Femur Journey with Dr. Paley 11/9/2021

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Everyone can get it. Just email the Paley Institute, bro.

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Day 8: Pain level increase in the nighttime. However, everything else is getting better. As of 7:08pm of today, I went to PT, lengthened 0.75 mm for the first time, and even managed to take a real shower by myself. Now, I'm officially independent of a caregiver because I was able to go to the toilet and take shower all by myself. (All other real needs can be satisfied by Uber Eat and Target grocery delivery). This is such a wonderful blessing. All I need to focus on now is to minimize the pain level during night sleep so I can have a good body for PT and a good brain for some cognitive tasks without taking painkillers that have bad side effects/risks. I might consider taking melatonin if it's not too risky for my morning cognitive function (I scheduled all my PT in the afternoons so I can get some laptop work done in the morning when my brain functions the best).

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It’s nice to see you are already independent! I probably will never meet you because all my PT sessions are in the morning lol

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Quote from: SuchLL on November 17, 2021, 01:04:22 AMIt’s nice to see you are already independent! I probably will never meet you because all my PT sessions are in the morning lol
Why do you schedule all PT in the morning? Do you have to work in the afternoon or what?

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Quote from: TakingAction on November 17, 2021, 01:54:55 AMWhy do you schedule all PT in the morning? Do you have to work in the afternoon or what?

I’m taking 3 month off to be as relaxed as possible. I feel going to PT is like a daily mission… I’d like to complete it in the morning so I can be free the rest of the day.

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Day 9: Pain~~~but still not enough for me to take the risk of extra tylenol (hopefully I only need 2 Tylenol during the night). Certainly won't take oxy for now (hopefully never). But yeah, it's painful...Good thing is that I managed to take shower again today by myself. So yesterday's first shower is not just a dream, but a real thing I can probably do every day unless something terrible happens to disable my shower ability.

Other things I feel grateful about today:
1. Grew 1.75mm so far
2. Made some new friends who have done CLL
3. Got some cocoa butter formula for bruise dry skin. Hopefully, I won't wake up tonight because of the dry skin of the bruise.

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Quote from: TakingAction on November 15, 2021, 07:09:15 PMEveryone can get it. Just email the Paley Institute, bro.

I managed to get it, but it doesn't have that latest update on covid. Maybe I got an old one.

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Day 13 Everything seems normal. Just lengthen and stretch every day. Gained 6.5mm so far. The two biggest concerns, for now, seem to be nail bending and embolism. 

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Just a heads-up...there's not martyrdom in not taking painkillers and suffering.  Having 2 broken femurs is EXACTLY what pain meds are for.  It's not a contest to see "who takes them the least."  Don't put yourself through unnecessary pain.  Best of luck and keep on truckin'.

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Day 21: Today is the 3-week mark since surgery. Things are going well. Still painful but thankfully things are getting easier overall. Had my first night without Tylenol last night, and the sleep was a good-7-hour one. Hopefully, I get to have another 7-hour sleep without any medication tonight. By the way, I still have a full bottle of oxy, and I haven't taken a single oxy pill yet since surgery day because I try to minimize the risk of oxy and save it only for an extremely-super-extraordinary painful situation. So lots of things to be thankful for.