LON hygiene

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Hi, I’m a patient who will be using AFA for femur Lon I. The next several months. Question for any that have done it. How does showering work? I assume you shower as usual. Then do you have the nurse come and change the bandage or do you do it and then she comes and changes it professionally twice a week or what? Do you sponge bath? In which case washing hair and face in the sink would be a pain

Thanks

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thanks everyone... Damn no showers at all  . I guess Ill just have to sponge bath unless they tell me otherwise. As far as hair Ill just do it in the sink with my face...

As for Femur pain, I looked into it and yeah it may hurt but there are ALOT of patients that did LON femur and they describe it as not that bad. Especially after the first few days. Alot of them go to the gym with the fixators on, even at AFA which I plan to do twice a week as well... I have a good pain tolerance. My problem with precise is that I do NOT want to accidentally jump out of bed and break the nail, plus being wheelchair bound, even for a while after the first 3 months... not for me. 

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https://afalimblengthening.com/lon-method/

Literally says very high weight bearing capacity. And after removal full weight bearing as well. And I’ve seen videos from AFA of femur Lon patients walking. Am I missing something?

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Right, he’s not referring to EVER. He’s saying in general use support as patients do at AFA and otherwise. But there’s also videos of patients working out at AFA with Lon femurs. I’m general, of course you use support for safety