I can't even imagine what that must feel like. I once had a calf injury that I thought might be a tear but it turned out to be something else. It was the second most amount of pain that I've ever been in (the first being when I threw my back out). I couldn't walk. Like you, my doctor told me that walking on it was good for it. Bastard! I had pain killers but couldn't take them because they made me really sick.

It took about four or five weeks for the inflamation to go down and for it to clear up enough so that I could walk normally. I know it's not the same as your injury. I just wanted to let you know that I empathize with you.