My surgery was Thursday, and honestly after doing femur externals it’s been kind of a cakewalk compared. It’s still been very tough, mentally and physically, but nothing in the realm of monorail external femur. I’d say TSF is a quarter or third of that difficulty.
The 4-5 days were definitely the worst. That’s probably also because I would only take Tylenol and no oxy, so after the hospital medicine wore off I was having depression and trouble sleeping and bad anxiety. I remember in Turkey everyone was on prescribed Xanax, lyrica, and tramadol through their femur LL period (including me). This is definitely manageable without. Today I felt much better, mentally and physically. I went to my first PT session and seeing the sun for the first time in about a week felt really good. Also my swelling is slowly going away. I did a couple hundred steps with a walker today, but when the inflammation medicine wears off I can’t do much. It’s really swollen and probably takes a couple weeks to go away. Even my feet look inflated.
I’m shooting for 2’ give or take. I did an ATL release as well. God willing it goes okay, and honestly I’ve never felt so comfortable than with Assayag. He has a larger than life personality, and feels more like your friend than your surgeon. I have his personal cell in the event I have any urgent situation, and he’s just overall a great surgeon and an awesome guy. Continues-> (comment to large)