Posted on Jul 12, 2025, 11:18 am
#11
Day 7 – Arrival Dorint Hotel (for Rehab)
I was picked up today at the clinic by Luciano, a personal driver from the BeckerBetzInstitute, to drive to the rehab hotel (Dorint). He came right up to my room and carried all of my stuff down for me (backpack, bag with my meds that Daniela – who already works there since 11 years I believe – gave me, and my bag with supplementary food). If you ever decide to do LL, take the opportunity to chat with Luciano when he drives you there, he had a super interesting life. He is a Canadian with Italian roots who moved back to Europe, had his own business and travelled to over 150 countries. I wish the drive lasted longer so I could have asked more questions. Btw, sometimes also Dr. Becker himself drives the patients to rehab if he needs to go there anyways.
The day of arrival was tough in general, moving around that much is definitely taxing and I felt a lot of pain. Dr. Becker said that this is to be expected and that this kind of intensity goes away within 3-4 days of arriving for tibias. Lea from the Becker PT team picked me up at the entrance and gave me an introduction plus a little backpack with some things like pill organizers, a stretching “strap” that helps you stretch your legs, clipboard with your meds plan and tracking sheets for clicking, as well as some muesli bars to eat before taking your meds in the morning.
FYI: Dorint Restaurant
Dr. Becker has a table reserved at all times for his patients. It’s pretty cool because you can chat with other LL patients over breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I heard some patients order their food in via room service. I advise you to not do that because:
- you need the movement for recovery. Going to the restaurant 3x a day is a good routine to get that movement
- chatting with other LL patients has multiple benefits: 1) everyone I met who did or is doing LL always had an interesting character and interesting stories to share which helps take the mind off the pain. 2) “A sorrow shared is a sorrow halved”. Sharing challenges makes everything more bearable. 3) You exchange best practices with peers on different things (diet, routines, protocols, tackling specific pains, etc.)
You can check out images here (look for Day 7 entry): https://ll-diary.notion.site/Welcome-to-my-LL-Patient-Diary-227d096a769b80bf9757e51c04b15e69
Day 8 - Second Day at Dorint
My second and first full day at the Dorint hotel. Kathrin from the Becker team and who leads PT gave me an introduction to everything and answered all my questions. After that, someone came to measure my legs for my tailor-made stockings. Then I had a massage appointment with Ahmed from PT. The rest of the day I spent doing nothing (except for going to lunch and dinner with two other LL patients) because the pain didn’t allow me to do much more. Compared to my femur LL surgery 5 years ago, the first few days of tibias are definitely tougher.
I was picked up today at the clinic by Luciano, a personal driver from the BeckerBetzInstitute, to drive to the rehab hotel (Dorint). He came right up to my room and carried all of my stuff down for me (backpack, bag with my meds that Daniela – who already works there since 11 years I believe – gave me, and my bag with supplementary food). If you ever decide to do LL, take the opportunity to chat with Luciano when he drives you there, he had a super interesting life. He is a Canadian with Italian roots who moved back to Europe, had his own business and travelled to over 150 countries. I wish the drive lasted longer so I could have asked more questions. Btw, sometimes also Dr. Becker himself drives the patients to rehab if he needs to go there anyways.
The day of arrival was tough in general, moving around that much is definitely taxing and I felt a lot of pain. Dr. Becker said that this is to be expected and that this kind of intensity goes away within 3-4 days of arriving for tibias. Lea from the Becker PT team picked me up at the entrance and gave me an introduction plus a little backpack with some things like pill organizers, a stretching “strap” that helps you stretch your legs, clipboard with your meds plan and tracking sheets for clicking, as well as some muesli bars to eat before taking your meds in the morning.
FYI: Dorint Restaurant
Dr. Becker has a table reserved at all times for his patients. It’s pretty cool because you can chat with other LL patients over breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I heard some patients order their food in via room service. I advise you to not do that because:
- you need the movement for recovery. Going to the restaurant 3x a day is a good routine to get that movement
- chatting with other LL patients has multiple benefits: 1) everyone I met who did or is doing LL always had an interesting character and interesting stories to share which helps take the mind off the pain. 2) “A sorrow shared is a sorrow halved”. Sharing challenges makes everything more bearable. 3) You exchange best practices with peers on different things (diet, routines, protocols, tackling specific pains, etc.)
You can check out images here (look for Day 7 entry): https://ll-diary.notion.site/Welcome-to-my-LL-Patient-Diary-227d096a769b80bf9757e51c04b15e69
Day 8 - Second Day at Dorint
My second and first full day at the Dorint hotel. Kathrin from the Becker team and who leads PT gave me an introduction to everything and answered all my questions. After that, someone came to measure my legs for my tailor-made stockings. Then I had a massage appointment with Ahmed from PT. The rest of the day I spent doing nothing (except for going to lunch and dinner with two other LL patients) because the pain didn’t allow me to do much more. Compared to my femur LL surgery 5 years ago, the first few days of tibias are definitely tougher.
