Dr Sarin - Internal Femur Dec 2015

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Quote from: Merlion on December 04, 2015, 04:16:26 PMI don't know, i guess your muscles or nerves will get affected after the surgery. I just tried and I realised can move my right toes and ankle now - Woohoo! So both of my legs toes and ankles are moveable now.
I was able to move my legs after surgery. I very clearly remember doing bicycle kicks right out of surgery and even tried sitting with my legs folded, and putting my legs behind my head. I'd probably freak out if I wasn't able to do all that stuff. You're brave, Merlion. I wish you the best of luck!

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Namaste! I'm checking in again. You can read my updates below.

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On 6th Dec: I am so happy to leave the hospital. I'm going to the guest house! It's a scary thing to have a few man carry you up from the rolling bed to the car. It's about an hour plus ride from the hospital to the guesthouse. I'm lucky again to have a not so bad driver. Else I probably have to hang on to my dear life every minute of the way. The road and traffic here isn't that good especially when you have two broken legs...

The remaining whole of the day i just lied in my bed contemplating my life after the surgery. It's rly boring. You'll be given a rollable chair to move around. Unfortunately, I can't move around the guesthouse yet because my legs are still weak.

I'm starting to feel the discomfort for too much lazing in the bed doing nothing all day. People here say after awhile your muscles will deteriorate if you don't move around much. And it's gonna be rly uncomfortable because you will feel your spine and backache whenever you lie down.

On 7th Dec: I managed to sleep pretty well even without sleeping pills. People here have been given sleeping pills and pain killers tablet - like free flow. It's easy to get addicted. But I am determined to not use them at all unless I really need it. It's bad for your kidney and sleep cycle. I stay away from caffeinated drink as much as possible and move as much as possible to make myself really tired by night 11 - 12 pm so i can have a good sleep.

On 8th Dec: I woke up with a rly pain in my ass. I think it's more from the end of my spine tailbone. They had heat packs to help me soothe the pain. And it's getting on better now. I couldn't help it but i took 1 tiny painkiller tablet. And that's all, i'm not gonna touch it this week already. The max cap is 3 painkiller tablet a day.

On 9th Dec: Yay no more pain in the ass. And it's been officially a week after my surgery and I am ready to do my first lengthening. I am OFFICIALLY 1 mm taller today! Clap for me guys! You will feel a little stretch and weird pain but it goes away after awhile. It should be less-pain for at least the first 3 cm shared by an Australian friend here that is doing the same internal femur. He's almost done with 7 cm.

Ok i thought I would do some Q&A here. Do shoot me any questions if you have any also. It help me kill time as well.

Questions & Answers
1. Who are the personnel that you can attend to?
You will have 1 guy that will be your care taker, 1 guy that will be your physiotherapist, 1 guy that will be your limb lengthener. These 3 guys are shared amongst all the patients here in the guest house. So if you want anything to get done, you should preamp a little waiting time.

Aside from that, you will have a phone in your room. You can dial "9" to the guest house manager to ask for any room cleaning, laundry or in-house food orders or out-house food orders like Mac Donalds.

2. What are some of the essential apps in India?
Bigbasket - online grocery shopping - they do next day morning delivery
Zomato - online food delivery
Foodpanda - online food delivery
Flipkart - online furniture shopping - if you wanna get any extra furniture items, like if you want a better rolling chair etc

3. How do you make your stay is comfortable and enjoyable?
I'm never of sort to believe in material possession. But it really helped at this point of time. You should ideally have your table, pee pot, water bottles, dust bins, sanitiser, mouth wash, TV remote control, internet, games, iPad, laptop, phone, photos of your loved ones, memorable items and rly good musics and books ALL WITHIN YOUR REACH. OK maybe you don't need everything but this is just a list for you to check haha...

Be nice and talk to people a lot. Be real and make friends here. Exchange contacts if you can with everyone so you can give a little morale support and hangout with them just so time pass a little faster and better together. Everyone has a story to share on why they are here.

