Hanna84 - Internal Femurs, Dr. Betz 2013

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Quote from: smitty on March 07, 2014, 01:49:02 PMHey Hanna,

Good to see you in this forum also. I have been following your diary in old forum .

Hi Smitty. I'm guessing you're "Smitty1" from old forum ? Good to have you on-board.

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Quote from: FrankGarrett on March 07, 2014, 02:11:28 PMHi Smitty. I'm guessing you're "Smitty1" from old forum ? Good to have you on-board.

Thanks Frank, You are right. I am Smitty1.
I do have some disagreements with both the forums but I think I am ready to contribute more now. 

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Quote from: Cooper on March 07, 2014, 01:47:01 PMHanna,
Do LLers in betzland walk on stairs after surgery? I heard most LLers of dr. Betz goes back to work after 2-3 weeks. I am curious how do they able to drive and walk uneven surface such as stairs.

Please let us know what you see. I really want to do this in May but need to return home to get back to work. I can work from home office so is it even possible?

Thanks much!

Hello Cooper,

Yes, you are able to take stairs. I learned it from my physiotherapist one week after surgery. You need strong arms for it, maybe you can workout (more) before surgery in order to prepare yourself.
I drive my car to go to rehab center, it's possible, although it's not recommended, cause (at least in Germany) in case of an accident you can get into trouble with your insurance.

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11 days of Recovery behind me I see a little progress, so far. My knee flexion is getting better and I feel that my legs are getting stronger, but concerning my duck-ass I don't see much progress, so far. Ok, it's only 11 days... But sometimes I have days when I feel down or depressed, it's really a long way to go and a long long time on crutches, you can't imagine the situation till you actually do LL. However I'm an optimist and most of the time I keep on being positive.

I don't have pain (not exceeding a 1-2 on a scale of ten, so I wouldn't call it pain at all), only medication I still take is Xarelto (to prevent thrombosis) and Calcium/ Vitamin D and Magnesium.
At the weekend I was at a swimming-pool for several hours, that was so great. After that my legs were so relaxed and flexible! I plan to go swimming more often.


I keep you informed about my further recovery.

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Thanks for the post.

By how many months should the duck-ass disappear on the average?

Quote from: Hanna84 on March 11, 2014, 11:09:18 AM but concerning my duck-ass I don't see much progress, so far. Ok, it's only 11 days...

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I will ask Dr. Betz on friday. 

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Thanks. Please also ask if there's difference between males and females.

Quote from: Hanna84 on March 11, 2014, 11:27:03 AMI will ask Dr. Betz on friday.

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Hey Hanna!))

well Im doing tibias and external, but I think the mental challenges are pretty similar. I would suggest you to not create much expectations about your progress, just take it day by day just like when you were lengthening is not that much different from the emotional point of view. You will not notice the improvement from day to day, but after weeks you will look back and realize that there is progress, very small but there is. Sometimes is very difficult to see progress when there is always something bothering you. Some times I cant even feel the progress, but it only takes me 5 second to look back in time maybe 1 month and I see a huge difference in every aspect)) Just try to keep calm, dont get to excited if your feel much better because you put your self in a position to also get down and feel worse. So just take it day by day. The hardest part of my consolidation is just keeping calm, because when I was lengthening in a way i felt great to know that everyday I was growing!! but now there is no growing there is only waiting and feeling better.

swimming is great if you can do it, actually my doctor recommends swimming after frame removal, it helps the muscles a lot!
stay strong and keep calm, one warm hug for you sirter!))

Rgkey

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Hanna,

I want to do 9cm on my femurs as well. My only concern have you experienced any knee pain from the larger femur:tibia ratio?

I am only do one ll so I want to make sure I am not forced to do Tibias to correct my ratio and stop the knee pain like tall in old forum  

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Thank you for your encouraging words, RGKEY :-)
This journey requires much patience, it's said so easy that you have to walk a few months on crutches.But I guess, I'm doing quite good.

@rickybobby: no, not yet and I hope that I will never develop knee pain, at least before I'm 80 years old ;-) I'll keep you updated.