Quote from: AllinStryde on September 17, 2020, 06:48:51 PMHey Stryde2020, best of luck. You got this. I did the exact same thing you are getting ready to do. I did my femurs at Paley Institute. Rest assured, you are at the best place in the world for this procedure. A couple quick tips. The hotel right next door has a hot-tub (you're welcome...you can sneak over there and use it, nobody cares) but wait a few weeks for your wounds to heal up. Have the PT's wrap your walker handles with padding. Make sure you get sessions for PT with Mike Thompson, he pushes you hard, but you'll get maximum gains if you get him. He is the one Paley assigns to people if they are starting to have any troubleshooting or are falling behind in any capacity. Stretch at home frequently!! When in the hospital, if they ask if you have pain...say yes to the drugs! St. Mary's hospital food is great. You're going to meet a lot of nice fellow LL'ers in the lobby at Hilton, so don't be shy. Get used to sleeping on your back for a few weeks, or losing many hours of sleep altogether. Bring a Firestick with you if you want to watch all your streaming and such. Eat tons of protein, as you are stretching and ripping all the soft tissues and muscle tissue, so you must replenish. You will lose tons of weight without even trying. Ration your Oxy pills, as they will not prescribe any more other than the initial amount you get. Your glutes will feel like jelly and be sore from the IT-band release, don't panic, all this goes away during the process. A few days or weeks in you may ask, "what on earth did I get myself into?" Just keep going and you will soon realize this was an awesome decision and you will be so proud of yourself. Don't hesitate to talk to Angelique, she's awesome and will be your nurse-navigator through the whole process. If they have the International Thanksgiving event...go to that at the Institute (although they may not have it this year because of covid). Keep us updated!!!! I know this is all scattered, guess I'm just excited for people when they decide to commit and go for it, rather than some people on here who talk about it for years and just let time escape. C-Ya!
Hi AllinStryde, hope you are doing well and thank you soooo much for the tips!!
I'm very excited and also nervous for the upcoming surgery.
Besides the pain from the surgery, I'm pretty curious about the scars. Are they very noticeable and do they fade away over the years?