Bummer to hear that the Cipro may very well be the cause of my torn achilles tendons and peripheral neuropathy. My podiatrist said that he would like to go in and "elongate" both of my achilles tendons via surgery.

I've decided that I'm not in enough pain yet to go down that road, and would definitely want a 2nd and 3rd opinion! He said I would be in a moon boot for 12 weeks, for each leg...total of about 24 weeks (6 mos!!), which I really do think would cause me more problems overall living like that for 6 mos. than the pain I currently deal with. As Scarlett would say, "I'll worry about that tomorrow!".