LON Femur Dr. Mustafa Uysal from AFA

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FYI, your name is in the pre-op photo, you may want to reupload

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Thank you one piece! I hope things get each time better, I know that last cm can be harder, but Im saving the stronger painkillers for this phase

Thank you very much wildesfeuer, I already changed the photo erasing my name

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After a time I would like to update my situation. I am almost reaching the 2cm lengthening, and did new X-raxs. The recovery is good, new callus forming, so everything fine on there (I will post the link here)

Other than that, Im almost not feeling pain, in rare situations, like sometimes I wake up with a little bit pain, but not so much, not needing pain killers (I only take paracetamol before PT). Im also have muuuch more mobility, so simple things that last week take an eternity to do, like get out or get in of the bed, walk until the elevator, or go to the bathroom, now Im doing much faster. I think that PT is being great for me. So overall after the really hard first days, things now are relatively good. I hope that it stays like this until the end of the lengthening (Im aware last cm can be very painful, but ok)

Here the pictures of my X-rays
https://imgur.com/a/MJia2Fo

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3cm reached!

A quick update, Im not feeling pain, when I feel its very rare, mild and pass fast. No painkillers used at all. Mobility much better, other day I walked long time going to shop. Thigs like sit, stand, move in general much faster and easier.

Im going hard on PT and I think its doing very good for recovery. Hope I can have a smooth process until at least close to the end

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Today I took x-rays. In theory I should have lenghtened 0.4cm, but in practise was 0.38cm. Unfortunately, less than expected. I will post the results here

As for pain, during day barely any pain, however I cant stay with my legs straightened for long time, and I feel my foot and shin some strange sensation, that become worse with time. So I need to bend and it pass. (I dont know if its some kind of nerve pain)
So, when Im sleeping Im waking up oftentimes, with this kind of pain, bend the knee for a time, and then go back to sleep

Im in doubt here if I should during day try to get the legs straight for maximum period possible to try to adapt my body for it, or avoid so I dont over stretch my nerves and they relax a bit (in case its really nerves)

As for the results of the x-rays are here:
https://imgur.com/a/8rxIrJD

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5cm achieved!

Things became much harder now. I have difficulty to stretch the legs, but I still can, its important that I be able to stretch it, and the PT team, that is very good, is already aware of it and will work it.

Night is absurdly hard to sleep because very strong knee pain when I dont move, its hard to sleep and if I can I wake up all time, so my last nights were really bad. Im putting ice on knee during day, and now started to pass voltaren cream in the knee, hope it pass.

During day Im starting to feel some pain, something that wasnt happening until a week ago.

Im still resistance to use painkillers, because Im allergic to NSAIDs, so I would need to use opioid, and I dont want to get used to opioids now, and then the effect doesnt be so strong in the last cm. So Im not using now, and waiting for 6.5 or 7cm to start to take tramadol.

Im seeing that probably Ill have very hard 4 weeks, I appreciate whoever can transmit good energy for me

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Something that I would like to talk also, I was going to a place more distant to solve something, and of course I had my difficulties. A lot of people int he street cared and really tried to help me. This is one thing that make me more happy, goodness in people trying to help seeing my difficulty. Of course they didnt understand that was a cosmetical procedure, probably though it was a hard accident.

This process can be depressed, reading other diaries you should see that this is very frequently mentioned, and I can understand perfectly why, some little things can make your humour much better. One thing that makes my day better, is always the Phisioterapy because I talk to people there while doing stretching and exercises, and also last times Im calling someone from my family just to talk, if someone is reading and doing the process I advice do the same, the humour get better

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6cm achieved!

Some things happening. First, pain in some nights became completely unbearable up to the point that I was screaming with pain, I stopped lenghtened for 2 days and then continued. I found an anti-inflammatory that I could take, and AFA provided me, started to take and pain became much better. I still have pain in night, but is not something terrible, its acceptable, specially because Im reaching last cm and still not taking opioids

Other than that, out of nowhere I lost mobility in leg, not being able to stretch completely without some force on it. Dr. evaluated and said to me to decrease lengthening rate, and that he might need to stop my lengthening at 7cm, otherwise I could risk have mobility problems after LL, and is not worth the risk. Also, to work a lot in the PT, so the PT guys are already working hard this, I hope I get better

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How are you doing now?

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How are you doing man? we are concerned about your progress with AFA please could you give some updates?