Another 8cm femurs (hopefully) with Dr Paley Sep 2020!!

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Sorry for not replying everyone’s posts here. I read all your posts and I’m happy that you find my diary helpful!


Sep 29, day 15: I think the discomfort in my left leg was caused by too much exercises. Today I gave myself a break and did less exercises, and my left leg feels much better right now! I will do less exercises in the next few days to help my left leg recover. Today PT told me to keep my feet closer and try to avoid penguin walking... I tried it and my mom said I walked much better. It’s hard to keep my feet close though. I have to lean forward which hurts my back. I’m not sure if it’s a good idea to keep my feet closer at this stage since my butt is still very weak. I will ask other PTs to get their opinions.

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Really loving the new Paley diaries recently. Seems like randomly for some reason all of a sudden, every Asian who is a software engineer decided to book a surgery for Stryde femurs with Paley in the month of September. You're like number 3 already lol

This diary is incredibly detailed, and it's awesome you did foam rolling and stretching for 3 months. You're way ahead of the curve, and I'm happy your 妈妈 is taking care of you.

Keep taking pictures bro. That's a really cool erc machine, thanks for showing us, never would've knew if you didn't share !

Best of luck brotha

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Thanks for replying SuchLL. It look like the new ERC is the same one that has been going around to the other LL places. Didn't know it was made by Samsung though. I was wondering how you take showers without the incision points getting wet. Anything specific for that? Hope your left leg recovers soon.

-brondo

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Quote from: brondo on September 30, 2020, 06:43:59 AMThanks for replying SuchLL. It look like the new ERC is the same one that has been going around to the other LL places. Didn't know it was made by Samsung though. I was wondering how you take showers without the incision points getting wet. Anything specific for that? Hope your left leg recovers soon.

-brondo

Thanks my left leg is much better and almost doesn’t bother me now. They put waterproof bandages on my incisions, checked my incisions a week after the surgery, and just took off everything on my incisions since they healed nicely.

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Quote from: ghkid2019 on September 30, 2020, 06:24:59 AMReally loving the new Paley diaries recently. Seems like randomly for some reason all of a sudden, every Asian who is a software engineer decided to book a surgery for Stryde femurs with Paley in the month of September. You're like number 3 already lol

This diary is incredibly detailed, and it's awesome you did foam rolling and stretching for 3 months. You're way ahead of the curve, and I'm happy your 妈妈 is taking care of you.

Keep taking pictures bro. That's a really cool erc machine, thanks for showing us, never would've knew if you didn't share !

Best of luck brotha

Yes I’ve seen at least two Chinese software engineers during PT lol... And yes 我是中国人哈哈

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All the best for your new phase of your life. Looking forward for your picture.

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Sep 30, day 16: I started getting use to the soreness caused by lengthening. I probably forgot to mention that my legs felt sore after lengthening each time. Pain meds couldn’t help, but the soreness usually went away within 1 - 1.5 hours, and I couldn’t feel it while taking showers. Now I understand why someone took 5 showers a day... It’s a good way to relax and manage pain. I also started to take acetaminophen instead of oxy sometimes, but acetaminophen only lasted about 3 hours for me.

Oct 1, day 17: I ordered a massage table and a strap for better stretches. The massage table is firm, and costs about $100 from Amazon. I can’t get good stretches on softer surfaces, and floor is an option for only some of the stretches.

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Hi SuchLL,

Thanks for the update. Can you describe exactly how you are using the massage table for your stretching?

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Quote from: brondo on October 02, 2020, 02:07:56 AMHi SuchLL,

Thanks for the update. Can you describe exactly how you are using the massage table for your stretching?

It’s hard for me to answer this question but I’ll try. For example, I need to keep my back straight to do Thomas stretch, but it’s harder to do it if I lie down on a softer surface like a bed. I can still do it on my bed, but I won’t feel very good stretch and my back will hurt too.

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Quote from: SuchLL on October 02, 2020, 03:26:32 AMIt’s hard for me to answer this question but I’ll try. For example, I need to keep my back straight to do Thomas stretch, but it’s harder to do it if I lie down on a softer surface like a bed. I can still do it on my bed, but I won’t feel very good stretch and my back will hurt too.

Thank you