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[Shatter. Gee. 11]

People who have successfully done it , What do you guys do? Do you have a job? How do you get a leave of months like that? How do you manage to do it? I have a job. Im really having a hard time trying to figure out a way of getting 6-7 months of leave. Would a 3 month leave be enough? What was your strategy??

[FiveSevenWannaDie]

nah you need more like 5-6 months. you will probably have to quit your job. and then your career might get damaged too. unless you are a software guy that can work from home. like supposed you get the surgery. you will obviously be impaired coz your legs are messed up. but as a software dude you can work from home. but if youre in construction you re screwed.

[Worzezterlire]

A number of US corporate employers have short term disability as part of their benefits, and many US surgeons will give you the paperwork for filing a multi-month claim.  So you need a cooperative surgeon (most are, ask them before surgery) and short term disability benefits, at least in the United States.  Usually it’s encapsulated enough that the employer doesn’t know any details of the surgery.

Personally I kept working and still am with a few days off here and there, but it was an option.  I’d probably tell anyone in the future who has these benefits to use them unlike me, since now that I’m at the end of lengthening I think it would have been one less point of stress during the process.

[FiveSevenWannaDie]

how did you go +8 and still function propely? i seen dudes get crippled at +5 already

[Worzezterlire]

how did you go +8 and still function propely? i seen dudes get crippled at +5 already

You’ve seen them yourself or you saw claims?  I saw a bunch of Dr D’s patients walking around just fine getting ready for nail removal and all of them got at least 7cm and walked completely normally one year later.  I’m also much taller than the average CLL patient so +8cm was for me what +5 would be for a smaller guy.  I’m definitely not crippled, I just can’t walk because I’m not consolidated.  My range of motion is virtually identical to pre CLL due to intense PT and stretching at home, surgeon says I should recover faster than his average patient as a result.

Worth noting I did Precise 2.2 with a top US surgeon, which does vastly lower the odds of deformity.  Honestly if someone with as tight of muscles as I had going in (the surgeon was on the fence about doing multiple tendon releases, which he ended up not doing… and even slightly on the fence of me lengthening past 5cm) can get to 8cm, I think most people can.  The difference is that I did significantly more PT and stretching than the average femur patient, and that’s why despite starting with a disadvantage I ended up being a model patient with a (so far) perfect outcome.

[Shatter. Gee. 11]

A number of US corporate employers have short term disability as part of their benefits, and many US surgeons will give you the paperwork for filing a multi-month claim.  So you need a cooperative surgeon (most are, ask them before surgery) and short term disability benefits, at least in the United States.  Usually it’s encapsulated enough that the employer doesn’t know any details of the surgery.

Personally I kept working and still am with a few days off here and there, but it was an option.  I’d probably tell anyone in the future who has these benefits to use them unlike me, since now that I’m at the end of lengthening I think it would have been one less point of stress during the process.

Let's see if that's doable in India.

[Shatter. Gee. 11]

You’ve seen them yourself or you saw claims?  I saw a bunch of Dr D’s patients walking around just fine getting ready for nail removal and all of them got at least 7cm and walked completely normally one year later.  I’m also much taller than the average CLL patient so +8cm was for me what +5 would be for a smaller guy.  I’m definitely not crippled, I just can’t walk because I’m not consolidated.  My range of motion is virtually identical to pre CLL due to intense PT and stretching at home, surgeon says I should recover faster than his average patient as a result.

Worth noting I did Precise 2.2 with a top US surgeon, which does vastly lower the odds of deformity.  Honestly if someone with as tight of muscles as I had going in (the surgeon was on the fence about doing multiple tendon releases, which he ended up not doing… and even slightly on the fence of me lengthening past 5cm) can get to 8cm, I think most people can.  The difference is that I did significantly more PT and stretching than the average femur patient, and that’s why despite starting with a disadvantage I ended up being a model patient with a (so far) perfect outcome.

Dr D? Debiprashad? Paley had only bad things to say about him.

[pownzorgeek]

You’ve seen them yourself or you saw claims?  I saw a bunch of Dr D’s patients walking around just fine getting ready for nail removal and all of them got at least 7cm and walked completely normally one year later.  I’m also much taller than the average CLL patient so +8cm was for me what +5 would be for a smaller guy.  I’m definitely not crippled, I just can’t walk because I’m not consolidated.  My range of motion is virtually identical to pre CLL due to intense PT and stretching at home, surgeon says I should recover faster than his average patient as a result.

Worth noting I did Precise 2.2 with a top US surgeon, which does vastly lower the odds of deformity.  Honestly if someone with as tight of muscles as I had going in (the surgeon was on the fence about doing multiple tendon releases, which he ended up not doing… and even slightly on the fence of me lengthening past 5cm) can get to 8cm, I think most people can.  The difference is that I did significantly more PT and stretching than the average femur patient, and that’s why despite starting with a disadvantage I ended up being a model patient with a (so far) perfect outcome.

One question: How fast after doing precice do you think one can go back to work, assuming it's totally a work from home situation, where you can work remotely? Do pain meds play a role?