When it rains it pours…

This morning I woke up at 4am with tooth pain (I had my 3rd root canal appt in 3 weeks on Thurs), couldn’t fall back asleep, so went to play basketball @ 6am. Around 6:20 I was running down the court, tried to cut to the basket for a pass, and it felt like someone kicked my calf. I turned back to see who it was, saw no one, tried to take a step, and went down.

I knew immediately that I’d ruptured my Achilles. I just about lost consciousness for a few minutes. They called paramedic and took me to hospital. X-rays confirm it’s a complete rupture, and will require surgical repair. I have a temporary cast, I’m on crutches, and I can’t drive.

I plan to try to get surgery scheduled ASAP (with Shannon due in 4 weeks, timing for this injury is quite inconvenient), and I’ll be in a cast for around 6-8 weeks afterwards (so I’ve read). I haven’t seen an orthopedic doctor yet, so nothing is official on this stuff yet.

Good news is that I’ve got very little pain, and I’m hoping I can work on computer fairly normally. Traveling to work office is probably out of the picture for next few weeks.

Not a good start to the holiday weekend :(