That's all for now. I will keep you guys updated! Stay tuned.

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DoingItForMe: Hey man. Wow you can do that?! I guess maybe it's because of the difference between PRECICE Nail and Hydraulic Nail. The Australian guy that done 7 cm Internal Femur said it's normal and I will gain back my range of motion in a few days.

But I gotta say - We are all brave. This is a crazy surgery. This surgery is hella pushing human limitations. It's risky in any ways. And I only realise that when i went through the operation. Of course, the risk can be probably reduced with better surgeons, better care and better facilities. People may give you their words to make you feel safe but in the end there's nothing personal, it's just business for them.

I guess only you know how well your body is... It's like almost everything you must always use your own judgement and gather feedbacks from those that went through it to evaluate your situation and condition.

For the people that is still considering this surgery, if it's really something you want - go for it but be prepared to brave some storm. It's gonna get fked up sometimes.

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Quote from: Merlion on December 10, 2015, 09:31:50 AMFor the people that is still considering this surgery, if it's really something you want - go for it but be prepared to brave some storm. It's gonna get fked up sometimes.
It's quite the understatement. This surgery is so messed up when you think about it haha.

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Good to hear you're doing well Merlion (nice avatar by the way).  How many patients are at the guesthouse with you?  Any other HLN patients?  Do you have roommates or are the bedrooms single-occupancy?  Is it Dr. Sarin's guesthouse just for his patients or is it more like a hotel where non-LLers are staying too?

Hope you continue to do as well as you have been.  I couldn't move my legs after the surgery either, so I consider that normal.

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I found this video in Sweden's diary just the other day.

Dr. Sarin actually looked like he was being extremely careful when he's doing this surgery. I honestly don't think he's as bad as everyone makes him out to be.

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Aaaaaahh, look at my legs 

I still have all the junk in my bones. Those lower screws hurt like hell if I accidentally hit them.

It'll be pure torture taking everything out.

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UPDATE!! How's it going?? Pictures!! Bring them here.


I think I want to do another 4/5cm on my femurs.
Maybe I could get my X-legs fixed somehow too? If I need to rebreak my tibias then so be it.

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I'm amazed Dr. Sarin didn't correct the X-legs problem. did you ever ask him about fixing it?

But, yes, you can fix X-legs. It requires another surgery. I think they can do it without breaking the tibia and without losing. They attach the device to the exact location  where the x-leg is and they stretch it back out.

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Quote from: Sweden on December 12, 2015, 02:04:09 AMAaaaaahh, look at my legs 

I still have all the junk in my bones. Those lower screws hurt like hell if I accidentally hit them.

It'll be pure torture taking everything out.

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UPDATE!! How's it going?? Pictures!! Bring them here.


I think I want to do another 4/5cm on my femurs.
Maybe I could get my X-legs fixed somehow too? If I need to rebreak my tibias then so be it.

Didn't you always say your x legs were caused by a muscle imbalance and not the bone itself. What changed?

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Quote from: theuprising on December 12, 2015, 02:43:12 AMDidn't you always say your x legs were caused by a muscle imbalance and not the bone itself. What changed?

I still somehow think this bc I haven't gained back my muscles on my thighs. It is my femurs that are twisted, nothing else. My tibias are straight.
My femurs were so extreme twisted right after frame removal that I couldn't cycle on the bike bc my knees were in the way.
That got corrected after I built some more muscles back on my thighs. I need way more to even get back half of what I had before my LL.

I broke my foot this year and I haven't been able to run for 8 months now. I gained lots of weight to the point I almost feel repulsed by myself. Fat upper body and long skinny chicken legs.
It's embarrassing.

I ran a little bit today so it feels better now but far from good. I still need tramadol to make it through a day at the gym and running track.

Life sucks - but at least I'm average tall now(slightly below) and in many situations I can really enjoy my new height.

I started a new class in my training and I have never felt this much respected before. Hard to compare though since I've always focused on my own training but it's still there and my class has outgrown all other in membership so I must be doing something right - even though I can barely walk. =)