Quote from: SuchLL on October 01, 2020, 11:38:40 PMSep 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.
Hi SuchLL,
Thanks for the updates. Hope you feel better soon.
Are you able to take shower yourself?
Another 8cm femurs (hopefully) with Dr Paley Sep 2020!!
Quote from: init1alove on October 02, 2020, 05:48:13 PMHi SuchLL,
Thanks for the updates. Hope you feel better soon.
Are you able to take shower yourself?
Yes. I started to take shower by myself on day 4. The hospital will order you a shower chair. Right now I take 3-4 showers a day.
Lucky you, you have your family to support you. I am going to get the surgery all by myself but my dr told me I need a 24/7 carer for 3 months. The cost is so expensive and I have a thought to postpone this surgery....
Quote from: sd2318668 on October 02, 2020, 10:41:42 PMLucky you, you have your family to support you. I am going to get the surgery all by myself but my dr told me I need a 24/7 carer for 3 months. The cost is so expensive and I have a thought to postpone this surgery....
What doctor? Surely no doctor is requiring this with Stryde. The most I've seen recently is 2 weeks, though the Baltimore center that has cheap housing available does require someone to stay with you the whole time.
Quote from: sd2318668 on October 02, 2020, 10:41:42 PMLucky you, you have your family to support you. I am going to get the surgery all by myself but my dr told me I need a 24/7 carer for 3 months. The cost is so expensive and I have a thought to postpone this surgery....
24/7 caretaker? Nah. After the first couple of weeks, you might need someone to help with certain errands, but not 24/7.
Quote from: sd2318668 on October 02, 2020, 10:41:42 PMLucky you, you have your family to support you. I am going to get the surgery all by myself but my dr told me I need a 24/7 carer for 3 months. The cost is so expensive and I have a thought to postpone this surgery....
It’s my 3rd week. It won’t be easy for me to do everything by myself, but I’m able to take care of myself. I heard that most people feel much better after 3 weeks when surgery pain is gone. I don’t know your doctor, but Dr. Paley tells his patients to hire caregiver for 2-3 weeks. Best of luck on your surgery!
Oct 2, day 18: my legs felt very sore after the 3rd turn today (I do four turns a day and 0.25mm each turn). I will do one turn every 5-6 hours to increase the interval between each turn to see if I’ll feel better.
Oct 3, day 19: good news! My legs almost didn’t feel sore after increasing the interval between each turn! The soreness each time after lengthening was the only thing stopping me from saying “pain management is easy”. Today I can tell you that pain management is easy again! I’m very happy and also got a haircut from my mom today lol. My legs and butt are also much more stronger. I focused on butt exercises only for three days and I already walked a lot better now.
Hi SuchLL,
Thanks for sharing your experience. I wish you the best of luck and I will be following your diary closely as I am also planning on lengthening my femur by 8cm with Paley in September 2021.
Oct 7, day 22: I had my first x-ray today. The x-ray showed that the nails were lengthened by 2 cm, but I only did lengthening for 15 days. The doctor said that the x-ray wasn’t very accurate and they would have a more accurate measurement at the end, but my x-ray looked really good. Today I also weighed myself and I haven’t lost a single pound lol... It’s probably because I force myself to eat when I don’t have good appetite. My right leg/butt is strong and I can even stand on my right leg and keep good balance. I can’t do it with my left leg though.
Oct 13, day 28: Sorry for not updating daily since everything is going well except one of my incisions turned red two days ago. People at Paley’s institute are really careful and responsible. They sent me antibiotics right away and booked an appointment for me to check my incision to make sure that nothing went wrong. I’m still super flexible. The post surgery pain is gone, and the muscle soreness can often be managed by ice/heat/shower. Right now I only take pain meds (Tylenol) before going out and before bedtime.
Great update. It seems like you're into that "middle part" of lengthening after surgical pains and before any soft tissue stretching issues come up.
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