ShortLivesMatter Internal Femurs w/ Dr. Rozbruch 8/22/17

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Quote from: lon chaney on October 17, 2017, 01:08:22 AMright, i know lengthening presents challenges for everyone. it's good to hear u have no regrets and are doing ok. would u mind sharing your weight? are u on the heavier side? i'm in my early 20s and thin, which i hope puts me at an advantage

I weighed about 54kg/120lbs.

Here is the breakdown of what was charged to my insurance plan:

Anesthesia: 6.5k
Plan discount: 2.5k
Plan paid: 4k
Me: 0

Hospital fees including room and equipment: 88k
Plan discount: 45k
Plan paid: 43k
Me: 0

Surgery: 62k
Plan discount: 0
Plan paid: 7k
Me: 55k

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Keep fighting budddy, you are almost there.Soon this will just be a distant memory.

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SLM, sorry to hear you’re having a tough time. Just remember you’re in the best of hands and he wont let you do anything to hinder your longterm prospects. Happy to visit sometime soon. 5cm was probably the toughest spot (relatively speaking) but when i pushed through that, i was coasting. Keep at it!

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Hi 6FS,

I  currently live in Boston  but I am willing to make a trip to NYC to meet you sometime to discuss my LL options with Dr Rozbruch. Are you free sometime soon?

Thanks

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happy november, shortlives... how you doing?

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Thanks for the words of support guys . I had a checkup yesterday, am currently at 6.2cm and received good/bad news. The good news is my knee bending issue has improved since last time once I really stepped up the PT stretches to keep the legs straight.  I was at about 12 degrees of bending and now down to about 3.  The other good news is the constant sciatic pain on the lower legs has gone away so I've been completely off any painkillers.  The bad news is my bone formation has been slow. So due to that and my still present knee bending issue I've decided to go up another .5cm and then stop at 6.7cm.  Hopefully the bone formation will pick up afterwards. 

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any idea why your bone formation's been slow?

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2.7 inches is not bad, especially since the rule of thumb seems to be to stop at 3 inches. Also think of it this way, you sacrificed three months of hardship for spending the rest of your life happier.

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How have you been doing, man? I hope things are going well for you.

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Things are going well, I stopped at 6.7cm as I wanted a faster recovery.  Each month of not working is costing me alot of money lol.  Completely pain free now and the knee bending issue is getting better everyday. I'm just working on standing/walking with the walker alot now to help speed up consolidation.  Hopefully I'll see some good bone growth during my checkup next week.