Day 5 after the operation (Thursday 28/January/21):
The night was not very bad, I woke up due to heat in my legs around 2:30 and I was trying to sleep for half an hour, but since I couldn't sleep, my wife woke up and gave me medication to calm the pain. Shortly after the pain went away and I fell asleep until about 8:30.
I woke up in good spirits, only with my hips swollen and a little tired in my legs, but I spent the morning calm and almost painless. Around 12:30, I did the exercise of bending my knees with the help of my wife, but only 20 minutes with each leg so as not to get too tired. Then I did 10 repetitions with each leg, lifting the extended legs, and as my left hip was sore and a little more swollen, I started to feel pain. Right after exercise I ate, but as the muscle pain kept getting stronger I had to stop eating to take a pain reliever and rest. I fell asleep in bed for a long nap and took the afternoon off, just as Alberto, the physiotherapist, and also Dr. Monegal had told me. It was a quiet afternoon without pain, I played chess and watched TV without getting up from my chair, just to go to the toilet and shower at night, which I was able to do standing up, with the help of my wife.
We went to bed quite early, around 10:30. Right after taking a shower I lay down on the bed, my wife healed my wounds and I had dinner in bed. I didn't get up again all night.
Femurs growth with Stryde in Barcelona
Stryde was recalled worldwide as far as I know... didn't you doctor tell you about it? Thats strange!
Looks like monegal did a good job with the surgery from what I can see. It's definitely amazing you can spend your time with your wife and kids- most people do this alone so you'll definitely have a much better time mentally and even physically with this lengthening.
Thanks for the pictures dude! Love the many pictures uploaded on imgbb, appreciate it man
And once again, don't worry about the Stryde drama...
@smalltaller he had this surgery three weeks ago when only UK suspended it so far.
Day 6 after the operation (29 / January / 21):
Again the night has been uncomfortable, it was difficult for me to fall asleep because although at 10:30 p.m. I took a pain reliever and I was not sleepy because I had slept almost 2 hours of nap. I fell asleep 2 hours after going to bed and woke up around 2:00 with a headache (probably because the pillow is too high) and heat in my legs. As the television was on with low volume, I tried to distract myself by watching a soccer game, after getting dressed up and taking a few turns, after half an hour or a little more I managed to fall asleep again.
I woke up again uncomfortable due to the headache and had to lift the bed (the head area) a bit but since I couldn't get to sleep, I started to feel pain in my legs and I took a pain reliever. I managed to get to sleep shortly after, but at 8:15 a.m. I woke up, again with discomfort in the neck and head area, so I got up to clear myself and have breakfast. I had a great morning without moving much, just in a wheelchair, and I got up a couple of times just to go to the bathroom. Today I was playing a physiotherapy session with Alberto, the first time after leaving the hospital. The session went great. It helped me to know that the swelling of the hips was not a bad thing, it is something normal because it is where they have had to drive the nails. I have also done a few stretching exercises to keep my hips and knees flexible and a series of exercises to keep my leg muscles, which I don't need to do at the moment because I stay pretty toned. The physiotherapist has recommended that I rest for the weekend.
After the physiotherapy session we went up to the room to eat and at the end I started to feel a slight muscle pain. As I have already learned my lesson, to avoid suffering pain I have taken a pain reliever and I have taken an hour's nap.
The afternoon we spent quietly playing chess, we started to watch TV. I started to feel a bit annoyed and when I got up to go to the toilet with the crutches I got dizzy.
I took a tramadol because the pain was already severe and I got into bed.
When the pain subsided a bit, we had dinner in bed and I watched TV to try to sleep.
Ghkid2021
Thank you for your comment, the truth is that I am very happy with how everything has gone so far and therefore I want to share all the information and feelings I have during the process since the intervention. I feel indebted to this forum because thanks to this I decided to take the step of having surgery, although in some personal experiences I would have liked to see more photos or videos of the patients throughout the process, so I want to publish everything that is in my hands .
About the removal of the stryde nail I'm curious, not worried, because suddenly people ask, but so far everything I have seen with this nail seems to have gone well, so if anyone knows exactly what happened let us know.
I'll keep updating the diary and posting new photos soon ...
Hello everyone!
I am going to start posting videos on YouTube of my progress since the intervention. Here you have the link to the first video training in the gym a few days since I arrived to the MICs Sant Jordi:
Good luck! you are very similar to me. Prepare to lose all your butt 
PM if you need any advice or info
I have already started to lose my buttocks and the muscles in my legs ... Right now I will have about 1.6 cms grown in both legs and they already look thinner, my wife tells me ...
Thank you very much for offering your help, I will keep it in mind. It is nice to have support from someone who is going through the same situation. In what phase of lengthening are you, Tartar?
Here I post another video, this is from the first day after the intervention:
I'm in consolidation. My left leg is way worse than the right one but I can walk anyway.
Which nail size do you have?
Quote from: FSchez on February 16, 2021, 12:57:21 PM
I have already started to lose my buttocks and the muscles in my legs ... Right now I will have about 1.6 cms grown in both legs and they already look thinner, my wife tells me ...
Thank you very much for offering your help, I will keep it in mind. It is nice to have support from someone who is going through the same situation. In what phase of lengthening are you, Tartar?
Here I post another video, this is from the first day after the intervention:
My wife told me the same! Does you butt muscle also hurt? I try to strech but its quite painful:/
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