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[TheGambitKing]

(First of all, srry for poor english).
Hi all, im new here but i have been learning about ll for some time, and im decided to do this bc my mental health is gonna kill me one day lol
So I want to do this in early June, when do u think i would be able to live withouth a caregiver? Im asking bc i start university in late september, and i need to know if i will be able to go to university by that time by myself (should be early consolidation phase), or when i would be supposed to do.
Lastly, will my walk be affected for a lot of time? will it be too noticiable?
Thanks in advance

Oh i forgot to say it would be a 7-8 cm femur surgery

[Masteryourlife]

(First of all, srry for poor english).
Hi all, im new here but i have been learning about ll for some time, and im decided to do this bc my mental health is gonna kill me one day lol
So I want to do this in early June, when do u think i would be able to live withouth a caregiver? Im asking bc i start university in late september, and i need to know if i will be able to go to university by that time by myself (should be early consolidation phase), or when i would be supposed to do.
Lastly, will my walk be affected for a lot of time? will it be too noticiable?
Thanks in advance

Oh i forgot to say it would be a 7-8 cm femur surgiery

What method you using ?
If precice 2 then caregiver for sure if you have no one with you .
Even with betz or guichet nail a caregiver first weeks it's a good idea to not struggle.
I don't know much about precice 2 since I don't want to undergo my surgery with it but I believe around 7 months post op for a good unnoticeable walk (more or less) .
Depends also on you starting height but 7-8 cm is a lot so I don't think you can go to school without being noticable you have some problems but many ppl have broken legs,temporary lumps etc so if you are fine to use crutches first weeks/months then you will be fine .

[Medium Drink Of Water]

I spent five months (July - November) in an inpatient LL clinic.  Several patients were recent high school graduates who were going to start universy in the fall.  They got there a few weeks before me and were able to leave by September.  These were all tibia LON patients.

If your college can accomodate handicapped students, which they call can, then it's no problem.  Get yourself a handicapped plackard and some crutches (and maybe a wheelchair for long distances but you would not be confined to it) to start the semester and you'll probably be all right.

[TheGambitKing]

thanks for the responses! One last thing... would my walk be PERMANENTLY worse (even if just a bit) with those 7-8cm in femur?? or will it be completely normal with time?

[Masteryourlife]

thanks for the responses! One last thing... would my walk be PERMANENTLY worse (even if just a bit) with those 7-8cm in femur?? or will it be completely normal with time?

Technically should recover ur walk fully  at a certain point

[Medium Drink Of Water]

Your walk will be almost normal.  You're changing your anatomy so much that 100% normalcy will never be possible.

[silverlining]

I did precise 2.2. You can live without a caregiver as soon as you get out of the hospital (in my case day 3). But I didn't feel any pain from the surgery. Heck, I started working full time from day 4 

You'll not be able to walk without assisted device 4 months post-surgery. You have to account for complications during the lengthening (muscle tightness, nerve numbness, non-union). Most people slow down. Only a few people can do 80days 8cm. After that it takes 6-8 weeks to fully consolidate.

[ReadRothbard]

Your walk will be almost normal.  You're changing your anatomy so much that 100% normalcy will never be possible.

This supports my hypothesis/theory that you need to lengthen both segments (tibias and femurs) in order to fully recover biomechanically.

[TheGambitKing]

Would it be better to length 3.5cm tibias + 5.5cm femurs than just 7/8cm femurs? I mean, would I recover faster and walking earlier? Or would it be more complicated? (keep in mind im talking about precice 2)

[TheGambitKing]

Im also talking about lengthening both segments at the same time (lets say 3 weeks difference from both op)

[Masteryourlife]

Im also talking about lengthening both segments at the same time (lets say 3 weeks difference from both op)

It's just en extra expense because you would have to pay the extra surgery fees for 2 procedures.
It's a bilateral surgery or staged one with 1 leg m then after consolidation of that leg , to do the other in order to never be bed ridden (with P2) .
3 weeks apart makes no difference ,just adds expenses and anesthesia risks etc.