4CM LLD Left Femur

I'm almost 1 week post surgery and so far so good.  My LLD was due to a couple a motorcycle accidents over 30 yrs ago. I'm a 57(M) and the stars have finally aligned with work/home-balance that allowed me to take this step.

My experience so far has been very good. I stayed in the hospital overnight. The pain was manageable w/ oral meds (~ 6/10), my only issue initially was not being able to urinate by myself which was overcome by a one-time catheter and then 'standing up' to pee.

I'm at home w/ crutches, wheelchair and a walker.  I wasn't sure about using a walker at first, but it seems to be a good option for me.

I'm not sure how many of these exact procedures my doc has performed before mine, I think it was less than 20, but more than 1. He used the Nuvasive Precise Nail 2.2, so I'm TDWB until around November. I'm not starting the distraction phase until my 2 wk visit, which does concern me, but I have to trust my doc on this.

I'm doing PT 4-5 times/day following some exercises I found on-line and my ROM has improved daily.

I started getting irritation from the tape adhesive used to hold my gauge in place over my incisions.

I've started using Tubular Elastic Dressing net for my wound care and it's much better.

Anyone have any suggestions on things that I may need as I progress further?

Went in for my first lengthening today. I'm doing .25/mm a session x 2 (.5mm/day) for right now.  No pain, no discomfort all is going well.

Any questions? Any interest in this? If not, I don't mind deleting the post.

Who is the surgeon?

Hi Uncle E. I don't get on here much anymore, sorry missed this post. If you search my username on this forum, you'll see my story from 2019-2020. Obviously most people here are cosmetic but 5 years later, the LLD correction is nothing short of a miracle. I sincerely hope your experience has turned out the same. I did the lengthening at age 47, am 53 now. I recently hiked Half Dome which I never would have done before with my large clunky lift. My email is [email protected] , feel free to connect there if you are interested. I also have a YouTube channel, haven't figure out how to successfully embed the link, but if you search "pullingmyleg LLD YouTube" you should find it. Best wishes!

Hey bgreeneee!  Yeah, it's been a fun ride!  I finished my lengthening in October 2024 (total of 1.6") and I eventually got back to about 80% of my 'athletic ability" ....I'm only playing Pickelball 5-6d/week, so nothing too strenuous. My doc wanted to replace my Precise Nail with a permanent trauma nail sooner rather than later, so I had that surgery about a month ago.   All is going well, no more shoe buildups and I'm slowly building up my shoe collection.  I've given myself a month before starting back to running/jumping etc, just b/c it feels like someone drilled a hole in my hip and hammered a titanium rod into femur :-), but I'm getting there and it's still one of the best decisions I've made.

4 cm on femurs is like nothing, joke

IMO, it was a very good joke and I'm 100% glad I did it.