The painful recovery period is the only thing holding me back at this point. I've heard that breaking your femur is the worst pain a person can endure, but obviously you're under anaesthetic when that happens.
How long does the pain last and how bad is it? Do the painkillers help reduce it to tolerable levels?
Have you read the testimonial threads? Everyone single one has the op talking about his/her pain right after surgery, during lengthening and consolidation.
Quote from: lldude on October 24, 2017, 08:10:19 AMHave you read the testimonial threads? Everyone single one has the op talking about his/her pain right after surgery, during lengthening and consolidation.
Several of them say the pain has gone away shortly.
What was your experience? What was the worst part and how long did it last for?
no pain, no gain
Honestly if you can't handle a little pain to get to where you want to be, cll isn't for you.
There are kids undergoing this procedure for leg length discrepancies that are doing fine, and you scared bout a little pain. cmon man.
"breaking the femur is worst pain one can endure"
Yeah but thats if it gets broken during an accident and fractures unevenly causing an open fracture. This is a surgery where the surgeon will make a precision cut while you are under anesthesia.
Quote from: MirinHeight on October 24, 2017, 11:04:51 AMno pain, no gain
Honestly if you can't handle a little pain to get to where you want to be, cll isn't for you.
There are kids undergoing this procedure for leg length discrepancies that are doing fine, and you scared bout a little pain. cmon man.
"breaking the femur is worst pain one can endure"
Yeah but thats if it gets broken during an accident and fractures unevenly causing an open fracture. This is a surgery where the surgeon will make a precision cut while you are under anesthesia.
I can handle A LITTLE. But if it's agonizing pain for 3-4 months that even painkillers can't control, that's different.
When I was younger, I broke 2 bones in my neck and 4 in my back and bruised the spinal cord in my neck. By the time I regained consciousness, it was 4 days later and I don't remember much pain. There was months of physical therapy, however.
I've also had several other surgeries that were comparitively minor and the pain resulted just from the site of the surgery. Like having to lie on my back after back surgery.
Some patients experience little pain while some experience excruciating pain. The duration also varies quite a bit. Everyone's experience is different since there are many factors, so you really won't know until you wake up after the surgery's over.
Prepare for the worst and you'll be ready for anything. If it hurts, just say so and they'll do the best they can to help.
Pain most days were manageable with pain killers, however there were several occasions when the painkillers did not work and I would be in severe pain for hours. Pain varies with each patient, but always be prepared for the worst!
For me it was almost painless.
Only the first 2-3 days the pain was about 5/10 and then the max it has been was 2/10.
Internals with obsolete nails like Guichet's are very painful due to the way they are clicking to lengthen but other methods/nails are usually not very painful.
Quote from: MirinHeight on October 24, 2017, 11:04:51 AM
There are kids undergoing this procedure for leg length discrepancies that are doing fine, and you scared bout a little pain. cmon man.
this. grow sum balls
Quote from: TRS on October 24, 2017, 09:28:04 PMPain most days were manageable with pain killers, however there were several occasions when the painkillers did not work and I would be in severe pain for hours. Pain varies with each patient, but always be prepared for the worst!
In my case it was moderate at best and completely manageable with pain killers, though I sometimes took the pain so as to not take too many pills.
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