Tuna, great to see another "seasoned" skier. There aren't many of us out on the water these days. And sorry to hear you blew out your achilles too. Hang in there us "ole" guys can heal and hit the water again. You'll love this, the first thing I ask my Dr when he confirmed the rupture was "can I ski again". His response was, "Well, you have to remember you are 58..." HAHA, I interrupted him and said, "And your point is". He laughed with me, got on the same page and proceeded with an action plan to get me back on my ski.
Saw the Dr Monday morning. He was outwardly surprised at this ole guy's progress and my focused commitment to get back on the water. 32 days post surgery and he took me pretty much out of that nasty air boot around the house! Wow, have I slept good the last couple of nights without that thing. I still have to wear it when moving around a lot and/or going out. Still no driving, but I'm ok with that. I'm getting a really good ROM as well. It's amazing how much just doing the ROM and rubber band exercises will do for your recovery. I still have a long way to go...but I'm feeling more positive everyday. Only issue I have is that the Dr found some infection in my incision. So, he's pumping me up with Septra DS. WARNING: you guys who recently had surgery, watch that incision very closely. And if you see any redness, swelling or weeping/non healing areas, get to the Dr asap. My wife had infection after hip replacement surgery, and the infection exploded just over night (not literally). Don't play with anything that looks like an infection. Get on top if it quickly.