Installing height- Programdude's Precice 2 Internal femurs with Dr. Paley

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But that dr shouldnt have accepted to remove the nails so soon.

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You are missing the point.

I was given clearance immediately for walking etc. and of course encouraged to stretch as it is an essential component of recovery.  I was given clearance for weight lifting after 6 weeks which I MORE than listened to and was cautious with even when returning to.

I listened to protocol given by dr. R. Obviously my body changed from this, but you are saying I should have expected normal walking with a stretch to break my FEMUR?? No, that is ridiculous.

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Its not programdude s fault

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Quote from: doomsday on October 10, 2015, 04:39:32 PMIts not Dr. Rozbuch or Dr. Paley's fault but yours. Your body cannot handle that kinda procedure and be fine, you lost some of your bone strengths.
Losing a bit of strength and a bone snapping in two is quite different.

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Fractures are quite common after rod removal. Musicmaker case is more strange.

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Quote from: Penguinn on October 10, 2015, 04:51:19 PMLosing a bit of strength and a bone snapping in two is quite different.
This is my point. I have been the most patient person in the world as far as athletic recovery goes and have always expected changes/to not have a fast or total recovery.

But to say I should expect my bone to snap in half from a stretch after getting clearance for removal and weightbearing is outrageous and pretty offensive.

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Definitely it was not your fault. Your doctor should have cheked your bone condition better before remove your rodds and allow you to do some exercises

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People are mean when they say its programdudes fault

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hope you heal fast my friend!

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programdude, really sorry about your situation and having to deal with this LL complication so far after your original surgery and months after nail removal.  completely agree that it's not his fault since he was following his doctor's recommendations completely.  my guess is that the femur may have already been fractured from some activity based on the pain he had prior to the stretch that completely broke it.  a similar thing happened to the guy that did quadrilateral lengthening with paley in the old forum.  he had a stress fracture in his tibia months after the nail removal. 

his exact words "Again, the femurs hardened really fast, and I was walking again in January, 2015, but when I started running (March), the femurs where fine, but I had a stress fracture of the left tibia.  Admittedly, I was running really hard on the trail, rough terrain, but still, I was surprised they weren't completely solid by then.  It probably has something to do with the bones needing to be loaded, stressed, in order to fully consolidate, and with the rods in place in the tibias, even though I was lifting and running, the rods were protecting the tibial from the stress, and I had to stress them with the rods out (and pushed it a touch too far) for them to fully consolidate."       

anyways what's done is done.  wishing you the best programdude- I know you'll make it through this man.  please do let us know though if you ever figure out the cause and maybe how it could have been prevented.