I'm getting LL done in June and I've done a lot of research and the only thing I can't wrap my head around is not being able to walk for 6 months.
How did you LL veterans that used precice non weight bearing nails deal with this?
In my head this would be the worst part of this surgery but I'd like to hear from LL veterans that have done this already with the precice 2.2 nails
Thanks for your reply . I've heard that's one of the toughest parts , probly top of my list of what I will struggle with most.
Quote from: Siegfried on January 19, 2022, 06:50:30 PMEverybodys LL journey is different. I for the most part didnt have a lot of pain and slept quite well except for the first 2-3 weeks. Internals are definitely easier to handle than externals or lon. For me the worst part was the waiting and the years of uncertainty before I was able to get it done. Nothing during LL was even close as bad as all the mental pain I endured all my life, because of my height.
In regard to the non-walking, you will get used to it. Humans are masters at adapting to ty situations.
That makes sense. I had to have a chest surgery and wasn't able to sleep on my stomach for weeks and I thought that would be the worst part but I actually got used to it pretty instantly . And the worst part ended up being an itchy compression garment I had to wear.
Do the days go by quickly? In my head it seems like things will be so slow since Im going to be immobile for so long.
Quote from: V21 on January 19, 2022, 08:55:20 PMBeing paranoid about damaging the nail
Oh I think about this too, esp since I'll probly get the medium nail not the largest
Quote from: silverlining on January 19, 2022, 10:00:32 PMbeing bored outa my mind during consolidation
You mean just having to stay home or being stuck in bed? I'm normally a homebody so if mentally i'm feeling ok I wouldn't mind stay home for a few months and just reading books and getting work done
Quote from: flubbersnubber on January 20, 2022, 04:37:07 AMEverything is the worst part.
The whole thing is absolute torture for months and months and months.
Not just pain (which sucks, especially post surgery OMG!!) it's also being incredibly uncomfortable and not ever being able to sleep well (think Chinese water torture).
But it does work.
Think hard on if you really want to do this.
If you are close to average height I would seriously question the viability.
If I had my time again would I do it knowing what I know now?..... I don't know... I really don't know. Probably not.
But. After time the horrible experience will become a just another memory I suppose..
I'm just above 5'0 so not doing this is really not an option lol
Quote from: Siegfried on January 21, 2022, 12:37:32 PMYes, i actually did precice 2 in my tibia and femurs and it wasnt bad at all. At least nothing like you described. the first 2-3 weeks were painful, and afterwards I was pretty much fine. I stopped taking all my pain meds after 4 weeks and got back to my normal sleeping schedule. After 5-6 weeks I didnt have any pain anymore. The only annoying thing is the immobility of not walking. So internals are pretty cool.
Ive never heard anybody describe it as bad as you did to be honest, even if you did externals.
That's what i'm most worried about, being so immobile . How did you deal with that? I'm doing the precice 2.2 also so I won't be walking for like 6 months from what i'm reading
Quote from: HeightJourney2021 on February 06, 2022, 02:14:57 AMThe worst part for me was the difficulty sleeping during the distraction phase, though the "worst part" varies with patients. When a patient is lengthening, your body needs a lot of rest and sleep to heal (i.e. build up callus and then bone formation, as well as 3 weeks from surgery). However, you are stuck sleeping on your back, because it's very difficult to shift your body while sleeping. But your body naturally shifts around while sleeping to get comfortable. So about every 2 hours, I would wake up with muscle stiffness and poor circulation, then stretch to relieve the tightness and get better circulation for several minutes, then go back to sleep.
At least 2 hours of sleep was enough to get 1 REM cycle of sleep. Around 7 to 8 weeks after surgery, I managed to sleep on my side for some variety. Then when I finished lengthening, I noticed my required sleep started to slowly and steadily decline a few weeks after to more normal levels, I was sleeping longer (like 4 hours or more) before waking up, and my sleep quality improved.
yeah i guess worst part really depends. I've heard people sleeping just fine shortly after surgery.
Do you think a comfortable mattress pad or something like that would have helped? I read another persons diary who said they started sleeping after they got something to put on top of their mattress to make it more comfortable
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