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02-05-2016, 12:32 PM
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Hopefully the surgery heals quickly and the fix holds up well for you. I cracked my heal bone and due to that the Achilles Tendon partially ruptured going about half way up my calf, no fun at all. They opted not to surgically address it due to my diabetes so I spent 6 months in a walking boot cast/splint. It healed but didn't get back to 100% and I re-ruptured the tendon along with the Planter tendon 3 years later and spent another 5 months in a boot. Last week in our 30" snowfall I injured the same foot and hyperextended the Achilles Tendon but it doesn't seem to have ruptured this time but it is mighty tender still and I'm limping on it.
02-05-2016, 02:25 PM
We were looking at the Indian River area just South of Mackinaw City between the lakes there. We are off from July 1st through the 17th and we like to try to hit Northern areas during our Summer vacations, just haven't made our final decision between MI, WI or MN yet. Definitely looking for something on or by some decent water as we just got new kayaks at Christmas and we are itching to do some paddling. 
I'm flying into Chicago on the 15th of July and driving right over to Grand Rapids, going to take a couple days and head over to the Detroit area, then back to Chicago around the 25th and fly home on the 30th. Seeing family and friends down that way.
02-05-2016, 03:28 PM
Yeah, luckily it's my left leg so I can at least drive an auto when it acts up. The leading theory shared by my Orthopedic DR and Podiatrist lays the weak heel and less than stretchy tendons on a bad year when I was a kid. Shattered my left femur (diagonal break 1.5" below hip joint with bottom portion pie wedge shattered into 7 pieces but still attached at the knee end, think broken baseball bat) which put me in a hospital bed in traction for 6 weeks then a body cast (from arm pits to left foot toes) for 7 weeks. Once out of that but still on crutches I fell down a flight of stairs and shattered the left ankle, so back into a lower leg/foot cast for another 7 weeks. I was 10 at the time and they think that all of that time with no weight bearing on it and bound by the various wrappings and casts screwed up some growth plates and stunted the tendon's elasticity. Lucky me!
02-05-2016, 05:41 PM
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02-05-2016, 06:39 PM
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Hopefully the surgery heals quickly and the fix holds up well for you. I cracked my heal bone and due to that the Achilles Tendon partially ruptured going about half way up my calf, no fun at all. They opted not to surgically address it due to my diabetes so I spent 6 months in a walking boot cast/splint. It healed but didn't get back to 100% and I re-ruptured the tendon along with the Planter tendon 3 years later and spent another 5 months in a boot. Last week in our 30" snowfall I injured the same foot and hyperextended the Achilles Tendon but it doesn't seem to have ruptured this time but it is mighty tender still and I'm limping on it.
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02-06-2016, 03:56 PM
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Put my new Rancho front shocks on today, rear hatch struts because mine were blown after the cold weather hit, and steering stabilizer. Did the shocks without jacking up and taking wheels off. Found vacuum hose on passenger hub is non existent due to dry rot so I'm going to take a wild guess and say that's contributing to my 4x4 issues. Will try to get around to rear shocks and front brakes this coming week as well as all fluids.
02-06-2016, 04:22 PM
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