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5 weeks later and I'm still having intense Achilles pain. I can barely walk without limping. I had an ultrasound done and they confirmed that the Achilles was still in tact (not ruptured) but noted that there was a severe amount of inflammation, which is evident just looking at my Achilles. 38 pictures have been sent to my GP so I'll have to go and follow up with the GP on the best management practice. The radiologist noted that the inflammation was right where the Achilles and Heel connect, which is bad as wearing shoes constantly aggravates the injury and prolongs recovery time. As soon as I take my shoes off I feel instant relief.

Ultrasound Findings:
There is a disruption of the deeper fibers of the Achilles tendon insertion with focal hypo echogenicity, hyperaemia at the distal tendon insertion extending over approximately 2cm in length. There is an increased echogenicity and hyperaemia also noted in the retrocalcaneal fat.
No fluid collection / haematoma are identified in the posterior calf.

Conclusion:
Disruption of the deeper fibers of plantaris tendon at the distal insertion with association inflammatory changes.

5 weeks later and my Achilles is still fucked. I've now been placed on a waiting list to see an Orthopedic Surgeon.

Quote from: adarqui on June 09, 2019, 10:51:07 am

Quote from: Mutumbo000 on June 09, 2019, 08:20:02 am

Ultrasound Findings:
There is a disruption of the deeper fibers of the Achilles tendon insertion with focal hypo echogenicity, hyperaemia at the distal tendon insertion extending over approximately 2cm in length. There is an increased echogenicity and hyperaemia also noted in the retrocalcaneal fat.
No fluid collection / haematoma are identified in the posterior calf.

Conclusion:
Disruption of the deeper fibers of plantaris tendon at the distal insertion with association inflammatory changes.

5 weeks later and my Achilles is still fucked. I've now been placed on a waiting list to see an Orthopedic Surgeon.

damn man that really sucks. how long do waiting lists like that usually take?

also: is there anything you can do to just promote overall healing/recovery, without directly stressing it? ie increasing blood flow via stationary bike etc.

The GP said about 2 years waiting time in the public system. If I go private it could be a few weeks.

Good suggestions with the promoting overall healing / recovering. I should start going to the gym and using the stationery bike. Also just lifestyle factors like not drinking as drinking thins the blood and inhibits recovery time.

two years to wait for surgery in the public system? yeesh. i wonder what non-emergency ortho waiting times are like on medicaid (public insurance only for low-income/poor people) in the US.

how much would the private surgery cost? and do you have insurance that would cover it or would it be out of pocket?

Quote from: Mutumbo000 on September 12, 2019, 01:58:19 am

Quote from: LBSS on June 13, 2019, 06:28:21 am

two years to wait for surgery in the public system? yeesh. i wonder what non-emergency ortho waiting times are like on medicaid (public insurance only for low-income/poor people) in the US.

how much would the private surgery cost? and do you have insurance that would cover it or would it be out of pocket?

I went back to my GP yesterday because my Achilles is not feeling any better at all! He called the Flinders Medical Centre and they said I still have at least 2 years to wait because I was triaged as a semi-urgent case. Non-urgent patients have 10+ year waiting periods.

Private surgery would cost thousands and even with private insurance I would still be up for out of pocket costs.

fuck that's awful. god damn. :/

how much would private surgery cost? do they give you the estimates etc?

Quote from: Mutumbo000 on June 01, 2019, 09:32:20 am

5 weeks later and I'm still having intense Achilles pain. I can barely walk without limping. I had an ultrasound done and they confirmed that the Achilles was still in tact (not ruptured) but noted that there was a severe amount of inflammation, which is evident just looking at my Achilles. 38 pictures have been sent to my GP so I'll have to go and follow up with the GP on the best management practice. The radiologist noted that the inflammation was right where the Achilles and Heel connect, which is bad as wearing shoes constantly aggravates the injury and prolongs recovery time. As soon as I take my shoes off I feel instant relief.

omg, no ultrasound's close to useless! GPs are out of the depth i bet, they won't go for the higher power scans b/c they have strict quotas and they get audited for referring them! If i went by the US and xray scans and my GPs interpretation of them, my knee was fine and i just have to rest.  Get your gp to refer to you to a ortho. My ortho was able to do a free MRI at the hospital with a 3.0T machine. Medicare paid for most of the ortho consult fee (i think it's $200 most places), but i had about $80 out of pocket from memory, that's still cheap compared to getting the MRI privately, the hospital quoted like $700! And the difference between a 1.5T MRI (most small labs) and a 3.0T MRI (only big labs or hospitals) is day and night. Call first and confirm your choice of ortho will do a scan for free if he deems it necessary (he most prob will).

My recent knee scope was done under private (i saw the ortho tuesday and the operation was booked in for thursday!). Cost me $500 out of pocket (i think what wasn't covered by insurance was the general anesthetic) but i had had private insurance (thought it was a waste of money tbh until you need it). Without the insurance, i think the cost was around $2000? not sure. I wonder how long it would have taken publically. I'm on a waiting list to see a cardiologist for my heart since January, prob not going to see him for a while .. hopefully im still alive ha.