Continued .... day 7/25 -
PT person called and asked me to come for PT, we agreed on 5 PM slot. I did some walking at hotel during the day, with walker, with caretaker/aide by my side. Caretaker prepared food for me. Then we went to PT (called UBER, caretaker took me down to hotel lobby in wheelchair and then I transferred to walker and from walker to Uber), wheelchair and walker fitted in the uber trunk.
PT was very good, the girl is very cute looking and young and smart and knows what she is doing, so happy to have her as my PT, doing PT with her makes me happy, other members of the PT staff arr also very awesome and nice people. came back using uber, caretaker prepared food, watched youtube, went to sleep. Sleep was difficult due to soreness due to PT, total sleep maybe 5 hrs.
My Femur Stryde LL (with Dr. Debiparshad) diary
Continued .... day 7/26 -
No PT because they had some kind of leave, was unhappy because I really wanted to have as much PT as possible, and n PT on Friday would mean no PT for 3 days (due to weekend). I did some PT on my bed with help from aide and also did lot of walking with walker.
Continued .... day 7/27 -
Almost same as day 7/26, only difference being I ordered some groceries etc. to replenish my food supplies.
Continued .... day 7/28 -
Almost same as day 7/26. One thing to note here - since I was not taking shower, I was using the wash clothes brought from Walmart to clean myself every 2-3 days. Also note that since I was using urinal bottles (that my caretaker emptied and cleaned in morning) I also have to keep good amount of paper towels and wipes to clean piss drops (on clothes , skin and bed). Also, made it a point to get the bed done every 3 days (every day would be too cumbersome, but more than 3 days may create hazard with too many piss drops on bed sheet, though I did take care of cleaning drops immediately).
one thing/insight from my point of view -
at this point my biggest struggle has not been the pain, yes it is problem but biggest problem has been loneliness especially because I am an outdoorsy person who walks around and out a lot all day and am not habituated being in a closed room bedridden, also I am a program manager whose main job is talking - I attend like 10 meetings a day and make hundreds of calls - so with that kind of life suddenly you become like a vegetable you get into depression, now with PT becoming regular from this week (did PT everyday this week, 7/29 to 8/2) I get to go out everyday and I am feeling good.
Continued .... days 7/29 till 8/2 -
Days wee almost same, in morning my caretaker comes and cleans up my urinals, fills my water filter, then prepare some food for me, then we go for a walk in the hotel hallway and then she goes back , then I watch youtube/browse net and also do some work, the caretaker returns again at afternoon and prepares some food for me and then takes me to PT. my PTs are going well and all of the trainers are telling me that I am recovering amazingly faster compared to to other (LL patients) and they are pleasantly surprised with my so fast recovery, which feels good to hear 
. Meanwhile my charismatic and kind friend Ronnie came over once again on my request to check on me and confirmed that the incisions are well healed, he also changed the dressings. good news is that I have a go ahead to take a bath (carefully, without sprinkling water directly on incisions/wounds)and then dry up the incisions and wrap those with sterile bandage/tapes etc. that Ronnie has given me. I intend to take my first real shower/bath (after the surgery) tomorrow.
I only had 2 problematic situations during this time and a change of plan situation as well -
Problematic situations -
i) my caretaker forgot my cell phone in uber and the uber guy wanted to usurp my iphone7 so deliberately did not answer 100s of calls and texts (he wanted the phone to run out of battery and ten usurp it). I escalated to UBER management but they did not help. 40 hrs passed and i knew that my phone will soon run out of battery and then won't be traceable. Guess what? my main man Ronnie came to rescue again , he used the track my iphone feature to trace the uber driver on a highway and got it back for me (there is more spice to it but I will skip that here). Ronnie is a superman, period, if I get rich an become a movie director (which i s a dream of mine) I will cast Ronnie in the movie in a charismatic role.
ii) 2 days back, while lengthening the right femur I got extreme pain (almost 8/10) which is surprising because I have not experienced any pain while lengthening. I have not discussed this with Ronnie yet (and I do not have doctor D's direct number, but even if I had I might not have called for this one off incident). Anyway, my plan is - if it happens again in future I will discuss with Ronnie and ask him to talk to doctor D.
Change of plan situation - today (2 wks post surgery) was supposed to be my first post operative visit to the doctor (for sanity checking on whether things are going fine) but yesterday Ronnie informed me that Dr. D has to travel due to some family emergency or something like that recommended that we reschedule our first post-op visit on 8/6. I said ok and I extended my stay at the hotel till 8/7 , but before booking my return flight (to my home San Jose) and booking my hotel in san jose I asked Ronnie whether the 8/6 check up date is guaranteed and (because I could not afford to lose time and money if things changed again) and he said in worst case, if the doctor cannot make it on 8/6 they will take my x-rays etc. and the doctor can evaluate those later, I said NO, if I am doing a serious surgery like LL and paying a good amount for it, staying here in henderson for 2.5 wks - the minimum I expect is a proper first post-op in personal follow up with the doctor to feel safe, Ronnie concurred with my reasoning and made calls with the Dr.s office and now I have a guaranteed in person post op check up visit on 8/8. That is relaxing to know (I was getting anxious with the situation) and keeping my fingers crossed. Everything seems to be going well with my recovery etc. and I am hopeful the doctor will find the results to be be OK on 8/8. Pray for me my friends. Thanks.
