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During LL, what specific observations / information should you write in your diary throughout LL that will be helpful to the doctor/physical therapy people to figure out what mistakes you are making in stretching/day to day movements that are hurting your recovery?
Or bad idea to disclose this info to them b/c they could use it to blame you for somethign that bad happens?
I don't know. This is my entire interaction with physical therapists: I went to one one time after LL (about a year later) because my right ankle was remaining tight even though everything else was improving. She showed me a stretch that would target that specific tendon and I did it at home for a few months, and that was the end of it.
I think you should tell medical professionals everything. The more they know, the better they can help you. I can't imagine that they would blame you for anything bad that happens: everything bad already happened and it's their job to help you recover from it. If they know you have a certain problem and then they do something that's contraindicated for people with that problem, it's their fault, not yours. If anything, hiding information will mean you're to blame (if blame is assigned at all, which it probalby won't be).
Are there risks for leaving in the internal nails for too long? I heard one should wait at least 1.5-2 years before taking them out. What if you take them out at like 5 years though? 10 years? 3 years? etc
I'm not aware of any serious risks. Some doctors prefer to leave them in, more commonly in the non-cosmetic orthopedic community than in CLL. It is a major surgery to open up a patient and take them out, and the "first, do no harm" part of the Hippocratic oath is often applied to that situation if the nails aren't causing much if any problems. It also may have something to do with insurance: why would the insurance company pay for a major surgery when the patient doesn't really need it? That money could go to fixing a baby's cleft palate or buying someone's anti-seizure medication.
I noticed them when they were in. It seemed like the bone wanted to bend a bit in certain situations but the nails wouldn't let them. One time when I really noticed this was when I was climbing a ladder.
I think the best way to approach it is to wait and see if they bother you or not, and if so, how much. Consider the cost/benefits when you can actually know what they will be.
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