Quote from: 5cm Stryde on January 09, 2020, 07:38:27 AMThank you Tiggy for your reply! And yes I read your diary as well, really great and I am impressed because you were always motivated!
Indeed if the vast majority of recovery is like Movie (as advertised by Doctor), I would do it directly.
If the vast majority of recovery is like the other diaries, I would not.
So I just have two questions before to move forward. I really hope more LL Warrior (femur, weight bearing nail) will answer :
1. My point of creating the Topic was to know if the LL warrior who have a long recovery knows, after talking to their Doctors or other co patient, if they were the norm or the exception. That's why I am asking to LL warrior (femur, weight bearing nail) who met a lot of patient I assume (and discussed a lot with PT and Doctors) if the timeline shown by Doctors is the norm or not ?
2. Otherwise, after seiing videos of Movie, I would be really interested to hear about the other LL warriors with weight bearing nails on this forum.
Indeed, you have the same kind of nail so you know it is safe to walk, do light sports..., so what does prevent you for the same recovery ? (I am talking about normal case, not case with problem like nerve injury, non union...).
After reading all diaries and asked different Doctors, it seems it is only linked to Strenght and Flexibily. And Strenght and Flexibily you can improve by working out! So when I asked to different Doctors (more than 5), about long recovery of patient, they just told me it is because they don't workout enough. They told me if you do enough workout, you will be doing sports before the 6 month mark like Movie.
Do you feel it is fair ? Is it just because you are lazy or no time ? (no offence but it is basically what Doctors are saying).
Or does the Doctors didn't tell me the truth and there is something else who prevent you from a recovery like Movie ?
Thank you!
To answer your first question, if your recovery takes long your surgeon is not going to tell you that you are the norm if prior to surgery he was giving you rosy projections. Obviously you will be told that you are an exception. I personally haven't talked to any dr other than dr R because we clicked during my consult and I felt no need to consult with other drs. As to speaking to other patients, no 2 experiences are the same. I was told I'll be close to normal walking by around nov. I was able to walk decent but I still wobble. R told me this is because my right leg is tighter and perhaps if I spent more time stretching and doing PT post lengthening I may have been close to normal. I can't say what could have been.
This leads me to your 2nd question: I haven't been stretching or doing PT post lengthening because I simply didn't have the time. I'm in school now so it's tough to find the time given that I'm always busy either with classes or hw. However this semester I'm planning to hit the gym so hopefully I regain my strength quicker. If you read my diary you can see I'm not a lazy person in general because a lazy lengthener cannot reach 8cm without putting in all the work unless of course he/she is incredibly flexible to begin with. I personally haven't read any diaries of reaching 8cm without putting in the effort. Those who are lazy tend to quit around 6cm.
Point is no dr will tell you for sure how long your recovery will take and you can't predict how motivated you will be to put in the work to reach the 8cm mark. Even if you put in the work things may happen beyond your control that may elongate the process. You said you read my diary so you know my bone was filling in slow so what should've taken 3 months of lengthening ended up stretching to nov. Given what you've stated I believe this surgery may not be the correct path for you at this time. Any person going for it must be prepared and must be content with this potentially prolonging a long time. If you feel you will be disappointed and unhappy if the process takes longer than whatever number you have in mind, that's a sign that you are simply not ready yet. Just my opinion, but I hope it helped you somewhat. Good luck
