I was goofing around with the kids last night, probably playing too hard,
and I woke up around 2 am in great pain.  There is a "ball" of tender,
swollen tissue at the base of the tendon.  This area is about 2 cm.
circumference.  Has anyone experienced anything like this?

I'm afraid that the tendon is tearing again, but since I'm leaving for an
out-of-country vacation the day after tomorrow, I can't get in to see my
orthopedist.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  It might just be
tendinitis,
but since the area is so tender I can't use my AFO to "lock" my ankle in
place.

Kyle
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