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<blockquote data-quote="cvixx" data-source="post: 2521535" data-attributes="member: 51421"><p>See the foot doc!&nbsp; I speak from experience, that when the tendon goes, it may give you no notice.&nbsp; A decade ago, I stepped off the front porch and fell flat on my face.&nbsp; Felt intense pain at the tendon site for a few minutes and then numbness, which scared me more.&nbsp; Went to the local hospital, which was in the midst of a disaster drill and had to wait until they were thru with the fake heart attacks.&nbsp; Then the ER doc misdiagnosed it and I waited two weeks to get re-examined.&nbsp; End result was a very invasive surgery to reconnect the tendon halves.&nbsp; Much more than would have been required at the time of injury.&nbsp; A tip for you.&nbsp; There are two additional tendons that run alongside the foot.&nbsp; They will allow you to still walk and can bend the foot.&nbsp; However, if you hold the toes lightly, they will not have the horsepower to bend the foot up, need the Achilles Tendon for that.&nbsp; How the ER doc missed that is a mystery.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="cvixx, post: 2521535, member: 51421"] See the foot doc! I speak from experience, that when the tendon goes, it may give you no notice. A decade ago, I stepped off the front porch and fell flat on my face. Felt intense pain at the tendon site for a few minutes and then numbness, which scared me more. Went to the local hospital, which was in the midst of a disaster drill and had to wait until they were thru with the fake heart attacks. Then the ER doc misdiagnosed it and I waited two weeks to get re-examined. End result was a very invasive surgery to reconnect the tendon halves. Much more than would have been required at the time of injury. A tip for you. There are two additional tendons that run alongside the foot. They will allow you to still walk and can bend the foot. However, if you hold the toes lightly, they will not have the horsepower to bend the foot up, need the Achilles Tendon for that. How the ER doc missed that is a mystery. [/QUOTE]

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