Dr. Monegal - Two stage internal Femur - Sept 2015 - Antonio

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Quote from: helloworld on May 25, 2017, 08:39:26 PMIf you are going to Naples, be careful. I arrived today, and after literally less than 25 minutes in town, my wallet had been stolen! :-(

Hi Hello World, 

Is there anything else I should know from Spain. If you don't mind me asking when you got to Barcelona and you were getting ready for the surgery, what did u bring with you to clínica diagonal? Thanks !

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Quote from: ouroboros on July 29, 2017, 08:50:31 PMHey Antonio, congratulations for having a successful journey! Glad to hear you are enjoying yourself.

Now that you have the rod's removed, can you give an update of what it feels like to walk around, exercise, etc., thanks.

Hey Ouro, sorry for the late reply - I've been very busy with work and my summer holidays. My new height is especially enjoyable when I travel as I see strangers and feel so much being "checked out" by attractive women. Certainly gives a boost to the ego, although my Danish girlfriend was not too happy lol.

I had my right rod (only right, my left femur has still not consolidated 100%) removed on 5th July (i.e. 6 weeks ago). Checked in to C. Diagonal at 12 noon and went into OR at 2 pm. Discharged and back to my room at 7 pm. Slept very fitfully with a lot of pain. Despite the pain and being heavily bandaged, I went back to work the very next day on crutches. My colleagues said it was as if I had come back from a war lol.

I decided to remove my right rod then as the pulse receiver and cable was starting to give me pain. That's one of the drawbacks of the Fitbone device, the receiver and cable are loose under the skin and if the cable breaks, as had happened on my left leg, the pain can be so unbearable as to prevent walking. But the turning of the rod itself for the lengthening was painless.

I must say I was surprised with how long it took to recover from the operation. To this day I have a slight pain in my fascia muscle from the knee to the middle of the outside of the thigh when I wake up and when I try to run. It feels like muscle soreness after a heavy workout. It was not until three weeks after that I regained 100% ROM in the knee as well as no lingering pain in my ankle and knee from the operation.

I've started again with squats and plyometric jumps. My strength and flexibility are back to 100%, but because of the muscle pain, I won't start running again till it is completely gone. Walking long distances is painless and completely normal.

How about you? When is your operation?

Regards,

Antonio

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Quote from: U only live once on August 05, 2017, 03:08:23 AMHi Hello World, 

Is there anything else I should know from Spain. If you don't mind me asking when you got to Barcelona and you were getting ready for the surgery, what did u bring with you to clínica diagonal? Thanks !

UOL1, good luck on your upcoming surgery!

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Quote from: U only live once on August 05, 2017, 03:08:23 AMHi Hello World, 

Is there anything else I should know from Spain. If you don't mind me asking when you got to Barcelona and you were getting ready for the surgery, what did u bring with you to clínica diagonal? Thanks !
Sorry! I missed the question, as it was in the diary of "Antonio".
I did not bring anything special, just the usual stuff for travelling.
I made sure I was prepared for working from the bed, by bringing two laptops and brough proteins and supplements.

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Quote from: Antonio on August 15, 2017, 02:25:41 PMUOL1, good luck on your upcoming surgery!

Thanks Antonio! Your diary has been a huge help in making my mind to take this step.

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Quote from: Antonio on August 15, 2017, 02:19:25 PM
I decided to remove my right rod then as the pulse receiver and cable was starting to give me pain. That's one of the drawbacks of the Fitbone device, the receiver and cable are loose under the skin and if the cable breaks, as had happened on my left leg, the pain can be so unbearable as to prevent walking. But the turning of the rod itself for the lengthening was painless.

I must say I was surprised with how long it took to recover from the operation. To this day I have a slight pain in my fascia muscle from the knee to the middle of the outside of the thigh when I wake up and when I try to run. It feels like muscle soreness after a heavy workout. It was not until three weeks after that I regained 100% ROM in the knee as well as no lingering pain in my ankle and knee from the operation.

I've started again with squats and plyometric jumps. My strength and flexibility are back to 100%, but because of the muscle pain, I won't start running again till it is completely gone. Walking long distances is painless and completely normal.


Hi Antonio,

I had the cable only removed from my 1st leg and had surgery for my second leg a little over two weeks ago.  Just from the surgery required for removing cable, I was not able to put weight on my 1st leg for well over a week. I was very surprised, I was not expecting that.

I was just curious as to why you have the rod removed and not just and cable? Also, how long did it take before you were able to walk again after having the rod removed?

Thanks!

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Quote from: Four Inch on August 17, 2017, 03:30:17 PMHi Antonio,

I had the cable only removed from my 1st leg and had surgery for my second leg a little over two weeks ago.  Just from the surgery required for removing cable, I was not able to put weight on my 1st leg for well over a week. I was very surprised, I was not expecting that.

I was just curious as to why you have the rod removed and not just and cable? Also, how long did it take before you were able to walk again after having the rod removed?

Thanks!

Hi 4in, congrats on your journey so far!

Why did I have the right rod removed? I don't like foreign objects in my body lol. Seriously, I always knew I wanted to remove my rods as soon as the femur was consolidated, as the longer it stays the more the muscle fibres tighten around the screws and the harder it is to remove in the future. Plus I hate the metal detectors going off everytime I fly. Taking the rod out as the same time as the cable means I skip one operation. I am a firm believer in gradualism and letting the body adapt slowly to change, so doing two rod removals at once would mean significantly more hospitalization and recovery time.

I was able to walk with crutches one day after the operation and without crutches but limping three days after. But I didn't feel up to 95% back to normal until 3-4 weeks after, when most of the pains had gone and I recovered full ROM in my knee.

Good luck amigo!

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Thank you Antonio,

Great information that I certainly need to consider.

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To the moderators: Would it be possible to remove all the Monegal opinion posts onto a single thread in Other information and leave the factual info for the Doctor entry? Organizationally, it would help matters. Thank you

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Quote from: Antonio on September 03, 2017, 12:39:43 PMTo the moderators: Would it be possible to remove all the Monegal opinion posts onto a single thread in Other information and leave the factual info for the Doctor entry? Organizationally, it would help matters. Thank you

No we need to have as much threads relating to the Great Leader Dr. Monegal as possible so he may spread his joy and blessings to all !!