Femoral Lengthening with Dr. Paley

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Hope your date goes as smoothly as your recovery!

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Thanks Android!

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Hey congratz on your surgery. Im glad you found happiness and recovery so fast.

How supportive were your parents about this? How did you tell them that you were gonna do this?

And how much pain were you in?

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Quote from: blacksheepwall on January 17, 2018, 03:54:19 AMHey congratz on your surgery. Im glad you found happiness and recovery so fast.

How supportive were your parents about this? How did you tell them that you were gonna do this?

And how much pain were you in?

Thanks, blacksheepwall!

Very supportive. I wouldn't have been able to do with without their support. They already knew about LL because someone else in my family was thinking about it. I remember they were talking about that person. After a few months I was like "Actually I was thinking of doing it too. Heres my plan [savings, schedule, preparations, et]. By the time I told them, I already had the logistics/finances figured out. My original plan was to save money and go to India and do it with Dr. Parihar. They told me that then they would not be able to help because its too far away. They convinced me that the cost difference isn't really THAT much, so it would be worth it to just do it here at the Paley center.

If you think about it, if you are taking a loan, the difference between $50k and $90k is very little monthly payments wise.

Pain:

The day after the surgery, my anesthesia was still pretty strong, so I had no pain. Then next 3 days there was a lot of discomfort. I had to be on painkillers every 4 hours. The period from hour 3.5 to hour 4 was particularly bad because the painkiller had started to wear out.

After discharge, there was a bit of pain for the first 3 weeks (more so during phyical therapy). I was prescribed a high dose of oxycodone. The first week, physical therapy was extremely painful due to surgical scars and leg swelling.

After week three, I stopped talking painkillers. The level of pain was low (but still enough to be annoying). It made going to sleep really difficult.

After week 6, the pain started increasing again (due to muscle tightness). Eventually on day 70, I thought that I had stretched enough (65 mm) so that I decided to stop lengthening.

After I stopped lengthening, the pain dropped instantly. In 3 days after stopping, my legs left like before surgery (without the flexibility, of course).

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Speaking of recovery, out of all the LL patients that were there, I seem to be having the fastest recovery/consolidation. As of right now, even people who stopped lengthening a month before I did have not been given the go ahead to walk unaided yet. I feel blessed in that regard.

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Roughly how much did the medications run you?

Also, if you wanted to game/work/surf the web during the process, could you comfortably do so in front of a desktop, or was it restricted to using a laptop while lying down?

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Amazing. Thank for sharing.

Judging from your post it seems that you had only moderate pain? I am very suprjsed u used the word discomfort to describe ur first 3 days...
On a scale of 1-10. What was the maximum pain you felt and how long did it last? Is the procedure as scary as you thought it was?


Hope you can move on to the next chapter of life and enjoy it to the fullest.

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Quote from: blacksheepwall on January 17, 2018, 06:29:01 AMAmazing. Thank for sharing. Hope you can move on to the next chapter of life and enjoy it to the fullest.

Thanks man! I'm excited!

Quote from: FormerKidd on January 17, 2018, 05:47:49 AMRoughly how much did the medications run you?

Also, if you wanted to game/work/surf the web during the process, could you comfortably do so in front of a desktop, or was it restricted to using a laptop while lying down?

The blood thinner was about $440/month. The pain killer was about $40 a month.

No. Sitting on a desktop would be tough. Doing simple tasks like filling out forms was really hard for me during lengthening because of the constant dull pain (its low 1-2 pain, but its still annoying and hard to concentrate). It will be impossible to get dev work done during that time.

You can however game/watch videos/surf the web. I spent lots of time on Netflix/reddit/etc. I thought that I would work on some side projects/ learn some new frameworks/etc. That did not happen. Its really hard. However, the week after I stopped lengthening, I hit the ground running (figuratively) by working on side projects/learning new frameworks, brushing up on algorithms/data structures, etc.

During lengthening, sitting on the bed is fairly easy. I would have my laptop on my lap while on bed or in the wheelchair.

TLDR: While lengthening, you can do mindless work/videos/surfing. After you stop lengthening, you can do more cognitive work.

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You can however game/watch videos/surf the web. I spent lots of time on Netflix/reddit/etc. I thought that I would work on some side projects/ learn some new frameworks/etc. That did not happen. Its really hard. However, the week after I stopped lengthening, I hit the ground running (figuratively) by working on side projects/learning new frameworks, brushing up on algorithms/data structures, etc.

Exactly the same for me, so plan ahead on what type of work you can do. Administrative work, ideas etc...anything that doesn't require immense focus like programming and I think you'll be ok? But listen to your body in regards to sleep and so forth, health > work obviously...

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Very happy for you purshottam
Why dint you choose dr parihar? Why paley?
What do you think of dr mangal parihar?
I am planning on doing my cll with him