A New Journey: Femurs with Dr Mahboubian

Hello Fam!

I am starting my journey and plan to get my Femurs done with Dr. Mahboubian. I have my consultation scheduled in two days.
My current height a bit over 5 ft 5 (165.9 cms). As of today, I weigh 140 lbs. My goal is to gain the full 8 cms through this procedure.

I would highly appreciate any suggestions/advice necessary for pre-op from all the LL veterans here who have been through the journey and who are preparing for it.

My pre-op preparation so far:

- I started stretching my quads, hamstrings, glutes, and hip flexors for about three weeks now and weight training which I've been doing for 2 months.
   Anything else you guys recommend apart from the lower body?
- I started taking Calcium, Iron, and Vitamin D supplements. Should I add any others?
- Also, I changed my diet, cut down sugars, switched to a high protein, and low/mid carb intake. (not sure if this would make any difference but trying to do my best here). My body fat is ~20 % trying to get it down as much as I can with some cardio.
  Or should I go full-on Carbs? or any recommended diet? 
- Anything you would suggest or recommend that you would have done better pre-op?

And, what to expect of the consultation? anything particular that I should ask/clarify? 

Please advise. Thanks!




 

-keep stretching those quads and hammies and also stretch the muscles that stretch when you're doing a sideways splits (don't know their names) those are the muscles that are the tightest on me after 8cm in Femurs, I don't know why everybody neglects these or never talk about these, but If these were flexible I'd pretty much be very normal now and could probably throw a high side kick lol but yeah stretch to do the sideways split, I believe It'll help.

-Good that you're working out your legs work out upper body too you'll need upper body strength to maneuver yourself through some activities when your legs will obviously be too weak to help you.

-Keep doing cardio get that body fat lower you don't want to be too heavy while going through the distraction phase ... I never took Calcium, Iron and Vitamin D pre-op but do as you wish... I'd save them for when you're distracting.

-Diet seems good right now to cut down on the body fat but when distracting make sure you're on a high protein and not too low carbs, you need your carbs and calories to have energy for therapy and to grow those muscles and bones.

Pre-op I was also working out & got myself at a very respectable level of upper body strength and legs were pretty strong as well, only thing I wish I would've done better is just stretch the sideways splits more maybe I would've had a slight advantage right now but other than that I think I did the best I could.

Ask all the questions you have, I'd even suggest writing down questions that you really want to ask so you don't forget, I forgot a couple questions I wanted to ask but it's nothing major really... a lot of info in the forum.

Best of luck.

Hey man,

Same level as you, I'm doing my consultation this week, hopefully to schedule the surgery ASAP. I'm traveling from the South for the surgery. Are you out of state or you reside in LA?

Best of luck to you my friend. Any reason why you picked Dr. Mahboubian in particular and not other doctors like Dr.Paley etc.?

I am looking to do my surgery with Mahboubian next summer.  Looking forward to following your diary.  Did you set a surgery date yet? 140 seems like you might be a bit skinny...I would uptake calories if you are skinny, need nutrition especially during LL.

Sorry guys. was out of town for a week and later got busy with work.

The (zoom)appointment went fine, Dr.M told me to do a toe touch and a side split and said I look great in terms of flexibility and told me to continue stretching, same with the diet, just advised to stop turmeric and fish oil before surgery. I'm waiting for the surgery date and apparently they are booked through July. Might request them for July if not then sometime early August.

@Movie- I've been stretching those every day and started doing the side splits too. Yes, I'm working on my upper body as well. I do strength training 5-6 days/week focusing on a diff body part each day apart from the stretching. Tbh, I feel like I have more upper body strength than the lower body.
The only thing I'm a lil worried about is my Hamstrings (biceps femoris) being tight, maybe I overstretched them. also, need to improve a lot on glutes/hip flexors. (these are the weakest of all for now)
cardio- I've been trying to run+jogg for 2 miles every day.
diet- agreed, will bump up the carbs after the surgery. trying to keep it the same- high protein, moderate fats, and carbs for now.
Me too, I guess achieved a good amount of upper strength. ( I can do wide arm pull-ups 3x8) on back days. will keep the side splits in mind and add it to stretching.

At last, Movie thanks so much man. I hope you are doing well with the recovery. You were one of the earliest Dr.M diaries I've read and I can say you are one of the reasons for me to consider or look into Dr.M. I was planning to go with Paley first. I really appreciate you looking out for LLers even after the surgery. Thanks again!

@height add- Hey man!
good to know, how did your consultation go? me too, I'm also looking to get it done asap since the timing is perfect, given the current situation. cool, I will be traveling from the north, I live in the bay area.

@farfan21- thank you, my friend! I guess its the success rate, cost, and him being instate made me choose him over Paley.

@Futureller- Not yet, I was given an early august date, but I asked for an early date. let's see how that goes. I don't think I'm that skinny but yeah will keep that in mind. Thanks man.

You're very welcome, F3.

Aren't you concerned about coronavirus F3? What does Dr M say about this?

I am! just need to be more careful.

Do you set you schedule with Dr.M yet?