Quote from: Nomad34 on April 06, 2021, 10:48:10 AMHi,
I am 35 years old and am considering LON surgery (because I can afford it now). I would like to ask people who are similar age how much they were able to recover, I mean physically. I guess that at this age it may take some time, but is it possible to come back to weight training and running after 1,5 - 2 years?
For me I started upper body training around the 1 year mark. Lower body training around 1.5 years.
For me at least I’m not yet back to peak physical condition but then again I haven’t actually been running for that long yet. I can do squats and jumping onto boxes and all that but the heigh of my jump, the speed of my run, the distance is not yet back to where I was. And not sure yet how much more training I would need to get back to my original condition.
I still have nails in my tibia as well so I have a feeling once I get those out and heal everything up properly I should be doing better.
Another thing that puzzles me is what the first few weeks after surgery are actually like. How long will I have to use a wheelchair to move around the apartment?
For me at least I was stuck to a wheelchair for sometime because of the infection. But I was able to stand and walk assisted even with the infection, I think you would be able to too assuming it’s weightbearing. Prob give it a month tbh can’t really remember haha, it’s been a while. You can stand for sure, and use like one of those roller walker things to scoot around.
Oh just read you’re doing LON. I think that’s weight bearing. I had EF on my left leg while healing from the infection, was able to stand on both legs since both were weight bearing. But used a wheelchair to move around. I think I had LON? But it’s a bit circular thing around your tibia and it’s super annoying to sleep in, but yea for me can stand up but used a wheelchair to move around.
After how long will I be able to walk with a crutch?
Crutch.. hmm so after fixing the infection, I was doing crutches, even when my bone wasn’t even close to consolidating, you probably could too in 2 months? Sorry hard for me to estimate given the infection. But I imagine you could use crutches within a couple months.
How long does it take to get back to work (a sedentary job)?
Sedentary hmm, depends on how much focus you want to put on your legs. I think for most they will go back after consolidation or at least close to fully consolidated. Even if it’s sedentary. Because you still need to stretch and put weight on your legs to make your bones consolidate.
5-6cm right on LON. I would imagine you would need to move to an IM nail before you go back to work, so ask your doctor approx how long it’ll take to lengthen and when you could move to an Im nail. Probably give it a month at least after your IM nail surgery before heading back to work.
I'm currently 172cm and would like to be at least 5cm taller. Is there any difference between 5cm and 6cm in terms of speed of recovery and possible complications?
Dunno, it’s not like I did 5 cm in one leg and 6 in the other.
It’s expensive surgery, do the length you want. Don’t make your decision based on recovery time if you can avoid it.
I mean if recovery time is so important to you then fine, get estimates and see what fits your schedule. But if not.. then do the length you want. That’s most important.
At least from what I have seen, nah 1cm doesn’t make that big a difference. Do the length you want.
If you ask me between 5 and 8 then ok... I would say consult your docotor 8 is quite a lot for 1 segment in 1 go. But 5-6 meh. Choose what you like.
I ain’t a doctor, this is based off personal experience and from my interactions with other LL patients
How often do I need to have a physical therapy session (not counting the daily one I will have to do myself)?
Sorry I dunno, I spent too much money on too many surgeries, did all the physical therapy myself. Wasn’t gonna pay for it
If you don’t mind I’m going to answer directly in your quote. I did it when I was over 30 but I had complications so my experience probably isn’t going to be the same as yours
