Internal Femurs with Dr Baumgart / Fitbone

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Is Fitbone accurate in your opinion? Some patients say it isn't.

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Hi guys, its been a while since I´ve been online and I just started to read through the diaries of what happened to all of you.
I haven't seen any horror stories so I guess everyone is doing fairly well...

On my side nothing spectacular happened so I spared you any boring updates in the meantime.
very briefly, I started walking without crutches beginning of December which was a really nice feeling. Especially because people started to mention my new height and how tall I am now etc. it seems the crutches distract people from realizing the height difference, probably because you never stand fully upright or they just feel pity for you.
anyway I very much enjoy my new height, except the stupid shoe I have to wear currently.

Speaking of which I have my second surgery later this month on the 27th. Not looking forward to that date though. I still remember the time in the hospital and the first two weeks after surgery. They were really tough but at least I know that it gets better pretty soon afterwards...
The flexibility and stability of my operated leg is ok but not that great so I assume I will be even more handicapped compared to last time.

For the moment its just stretching and pre-organising my life before the show starts again...

Hope you are doing fine and stay strong!

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hi LLuser, what I can tell you is that the amount you should have lengthened according to the device compared to the real lengthening can vary a lot. So the only way to be sure is to have weekly x-rays done and adjust the "clicks" accordingly. I had to increase from 3 to 4 times a days once the muscle tension got stronger after 4CM and the real lengthening started to decrease by almost 50%...pretty annoying if you don't notice since you start losing a lot of time...but otherwise its not a big deal I think...

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hey,


great to hear from you again. I sent you a new private message in response to yours!
good luck for the surgery number two!

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So this is it, finally.
I am back at the hospital in Munich, just took my sleeping pill and tomorrow morning I will have my second surgery.

Its a bit weird and different to last time. At the first time I had no idea what to expect and I was worried a lot about the upcoming months, especially what to tell my family and friends.
Now this is not an issue anymore but this time, I know exactly what to expect, and its not pleasant. The first couple of days were really rough for me physically.
And this time I don't even have one fully functional leg, curious how that will work out...

No way back now, and I am happy to get it over with. Hope everything will be fine and I can move my leg when I wake up later.
Baumgarts assistant doc visited me in the hospital today, he is really a very nice guy. and quite relaxed too.

will send an update once I am able to do that again, happy to answer any questions you might have...

cheers

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hey aturro

good luck for your big day tomorrow!

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Keep on figthing aturro!!! Just tree bad days
 Cheers

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thanks axelf and yagen!

Had my surgery yesterday and everything went well, very happy about that!
Pain level is much lower than last time, I am wondering why. Maybe it the physiological effect but I have the feeling that the surgery went bit smoother too. And its ten degrees outside instead of 35 last summer, that was horrible.

I am taking Paracetamol now instead of Novalgin, my body seems to cope better this way.

so all in all I am really satisfied and relieved. Couple of rough nights ahead but I think I can handle that pretty well.
It really helps to have all the experience from the previous surgery.
Will put together a list of recommendations that I think make quite a difference if you undergo this whole thing.

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Quote from: Aturro on January 28, 2016, 05:14:48 PMWill put together a list of recommendations that I think make quite a difference if you undergo this whole thing.

It would be very much appreciated!

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how are you, Aturro??