From what Ive read none they are all somewhat uncomfortable and inhibit a lot of things. I dare say some people are not bothered by them as much but people who are light sleepers should really think twice about them. Internal methods I'm sure allow you to sleep a lot easier and wash yourself properly as well however the internals from what Ive read on here can cause a lot of joint pain. I'm honestly dreaming of the day these things can come off walking in them is painful you will only get to a certain level of comfort with them on to get back to regular comfort levels they will need to come off. You can only walk so good in them as well trying to walk normal really starts causing muscle tethering round the pin sites.
I'm a bad sleeper as it is, so bad in fact that I woke up pretty much straight after the initial surgery they then used an entire syringe on me again and I slept for 1 hour
Why cannot patients sleep well during lengthening and recovery?
What about LON???Time in frames is short.
That's likely easier comfort wise yeah but I think a lot of folk avoid rods due to knee pain problems that can potentially occur
I read that with LON, frames are less compñocated
This seems to be the main annoyance in CLL (next to using the bathroom and showering), if everything else goes well and the painkillers are working.
Quote from: Penguinn on December 02, 2016, 07:02:02 PMI'm sleeping great without pain meds(6-8hrs) but I haven't seen this written by anyone else. Sometimes I'll wake up for a few seconds, change my sleeping position and go back to sleep. The sleep isn't as deep as before but not exactly light either.
Why do you think it was like that for you, Penguinn?
It's 5am and I've been tossing and turning for several hours, unable to sleep. I'm an internals quadrilateral patient 6 weeks after tibias, 3 after femurs. The reason I can't sleep well is because like most other humans,
We probably shift positions during the night in order to prevent pressure sores, because they can develop after just a few hours of constant contact.
The problem is that due to the screws that fixate the femur nails, I feel pain as soon as I try to roll over to any side. Thus, I can only sleep on my back. Whenever my body tries to roll over, the pain from the hip screws wakes me up.
I really hope this will go away with time, but it's not connected to lengthening or consolidation, so I have no idea of the timeframe. With only 1-2 hours of sleep per night, I've been pretty screwed - tired, apathetic, and borderline wanting to quit lengthening.
Quote from: EndGame on December 04, 2016, 05:26:52 PMThe pain was a huge issue for my sleep. Sleep aids were useless when the pain was above level 3. Pain meds I found both helped reduce pain and induce sleep. But the pain would return and woke me often. Additionally, I've always been a side sleeper and having to sleep on my back as they said to for internal femurs was nearly impossible even without pain. Staying asleep more than an hour or two was generally difficult during lengthening. Sadly most people find weed doesn't help you sleep while lengthening the way it normally does. You get more aware of your aches and pains, almost like it amplifies them sadly. Stretching when I could not sleep both helped me to knock out one of my daily stretching sessions in the middle of the night and helped alleviate pain and stiffness which often helped me sleep some more.
Can confirm all of the above.
In addition, keeping my knees straight has been a challenge, so I often flip between straight knees and bent knees every minute or so while awake. Stretching my calves and hamstrings in the middle of the night while I can't sleep, helps keep the knees straight.
Quote from: OverrideYourGenetics on April 27, 2018, 09:13:53 AMIt's 5am and I've been tossing and turning for several hours, unable to sleep. I'm an internals quadrilateral patient 6 weeks after tibias, 3 after femurs. The reason I can't sleep well is because like most other humans,
We probably shift positions during the night in order to prevent pressure sores, because they can develop after just a few hours of constant contact.
The problem is that due to the screws that fixate the femur nails, I feel pain as soon as I try to roll over to any side. Thus, I can only sleep on my back. Whenever my body tries to roll over, the pain from the hip screws wakes me up.
I really hope this will go away with time, but it's not connected to lengthening or consolidation, so I have no idea of the timeframe. With only 1-2 hours of sleep per night, I've been pretty screwed - tired, apathetic, and borderline wanting to quit lengthening.
Can confirm all of the above.
In addition, keeping my knees straight has been a challenge, so I often flip between straight knees and bent knees every minute or so while awake. Stretching my calves and hamstrings in the middle of the night while I can't sleep, helps keep the knees straight.
Weed would actually help me sleep. The first time i tried i realized i was using sativa blend and that actually kept me up and instensified the pain. I hated that night. I did more research and realized i was supposed to use indica strands for pain and relaxation and that would knock me out in about 20 minutes. I would normally get around 4 hours of constant sleep. Probably more but the way my clicking schedule was i would click at 12am and then at 4am so i was having to click 6 times per day on my femur to avoid pre-consolidation. Im sure i couldve slept more if it wasnt for this reason.
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