Fitbone Stage Right Tibia Lenghtening (Dr. Monegal), Barcelona, Spain

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Cooper, glad to hear you are doing ok.  Just the right leg?  Or is it both?  Working on your Spanish?

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Quote from: patientdad on July 18, 2015, 11:09:25 PMCooper, glad to hear you are doing ok.  Just the right leg?  Or is it both?  Working on your Spanish?

You are 100% correct! Picking few new words but tend to forget right away. Hope to retain few for little longer
 
How is your son doing? Make sure stretch enough. I did three times a day for femur.

I am also taking Slical1, Silical 2, Silical Boost along with Vitamin D. All to prep for good bone generation.

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Quote from: Cooper on July 18, 2015, 11:16:54 PM
yes just the right leg and happy I only pick one. Do not have strength to go full swing war with both leg at same time. I began to appreciate myself for making wise decision. Much better mobility and planning to work, setup conference & meeting and travel near by when I get back to US.

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He is doing fine, thanks.  What stretches did you do?  I am helping him stretch, but don't know if we are doing correct stretches.  I am not familiar with all the LL surgeries; you are doing internal tibias?

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Femur has more muscle than tibia. The important ones if I can remember correctly with my failing memory are: hamstring, quad, hip abductor, IT band for stretching. I have the file at home but I am far away now.

There are couples ones for strengthening as well. You have to do both and massage the muscle with some cream that helps out. I used to immerse myself in tub with hot water and Epsom salt. That soothe muscle big time.

Yes interal tibia.

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Thank you for your answers.  Hope you are resting and doing well.

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Wow, Cooper, what an amazing diary so far! I am glued to my monitor reading every line. Hope you have a speedy recovery.

I am having my surgery with Dr. Monegal on August 25, do you mind if I PM you some questions about the process?

Thanks again for doing this diary, it really helps those of us that are coming to Barcelona to prepare.

Glenn

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Glenn- absolutely feel free PM or post on this thread. This diary is for posterity and like to answer any curiosity you may have.

Day 6: slept about 4 hours. The long walk kinda give me stiffness but no pain. Make sleep bit harder. I have not taken pain medicine since yesterday. The nurse here keeps askin me but I told not to. No reason to inject narco into my body. If I have pain glad to take one.

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Morning diet: café collate, round croissant (has a different name in Spanish), pine juice and supplementary vitamins.

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