Bilateral Femur Lengthening with Dr. Paley 2015 (Q&A, not Journal)

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It's an outlier in that other people seem to be having much worse recoveries, as I've seen from the other threads.

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Maybe they are having the same recovery as you, only you are less of a complaining person...
  Is your gain totally normal? Dont you feel stiff in any parts of your body?

 Your young age could also be a part of your fast recovery

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you can't run because you can't run

maybe you will, maybe you won't


tbike.... I think that statement is accurate...  I complain a lot for example, so people assume I'm crippled.  I was doing full squats today,  maybe 20

 I can't accept not being 100% though

And my left leg is atrocious. Unless someone recovers to 100%, the success is a failure in my opinion, which is why I'm against this surgery


 

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Quote from: crimsontide on February 26, 2016, 09:39:30 PMyou can't run because you can't run

maybe you will, maybe you won't


tbike.... I think that statement is accurate...  I complain a lot for example, so people assume I'm crippled.  I was doing full squats today,  maybe 20

 I can't accept not being 100% though

And my left leg is atrocious. Unless someone recovers to 100%, the success is a failure in my opinion, which is why I'm against this surgery

 I wasnt talking about you when I said "complaining". You got butchered and have every right to complain. You were lied by your surgeon (who also doesnt know how to do a proper ATL) and got abandoned by your original surgeon.
  About 100% recovery, I am willing to accept a 90% one in terms of athletics

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no offense taken tbike

90% is okay, though some people might consider me at 90%. I can walk,  can do squats, can go upstairs, etc

my left leg though is awful

my main issue is the following. 99% of  even the good diaries aren't good based on their now reality.. What I mean is, let's say mb53  didn't get better after today. There's no way that he would consider his recovery great,since he   can't run.

His  perfect recovery is predicated on his future recovery  continuing at the same rate, which is an unknown

we almost never get a diary that says  " guys, i'm fully recovered, i'm done, 100%, can run, etc"

This is concerning to me, especially since I'd like to say one day that  i'm  fully recovered. We almost never see this though

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Quote from: crimsontide on February 26, 2016, 09:49:15 PMno offense taken tbike

90% is okay, though some people might consider me at 90%. I can walk,  can do squats, can go upstairs, etc

my left leg though is awful

my main issue is the following. 99% of  even the good diaries aren't good based on their now reality.. What I mean is, let's say mb53  didn't get better after today. There's no way that he would consider his recovery great,since he   can't run.

His  perfect recovery is predicated on his future recovery  continuing at the same rate, which is an unknown

we almost never get a diary that says  " guys, i'm fully recovered, i'm done, 100%, can run, etc"

This is concerning to me, especially since I'd like to say one day that  i'm  fully recovered. We almost never see this though

 Can you send me a video of you doing squats? Or in general how you walk?

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on February 26, 2016, 09:31:55 PMMaybe they are having the same recovery as you, only you are less of a complaining person...
  Is your gain totally normal? Dont you feel stiff in any parts of your body?

 Your young age could also be a part of your fast recovery
MB's recovery is better than most people. It might have to do with the fact that he's a teenager and teens recover much faster. I've noticed from my time at Paley's that most of the younger people (under 20) recovered well and did not have pain, while the late 20's and above group were having a lot of pain and issues. For this reason, I'm actually very worried about Iamready's recovery, because he's actually older than me by a few years. If he doesn't go the full 8 cm in femurs, though, he might recover well.

But don't say that his recovery is the same as others. One of the other teenage patients I knew stopped taking pain meds WHILE lengthening. He said that he felt no pain. Meanwhile everyone else was popping pain meds just to be able to sleep. So everyone has a different recovery. And age does seem like the major factor.

I am in the same boat as crimsontide and don't recommend this surgery. It's a gamble. You could have a great recovery or you can have a bad one. If the bad recovery causes permanent side effects, then it'll lower your quality of life significantly, because walking/running is something you do everyday. If it hurts when you do it, you're screwed. If you can't even run ever again, then a lot of things in life will suck, such as sports, or running away from things, or chasing a train or someone.

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Quote from: DoingItForMe on February 26, 2016, 10:33:43 PMMB's recovery is better than most people. It might have to do with the fact that he's a teenager and teens recover much faster. I've noticed from my time at Paley's that most of the younger people (under 20) recovered well and did not have pain, while the late 20's and above group were having a lot of pain and issues. For this reason, I'm actually very worried about Iamready's recovery, because he's actually older than me by a few years. If he doesn't go the full 8 cm in femurs, though, he might recover well.

But don't say that his recovery is the same as others. One of the other teenage patients I knew stopped taking pain meds WHILE lengthening. He said that he felt no pain. Meanwhile everyone else was popping pain meds just to be able to sleep. So everyone has a different recovery. And age does seem like the major factor.

I am in the same boat as crimsontide and don't recommend this surgery. It's a gamble. You could have a great recovery or you can have a bad one. If the bad recovery causes permanent side effects, then it'll lower your quality of life significantly, because walking/running is something you do everyday. If it hurts when you do it, you're screwed. If you can't even run ever again, then a lot of things in life will suck, such as sports, or running away from things, or chasing a train or someone.

How old are you?

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on February 26, 2016, 10:40:56 PMHow old are you?
Late 20s.

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Quote from: DoingItForMe on February 27, 2016, 01:50:27 AMLate 20s.

So should I worry at being 25-26 years old? Idont know.... According to medical literature, being below 35 is still considered "young"