Which part of lengthening is the worst? Pain and sleep management

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For tibia, though it might be the same for femurs.

I just want to strategise my use of sleeping pills and painkillers.

Of course, first 5 days after operation are like hell, so lets put that aside.

My questions are

1. What about 1-2 weeks after operation, when you are lengthening, is the pain very bad? Did you have to take sleeping pills and more pain meds?
2. What about a few weeks into the process ? (eg, lengthen 2 cm to 5 cm)
3. What about the last leg? (5 cm to 8 or 9 cm)? Did the pain and discomfort get much worse? Did you then have to take sleep aids and step up your pain medication?

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I found after 5 cm sleeping more than a couple of hours straight impossible and it only got worse as the lengthening increased.  By the last day of lengthening which was yesterday 1 hour per nap if I was lucky.  I tried everything; heating pads, sleeping pills, extra pain meds, pillow placements to reduce pressure on legs everything worked but only marginally.

Sleeping pills - help you fall asleep but then you wake up 2-3 hours later from leg pain and can't fall asleep and are groggy from the sleeping med
Heating pads - good temporary relief but again doesn't last and helps less and less as you lengthen
Pillow placement - increases the time you can tolerate a given sleep position but again temporary

My final solution was coming to terms that I wasn't going to get a full night sleep until I finished lengthening.  That helped because I wasn't fighting to stay asleep every night. Before I did this I really considered stopping which would have been sad if I gave in.  You can manage with naps not the greatest but you will get enough sleep.   

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is there any chances of getting paralyzed by LL?

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Quote from: afonso on December 16, 2014, 08:14:44 PMI found after 5 cm sleeping more than a couple of hours straight impossible and it only got worse as the lengthening increased.  By the last day of lengthening which was yesterday 1 hour per nap if I was lucky.  I tried everything; heating pads, sleeping pills, extra pain meds, pillow placements to reduce pressure on legs everything worked but only marginally.

Sleeping pills - help you fall asleep but then you wake up 2-3 hours later from leg pain and can't fall asleep and are groggy from the sleeping med
Heating pads - good temporary relief but again doesn't last and helps less and less as you lengthen
Pillow placement - increases the time you can tolerate a given sleep position but again temporary

My final solution was coming to terms that I wasn't going to get a full night sleep until I finished lengthening.  That helped because I wasn't fighting to stay asleep every night. Before I did this I really considered stopping which would have been sad if I gave in.  You can manage with naps not the greatest but you will get enough sleep.

Which method and which segment did you do?

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Hey girlsonline,

There is a chance of nerve damage. Several people have had some form of nerve damage. If you search up polycrates, he went to Dr.sringari and he loss some function in his toes. There were several others but I can't recall there names right now. 

The chance of nerve damage or amputation or paralysis is extremely low if you go to a doctor that knows what he's doing.

I know you are planning on going to Dr. Sarin. Dr. Sarin has had some good results and some very bad results.  I believe none resulted in paralysis or amputation.

 

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Getting paralyzed is very extreme, I dont remember even one single case, just follow the recommendations of your surgeon and dont do ridiculous amounts of lengthening, and you should be fine.