Quote from: moretallpls on May 31, 2021, 01:15:14 PMhope you get better man, we all be waiting your x rays are good. Cant you change to other airbnb or place with elevator or no stairs ?
Thanks a ton man, I could but because I paid for it and I would lose my money no refund. I have just been staying in. The mornings I usually feel the most discomfort but since I have been prescribed tramadol and Xanax it has helped me cope a lot better. I don’t fear getting addicted or anything, once these fixators are off I will feel so much better I just have to wing it for now. Also today and the next couple days until my X-ray I am decreasing from 1.25mm per day to .75m
My physical therapist is about to be here. I have noticed a very slight decrease in flexibility since lengthening, I should be at around 1.3cm now
Knee range of motion
https://imgur.com/gallery/rXPJbpZ
LON Femur 7.5cm with halil buldu may 13th, 2021 God-Willing
please would be nice if you tell how you feel less flexibility along you are lengthening. i always thought at the first 4 cm there is not much difference and after the 6 is when it gets most noticeable
Yeah you have right
Quote from: moretallpls on June 01, 2021, 10:51:27 PMplease would be nice if you tell how you feel less flexibility along you are lengthening. i always thought at the first 4 cm there is not much difference and after the 6 is when it gets most noticeable
It’s a minimal decrease, barely noticeable
Mate how did you contact with Buldu ? Im trying to get some information for planning my surgery but al i get is tourism companies as livelafitaller, wannabetaller, etc.. And makes me suspicious that here in the forum there are few fake users promoting and posting as they were patients telling buldu is a hero, buldu is not like others, contact me for information blablabla
532 356 48 75
This is his number in WhatsApp
Make sure to press turkey for the country so it is +90 532 356 48 75
He does the operation almost every single day he is in the operation room, but I only 3 weeks post op I can’t say an opinion until I fully heal
Quote from: moretallpls on June 03, 2021, 12:28:46 AMThanks mate, try to be positive and patience. I read in other post you already regret doing lon on femur. Why ? Think it would be better on tibia ? Be positive I'm sure you will be very happy after the lightening, it's the bad part of the process
Because fixator on femur is very very hard, more pain and discomfort, especially the first couple weeks
On tibia it is way easy
Since I have been prescribed stronger medicines my pain and discomfort has been greatly relieved. It is definitely still there but it feels so much better now with Xanax and tramadol (not taking at same time).
The mornings used to be the best time, now since I am staying home and resting mostly it is the worst time, when I wake up usually I take tramadol because my legs are very achy sore and painful from being in same position at night. When the tramadol wears off I take a dolorex and half Xanax and this keeps me comfortable for the rest of the day, then the other half Xanax before I sleep. I will be doing more physical therapy and I have a new sense of hope that I can get through the lengthening phase with these narcotics. My sleep quality has improved x2 at the least, obviously not near pre-op but I feel rested and don’t wake up multiple times in the night.
I will quit them completely when I don’t need them ( shortly after frame removal ). I have very strong willpower and was able to quit vaping habit couple months before surgery even though it was hard physically/mentally my mind overcame it easily. I have been taking the pain face first since being discharged I’ve only had weak painkillers and they never worked relieving the pain fully. Turkeys painkillers seem to be way less potent than America’s but the recent ones I’ve got are good and it really helps me get through the day. It seems the days have been flying by when taking the Xanax and painkillers since I’m more comfortable with minor problems, before it was painful and slow. Also since I have been allowed to shower now I usually do every other day and change my bandages, but I find the showers relieve a ton of discomfort/pain by the hot and cold method. I use the handheld sprayer and put really hot water on my thighs knees and tibias front/rear for a minute then switch it to very cold water for a minute and I do this about 5 times, works like a charm. Still have the pain in my left leg inner fold. It’s better now but still prevents me from walking unassisted like I used to.
The X-ray guy just came, weirdly funny guy. Joked around and said I have sexy legs, after xray he said good news you’re not pregnant.
I’ve always lengthened evenly But the 1MM discrepancy is from the surgery the guy said and even though some people lengthen one leg slightly more that femur might be shorter than the other leg due to starting discrepancy. No one has perfectly equal leg length, and he said the last week we will correct it to get equal length of both femurs
My X-ray results
https://imgur.com/gallery/xkE3EcT
Also for the pain in my left leg they are saying most likely tendon or muscle strain and will eventually go away on its on own. I feel like the left leg nail looks slightly deviated but doctor is said everything looks good after trolling me a little. I hope so.
https://imgur.com/gallery/qqm0aP6
(Photo doesn’t show left^ only doctor response)
At first I had thought I had bone clicking but it was just fluid, now I have real bone clicking occasionally when walking which feels like something hitting the inside of your femur, it’s only slightly painful but it’s an extremely uncomfortable feeling and makes you stop what you’re doing for 5-10 seconds and take a deep breath.
Photo attached, as time goes on the external femurs become slightly more comfortable as your thigh gets longer the shiny metal part where you turn to lengthen goes up towards the end of the rail. https://imgur.com/gallery/7Z8iil0
So like when you lengthen 5cm it gets 50mm closer to the end and it helps because it doesn’t dig in the bed when sitting etc. my flexibility and knee rom is very good now but I am only at 1.6-1.7cm
I would never put myself through the suffering again with externals especially the first 1-2 weeks unless maybe tibia but I feel that in my current state and with the medicine I have things are not so bad and bearable. I may feel different when I hit the 5cm mark. At the moment everything is good except my constant worry about the inner fold pain in my left leg. I need to know exactly what it is. If it’s not a big deal i don’t care at all about the minor/moderate pain but I keep worrying about if it’s a possible complication
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