Quote from: uponly on April 26, 2023, 08:23:59 PMOnce you have the surgery you will very quickly change your mind about having a full recovery. Moreover, though, the person that cares about a full recovery and insists on it is your surgeon. The have an ethical code and a reputation to uphold. Well, most doctors anyway. Feel free to tell any prospective LL surgeon that you don't care about a full recovery and see if they'll operate on you. You'll find yourself out the door pretty quickly.
Recovering from LL isn't just about squatting, sports, etc. It's about not having chronic pain, regaining ROM, flexibility, healthy bone growth, and of course walking normally with the same or better gait. The Dr's and patient's goals should be symbiotically aligned to get you to recover with those parameters in mind. Otherwise Dr.s' wouldn't bother working with you with x rays every 3 weeks, follow-ups, protocol, PT, stretching and sleep regimen, supplements and so on. They'd just operate and leave you to your own devices.
I just took my 4th set of X-rays, have amazing bone growth, zero hardware damage, no pain when I sleep (nerve pain is gone), zero pain when I lengthen, still flexible, and am projected to make a full recovery without any complications. My PT tells me I'll be able to regain my original flexibility and ROM. All this is because I'm diligent with every single protocol prescribed by Dr. Rozbruch. And I don't want to be. I weigh 150 lbs and have the 12.5 mm rods. I could theoretically fully weight bear. I begged him to let me. He wouldn't. He told me that walking now is nowhere near as important as recovering to same as before, but being 3.2 inches taller.
That's the result you want. Don't be short-sighted in your approach. You can have both. What you want during CLL is the best Dr. possible and the best nail possible, both to get you through what will be one of the toughest times of your life with as little pain as possible, and maximizing your chances of coming out of this as close to 100% as you can. From a nail perspective, nothing comes close to Precice as of now. Supposedly a full weight bearing version of Stryde will hit the market again eventually, and I think that's when CLL will go mainstream, though it's slowly but surely gaining steam and getting there.
Had the surgery, lengthening now so knock it off with the condescending tone.
The things you cite are exactly the same as mine (ROM and no chronic pain). You need to be able to walk, climb the stairs, and not be in pain, but that's it.
I'm quite sure many surgeons perform this surgery knowing it's unlikely the patient will be running marathons. Seems a wierd conversation to have with a surgeon but of course you're not going to bring up something like that. The fact remains, 95% of the population use their legs for walking and that's about it. No one needs to be able to do incel lifts like squats. No one needs to be able to run fast. Being taller is of much more benefit than being able to do that garbage.
Never said you shouldn't follow the doctors protocols, but you boys love your strawman arguments. Precise vs other nails could be debated till the cows come home, it's obviously not that clear cut as Precise doesn't have a monopoly on CLL nails. Non weight bearing is a huge disadvantage (and yes, the now matters every bit as much as the future, and if you're doing CLL, in the moment your experience will be much worse if you can't bear weight). The gnail/betzbone can't reverse, is more expensive, and clicking can be painful. LON tibia is cheaper but usually you'll get less height, have scars, and higher risk of complications. Pick your poison but don't act like it's a slam dunk win for any.
