Femoral Lengthening with Dr. Paley

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Quote from: LAGrowin on September 29, 2017, 08:13:17 PMGlad you're well and already taller!   Thank you for keeping us posted.   We look forward to hearing from you.  All the info and insight is invaluable.   

All the best to you!

Thank you LAGrowing I'll do my best to make tomorrow's update as informative as possible.

Quote from: jayandfrost on September 30, 2017, 02:07:12 AMyou are a lucky guy to get to LL in the states, those prices are only for the most affluent. Good luck with everything. Keep us updated.

I am definitely lucky. However I'm not exactly affluent. The only money I had saved up after college was from my internships. I got a degree in a high paying field with my tuition fully paid for via scholarships. I got a relatively high paying job in Silicon Valley that qualified me to take a very high interest personal loan for the amount required. That took me about 3.5 years to get there. I have enough saved just for my deposit and 6 months of expenses (loan interest payments, hotel stay in FL for 3 months,etc). I quit my job for this so I'll need another three months of expenses saved while I look for a new job after I'm done with LL. It was quite a meticulous amount of planning.

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Hi Puru. Boeing so young, I dont understand why you are still at the hospital. Where you will be
staing at when discharged?

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I was discharged today at around 4:30 PM I've mostly slept since then because it was really painful.

My update from the last few days:

September 25

I had my preop and pre admission testing schedulesd today. In the morning I realized that I stupidly forgot to book a wheelchair accessible hotel for my stay. I asked my hotel if they had any left for me dates and unfortunately they did not. Luckily their sister property (Homewood Suites) had them for about 90/day, which given the last minute booking was not too bad.

I had my appointment at 11. They went over my history and the procedure. I met with the entire team that would be operating on me (Anesthesiologist,etc). They cleared up a lot of questions and reassured my parents who had come with me.


..... to be continued because I'm still exhausted and don't have a computer....

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Congrats on your starting your journey!

Did you parents fly from India for your surgery?

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Quote from: alps on October 01, 2017, 06:01:27 AMCongrats on your starting your journey!

Did you parents fly from India for your surgery?

Thanks! No they live an hour and a half away from Florida. That was another reason for me to pick Paley.

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Hello everyone please bear with the slow updates. I'm still dependent on my dad for most basic things, and recovery takes a lot of effort. I'll update as soon as my body heals a bit and when I get some mental clarity and peace.

September 25 continues...

During my measurements, it turned out that I was actually 168.5 cm barefoot rather than 166.5 cm. This was definitely an uplifting feeling.

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Hi Puru, how you you are doing?

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Hey going trough all forum posts and reading about complications above 6 - wouldn't it be better to stop at 6 also taking into account that you were 2 cm taller when measuring...

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Hi Puru. I'm worried about you. No updates since the 1st. Are you doing ok?

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Thanks for the concern guys sorry about the late update. My phone was messed up. Still can't use the laptop.

I completed 4 days of physio now, which I will update on later. The first 2 days they went light on me. I was like whew this will be a breeze. Last 2 days were intense. I cried and screamed during a few exercises during the last 2 sessions. The last time I remember crying or screaming was probably in middle school.

Here's what happened:
Day if surgery Sept 26

I went to the surgical center at 6 am, where they got me prepped for surgery. It took a few hours. The whole time I was just thinking "let me just get this over with "

My parents were pretty nervous. I was fairly calm as I had read other diaries before and had read that it feels like time travel. One of the nurses even commented on how unusually calm I was.

Soon they said they were putting anesthesia on me. Suddenly I woke up after. I was feeling no pain whatsoever. I was hooked to an IV, a Foley catheter (urine) and a vital signs machine.

They rolled me into my room.