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Femurs with Dr Paley scheduled on March

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forumonly2019
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Posted on Mar 14, 2019, 7:07 pm
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Hi thank you!
I just made the first week and I do feel much better now:) omg you don’t know how thrilled I’m now knowing that it gets much better around week 3.
Keep up your great journey  and I hope everything goes smooth on you as you are almost finished!!

Thanks again Femurs with Dr Paley scheduled on March
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Posted on Mar 14, 2019, 7:12 pm
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Hi! Thank you for your support Femurs with Dr Paley scheduled on March
I couldn’t do it without my mom for sure:) Im trying to walk as much as possible but pt session sometimes makes me wanna rest a little haha...
Yeh I’m taking Tramadol before each pt session as it’s the only strong painkiller my body can tolerate (doctor only gave me this..) other than that I only have Tylenol.
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Posted on Mar 14, 2019, 7:34 pm
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March 12th to 14th:

Pain level went up when I tried to use the portable toilet again... otherwise not too much pain even I stopped taking strong pain killers. Just really stiff. Had to ask my mom to bend my legs over my chests frequently. My bottom hurt too and it has purple bruise around the incision. Didn’t really walk too much, went to Foodtown market once. Completely ditched cooling machine. My mom washed my hair and used hot wet towel to wipe my tibia and private parts. Still having odd walking gait (ass points out). Getting on bed hurt. Emotional meltdown three times. Little progress everyday. Had first, second, third pt with Mike, just great, I will schedule all my pt with him.(professional and so cute, he is my partly motivation to go to pt every day, not kidding Femurs with Dr Paley scheduled on March)
Today, the 14th, I had my wound checked and the nurse removed my bandage, showed me how to work the lengthening machine. It can tolerate 6.5mm or cm error (didn’t really dig into it). I actually felt the nail rotated in my right femur when legthening and he said it’s normal.
Omg I already feel much more stiffness on my legs now and I have only been lengthened one time now...

*little suggestion: don’t get your body over heated, always have the air flow, keep ac on, if it’s getting hot the wounds hurt so bad.
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Posted on Mar 14, 2019, 8:18 pm
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Quote from: forumonly2019 on March 14, 2019, 07:34:17 PMMarch 12th to 14th:

Pain level went up when I tried to use the portable toilet again... otherwise not too much pain even I stopped taking strong pain killers. Just really stiff. Had to ask my mom to bend my legs over my chests frequently. My bottom hurt too and it has purple bruise around the incision. Didn’t really walk too much, went to Foodtown market once. Completely ditched cooling machine. My mom washed my hair and used hot wet towel to wipe my tibia and private parts. Still having odd walking gait (ass points out). Getting on bed hurt. Emotional meltdown three times. Little progress everyday. Had first, second, third pt with Mike Thompson, just great, I will schedule all my pt with him.(professional and so cute, he is my partly motivation to go to pt every day, not kidding Femurs with Dr Paley scheduled on March)
Today, the 14th, I had my wound checked and the nurse removed my bandage, showed me how to work the lengthening machine. It can tolerate 6.5mm or cm error (didn’t really dig into it). I actually felt the nail rotated in my right femur when legthening and he said it’s normal.
Omg I already feel much more stiffness on my legs now and I have only been lengthened one time now...

*little suggestion: don’t get your body over heated, always have the air flow, keep ac on, if it’s getting hot the wounds hurt so bad.

Stopping strong pain killer is a huge favor for your liver.

The actual action of doing the lengthening (using the machine) is supposed to be painless or so they say, Ive never used the lengthening machine but for me using the manual key for my frames is also painless. This could have pained you a lot since its your first time and your body is still adapting to the nails

Its weird you say your PTs full name but its cool as long as you encouraged to do PT

Overall keep strong, LL is a huge mental battle as it is physical. Just know it wont last forever and you will enjoy its benefits one day looking back to these times as a far memory. It would be hard to even recall pain then.
Also props to you for doing femurs, theyre always much harder than tibia. Dr. Paley and Stryde nails are the best choices in the entire world for this so Im sure youll be looked after well.
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Posted on Mar 14, 2019, 8:32 pm
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Yeh I tend to have less pain killer overall...
Legenthing wasn’t painful just little odd as there was something in my femur moved haha. I actually have the 11.5 diameter nail inserted, paley increased the size during operation.
I mentioned mike’s last name cuz I rarely bothered to remember others’, already deleted.
Thanks for your encouragement, I hope I will go through it and achieve my beautiful 8 cm on femurs:)
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Posted on Mar 14, 2019, 8:40 pm
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I have to take back my words now... I’m in pain Femurs with Dr Paley scheduled on March mostly stiffness but also comes with little to moderate pain.

Update: pain is gone now, odd, didn’t take any pill
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Posted on Mar 14, 2019, 9:21 pm
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Quote from: forumonly2019 on March 14, 2019, 08:40:13 PMI have to take back my words now... I’m in pain Femurs with Dr Paley scheduled on March mostly stiffness but also comes with little to moderate pain.

Update: pain is gone now, odd, didn’t take any pill

Very normal

The stiffness will eventually go the more mobile you are

Keep strong! pain kills when it happens...
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Posted on Mar 15, 2019, 12:33 am
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I haven’t done any stretching with my mom today so am about to do it now.
I will have one fourth of oxycodone tmrw before pt and see how it goes, only taking medium pain killer doesn’t get me stretch to the furthest point.
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Posted on Mar 15, 2019, 3:19 am
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Good luck with everything!

I am so very proud of you for doing so. I am a female as well, so very much looking forward to hearing about your experience.

I am actually a little bit surprised That Paley is aiming 8 cm with you unlike other (mostly male , of course)patients who wrote here. Did he explain you you that this is because you a woman and your soft tissues will allow for such large height increase? I hope that the answer cause I am planning to by femurs this year as well

With huge respect
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Posted on Mar 15, 2019, 5:01 am
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Please go to imgur.com and upload any pictures. Then paste the link here.

Thanks for the updates, it is very interesting to read.
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