Wow glad you had no complications! One of the smoothest recoveries I reckon. How soon were you able to head home? If I am flying from out of United States do you think I can head back home a week after surgery? And yeah do you walk normal now without cane, as in will someone look at you & not notice your walk being a little off normal? Will appreciate id you can answer thanks
Hi Ayesha,
I’m not sure if they will let you lengthen abroad. I think you need at least 2-3 weeks before you’re healthy enough to fly if they let you. There’s a lot of muscle soreness and discomfort the first 2-3 weeks so flying would be brutal.
But about 1.5 months in when I was at 4.7cm or so I actually went back to work for a day... that required me to walk around the entire day. I went through that day without any assisted device but I was brutally sore by the end of the day and definitely walked funny.
Yes if someone were to see me walking right nkw they’d notice, I think at the rate of progress I’ll be normal by end of January.
Thank you very much for your detailed diary 
It’s is so helpful and I’m very happy to hear you completed without any complications
Have you seen any tibia patients with Stryde at Paley’s?
If so how were they doing?
Yes, there were a bunch of stryde patients there who were doing both femurs and tibias at the same time. I didn’t meet anyone doing only tibias stryde.
The people I met were doing well ... until the last week or so, I heard that someone’s nail had a malfunction but that’s all I know about it.
Best wishes for you!:)
Hi superusercj1,
When did you start weight-bearing, and in retrospection would you say this point was to early?
please post pics
and hopefully you can post a video as well.
people on here should not consider any diary as legit without proof.
Thank you,
mirinheight
Quote from: Pilor on January 14, 2019, 02:36:52 PMHi superusercj1,
When did you start weight-bearing, and in retrospection would you say this point was to early?
I was on the walker a lot during the first two weeks because I wanted to walk as fast as possible. In retrospect , I should have taken it easy first two weeks as your body heals from the fractured femur and gets over that inflammation. Also gives your muscle rest as they release aka cut your muscles and also spread your muscles to get the rod in.
Your quad strength and hamstrings comes back pretty quickly and those are also the easiest muscles to work out. But the rate limiting muscle are actually your gluteals. If I could do it all over again, I would have stayed mostly in bed and do side leg raises to strengthen my gluteals since that’s the slowest muscle to return.
I did my first true weight bear the entire day the first week of December , or 1.5 months or so after the surgery. I actually went to work , walked around funny , was sore by end of the day, but it wasn’t anything craZy. It did suck to stand a lot so I would take breaks to relax and sit down.
Quote from: superusercj1 on January 16, 2019, 03:45:03 AMI was on the walker a lot during the first two weeks because I wanted to walk as fast as possible. In retrospect , I should have taken it easy first two weeks as your body heals from the fractured femur and gets over that inflammation. Also gives your muscle rest as they release aka cut your muscles and also spread your muscles to get the rod in.
Your quad strength and hamstrings comes back pretty quickly and those are also the easiest muscles to work out. But the rate limiting muscle are actually your gluteals. If I could do it all over again, I would have stayed mostly in bed and do side leg raises to strengthen my gluteals since that’s the slowest muscle to return.
I did my first true weight bear the entire day the first week of December , or 1.5 months or so after the surgery. I actually went to work , walked around funny , was sore by end of the day, but it wasn’t anything craZy. It did suck to stand a lot so I would take breaks to relax and sit down.
Congrats on your first weight bear day! I cannot agree more with you regarding taking it easy the first couple of weeks. I finally was able to get on the walker today 13 days after surgery and it felt great. Little pain at all. As soon as my left leg is stronger and healed up; I should be able to start walking pretty well. Thank you for the great post. Helps newcomers like myself who just had surgery feel a lot more at ease and aligns our expectations properly.
How bearable is the pain? Are you still able to function daily normally or does the pain really impair you?
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