Penguinn- Precice II internal femurs with Dr. Parihar

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updates? Are you back to full normalcy now?

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Walking completely normal and climbing stairs normally with the right and almost-normally with the left. Improvement is constant and I'm happy. Nobody can look at my walking and find anything wrong.

The X-rays are good, but one side of the left is still not how it should be consolidation wise, so I might opt for one of those stimulant injections after waiting a while. That's for jogging/running though and I'm not even sure intervention will be needed. Not too concerned about that, I can wait it out.

I don't update my diary because I don't have anything new to say lol. Hard part's over. Very busy with life. I must say, LL still seems very weird and surreal to me even though I did it. I considered doing a summary of my diary because no newbies will be arsed to read the entire thing, but I'll do it once the nails come out sometime in a year.

Edit: Ooh, before I forget. I was walking normally by the end of August too, but I caught a really high fever(103) that made all my body muscles weak and you can guess which ones were affected the most. So for the next 2 weeks I was basically a month back in recovery time, thankfully I made it back to normalcy quick. It stole about 3 weeks of my time. I can't imagine what would've happened if I had a fever back in my crucial recovery stages. Take care, folks.

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Hi Penguinn, I hope everything is going ok. I was following your diary since last you started. Thank you very much for keeping it updated.

 I'm scheduled for LL with Paley on Sept 26 this year.

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Quote from: Penguinn on September 16, 2017, 07:42:04 PMWalking completely normal and climbing stairs normally with the right and almost-normally with the left. Improvement is constant and I'm happy. Nobody can look at my walking and find anything wrong.

The X-rays are good, but one side of the left is still not how it should be consolidation wise, so I might opt for one of those stimulant injections after waiting a while. That's for jogging/running though and I'm not even sure intervention will be needed. Not too concerned about that, I can wait it out.

I don't update my diary because I don't have anything new to say lol. Hard part's over. Very busy with life. I must say, LL still seems very weird and surreal to me even though I did it. I considered doing a summary of my diary because no newbies will be arsed to read the entire thing, but I'll do it once the nails come out sometime in a year.

Hey man, I'm glad you made it. It's taken about a year, but God's listened to all our prayers that you get out of it in one piece and 7.5 cms taller.
I come to your diary every now and then, and I'm glad its ending this way.
As for me, loose ends still need to be tied up before I do the surgery, but the plan's very much still on. I just hope costs don't suddenly jump before I pay the deposit, lol.

And, if I may ask a question now: how many days/weeks post op do you think your mind/body (both) would allow you to start studying (like for a competitive exam). As in, I'm thinking its a good idea to use my time productively instead of sitting in bed all day in between PT sessions, so I was wondering: is it possible to study during the lengthening phase or are you just so exhausted that you would be better off not making commitments to yourself?

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Quote from: Mtall on September 19, 2017, 01:48:55 PMHey man, I'm glad you made it. It's taken about a year, but God's listened to all our prayers that you get out of it in one piece and 7.5 cms taller.
I come to your diary every now and then, and I'm glad its ending this way.
As for me, loose ends still need to be tied up before I do the surgery, but the plan's very much still on. I just hope costs don't suddenly jump before I pay the deposit, lol.

And, if I may ask a question now: how many days/weeks post op do you think your mind/body (both) would allow you to start studying (like for a competitive exam). As in, I'm thinking its a good idea to use my time productively instead of sitting in bed all day in between PT sessions, so I was wondering: is it possible to study during the lengthening phase or are you just so exhausted that you would be better off not making commitments to yourself?

Thanks, I never doubted the happy ending, the time it took was just longer than I wanted. Well I won't say happy ending before I'm running.

Depends, how important is this exam to you? With the kind of pain I had, if I really cared about the exam, I could've started studying 4 days post op. But if you're like me you'll feel too lethargic and jaded to study because you'll be constantly thinking about LL. It's super hard to focus on long term goals when your short term goals, especially health are on the line. In theory, a few days/one week post op if your pain is like mine.

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Wait a minute. I don't believe this question didn't come into my mind till now, but:

After LL, are most of your hours spent lying down, or can you sit up if you want to? Like on a couch, not on the bed.
Can you sit at a study table with a comfortable chair?

Because I won't be able to study even ABC if I'm lying down...

How do you divide post-op life into "bedridden" and "able to sit up"?

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To Mtall's question i'm going to add this,asking you if you are able to sleep on your stomach

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Sitting up on your bed is easy. I was sitting up the entire day. That has to do with your back more than your legs. Even though your legs can bend at 90 degrees a few days post-op, doesn't mean you'll be able to keep them that way for a long time. So no, sitting on a couch wouldn't have been too comfortable for me, but your experience may be different. I had an awesome square shaped cushion that made sitting up on the bed a breeze.

tl;dr You can sit up on a bed because your legs are straight but not on a couch (for long) because your knees are bent

You can lie on your stomach for an hour or 2. The turning will be uncomfortable especially before your stitches are removed. Whenever I lied on my stomach, I eventually turned over onto my back.

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Quote from: Penguinn on September 07, 2016, 10:57:36 PMAbout me:
I'm an 18 year old male. I'm looking to go from 5'2 to 5'5 in India which is kinda equivalent to going 5'4/5'5 to 5'7/5'8 in the US, a pretty great gain if I can manage all 7.5cms. I'm also going to get to be home throughout the procedure with my family since I'm from Mumbai, around half an hour away from where I'll be operated.

Surgery/doctor:
Doing Precice 2 nails in my femurs with Dr. Mangal Parihar. My surgery's on 20th September, about 12 days to go. I will be the Dr's first Precice 2 patient(slightly unnerving); however he says it won't matter. The total cost for those wondering is around $42,000 or 28 Lakhs(nails + surgery, not counting hotel stay or travel).
I've had 2 consultations with him thus far and will have another to get the exact surgery protocol.
He's not too big on pre-op PT but I've nonetheless been stretching and working out.
(Special thanks to Kilo for bringing the Dr's name to light with his experience and helping me out tons.)

These are the tests I've to do: http://imgur.com/a/tId5F

So far I'm really not scared, just excited. I guess the last week before their surgery is where people start sh*tting bricks. Fasting before my blood test and woke up at 3am out of hunger, couldn't sleep so decided to start this.
Feel free to ask me anything.

Penguin, can you plz advise on the total aproximate cost of internals with Parihar (including food, accomodation etc. I mean all starting from surgery to the day you can walk), also can you plz advise on the approx timeline of lengthening, consolidation, walking etc? I would be doing the surgery in next 1 year, possibly earlier and Parihar is a target doctor for me. thanks a lot

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Quote from: LLSouthAmerica on July 26, 2017, 05:42:35 PMI am almost 5 months post op, and Dr. Guichet has allowed me to do everything. I didn't specifically ask if I could go to the gym but I did last week. Did 4 sets of 15 reps of leg extension, and leg curl plus what I always do at the gym 30 min bike, 30 min elliptical and 30 min fast walking. What happened is that in the leg extension machine a bit of my femur was outside the seat and made me feel uncomfortable. I used the second lowest weight and after the last set it started hurting a little (muscular pain). So I stopped. I will wait 6 months post op for a more serious training!

Also when I do side kicks (opening legs) in my left leg I feel slight pain as if I'm feeling the  top of the nail against my bone and soft tissues, has it ever happened to you?

Hei LLsouth america, great to know you are doing great. It seems Guichet patients walk/recover earlier then other doctors', can you comment on how , anything special? ALso, can you plz advise how much you spent on total ? thanks.