After I got on the table they set everything else up, and shaved my leg. They put the oxygen mask on and then the sleeping juice. I remember someone asking my name and by the time I said it I was out.
I woke up what seemed like seconds later (actually an hour) and felt really good. I was wide awake and in no pain at all. The clock said 10:15AM. The nurse came over and asked me some question, and I think I asked her a ton of questions also. I really don't remember very well. I do remember the doctor coming in and talking to me. He told me he had to make the incision a lot longer than anticipated because my muscle and tendon was a whole lot longer than he had ever seen. I'm not sure what this means. I will have to ask at my next appointment. He said he found a tear where he marked before surgery, and there was also a tear down by the knob on my foot also. So its a good thing he exposed the whole tendon.
Once I got back to the waiting room with with my family the nurse gave me an ice cold Pepsi and a nice warm blueberry muffin, which tasted so good. I got a little nauseous but after a couple of seconds it went away. They took the IV out and I went to the bathroom. I had no pain whatsoever. When I got back in the room my wife helped me get my clothes back on and then I was free to go. On the wheel chair ride down to the car I got nauseous again, but held it in. I then got in the car and we drove off. Once we were driving it was apparent that I was going to have to vomit. Luckily they gave us a bag, because I threw up all the liquid I drank and the blueberry muffin (I felt sorry for my wife having to listen and watch while she was driving). After the vomiting, which only lasted about a minute or two, I felt like a million dollars. I have not been nauseous at all since. I have been pain free, but extremely tired.
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