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Message: <blockquote data-quote="druryj" data-source="post: 1861767" data-attributes="member: 10465">Was playing raquetball.  I tore my Achilles, ruptured that sucker completely in half.  Hurt like no tomorrow!  5 surgeries; the wound just opened up after the 3rd surgery; the tissue wouldn't hold stitches; looked like a gunshot wound to the back of my leg.  40 hyperbaric treatments of 3 hours each, 21 sugical debridements, a hard cast for 6 weeks X 2 , 2 walking boots, crutches X 2 , MRSA X 2 (week in the hospital both times) Pseudamonas (blue pus disease).  Wound vac X 2.  All over a 3 year period. Morals of the story: 1. Avoid raquetball. 2. You do NOT want to rupture your Achilles tendon!</blockquote>