Quote from: U only live once on August 09, 2017, 10:52:54 AMHey buddy I am happy we'll meet there ! Please teach me chinese and I will teach you English or Spanish!
这太棒了哥们，中文很有意思，中国姑娘欢迎你 
Hi all,
Just to give you an update I had my surgery yesterday and everything went very good. Surgery took two hours basically tbh I don't even know when they started, last thing I remember is that I was flirting with one of the nurses but that was because they gave me something that make feel drunk. When I woke the surgery was done.
After the surgery pain was about 2/10 but then they gave me something and pain went away. But somehow I was so cold after the surgery so they put a heater or at least that is what remember hahaha I fell asleep after that. Pain is minimum I would say 0 but I always have a funny sensation on the sole of my feet anyways at times there is a slight pain but not even one out of ten.
As a final note please do not have breakfast prior the surgery , i forgot and I did have breakfast so they had to wait until my food was digested. Well I will keep u posted of anything.
Regards .
Good to hear that everything is well, dude.
Wishing you a comfy recovery!
good luck, times flies, three first days are the worst, and after of that it's just boring. Salads are very tasty, and in a few days you will start the PT sessions, I was with Alberto and Hector, the first time that you can take a shower by yourself you feel great
I was in the hospital yesterday for a review with the doctor, he told me that he has two surgeries that evening.
My best wishes.
Nice bro, you coming to MIC? Would love to have someone here with me haha
To ozimandia, things are going very well, people at diagonal clinic are pretty cool and nurses are real hotties here. There is a guy who is hilarious and make me laugh when he is around.
To yagen, thanks mate your diary was a real inspiration I don't know if I ever gonna do tibias but you are right I still feel a bit uncomfortable with the bendage around my leg but I know soon it will come off. And yes one of the surgeries was me and the other another guy which I met on that day. I was very tired because my flight took 24 horas from Australia. Anyways it was very nice to meet dr Alex and his team.
To inferiority , yes mate I will be in the MiC for three weeks once I get released
Hi, buddy, how's it going?
Hi all,
As promised I will give you a second update about my journey. I made it safely to MIC yesterday and I have started my lengthening yesterday, one week after my surgery. Things are going very standard like other diaries. There is still pain but manageable with pain killers, last night I had a sweet sleep until 4 am and then I woke up with some pain and discomfort so I woke up and I massaged my leg and I straightened it up and it did the trick but pain came back again like about 6 am, I guess the effect of the painkiller started to fade away.
In terms of my experience in clinica diagonal, it was pretty good, the staff there was lovely. No complains whatsoever, nurses, apprentices, dieticians, cleaning staff, and PTs are great! I did use the CPM machine and I got 95 degrees. The only stuff i did not expect was that after the bandage was removed from my leg I had three blisters which one of the nurses treated it. All in all I only have a bit of bruises still around the scars but they seems to be fading away day by day . Ohh inflammation is still visible but nothing like the first three days, basically the areas that are still swollen is where the cuts were made, the rest of the leg is back to normal. The doctor gave a special sock to reduce the swelling.
It is interesting to see how your leg stiffens up every time you lengthen so it is important that you are stretching and flexing your muscles everyday for as long as you lengthen.
Sorry if i make this diary a bit boring but i never being a forum person however let me know if you have any question. If any of you are staying at the mic please ask reception for me, I am the only guy who comes from Australia. I met another guy in Clinica Diagonal who did LL and we are planning to rent a car in three weeks time before I return home to visit a few places in barcelona for which if anyone is interested please raise your hand. Dr Monegal volunteered to lend his car but I cannot take that offer cuz I know I am bit of crazy on the wheel! hahaha
all the best guys!
Quote from: U only live once on September 28, 2017, 10:22:20 AMHi all,
As promised I will give you a second update about my journey. I made it safely to MIC yesterday and I have started my lengthening yesterday, one week after my surgery. Things are going very standard like other diaries. There is still pain but manageable with pain killers, last night I had a sweet sleep until 4 am and then I woke up with some pain and discomfort so I woke up and I massaged my leg and I straightened it up and it did the trick but pain came back again like about 6 am, I guess the effect of the painkiller started to fade away.
In terms of my experience in clinica diagonal, it was pretty good, the staff there was lovely. No complains whatsoever, nurses, apprentices, dieticians, cleaning staff, and PTs are great! I did use the CPM machine and I got 95 degrees. The only stuff i did not expect was that after the bandage was removed from my leg I had three blisters which one of the nurses treated it. All in all I only have a bit of bruises still around the scars but they seems to be fading away day by day . Ohh inflammation is still visible but nothing like the first three days, basically the areas that are still swollen is where the cuts were made, the rest of the leg is back to normal. The doctor gave a special sock to reduce the swelling.
It is interesting to see how your leg stiffens up every time you lengthen so it is important that you are stretching and flexing your muscles everyday for as long as you lengthen.
Sorry if i make this diary a bit boring but i never being a forum person however let me know if you have any question. If any of you are staying at the mic please ask reception for me, I am the only guy who comes from Australia. I met another guy in Clinica Diagonal who did LL and we are planning to rent a car in three weeks time before I return home to visit a few places in barcelona for which if anyone is interested please raise your hand. Dr Monegal volunteered to lend his car but I cannot take that offer cuz I know I am bit of crazy on the wheel! hahaha
all the best guys!
It's a good start, come on!
Hi All,
I hope everyone is having a good time wherever you are! Special greetings to my Mics comrades! Today I have decided to throw another update of my LL experience so far. In order for me to get my message across in a clear fashion, I have broken my experience in sub topics.
Limb lengthening and Fitbone device
As of now I have lengthened close to 3.8cm however as per clicks I have only lengthened around 3 cm which it means my Fitbone device is working faster than it what it says. I believe this is the opposite problem that the great majority here has had as normally Fitbone tends to be slower than what it indicates. Anyways, I am not going by the clicks I do daily but by my fortnightly X rays.
Discomfort and pain
This is a much desired topic I wanted to talk about because although my pain today is nothing compared to the pain on my first three weeks post operation, I would still like to say that there is some pain however this is low and at times this could be called discomfort. Pain still comes at night specially when I have hectic days. As I mentioned above, I strongly believe my Fitbone is working faster for which this could be the cause of some pressure I feel in the night as I think three clicks may be equivalent to four clicks. Ohh I also don't feel the same level of stiffness I once felt even up to the day I left Spain and even my knee bending is about 110 degrees.
At this stage I would probably say that in my case it would have been better to do one-stage limb lengthening as my performance at work is not the same as before and often times I am tired and I have to call in sick. I think I would have been better off just resigning, do LL, and then come back after 4 months, as I am planning to resign from my job in a few weeks anyways.
As a final note on this subject, little importance is given to the mental preparation for this surgery when this requires a strong mindset and focus. Sometimes I feel anxiety not being able to do what I was used to do, especially because I am a very active person. Anyways I know this is temporary .
Magic Shoes
I remember my fellow LLers at the mics used to laugh at my shoes with the outsole , well this is no different here in Australia. When I am in the malls, kids come to me and ask what happened to me so it is an awkward situation. Today I am actually getting tailored shoes for my small leg so I hope these shoes would be more discrete!
X Rays and Photos
Lastly I will attach some photos and X rays so maybe one of you would like to provide any opinions. You can also message me in my inbox if you would like to keep it more private.
All the best my fellow LLers. I am just trying to figure out how to reduce the size cuz it wont let me upload them.
all the best!!!
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