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Location:

Riverton,UT,

Member Since:

May 06, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:


PR Marathon

2:51:33 (St. George 2009)

3:01:00 (St. George 2008)

3:09:52 (St. George 2007)

3:24:48 (St. George 2006)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Improve training. Get serious, lose weight.

Improve speed.


Long-Term Running Goals:

Lifetime fitness, including running.

 

Personal:

Married with 4 kids. I live in Riverton and work as an attorney downtown in Salt Lake City.

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Friday I had my PRP and fat injected into my achilles tendon.  First, blood was drawn then goes though a process of centrifugation designed to separate PRP from low-platelet plasma and red blood cells.  Then, a local anesthesia was administered to my back above my left hip from which the Dr. Albano harvested fat graft material while observing on ultrasound by scraping it from by back, the donor site was closed, and the fat graft material was processed to be injection along with the PRP into my left achilles tendon. The harvesting of the fat material was more uncomfortable than painful -- definitely a strange sensation.  Dr. Albano then uses ultrasound to inject the PRP and fat back into my achilles.  I opted not to look at the gigantic needle, but did watch on the ultrasound on a monitor as he explained to me what was going on.  I was relieved that the local anesthesia was very effective in limiting the pain for this part of the procedure.  During the process Dr. Albano identified to me a number of interstial tears and he is hopeful the procedure will be successful.

I went home quite happy.  Of course, when the local anesthesia wore off during the night and once my body began responding to the procedure, the pain intensified.  Saturday and Sunday was very painful.  The pain has subsided, but my range of motion in my left leg is very very limited, which makes me quite immobile.  (I honestly did not expect to have such decreased mobility.)   My leg has a ton of inflammation, but that is what will prompt the healing.

The black area on the image shows one of the interstitial tears.

Monday evening swelling.

 

Now, let the healing begin.  (First course of action, being able to walk.)

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