It's now 5 1/2 months since I had surgery on my achilles tendon. The healing was predicted to be fairly slow because of the surgery location. I have no complaints. The excruciating pain is gone (!) and I've been healing well. Now I'm working on regaining my stamina after having been mostly immobile for 3 months. I'm finding the loss of stamina especially difficult. Because I was in a cast for 3 months, my hips are somewhat injured. So I'm essentially learning to walk normally again. Walking up stairs is still a challenge, but I do it.