Observations/tips two days ish after LL surgery

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If all of your phone, tablet, and laptop all just use USB C charging cables and your cables are long, it is helpful. Then you don't have as many wires around, can just use one or two long USB C cables and it will work for everything which is convenient for the very small bed desk and other desk in the room. Hope the world just moves to USB C (and adds magsafe to it) so we can be done w/ cable mess

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Although not fashionable, a fanny pack is very useful. As are zippered pockets on your pants for sure. The nurses wear scrubs, which have very loose pockets and I've seen phones drop before

I could have brought a very loose and soft vest with zippers or buttons also which would have been useful when I had IV needles sticking out of my hands. But that is only for a few days, after which time putting on a loose shirt is very easy

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Psychologically, the first week has changed my mindset a bit. Before, it was like "I really wanna get to 7 cm on femurs" and now its like "man even if I had to stop at like 5 cm, I think I'd still be quite happy"

I wonder if this will change later as I recover more though and become less afraid

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Thanks for sharing your experience.

Out of curiosity - what's making you afraid?

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Quote from: SpeedDialer on September 18, 2022, 07:57:40 AMPsychologically, the first week has changed my mindset a bit. Before, it was like "I really wanna get to 7 cm on femurs" and now its like "man even if I had to stop at like 5 cm, I think I'd still be quite happy"

I wonder if this will change later as I recover more though and become less afraid

Man, take my words for it. It will change.
All patients the first 2 weeks get discouraged to the point that they start questioning whether they should even start the lengthening.

To me, the worst days were the first few at the hotel. Going off the heavy IV painkillers, starting the clicking and all the general pains you have, will f..K with your mind badly.  Or at least they did with me and other patients I've met.

But as others before me already said, I can confirm you that after these first few days (or couple of weeks) everything becomes easier.

Plus you start seeing the gains in height wohich5is a massive mental booster. Just keep this in mind. All the shot that's going through your head is just a temporary chemical imbalance that's caused by the trauma you e gone through. It's just temporary.
Stay strong and find something interesting to pass the time.... Movie series, documentaries, whatever's turns your crank.

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Quote from: OzBoy39 on September 18, 2022, 09:25:25 AMMan, take my words for it. It will change.
All patients the first 2 weeks get discouraged to the point that they start questioning whether they should even start the lengthening.

To me, the worst days were the first few at the hotel. Going off the heavy IV painkillers, starting the clicking and all the general pains you have, will f..K with your mind badly.  Or at least they did with me and other patients I've met.

But as others before me already said, I can confirm you that after these first few days (or couple of weeks) everything becomes easier.

Plus you start seeing the gains in height wohich5is a massive mental booster. Just keep this in mind. All the shot that's going through your head is just a temporary chemical imbalance that's caused by the trauma you e gone through. It's just temporary.
Stay strong and find something interesting to pass the time.... Movie series, documentaries, whatever's turns your crank.

Thanks!!!

Today was a bit rough, was practicing transferring onto the toilet with a nurse, got very dizzy/nauseous, puked into sink. Did not fall because the nurse was there to help. My current plan is to do more practice walker walking around the perimeter of the bed with a plastic bag and phone in case I fall (then can land on the bed) or need help or puke again

And still in the morning I'm finding the legs to be very stiff, trying to use pillows under them to help slightly stretch them first before doing the exercises

Quads and hip flexors being very sore also a problem, makes it difficult to do the stretches

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Quote from: SpeedDialer on September 18, 2022, 02:11:02 PMThanks!!!

Today was a bit rough, was practicing transferring onto the toilet with a nurse, got very dizzy/nauseous, puked into sink. Did not fall because the nurse was there to help. My current plan is to do more practice walker walking around the perimeter of the bed with a plastic bag and phone in case I fall (then can land on the bed) or need help or puke again

And still in the morning I'm finding the legs to be very stiff, trying to use pillows under them to help slightly stretch them first before doing the exercises

Quads and hip flexors being very sore also a problem, makes it difficult to do the stretches

I feel for you man. Stay strong. This is it. This is the   period. It'll be better by the end of this coming week and you'll already be 15mm taller.

 Yeah use the help of the nurses as much as you need. They'll be happy to help you I'm sure.

Tomorrow PT will be helpful too. I'll see you there I guess. I'll be in at 12pm. What time do you go?

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Still thinking about the best ways to move in bed

If you are going backwards, then pushing w/ triceps to scooch back and slide helps

But what i've found for going forwards in the bed is you can basically also slide forward, which hurts less than raising your butt to move forward

If you clear the space in front of your feet, grip/grab the covers with your hands, and pull yourself forward, most likely your butt and body will just slide forward on top of the sheets and you won't have to raise your butt

Still having trouble rotating legs in bed though, has potential for accidental clicks. I'm somewhat under the impression that at some point need to rotate the butt otherwise the legs will be rotated with respect to the butt -> accidental clicks

Currently thinking if I leave the bed, I should always clip on my fanny pack with my phone in it- that way the worst case scenario even if I fall I'll have access to my phone to call for help

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Quote from: OzBoy39 on September 18, 2022, 03:09:44 PMI feel for you man. Stay strong. This is it. This is the   period. It'll be better by the end of this coming week and you'll already be 15mm taller.

 Yeah use the help of the nurses as much as you need. They'll be happy to help you I'm sure.

Tomorrow PT will be helpful too. I'll see you there I guess. I'll be in at 12pm. What time do you go?

I'll be there 1:30 PM, unsure how long are physical therapy sessions usually?

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Yeah I might still be there. Lately my sessions have become longer since starting to use the treadmill.

I'll see you there then