Precice 2.2 Femurs with Dr. Mahboubian March 30 2021

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4.xx cm now

You Gucci?

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Stay strong , you can pull through it!!

Also, pls keep updating....always happy to hear abt your progress!

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Hey! Just passed 5cm today. Feeling well for the most part, will put up a more detailed post later. Sorry I’ve been a bit inactive, super busy with finals lately.

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At 6.5 cm —- Doctor recommends me to stop at 7 because I’m losing a lot of range of motion. I feel great, I take one tramadol a day before physical therapy and no pain otherwise. Just a lot of stretching. I can move around easily now and took my first step without the walker today. More updates incoming Sorry for the lack of messages lately, this is my last week of finals and I’ll have a lot of freetime. It was stressful to keep up with my academic standards and devote a lot of energy to my recovery at the same time.

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Wow that's amazing! Great to hear the news! I hope your consolidation goes great as you continue your journey

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6 month post op update
Okay, so I've been walking ~2.5 miles everyday, and up to 6 miles on some other days. I walk perfectly fine and feel perfectly normal, but when I get tired my glutes burn up and so my balance is a bit off. It's normal, same thing as if I hit leg day really hard. However, a bit ago I think I strained my quad. I can sort of feel a clicking in my lower left quad, I'm not sure if it's the nail or not. I emailed Dr. Mahboubian about it an hour ago, and had the x-rays done like 2-3 days after this sharp pain. The pain subsided significantly, and it only occurred during full extension of my quad, so I'm hoping I just strained it by exercising too much or something. Haven't had physical therapy in about 2 months since I've been well enough to jog and do squats & partial single leg squats.

Here are my x-rays! Forgot to post them before haha.
https://imgur.com/a/SdiGvz5

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I'm able to do about ~15 body weight squats before dying. Hamstrings and adductors are still very tight, been working on them slowly everyday. Hope to be able to recover  enough in order to start working my legs out with weights. I've been hitting upper body muscle groups in the gym for about 2 months now, my adductors are still very tight and it makes it hard to lie down on the flat bench and some other exercises. I also actually gained about 5 lbs compared to pre-op despite my legs looking like chopsticks haha.

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Hey racecarworm! That's awesome to hear, and glad you're back on your feet. How many months post-op did you start walking without assistance? And how good would you say your walking gait is now? Also how would you rate your proportions?

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Quote from: ChangeMyLife on October 12, 2021, 03:38:20 AMHey racecarworm! That's awesome to hear, and glad you're back on your feet. How many months post-op did you start walking without assistance? And how good would you say your walking gait is now? Also how would you rate your proportions?

Hey! Thanks for the reply. I started walking 3/4 months post op, about 4 weeks after lengthening. It’s dependent on how fast your bone regenerates, my doctor gave me the green light to start weightbearing. My walking gait is alright, I thought it was fine and didn’t notice it until a family member told me that I should try to fix it. It actually feels amazing at times, when my ass isnt sore from walking. I think my proportions are great. Sometimes I look st them and I feel like they’re too long, but when I put clothes on and actually consider it then I feel like I’d be what a 5’10 person would look like. My femurs were relatively short prior to the surgery.

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Quote from: racecarworm on October 17, 2021, 02:30:50 AMHey! Thanks for the reply. I started walking 3/4 months post op, about 4 weeks after lengthening. It’s dependent on how fast your bone regenerates, my doctor gave me the green light to start weightbearing. My walking gait is alright, I thought it was fine and didn’t notice it until a family member told me that I should try to fix it. It actually feels amazing at times, when my ass isnt sore from walking. I think my proportions are great. Sometimes I look st them and I feel like they’re too long, but when I put clothes on and actually consider it then I feel like I’d be what a 5’10 person would look like. My femurs were relatively short prior to the surgery.

Congratulations on your journey. We're the same height, except I'm 22. Really wanting to get this surgery done in the next few years. How does it feel being 174cm? Is it what you expected? Do you feel like you look better in clothes? Do you look taller? How has it been around your family and friends? Do you feel more confident now and making you feel like it's worth bearing through the pain?

Also would be awesome if you can either post or DM a walking video and before/after photos (with your identify blocked of course). Thanks!