remember, an unhappy mind only remembers a bad past
a happy mind can forgive everything and looks forward to life 
please continue to give updates.
Quote from: fokid on June 15, 2018, 12:42:36 PMremember, an unhappy mind only remembers a bad past
a happy mind can forgive everything and looks forward to life
please continue to give updates.
Really motivating quote, thanks Fokid! I will keep continue with the updates once every month, unless if something major related to LL or my legs happen.
Man I'll be honest, you've scared me. I was ready for my first surgery 2 years ago, and mentally prepared for the removal, but a month long recovery process again.... of using a walker again. Those f*cked up abductors, waddling around again. Hell no
I'm just going to keep delaying my nail removal
Quote from: Penguinn on June 17, 2018, 07:25:54 PMMan I'll be honest, you've scared me. I was ready for my first surgery 2 years ago, and mentally prepared for the removal, but a month long recovery process again.... of using a walker again. Those f*cked up abductors, waddling around again. Hell no I'm just going to keep delaying my nail removal
Yes this was my personal experience, maybe it may be faster for you since individual recovery does vary. Perhaps my depression may have affected my recovery. But this wasn’t an easy process as I imagined it to be when I got my initial LL. I reckon people should allow at least two weeks for this removal. I was able to walk without aid a day after surgery (only used the walker for a half a day, immediately after surgery), however my gait and endurance gradually returned with each week. Abductors exercises were really hard to perform due to the incision sites, and this in my opinion was the major muscle affected. Gait was a major giveaway, an obvious sign of surgery, despite regaining my endurance, normal gait was affected with prolonged sitting, standing or walking, even after two weeks of surgery. Now I don’t have waddling gait, but it only occurs for a few seconds after sitting for prolonged periods
Quote from: Microbe on June 18, 2018, 07:45:14 AMYes this was my personal experience, maybe it may be faster for you since individual recovery does vary. Perhaps my depression may have affected my recovery. But this wasn’t an easy process as I imagined it to be when I got my initial LL. I reckon people should allow at least two weeks for this removal. I was able to walk without aid a day after surgery (only used the walker for a half a day, immediately after surgery), however my gait and endurance gradually returned with each week. Abductors exercises were really hard to perform due to the incision sites, and this in my opinion was the major muscle affected. Gait was a major giveaway, an obvious sign of surgery, despite regaining my endurance, normal gait was affected with prolonged sitting, standing or walking, even after two weeks of surgery. Now I don’t have waddling gait, but it only occurs for a few seconds after sitting for prolonged periods
Have you ever had any pain/implications/trouble/health issues due to the surgery in these2 years? Would you recommend it to others? Femur vs tibia which is better according to you?
Thanks in advance!
Quote from: totallyred on June 18, 2018, 08:26:28 AMHave you ever had any pain/implications/trouble/health issues due to the surgery in these2 years? Would you recommend it to others? Femur vs tibia which is better according to you?
Thanks in advance!
I'm not the one you asked, but I'd recommend 2 inches split tibias femurs, or 6cm femur + 5cm tibias or so. If you have the mental fortitude and the money, obviously. Proportions do matter(for practical and aesthetic reasons both) and staying within the safe limit would have boosted my recovery time, or so I think
For example, doing situps is weird for me because of long femurs. If I do them wearing heeled boots to make my tibias proportionate, they get easier.
@ Microbe so your gait is still waddly a few seconds after sitting, 1.5 months post removal? 
Was it like that before the op or was it totally normal?
Quote from: Penguinn on June 18, 2018, 09:09:12 AM@ Microbe so your gait is still waddly a few seconds after sitting, 1.5 months post removal?
Was it like that before the op or was it totally normal?
This few seconds is not that concerning, literally only a few steps, unless if I stretch before walking then I don’t get the waddling gait. Plus it doesn’t occur that frequently.
Probably this may have been normal before my LL and removal and something I did not notice. It’s that feeling of discomfort after sitting for prolonged periods.
@totallyrad I’ll get back to your question soon
The few seconds may not be concerning by itself, but it shows how far back in muscle recovery one gets sent. For example, I had that till a year post op or so. Having it again would mean getting sent back 10 months. I'll quit sharing my fears now, this is your thread
On the bright side, you'll be better off eventually after doing nail removal. Do you think, for you, it's eventually gonna be like LL never happened?
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