Precice 2.2 Questions

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Quote from: AD93 on March 12, 2024, 12:48:02 AMI have a few questions regarding Precice 2.2 I hope someone can answer them for me:

1- How long will it take approximately to be able to walk with crutches after lengthening?

2- How long till I can walk without crutches? I heard after 6 months..

3- Am I able to walk with a walker like when going to the bathroom during lengthening phase or I that might break the nail?

4- In your opinion would G-Nail be better since you recover much faster? (because I heard that people always have difficulty with the clicks of the G-nail)

Thanks in advance

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Quote from: CLLvet on March 12, 2024, 02:50:05 PM
My recommendation would be to send an email to your doctor and ask these questions to him. They are well within his purview. But as for some approximate timelines for Precice patients, here are some. These are all post-lengthening completion (not post surgery date).

These are estimates and depend on the patient-

Precise Recovery Timelines (after lengthening completed)

First month post lengthening: Keep using wheelchair
1-month post lengthening: Stop using wheelchair, can move around with walker
2-2.5 months post lengthening: Transition from walker to crutches
3-4 months post lengthening: Begin walking unassisted (without crutches)

If you use G-Nail, subtract about 1-1.5 months from the timeline above and that will be your recovery timeline post-lengthening.

Again, these are estimates. This will vary based on your bone consolidation rate, which can vary a lot from patient to patient

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Quote from: AD93 on March 12, 2024, 03:19:01 PMHey man! Thanks for the info! yeah I think will send him an email and check with him. I have a question that had been on my mind for a while, were you able to squat and gain your muscle back ? I'm afraid I wont be able to even do the squat position, which is something I do daily when I try to get out of my car since it is very low haha

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Quote from: jbfjbj4 on March 12, 2024, 03:38:59 PMYou'll push yourself up with your hands.

I'm 11 months post-surgery and still can't do a full squat. Or even a half squat tbh. But everything else is fine.

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Quote from: CLLvet on March 12, 2024, 05:23:54 PMI was able to do a full squat probably 4 or 5 months into consolidation. Around the same time I was able to start walking around carrying heavy groceries. So my recovery timeline is different perhaps.

But I also used a fully weight bearing femur nail.  So I can't speak to a Precise patient.

As for now, I'm about 7 months consolidation in my tibias. I can squat, jog, jump, and do pretty much whatever I want. I don't feel limited in any way. Except maybe high intensity sprinting. Haven't really tried that though either, so I may surprise myself

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Quote from: AD93 on March 13, 2024, 09:13:09 AMBut it seems like a lot of people cannot do the squatting position without putting pressure on the knees or maybe can't get deep enough to reach something on the ground especially since this might be important when you want to pick something up, not sure but would love to hear from other people as well who fully recovered, Also another thing would be getting up from the chair will I have to hold on something to get up?

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Quote from: jbfjbj4 on March 16, 2024, 07:51:45 AMYou can bend over to pick something up from the floor (well, when you're consolidated). Your ability to squat likely comes back in time but in my experience, not quickly. For instance, I used to not be able to get up from the bed without using my hands - now I can. I can get up from some chairs hands-free but others i need to push down with a hand. This improves a bit each month.