I am so, so afraid of re-rupturing my Achilles. Been reading up on a few articles and surgical, along with the increased chance of wound healing complications has a lower rate of re-rupture. No pain, no gain, I suppose.

It wasn't me being afraid of surgery or its complications that made me pick the conservative route. After all, I seemed to have healed from my inguinal hernia repair just fine. It was more the fact that if I chose to have surgery, I knew that it would cause much more hassle in terms of someone looking after me. And stubbornly, I wasn't ready to come back home yet.

I just hope that I don't overwork myself and take myself back 8 weeks.