Hi all, I'm seriously considering LL, and I'm trying to understand the recovery of patients after ~2 years post surgery. Can folks who've had their surgery 2 or more years ago please post your details, how you're doing, are you back to 100% (gym / running / jumping, etc.), any persisting issues? Really appreciate all your help and posts on this forum.
Quote from: HobbitMan on July 10, 2021, 12:23:05 AMI thought his question was actually pretty polite and reasonable lol, I’m sure there’s a few people here who still post 2 years after surgery who could answer.
Hey HobbitMan! I've been following your diary, thank you for your contributions to this forum, it's been very helpful for me to prepare mentally as I get into this next year. Keep up the great work man, I'm rooting for you!
Quote from: 6CMFemurs on July 10, 2021, 02:11:37 AM7.5 years post op here and I am doing fine. I haven’t really played any high intensity contact sports, but I regularly smoke people my age (30) up and down mountains at hiking and trail running. My walking gait is abnormally fast. I wonder if this is due to longer strides from longer femurs. I can run fairly fast. I have some discomfort in my hips. I am not sure if that is due to the screws in my rods (they are still in place), or because of the reaming of the bone. I also have slight knee pain due to a bilateral deformity of my tibae. I definitely still have some weakness in my glutes, my butt is a lot smaller than pre-op. I weight about 15 lbs more than I did pre-op. I can’t assign percentages to my recovery, but I have no limitations in day to day function and only minor day to day discomfort.
Hey 6CMFemurs, thanks so much for your account. I hope the hip discomfort isn't stopping you from living your life to the fullest. Curious why you left the rods in - what sort of implant did you get? Also did the bilateral deformity arise after the LL surgery or did you have it from before? How would you rate the day to day discomfort on a pain scale of 1/10?
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