Rock bottom two weeks into full rupture
I fully ruptured my Achilles 2 weeks ago playing basketball and I’m not doing great mentally. At all.
Waited over a week just to see a surgeon because imaging took forever. That alone almost broke me. I’m in Canada, so I’ve also written off my entire golf season, the one sport I actually look forward to all year. We get 4 good months and I get none of them.
Exercise and sweating was how I managed my mental health. Now I can’t drive, can’t weight bear, can’t do cardio, or much of anything for the next 4 weeks minimal. I have two young kids who are a handful at the best of times, and right now I’m useless to them. My wife has had to pick up everything and there’s real resentment building. I don’t blame her, but it’s another layer on top of an already heavy thing with my mental state.
I’m an active, social person. I’ve always had some FOMO, but this is different. I feel chained to my house and I’m slowly melting into anger and anxiety. I keep telling myself there are worse illnesses, I’m lucky I have a desk job and can still work, etc., and all of that is true. It just doesn’t make the day to day any easier.
The one thing that actually helped was a 20 minute call with a friend who went through this years ago. More than anything my doctor said. More than anything I’ve read. Just talking to someone who had been exactly where I am.
Which made me wonder, is there anything out there that connects people at the same stage of this injury? Not Reddit (love this sub but it’s not quite the same), more like 1:1 or small group, matched by where you are in the timeline. Somewhere to share notes, gear, rehab protocols, the mental stuff, all of it. If something like that doesn’t exist, I’d build it. Because I cannot handle how draining and isolated I feel and I can’t be alone here. Does anyone know if this exists or would any of you actually use that? Or is venting on here enough? I have a therapist but it’s not the same. I can’t find empathy from people that haven’t first hand experienced what it’s like going through what you are actually dealing with.
Either way, would love to hear from anyone a few months ahead of me on what helped you get through the early weeks and those currently in this phase with anything getting you through the dark times.
Thanks