Update 10/19/2014I am crutches free now. It's been two about weeks and feels great. It was not easy at day 1. I felt uncomfortable, little bit pain on hip area. Plus my brain certainly was not accepting the fact I can walk normal. It took exactly 4 months post op to ditch the crutches. The last two weeks been great....in one word...AWESOME! I am doing pretty much everything except running and sports. I can walk up and down stairs with one leg no problem. I was very careful for few days but not no issue there.
I think my journey was one of the easiest one. I was preparing for worst but lucky me I guess. I had no pain whatsoever. Reflecting back, my biggest pain was first bowl movement and the first IT band stretching. Other than that I was sailing very well from the get go. Importantly I worked the whole time and no loss of income in most part. I think I will return back to full athleticism. I am planning on playing sport in 2 months from now but will definitely check with Dr. Paley before.
I am considering tibia...lengthening is addictive
I am not sure where and what method. I prefer not to spend another $100K again plus want to be stress free. I was paranoid all the time about any complication/nail bending/malfunctioning et cetera. Honestly many times I forgot about partial WB. Several times I stand in ONE FEET and I even walked once while lengthening. Ok, I was not testing it was accidental. One time I was tying my shoe lace with one feet on ground and another one on car door lol. I forgot I had precise nail in my body...no pain whatsoever. I was so stressed until I saw my x-ray and everything was in control.
I prefer doing LATN/LON on my tibia for several reason. 1) Mobility right after lengthening. Most people walk without crutches in 2-3 weeks 2) Piece of mind. More control over the lengthening mechanism. Planning on 5/5.5cm on tibia to keep the proportion.
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Topic: Cooper Precise 2 with Dr. Paley (June 3rd-2014) (Read 31928 times)