BTW, my caretaker asked me to try to take a few baby steps without any support, and i could (take) . More later when I have more time, will be busy for next 3-4 days now and won't be posting.
one last thing before I sign off today - I would like to address the question of 'is it (the surgery) worth it?' especially so because my diary (or some other diaries where patients doing this seem, on paper at least, to have it easy) may sound LL to seems like something easy, not so challenging a process and is like drinking water. IT IS NOT AS ROSY AS IT MAY SEEM LIKE. you will face situations that you would never even have imagined, of course you will come out a stronger person and will know yourself very well at the end.
My advice (I don't want to go on a argument loophole, this is my personal opinion as a part of my diary, and your life and decisions are yours and I have no right to question your decisions) -
If you are a person who is 5'7" or plus, I recommend you ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DO IT. at 5'7" if you are going through this to gain few inches, your understanding of things in the world is seriously flawed.
I you are around 5"5"-5'6", you may consider doing it if you want to or can avoid it as well i you don't feel like you need a few inches, no strong recommendation, here (50-50).
If you are below 5'5" I think you should do it if you can afford a good surgeon, I think it will be worth it.
Continuation -
My view on Stryde: I am convinced that Stryde is the best LL method out there. It is weight bearing thus allowing you to walk (with walker) almost 1-2 days after surgery and without aid in almost 4 weeks post surgery (this is my assessment, I expect to walk without aid in another 2-3 weeks though I will still use cane to be on safe side). Guichet and Betz may be weight bearing but I think Stryde is sperior due to the magnetic ERC process and also because of ability to reverse . Moreoever it is from big company nuvasive, a big company always can afford to soend more on R&D, hiring Phds etc. so tend to design better products,
Note: I am not trying to play down any nail or doctor as inferior, in fact I was considering Betz and Guichet as well at one point (last year) for my surgery (as you will see at the beginning of my diary), it is just that I am giving a fair and jut assessment based on my analysis. All nails are useful and I know people have done LL with all kind of nails, but at present Stryde stands head and shoulders above others in terms of its positive factors.
Thanks for your continued updates and it's great to hear that you are recovering nicely! I would've paid you a visit if I was in LV myself haha. When you get the chance, perhaps a month or so from now, could you maybe post a video?
Quote from: Lalbadshah on August 03, 2019, 05:32:09 AMIf you are a person who is 5'7" or plus, I recommend you ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DO IT. at 5'7" if you are going through this to gain few inches, your understanding of things in the world is seriously flawed.
I you are around 5"5"-5'6", you may consider doing it if you want to or can avoid it as well i you don't feel like you need a few inches, no strong recommendation, here (50-50).
If you are below 5'5" I think you should do it if you can afford a good surgeon, I think it will be worth it.
I think it is more useful to think in terms of deviations from the mean as opposed to absolute measurements such as 5'X". Someone that's 5'7" in a short country like Peru for example would feel great, but would not necessarily feel so amazing in Serbia where lots of people are around 6'. So it depends on how far from the norm you are.
thanks bro, yes hopefully we can meet, you are welcome to meet me anytime , I am here in Henderson till 8/8 and then fly back to San Jose.
I will try to put a video, when I don't know - but will do that I can tell you.
The point you bring about the deviation from (local) mean is something I have thought about (and I knew somebody would bring that point in response) - but I still stick to my point - because 5'7" is good enough in India or Netherlands or anywhere else. 5'7" does not become 5"4" in Netherlands. My personal belief is at 5'7" - your height is no longer a significant disadvantage in anyway - irrespective of where do you leave. I also have a feeling ( I can't prove it because of lack of hard data) that there are many people on this forum who are not that good looking or have some failures in life (women, career, self image issues etc.) but are of normal height and they think with few more inches their life will turn out be good in some way and will compensate for some other things that they lack - the truth is it will not - I can bet my fortune on - it will not. In other words I think beyond 5'7" height starts becoming very minor factor and at/above 5'9" height stops begin a factor at all. I strictly believe cosmetic LL is useful (and I encourage it to be used) for people below 5'7" , but cosmetic LL for people above 5'7" shows some mental issue with the person and if I were a LL surgeon I would never accept anybody above 5'7" for LL and would refer them for psychiatric help. Guys/gals don't hate me plz, it is my opinion and you can disagree with it and move on if you don't like my opinion.
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