sounds bad. the tendons or ligaments are in class 2
strain at least to cause swelling and class 3 is a
tear. if seeing a doc is totally out, get some aleve
or advil generic is naprosyn or ibupropen. the aleve
is a little longer lasting. to get it to prescription
stength take a double does at least. you can take 4
ibupropen an get the strength of the highest script
that has ever been given to me. the aleve i can not
equate to sript stength becouse i have not taken it
much. double does is safe, but, you might could take
more. i just don't know.
   out of the country, where? can you see a doc there?

--- "Cleveland, Kyle E." <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> 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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