First I'd like to thank you for the comments and apologize for not posting an update sooner or answering some of the questions you've posted.
I wish I could say that my legs are now perfectly healed and that I am back to doing the activities that I love so much. At one point I was very hopeful that the procedure worked as planned. I was able to actually put on my now old and somewhat dry-rotted inline skates and actually skate several times around my block. A HUGE step in the right direction. My endurance was completely shot and my skates needed to be replaced, but I was so hopeful that I could be normal again.
Fast forward to December and our first ski trip of the season. I was in horrible shape for skiing and the conditions were not great. We were rarely ever able to ski more than one run before heading inside for a rest/cocktail. I guess it was the 2nd or 3rd day on the slope when I started getting painful sensations in the back of my calves. The fronts seemed OK, which was good, but ultimately I was nervous that the one compartment that wasn't released during my surgery was acting up. It was during our second in February when I started to have full blown attacks forcing me to stop on the slope and remove my skis. This continued for the rest of our trip. It was obvious that the fourth compartment needed to be released.
I put off going to see my orthopedic surgeon as long as I could, but I started to have attacks on the treadmill and realized that it wasn't going to get any better. I was relieved when the surgeon didn't require another pressure test and was willing to schedule surgery based on my experience with the syndrome. He did warn me quite a bit about the additional muscle trauma that will occur because the remaining compartment is the deep posterior and much harder to access. He warned that there would be a higher risk of nerve damage and that recovery would likely take longer. Things I didn't necessarily want to hear. But after putting it off as long as I could, I now have my second surgery scheduled. It is less than a week away.
I've re-read through this blog and am not looking forward to the recovery, but I hope that this will be the final step in getting me back to where I was.
Thank you again for your comments and support.
