Achilles Tendon

[Scotsrich]

Anyone ever done theirs and what have I got to look forward to?

350 hard miles on the bike and I snap it putting it on the centre stand in my garden.

I’ve been to A&E and they’re so busy I’ve got to go back tomorrow.

[Nordboy]

Full tear or partial?

I partially tore mine, after a car pursuit and a foot chase (I really should have known better tbh!!).

It took just over 2 years to get it sorted, I had rehab and then multiple rounds of shock wave therapy for mine. I still don't trust it 100% though.

[Count Steer]

A colleague snapped his. He said the intensive assessment involved no X-rays or MRI, just standing on the good leg with the other knee on a chair. The hospital Doc just looked at the angle of the foot and said 'Ah...I'm afraid...'

Then it was a surgery job and he was in St Helier hospital* in Carshalton long enough for us to organise a visiting rota.

*I thought it was a Victorian dump and should have been demolished and replaced years ago but it was only opened in 1940!, so it was less than 60 years old at the time. I think there's talk that it may be replaced - probably by the time it's 100 years old.

[Felix]

To busy. Royal by any chance? Its A&E is like a UN war zone if not full of junkies and drunks. I wonder if heading to the Borders General is a better option.

[Scotsrich]

To busy. Royal by any chance? Its A&E is like a UN war zone if not full of junkies and drunks. I wonder if heading to the Borders General is a better option.

It was the Royal and yep, A&E was rammed, a 6 hour wait.

I thought I’d got lucky when they wheeled me to minor injuries only to find they were short staffed and closing for the night.

So I’ve got to go back this afternoon where I’ll find out a bit more.

[Taipan]

We can only dream of a 6 hour wait!