Precice 2.2 Femurs with Dr. Mahboubian March 30 2021

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Quote from: racecarworm on April 03, 2021, 03:17:17 PMHey redwedding,
I appreciate your comment a lot! Sorry I haven’t gotten back to you. Day 3 was extremely stressful for me and I didn’t even have the energy to respond, was thinking about your message before I fell asleep. My father had documented everything the doctor said about health risks of the surgery whihc would include deep bone infections, but I haven’t had the chance to ask him to pull out the files. I will try my best to get back to you!

dear racecarworm,

Please take care and get better. Do not worry about my inqueries until you are doing well.

cheers,
sergio

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Raceworm,

You gotta get up on your walker and go to the bathroom on your own/start doing normal functions man. Trust me, you will feel a lot better in general when you are walking around on the walker. I did Precise 2 at around 150 pounds and was on the walker from the day I left the hospital, if you are 130, you should definitely be fine. Don't overdo it, but also establish a little routine of being independent. The first three weeks were tough, but trust me you will feel better soon

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Did you get up on the walker by yourself? I needed assistance and still it was hard.

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I have a medical/portable toilet to put next to my bed do shorten the trip. Still, It is difficult to rotate 90 degrees by myself and I need assistance. I’ll try my best to go alone on the walker tomorrow. Thank you so much for the advice.

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@Raceworm: Yes, I was able to get up on the walker by myself and using a normal toilet from the beginning. I could actually walk on my walker from bed to car and from car to PT. Within a couple of weeks I was using the walker to get everywhere. It gets easier in a few weeks, trust me.

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Obviously, if it is insanely painful, don't hurt yourself, but you need to move a little. A good trick especially at the beginning is to bear almost all your weight through your arms on the walker and just basically touch tap heel/toe with your feet as you walk, so you are walking and get the walking motion but not bearing too much weight on your legs and hurting yourself.

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Aren't you still in the hospital? Why the rush to get up?

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My experience was very similar to 6cm femurs.Before surgery I was 155 pounds, but now I lost over 10 pounds.And getting to toilet was never painful for me.Also one question, 6cm femurs after how many days you were allowed to walk unassisted?

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I was discharged on afternoon of the third day post op. I am trying to stand up and move around with the walker with other people assisting me since many people are telling me (including the doctor) that I should be walking with the walker. It is difficult to even stand up from a seated position in bed with help from people on both sides. It is currently 1am and I made it to Day 4 post op but I am very tired and the ice packs got me a bit wet and am very uncomfortable, so looks like day 4 recap will come tomorrow.

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Thank you for your wishes man, seriously helps a lot mentally (my mental health is healthy and fine, I just appreciate it).

I will call Dr. Mahboubian’s office tomorrow and ask for his statement about the deep bone infection.