This was in February, but I wanted to share my story.
First off, the surgery went extremely well. Now that lengthening was done, the objective was to take the lengthening rods out of my left leg and put in permanent rods. (i only had lengthening on my left leg because i have lld, totaling 1.5 inches of growth with fitbone). Upon waking up, I am completely sober and in an extreme amount of pain. Finally a nurse notices me and gives me 1 tramadol. From recovering from the initial surgery, I was taking oxy. To be post op and have 1 tramadol was beyond ridiculous. I have an extremely high pain tolerance, but it eventually broke me. I started to cry in pain. I couldn't really express how much pain i was in but told them pain was an 11. These traveling nurses couldn't log into the computer and really didn't feel like they cared to help me. After 2 hours, they finally gave me Dilaudid (which is an amzing drug lmao). Then, they gave me oxy and dilaudid on cycle. Then I was okay. When I was able to tell the head nurse of the floor, she was so terribly upset and apologetic. The initial surgery I also had at this hospital, and everything went fine. This was no doubt, the worst pain I had ever experienced in my entire life x10.
I think I just got really unlucky, getting a nurse who didn't know what to do. This was in the U.S, mind you. They were understaffed and had these travel nurses who didnt know who to ask or how anything worked. Although I'm disappointed in that aspect, everything else has been going pretty well. I can walk very short distances without any assistance, but I don't want to push it too early. I would definitely do it again. I'm looking forward to being able to get back to normal and not need help. As a musician, I've been fully gigging since March, and it's kind of nice to play while sitting down lol.
Feel free to ask me anything at all