Penguinn- Precice II internal femurs with Dr. Parihar

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Penguinn,
This might be the right time to ask you this, since you're at the end of your journey and now you can look back and thoughtfully answer.
I thought of asking you this via PM, but then I thought it would be good for everyone to know the answer:
In the beginning of your diary, you said that you had the funds to go to Dr. Paley, but you didn't want to let your dad spend that much. So you went to Dr. Parihar.

Looking back at your LL journey now, is there ANYTHING that would have gone better if you had gone to Dr. Paley instead? Is there anything that would have been done better, said better or anything that would have made your journey shorter, quicker or in any way superior?

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I did a light trot today. Not a jog, just that trot people do while trying to cover 5-6 steps really quickly. Nothing broke/tore/ripped/squeaked so that's nice, but I'm going to stop messing around until at least a couple more weeks pass.

Quote from: Mtall on September 26, 2017, 07:08:16 PMPenguinn,
This might be the right time to ask you this, since you're at the end of your journey and now you can look back and thoughtfully answer.
I thought of asking you this via PM, but then I thought it would be good for everyone to know the answer:
In the beginning of your diary, you said that you had the funds to go to Dr. Paley, but you didn't want to let your dad spend that much. So you went to Dr. Parihar.

Looking back at your LL journey now, is there ANYTHING that would have gone better if you had gone to Dr. Paley instead? Is there anything that would have been done better, said better or anything that would have made your journey shorter, quicker or in any way superior?

I can't stay. The #1 problem I had was slow consolidation which seems like it'd have happened regardless of the doctor. Plus, at times I was lazy with the weight bearing.

Parihar takes it slow and careful. Would Paley have made me walk(aided) right away/sooner? Would that have sped up my recovery or broken my bone? I have absolutely no way of knowing that.

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Quote from: prakash419 on September 24, 2017, 03:57:36 AMHei 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.

Ask me on my diary, this is Penguinn's.

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Quote from: Penguinn on September 27, 2017, 04:43:30 AMPlus, at times I was lazy with the weight bearing.

Yeah, so tell me something...why exactly were you lazy with the weight bearing? Is it physically taxing? Is it painful?

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Quote from: Mtall on September 27, 2017, 06:43:22 PMYeah, so tell me something...why exactly were you lazy with the weight bearing? Is it physically taxing? Is it painful?

LL puts you in a place where days/weeks just blend into each other and you feel like a corpse. You're not mobile and don't feel like yourself. Life is slow. Improvement is slow at first (but then speeds up in the later months of recovery) so the motivation is low too. It is physically taxing, yeah, but I could've done better. Plus at that point, college and stuff was far away so I thought I'd just let it happen. Then commitments came nearer and callus was slow, so I realized I had to make sh*t happen and worked harder.

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Update

So despite being able to walk relatively normally a few months ago, my left leg hadn't consolidated on all sides. About a month ago I went for a CT scan because Dr. P wanted to analyze my bones carefully from all angles. He's analyzed it thoroughly and believes no intervention (like bone marrow injections to stimulate the remaining callus) is necessary. Yay!

My gait is 100%. Only time my gait is 90%, that too only in the left leg, is the first 2 seconds after I get up after sitting for a long time. I can jog. I've only jogged in my house(I don't think I was supposed to), and it's not 100%, so giving it more time. I probably won't try full on sprinting for another few months just to be safe. I think my left leg may have filled up the gap on its own, because it's hard to believe I'm walking this well and able to trot/jog with some bone missing. I'll get an x-ray soon- haven't had one in a long time.

Reason I haven't gotten checked in a long time or I don't come here much is because I'm just busy with life and feel pretty normal. Function is pretty normal, like climbing stairs, wearing shoes standing up, picking up something I've dropped. I've even sumo wrestled a scrawny friend(with my not-back-to-full-strength legs as anchors) and won, there is no hope for him.

Problems I still have:
My ass is kinda deflated I miss my old plump posterior. Even the ladies loved it lol. It's gonna take forever, isn't it?
My thigh muscles (quads, hammies) are still not 100% so I don't squat and stuff. But they're improving and at a very comfortable place.
I can't jog properly or run, but that can wait.

I'm not going to post any media but if anyone cares, I can make a timeline of my LL with problems and their solutions for potential patients to go through quickly. Or maybe I should wait till I can run before calling it a success story?

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Hey penguinn what do you think after more than 1 year of surgery was it worth it? Does it make you feel happier than before? And how does it feel to be 3 inches taller does't it feel weird?

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200% worth it.

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I just want to update and say that I ran from one wall of my house to another (very small distance and not a full sprint, but definitely more than a jog) and I felt fine. Mum saw the run and said I looked like a normal person. I'm still going to wait a few months before jogging and sprinting because it's simply not worth the risk right now. Parihar hasn't given me permission to run so I feel kind of guilty too haha. I'll probably start gyming and treadmilling and build up my quads/hammies before running full steam.

I'll also probably get an x-ray soon, haven't taken one in 3 months. Thanks to people who've been rooting for me, it's meant a lot. Once I start jogging, which will probably be several months from now because I'm being careful, I'll write a summary of the diary. Also sorry for not being the most active mod, life is great but keeps me really busy, I'll try to do better.

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Quote from: Penguinn on December 08, 2017, 02:49:50 PMI just want to update and say that I ran from one wall of my house to another (very small distance and not a full sprint, but definitely more than a jog) and I felt fine. Mum saw the run and said I looked like a normal person. I'm still going to wait a few months before jogging and sprinting because it's simply not worth the risk right now. Parihar hasn't given me permission to run so I feel kind of guilty too haha. I'll probably start gyming and treadmilling and build up my quads/hammies before running full steam.

I'll also probably get an x-ray soon, haven't taken one in 3 months. Thanks to people who've been rooting for me, it's meant a lot. Once I start jogging, which will probably be several months from now because I'm being careful, I'll write a summary of the diary. Also sorry for not being the most active mod, life is great but keeps me really busy, I'll try to do better.

Congratulations Penguinn! At the same time,  please don't take any risks without letting the doctor on.

I just wanted to say your diary was one of the ones that convinced me to take the leap. I did my surgery almost exactly a year after you. All the best!