Can I go home to do the lengthening, or proximity to doctor a requirement?

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Quote from: vanguy04 on April 30, 2022, 03:05:59 PMDid 7+ cm with Betz. Stayed in Germany for 3 weeks and did the rest at home. My journey has been relatively smooth so far. Implemented a number tactics that I learned from patient experiences on this forum. I'm almost 6 month since my surgery and my unassisted walking gait is getting close to normal. I'm also from Vancouver, Canada.

Hello fellow Vancouverite, always nice to see someone else living in the same city. How much did all of that cost you including the Betz surgery + general living expenses? You came back to Canada to remove the internal devices? (healthcare here covers the removal, it's free for all Canadians cosmetic or not)

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Some of the doctors that I talked recommended that I should stay in the hospital between 5-7 days so that they can follow me up after surgery to prevent risks. Then they allow me to go home and do the lengthening there. But yes I should find a good physiotherapy place I guess

Quote from: JamesBrown on April 29, 2022, 06:52:17 AMAfter how long if I may ask? Is there a mandatory time that I must stay — 1 month after surgery etc? (For the surgeon to watch out for any embolism that may be forming?)

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It's perfectly normal to leave the hospital after 4-7-10-15 days, even to reduce the risk of nosocomial infections (one of the most experienced doctors, Guichet, even allows to leave the same day or the following, altough I would never do it). The patient can stay elsewhere nearby and organise the follow-up with the doctor.
But it's also totally abnormal to be alone during the entire recovery process. Beware of doctors that reduce CLL to just a surgery procedure and  (maybe commercially) say it's perfectly okay to go home in another country without even mentioning to find a colleague's local support or,  the very least, without sending them monthly Rx.
What about complications and severe nerve stretching and compartment syndrome, for example? But ultimately it's a patient choice, of course.

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You seek local emergency services in an emergency and go back for non-emergency complications.

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Thanks for the responses all, I guess I will just stay with close proximity to the doctor. Thousands of dollars extra in hotels/airbnb is worth it to me to prevent potential complications that may arise.

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Quote from: JamesBrown on May 04, 2022, 06:06:45 AMHello fellow Vancouverite, always nice to see someone else living in the same city. How much did all of that cost you including the Betz surgery + general living expenses? You came back to Canada to remove the internal devices? (healthcare here covers the removal, it's free for all Canadians cosmetic or not)

Yeah nice to find someone from the same city. All costs were about 86k CDN dollars (surgery, travel, accommodation, PT/Massages and other expenses). I'm currently just 6 month post op, but yeah around the 2 year mark ill have them removed in Canada. Great how our healthcare system covers removal of cosmetic nails.

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Quote from: vanguy04 on May 10, 2022, 11:09:51 PMYeah nice to find someone from the same city. All costs were about 86k CDN dollars (surgery, travel, accommodation, PT/Massages and other expenses). I'm currently just 6 month post op, but yeah around the 2 year mark ill have them removed in Canada. Great how our healthcare system covers removal of cosmetic nails.

Thanks for your response man, appreciate the full picture of the costs on top of the surgery. Hoping the booking for nail removal goes smoothly for you with COVID and all (you know how it is in Canada). I might take a loan on my parent's house, don't want to pull out of my stocks and compound from 0 again, that'll probably be the worst mistake after not exercising/sleeping more during puberty.