Northern Nav Ex issues

[Little Lou]

Ouch!! Achilles tendon injury is hideous - you must be made of iron to have moved at all.

If you don't think it's actually ruptured (A&E, mate, like your missis says) then at least it'll get better on its own. When my OH did this, the doctor advised him to keep his foot UP - even just lying on the sofa and resting the foot on the arm did the trick. You'll need ice packs every 3-4 hours - a bag of frozen peas is great, but it needs to be wrapped in a tea-towel or you'll get a horrible ice burn (says the woman who turned her entire ankle black two years ago). Other than that, any anti-inflammatory pain killer is good, like ibuprofen. You probably know all this, but I thought I'd chuck it in anyway.

Of course, if you want to go all prepper on it, you could alternate the ice packs with a cold compress of lavender, comfrey, or chamomile -but you probably don't want to know that right now...

But it's still a salutary experience for us all. This is what happens when we suddenly plunge into excessive activity, and it will certainly be me on Day 1 SHTF unless I get fit RIGHT NOW. I have GOT to get on with it.

Get well soon, NR.