Hi guys, i saw a patient yesterday, and after seeing him it really opened my eyes to why limb lengthening has such a fierce reputation. Its because a lot of people that do this have the mental and physical toughness of a little child. Seriously, i dont mean to offend the person i saw yesterday, but it made me so angry that there are compulsory psychiatric evaluations put in place, and people that are so obviously dependent on others in every day life, can pass these evaluations for such a complex and extreme surgery. Limb lengthening requires a lot of effort, commitment, strict routine, hard work in order to recover within a reasonable time. Yet you have people doing this who are so dependent on mummy and daddy, will find any excuse to not have to put in effort, then expect they can do something this extreme and recover easily is just f**ing ridiculous. I had to respond to this patient yelling out my name in the middle of the night, thinking sh*t they must have really hurt themselves to be disturbing everyone in the hotel at this time of night, to find them sitting perfectly fine on the side of the bed. Turns out the patient had bad pain in their leg and couldnt get to there phone which was, i sh*t you not, 5 feet away.
YOUR LEGS ARE BROKEN.. YEAH, SOMETIMES THEY WILL HURT. DEAL WITH IT.
I put this post up not to complain, but to warn you guys and gals, (and i know alot of you are like this) who are weak mentally, physically, dependent on mummy and daddy, cant deal with pain, DONT DO THIS YOU ARE GOING TO WHINE AND COMPLAIN AND HATE LIFE AND HAVE A VERY SLOW RECOVERY AND WISH YOU NEVER DONE IT.. im not even joking right now.. All you 'WIMPS' stay clear of this. It is not for you..