Checkpoint (For the Record)

This post is for my reference really rather than a wider audience.
This all relates to recovery from the Achilles Tendinopathy I suffered 6 months ago.

Yesterday felt really good after the Gym session and pool. I took the precaution of 20 min ice at home and took it easy the rest of the day. Ibuprofen gel applied after evening meal to help with an inflammation as there was an odd feeling of stiffness/pressure/weakness? about my ankles.
At bed time, I was alarmed to note actual pain in right tendon quite low down. Compression sleeve on overnight and this morning no pain in tendon but still this odd tentative feeling of weakness. Both heel bones have slight aches to the sides and I feel faint stinging sensations where the tendon runs into the calf, particularly on left leg.
Feeling gently along the tendons triggers no pain and both seem nicely narrow and smooth so I don't think there is any injury.
I am hoping this is all related to my having upped my exercise frequency, tension and duration and is part of healing and regaining strength.
For the last week or so, I've amended my stretches from 15 at 5 secs quite jerky to 5 at 15 secs slow and controlled. I was doing mostly straight leg but I now always do straight and follow with knee bent. I've also added eccentric work on the edge of a step; 5 x straight leg to toes then on one leg down to heel lower than step followed by the other leg and then the same again with knee bent.
For exercise sessions, I'm concentration on warming up the muscles and tendons beforehand and stretching afterwards. There is differing opinion relating to stretching, particularly before, but reading a lot and trying to assess which sources have credence, this is the direction I have chosen. One source is the BUPA Great Run Training page Stretching section.
All this considered together with it being the 1st week I've done 2 full sessions at the gym and pool means a lot is being asked of them.  I think/hope I'm doing the right thing; I'm pretty sure I should have attended to the exercises more thoroughly earlier on - laziness and lack of will power are not good for recovery.
Next gym session in 5 days.