Femurs & Tibias with Dr Paley

Edit Post

Quote from: NormalPlayer on October 05, 2019, 10:41:42 PMMay I ask that do you acknowledge doing internal tibia has higher risk of getting permanent knee pain due to the splitting of patella tendon? If yes, csn you tell me what still motivated you to do internal tibia with Paley. Thanks!

dude idk what ur going on about. Im not gonna get permanent knee pain my knee pain is going away very fast. Internal tibs are way better than external and Paley is best of the best IMO. I got 8cm with femurs, I know all the PT people, i am comfortable, i like florida idk lmao im a simple guy

Edit Post

Quote from: NormalPlayer on October 05, 2019, 10:41:42 PMMay I ask that do you acknowledge doing internal tibia has higher risk of getting permanent knee pain due to the splitting of patella tendon? If yes, csn you tell me what still motivated you to do internal tibia with Paley. Thanks!
Cutting knee is practiced widely by orthopedists
Only crappy and sloppy doctors have very high risk of leaving bad permanent damages by cutting knees
Also those doctors who say pure external is the best because it doesn’t cut knees, they are the ones who don’t know the good techniques, it’s merely their excuse for not having enough knowledge of IM nails to tibias

And risks are not just knee pains by cutting knees in this surgery anyways
Many get knee pains even without inserting IM nails due to malalighments, lengthening too much, damaging nerves, having severe knee or joint contracture etc..

I would never trust or choose a doctor who recommend or does mainly pure external
Even with a very slight malalighment can cause knee pains or arthritis, so I would recommend you to do very through research about tibia experts

Edit Post

Thanks for your answering! I mean no offence and if I did, I apologize for that. The reason I asked this is because people in LL forum always says even Paley will split the tendon to cause permanent knee pain and I am quite afraid of gaining permanent complications.
Hope that you can recover quickly and stay healthy. Look forward to see more of your progress!

Edit Post

Hey guys, Day 13 since surgery “hell week” is almost over. Honestly tibias have been pretty pain free, idk why. My theory is that I stretched ALOT before surgery & also started stretching 3x /day as soon as I could. Thing that does suck tho is those shoes omfg

Yesterday i went from 0 pain —> 8 throbbing pain after wearing that stupid  . Pain got so high last night had to take an oxy before bed. I ordered the amazon ones that are cushiony they look way comfier gonna try that

But also like why do we even have to wear these shoes if we r on stryde? We can walk around alot i think the shoes were meant for people who couldnt walk like precise
I read Shortlivesmatter diary and he hit 6cm no shoes and said he only stopped cause he wanted to go home

Thoughts?

Edit Post

What do you think it is easier to walk: with broken femurs or broken tibias? What nail diameter Paley used in your tibia?

Edit Post

100% easier to walk with broken tibias. Everyone is underestimating how crazy femurs actually are, it seems somewhat barbaric now thinking in hind·sight. Glutes you have to worry about WAY more inflammation, crazy stuff

Update: So i've talked to Physical therapy and I've reduced my PT sessions from 5x/week to 3x/week for now because I want to start saving them up for the months of december/january when im REALLY gonna need it.You only get a total of 60 PT visits which means if i went the regular 5x/week id run out around mid december putting me around 6cm which is NO GOOD

also the amazon splints are way better! wore them for 4 hours yesterday, today we're gonna see how long I can wear them for. eventually goal is to sleep with them, slowly working my way up to them

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PX5HM9O/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
these r them in case yall wondering, way better than Paley's

not much pain today, off the oxy, just taking tylenol to keep away fever like symptoms.

this year instead of having crazy inflammation like last year I was getting hot sweats, almost fainted like twice just from getting super hot and not taking any pain medication which isnt smart. as long as I take my tylenol the fevers go away

alright fellas I'll check in when i have something more


 

Edit Post

Update: Day 17 post op
Just traded in my walker for a set of crutches & they feel way better!

Its crazy everytime i go into pt i get SO many comments on how much more flexible I am than average. Guys I emplore you to prep for your surgery and use my stretch regime!! It’s REALLY starting to pay off feels good to be this flexible

Anywhom nothing much, xrays monday ttyl

Edit Post

Update:
The last 3 days have been misery for me.  Sunday I woke up with a crazy fever so I went to the hospital to get checked for any blood clots. Turns out I have an infection on one of my sites, close to my ankle which is concerning I must admit. They said it’s only a superficcial skin infection and i’ve been taking anti biotics since. Hope this thing clearly up. It has been getting better not as much puss coming out but obviously no one likes these things to happen. Worried but i have faith it’ll b okay

Edit Post

Quote from: MyEvolution on October 15, 2019, 09:48:10 PMUpdate:
The last 3 days have been misery for me.  Sunday I woke up with a crazy fever so I went to the hospital to get checked for any blood clots. Turns out I have an infection on one of my sites, close to my ankle which is concerning I must admit. They said it’s only a superficcial skin infection and i’ve been taking anti biotics since. Hope this thing clearly up. It has been getting better not as much puss coming out but obviously no one likes these things to happen. Worried but i have faith it’ll b okay

I'm sorry this happened to you! Hope you are okay.

1. Out of curiosity, did you just call 911 and get picked up in the middle of the night? I guess I've never thought about how a hospital works but I guess they have doctors 24/7?

2. I have a totally unrelated question too. Something I'm wondering about is what things are routine pain/tightness and what pains / problems are definitely hospital worthy. I guess there is the cautious strategy of going to the hospital if someone is not sure but still I am trying to get a sense of what kinds of pain/problems don't require such a visit. (unrelated to your case, where you definitely had to go to the hospital)

Edit Post

Quote from: Michael01 on September 27, 2019, 11:30:40 PMWell, it's your legs, you do what you want. I think 8cm you will need ATL, and it's hard to believe you will recover well after that.

Could you run as fast as before after 1 year doing 8cm in femurs?

Could you please do a update after 2 years after tibia surgery with videos running?

What does ATL stand for?

I second this question on the tibias too. We're all a bit nervous about how internal tibias go in the long run so it'd be great to hear about it.