2025-05-03 • Day -4
#1: Bam. And suddenly everything was different.
11 AM – relay race. I warm up on the…
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All entries about my Achilles tendon crash & comeback – from pain to summit.
2025-05-04 • Day -3
#2: Day 2 – 470 Kilometers Later
This didn’t happen at home. But nearly 470 kilometers away.…
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#3: Stay fasting!
The day begins with hope. And an empty stomach. Breakfast?…
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#4: So back home after all
Back in my familiar surroundings. You’d think it would be…
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#5: Day of surgery – Slow-release, high and sensory overload
he day begins at home – with a standing shower,…
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#6: Day after surgery – milk, tubes and pain scale
I have to be honest: **Who willingly injects themselves with…
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#7: Day after surgery – milk, engine noises and the big decision
00:08 – One of the most physically brutal nights of…
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#8: Phantom pain or panic?
I’m lying there in the VacoPED, asleep – or dreaming?…
Read more → 2025-05-12 • Day 5
#9: mental hole
I’ll be honest: I’m still stuck in the hole. It…
Read more → 2025-05-13 • Day 6
#10: Hike 6 Days Post Op
Today is the day – today I’m ignoring my head…
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#11: We're going uphill
Today is May 15, 2025. That makes me 8 days…
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#12: First Time Physiotherapy
Today is Day 13 post-op. At my first physio session,…
Read more → 2025-05-21 • Day 14
#13: Complications
Today I was actually supposed to get my stitches removed.…
Read more → 2025-05-25 • Day 18
#14: Partial weight-bearing (20kg)
It’s now been 18 days since the surgery. By now,…
Read more → 2025-05-30 • Day 23
#15: Full weight-bearing!
Today my doc checks the wound and a new chapter…
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#16: Back on the move
The first bigger trip is done – and it went…
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#17: Finally high-tech – leg gets electro-stimulated
Today was another really good day on the comeback trail…
Read more → 2025-06-08 • Day 32
#18: Finally back to the gym!
With 120% motivation I kicked off my first gym session…
Read more → 2025-06-10 • Day 34
#19: Scab’s Off!
Today was a milestone in terms of my leg’s “showerability”.…
Read more → 2025-06-11 • Day 35
#20: Weak Calf
Apparently, my calf muscle could be more developed – that…
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#21: Alpine hike failed
After I went to the pub with friends yesterday for…
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#22: Bandage Off!
Small update: Today, while disinfecting the wound, the remaining scab…
Read more → 2025-06-18 • Day 44
#23: Gait Analysis – Week 6 Post Surgery
Today was another good day. At the 6-week post-op check-up,…
Read more → 2025-06-24 • Day 49
#24: F***ing tension blister
Attentive readers will have noticed that I had a small…
Read more → 2025-06-30 • Day 54
#25: Keep Going
After a few check-ups with my doctor, we’ve now decided…
Read more → 2025-07-19 • Day 73
#26: Individuality and Secondary Gain
Today I’m checking in with one of the final posts…
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