Achilles rupture - first few weeks

Ruptured my achilles playing football on 01.11.14 and it is not a week since then and i am in a fibreglass cast. As with most i am pretty active going to the gym and playing football for a total of 5days a week.

I had ACL reconstruction surgery in Feb 14 and seven months after i was back training with the team and playing indoor football easing my way back to outdoor competitive games when this happened.

Went to the A&E dept the following morning  02.11.14 and was diagnosed me with ruptured AT and was sent to fracture clinic for ultra sound scan. Long story shot, am not urgent case and placed in a fibreglass cast and given two crutches (NWB) and referred to a consultant in another hospital this monday (10.11.14). I am hoping to have a scan to find out how bad the rupture is and how high/low and what recovery period would be advised.

I was initially thinking surgery is the only option as i am very active but now i am all but certain that i am taking the non-surgical route.

I have read many progress reports on this and several other sites but have not seen any info on how people got on/recovered in the first week or two.

In my first week, i have been going to work (financial accountant) and have had no problems/pains with getting around apart from the nuisance of NWB. Now in the past few days, i have been able to wiggle my toes, curl my toes to the point where i can contract the back leg muscle (whether AT is being contracted i don't really know because of the cast) and i can also hobble and handle partial weight on the foot with no pain. I can also flex my foot to the point where I can put some pressure on my heel within the cast and flexing downward to the point where my tendon is contracted.

Now i am wondering what all these means?? Does this means i am healing or is this all normal??

I continue to take my protein shake (once a day now rather than twice due to the nuisance of getting around), and take daily vitamin and Omega3/6/9 tablet as i would any other times. No idea if these aid or regress recovery.

I am pretty sure the consultant will leave me in the fibreglass cast and won't give me a boot which is what i will be asking for.

Giving the varying healing process, it seems there is a consensus on the sooner weight bearing is undertaken the faster one heals obviously listening to your body!?! I was discharged 3months ahead of schedule post ACL surgery as i took this same approach without actually knowing this during my ACL recovery stage and listened to my body adding exercises i felt i could handle within limit.

Any feedback on first week/two would be great. Thank You

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