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[Growing Experience]

DAY 300ish (10 months post-op) 


CONSOLIDATION

Finally, I have achieved 3 side consolidation in both bones. The parathyroid harmone + lots of walking has helped!

Latest XRAY - https://imgur.com/a/U00Ud4J


PAIN/ TIGHTNESS
- I was having really bad pain in my right quads due to over exercising. It took 2 months to get rid of the pain, felt like I started from the beginning (like I just had the surgery) as I couldn't raise my leg during PT and day by day built the strength again.
- POWERING THROUGH is the name of the game! I shouldn't have rested the leg for 7-8 days, it made it worse.
- I am back to feeling normal in both the legs, have decent flexibility and mobility during the day. 
- Little Pain and stiffness comes back as the day ends because I walk 5000-7000 steps, do PT, stairs etc and get tired by evening.

MOBILITY AND EXERCISES
- Walking 5-7000 steps daily, unassisted now
- Having very less sway & only on one side. In public, most people may not even notice BUT it doesn't remain the same all the time. For eg: - If I just walked 2000 steps and then sat down for half an hour in a coffee shop, when I stand and walk again, the sway gets worse for like next 50 steps. Completely getting rid of the SWAY is tricky!
- I am doing all these exercises to help improve my walk. It has been really helpful - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yxkUTP9WuU&list=LL&index=2



WORK AND SOCIAL LIFE
The big question - Has my work and social life returned back to normal at 10 months post op after doing conservative lengthening (<7cm)  ??

Ill update in my next post

[GoaT]

Thank you for the detailed update man!

[Ayesha12345]

Hey! How are you doing now? I’m about 3 weeks P/O tibia LL with precise and wanted to know more about the walking time. My goal is conservative, 5cm max, and my bone fusion already looks like it’ll be good speed inA. But seeing you tooo
So long to walk that too doing femurs, any specific reason for that? What was your weight & your nail size? Was your consolidation slower than normal? And did you do any hydrotherapy to practise walking under water? Having said that congrats it’s now over & done with! It’s quite a journey!

[Growing Experience]

Hey! How are you doing now? I’m about 3 weeks P/O tibia LL with precise and wanted to know more about the walking time. My goal is conservative, 5cm max, and my bone fusion already looks like it’ll be good speed inA. But seeing you tooo
So long to walk that too doing femurs, any specific reason for that? What was your weight & your nail size? Was your consolidation slower than normal? And did you do any hydrotherapy to practise walking under water? Having said that congrats it’s now over & done with! It’s quite a journey!

Hello Ayesha,

I am doing GREAT! Thanks for asking
Dr. Parihar is a bit conservative, I guess. Thats why he suggested full weight bearing (assisted) only around 7.5 months post op. Also, my bone consolidation was not the best so had to take parathyroid harmone for 90 days.
My weight was around 62kg and nails 8.5mm; didn't do any hydrotherapy but I am sure it would have helped.

I got back to 100% walking normal in the 11th month, post op.

At 1 year mark, I am jogging, gymming, lifting weights, partying, dancing, hiking and what not haha!  But still cant run properly and go on long treks as my cardio stamina is still low. Will share a detailed update soon!

P.S - your goal of 5cm on tibias is quite sensible. If you have good consolidation, I am sure you can reach normal walk around the 8th month mark with consistent physio.

[tallertaller]

Hello Ayesha,

I am doing GREAT! Thanks for asking
Dr. Parihar is a bit conservative, I guess. Thats why he suggested full weight bearing (assisted) only around 7.5 months post op. Also, my bone consolidation was not the best so had to take parathyroid harmone for 90 days.
My weight was around 62kg and nails 8.5mm; didn't do any hydrotherapy but I am sure it would have helped.

I got back to 100% walking normal in the 11th month, post op.

At 1 year mark, I am jogging, gymming, lifting weights, partying, dancing, hiking and what not haha!  But still cant run properly and go on long treks as my cardio stamina is still low. Will share a detailed update soon!

P.S - your goal of 5cm on tibias is quite sensible. If you have good consolidation, I am sure you can reach normal walk around the 8th month mark with consistent physio.

Conversvative is always good!

[doge]

Starting height was 162cm and planning for min. 6cm lengthening.

What lead you to set your goal at 6 / 6.5cm?

Woke early at 6 AM for sponging.

Was sponging performed by you, or by a female staff-member, or a male staff-member?
Would a person that is considering this hospital have a choice?
(I'd prefer to not have a man sponge me if possible)

TIP: CONSULT THE PHYSIO THERAPIST WHO ARE WORKING WITH YOUR LIMB LENGTHENING DOCS ATLEAST 6 MONTHS BEFORE THE SURGERY. THERE ARE SOME MUSCLE GROUPS WHICH NEED A LOT OF PRE-OP STRENGTHENING.

Which stretches/exercises and muscles did they want you to do before the operation?
I have heard some people say that for femurs it is recommended to do stretches for the quads, hamstrings, and "IT band".

DAY 11
Got discharged and moved to hotel which is just 100m away from hospital.

Which hotel?
Do you recommend it for other limb-lengtheners?
Did you have to haggle on the price?
I have heard that many Indian hotels reject foreigners because they have to inform the local police about it (perhaps they must do some paperwork).

Got medical certificate for air travel

May you share more about this?
Is this specific to India?
What is its purpose/benefit?

DAY 17-20
Life at home is great!

Did you leave India 2 weeks after surgery, then returned later? If so, why do so rather than stay? Is the airfare un-concerning for you? Is the airfare less expensive than the hotel and other expenses of staying near the hospital for the entire distraction phase?

There was 1 patient with me 2 more patients after me who did full 8cm but they are not active on this forum.

Regarding the people going for 8cm, do you know whether they were also doing precise 2 nail, or a different method (did you see any external fixators on their legs)?
Do you suspect that another person going to Doctor Parihar for cosmetic femur would be able to go for 8cm?

What part of the experience was the most painful, and how would you rate that pain on a scale of 1 to 10?
I am told the internal nails tend to have less pain than external fixators.

What kind of visa did you get?
How much did it cost?

How would you rate the overall experience?
Are you glad that you did it? How does it feel now that you're 6.5cm taller?

Thank you for your story, I read the entire thing and I also appreciate the photos!

[Beemer m3]

nice writeup . im learning alot from this post and it seems that u are walking unassissted after 4.5 months after stopping lengthening. that is quite long. not sure what i will be doing with all that time. also the you tube video is going to help alot thanks for that too. precice 2.2 is a difficult one for sure.