Thanks brother for the concern. I’m not going to lie them trying to get patients done with fast was my initial thought too. I’m sticking to 1.25mm and if I experience any discomfort back to 1mm. But even if I reach my goal early I’m staying here for the entirety of my contract so I’d still be using the room, pt etc.
As for the washroom thing. I go 2 times a day I squat over the toilet and only use wipes to make sure I’m 99% clean. LON femurs are tough but as long as you avoid infection they aren’t that bad. I try to avoid any shared spaces. I never go to the lobby area or use lounge chairs.
I’ve recently started to walk without any support. Would you say the LON is actually weight bearing as advertised or should I avoid testing my luck for context I’m light af 120lbs
You should stick to 1mm per day. Do not spend a single nanosecond listening to the assistants babbling about "preconsolidation risk". The scientific literature says 0.25mm per day is when the risk becomes apparent. Preconsolidation doesnt happen overnight. It takes weeks of slow lengthening. Furthermore the more you go into the process the softer the callus is the more leeway you got with the speed of turns. So if youre already 6 cm and you stop for like 2 weeks and then turn again you most likely will be able to continue uninterrupted
Read the next carefully: at any time during the process if you start getting overwhelmed from the turns you can take rest days. You can take 2-3-5 days of rest if turning becomes excruciating later in the process. Do not push through excruciating pain due to "preconsolidation risk". Do not fight your body. If you start getting nerve tingles, and general feeling of not being well take rest days. Alternatively you could slow down for a few days to 0.5mm per day and then resume 1mm when rested a bit. But this is for later in the process
Anyway
For walking without support - Do not do it. It is not worth it to risk and tempt fate
From what I have researched about the turkish doctors they all use these sturdy looking walkers with wheels(its actually called rollator) which for example they dont use in the Vietnamese place I had my surgery, we use here normal non wheel walkers
So with the Rollator walkers you are able to have natural movement of one step following the other instead of having to put 2 feet together and move the walker forward like I have to do
Use your rollator for everything and make sure you keep your body straight and not hunched over. This will become increasingly difficult as the lengthening goes as youre stretching the entire posterior chain beyond its equilibrium which will force you to hunch over like a grandpa
also, youre very light, EAT EAT EAT
Dont worry about gaining unwanted weight, it will be quite hard to. All extra calories will mainly go to the bone break.
If you dont wake up in the morning energized youre not eating enough. Try to calculate how much calories you eat. At your pigeon tier weight you must shoot for 3000 at the bare minimum.
eat 3-4-5 times a day, protein should be your main food then vegetables(for good digestion) and carbs. These 3 in all meals. If you ask to get 5 whole eggs a day would help tremendously too as the fat in egg yolk is necessary to produce hormones in your body. I dont know how much you can change the food they give you. Eggs every day and some nuts are extremely important.
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