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[shortisnotfun]

Every single day is a blur. And I'm starting to hate the sound of cars and the daily prayer outside in Istanbul. It's annoying af

[wayupnorth]

Can you stand up and pee ? How about going to the bathroom ? Did they put the catherer inside you ?

[shortisnotfun]

Can you stand up and pee ? How about going to the bathroom ? Did they put the catherer inside you ?

They put a catheter in me but I requested for it to be taken out because I didn't want to go through pee pee troubles after having it in lol. I haven't tried to go take a dump yet. I can pee perfectly fine. I don't get boners but that's probably because I'm in a hospital surrounded by pain and my legs are broken.

[shortisnotfun]

Your legs feel like they're 1000 pounds. It's not an exaggeration. It's hard to describe because you usually can lift your legs up by command, but after LL it's extremely difficult to lift your legs up or do any motion really.

[wayupnorth]

You haven't taken a dump in 3 days ?? Can i ask them not to use the catherer before going into the surgery sounds like torture to me

[shortisnotfun]

You haven't taken a dump in 3 days ?? Can i ask them not to use the catherer before going into the surgery sounds like torture to me

I haven't, but I also haven't eaten much so.
I'm not sure if you can ask them to do that since when you're under anesthesia, the bottom half of your body literally doesn't work. So you poop, piss, etc without even knowing it. You can take out the catheter a couple of days after, just know that there is sharp pain when taking it out. Lasted like 1 second, and I screamed at the nurse so loud when took it out she got extremely angry lol.

[wayupnorth]

Did you get partial or full anaesthesia ? I've read somewhere that you don't need the catherer if you go for full anaesthesia. A lot of doctors don't use it anyways. I'd rather swim in my pee than have that thing in me. How about the poop, how do they collect it ?

[shortisnotfun]

Did you get partial or full anaesthesia ? I've read somewhere that you don't need the catherer if you go for full anaesthesia. A lot of doctors don't use it anyways. I'd rather swim in my pee than have that thing in me. How about the poop, how do they collect it ?

You get local anasthesia and an sedative. You're awake during the surgery but so sedated 3 hours feels like 3 minutes. You can wake up on command though. You won't be able to see anything. When I was under anasthesia, I fell asleep and it felt like I floated to a different world.

Catheter and pooping is the least of your worries, trust me.

[QuarkSoup]

You haven't taken a dump in 3 days ?? Can i ask them not to use the catherer before going into the surgery sounds like torture to me

"Can i ask them not to use the catherer" you can but you really shouldnt. First 3-4 days is extremly difficult to move arround. Catheter is so convenient and also you pee a lot maybe x2-3 times more than usual. Especially when doing femur you want to have catheter. You dont feel anything anyways

[shortisnotfun]

Just ate. In a lot of pain but feeling 35% better than day 2.

[shortisnotfun]

Just took my first steps. Holy   it felt like I was running a marathon. I walked like 10 steps and had to go back because I felt like I was going to pass out.

[shortisnotfun]

One thing about walking is that it's exhausting, but any numbness and muscle pain due to being stationary that you have compeltely vanishes afterwards. I don't feel numb anymore.

[shortisnotfun]

Took my second steps. Exhausting still, but getting better slowly by 10%.

[shortisnotfun]

It's weird that my pain disappears after I walk. Hopefully I'm not jinxing it or anything.

[Kanye Western]

Like what's the best way to describe the pain? On a previous thread I made you said it was 8/10 painful, but is that just for first few days/week?

It's weird that my pain disappears after I walk. Hopefully I'm not jinxing it or anything.

[shortisnotfun]

Like what's the best way to describe the pain? On a previous thread I made you said it was 8/10 painful, but is that just for first few days/week?

The best way to describe the pain:
Like having a 1000 pound weight on your legs. And kicking your shin extremely hard against a wall (the hardest bone crushing kick you could think of). You know when you usually have pain, the pain goes away after some time? Maybe not minutes, but a couple of hours? Not this. The pain is constant for hours and sometimes even days.

Even morphine did not help.

As of right now, my pain returns after an hour of walking. After a couple of minutes of walking, the pain usually subsided, but returns after being stationary. Being stationary is the worst for pain I believe even if it hurts to walk.

[shortisnotfun]

How much is Yuksel charging, if I may ask

Seems like a lot of Turkey related diaries at the moment.

I paid 23000 euros.
A lot of Turkish related diaries, but I assure you I am not a promoter. I will speak my mind on any complications I experience.

[shortisnotfun]

Alright I just took a dump by myself. It was exhausting still but like 2x easier than before to go and walk to the toilet. I feel myself getting stronger and stronger everyday.

[QuarkSoup]

Alright I just took a dump by myself. It was exhausting still but like 2x easier than before to go and walk to the toilet. I feel myself getting stronger and stronger everyday.

"I just took a dump by myself" the biggest milestone in LL if you ask me 

[shortisnotfun]

Woke up today. Have about 2/10 pain. Still difficult to move and stuff though.

[shortisnotfun]

Walked with a walker to the bathroom again today. Exhausting but again 10% easier than yesterday.

[Kanye Western]

Isn't the LON method a weight bearing nail?

Walked with a walker to the bathroom again today. Exhausting but again 10% easier than yesterday.

[shortisnotfun]

Isn't the LON method a weight bearing nail?

It's weight bearing and I can stand by myself definitely. But the thing is your muscles are very weak and you need a walker. I wouldn't recommend doing LON without a walker, your muscles are very weak after surgery. It's hard to explain if you haven't gone through it but it's like a heraculean effort simple things like moving your legs.

[Kanye Western]

How long do you think you'll be required to keep using the walker? This was main reason (alongside comfort) why I've gone against doing the LON method.

It's weight bearing and I can stand by myself definitely. But the thing is your muscles are very weak and you need a walker. I wouldn't recommend doing LON without a walker, your muscles are very weak after surgery. It's hard to explain if you haven't gone through it but it's like a heraculean effort simple things like moving your legs.

[shortisnotfun]

How long do you think you'll be required to keep using the walker? This was main reason (alongside comfort) why I've gone against doing the LON method.

For a long time think around 4 months. You'll need to use a walker for pretty much every method. LL isn't a walk in the park as you think, even I thought I would be able to walk unassisted soon. But the reality is much different once you go through the procedure.

[shortisnotfun]

It looks like I'll be discharged tomorrow. Hopefully it goes well.

[shortisnotfun]

Did my first lengthening at the hospital today. I was scared and it had me shaking. It's uncomfortable and slightly makes your muscles tight again.

[shortisnotfun]

Also, I've noticed my right leg hurts slightly more than my left leg. My right leg was also more numb than my left leg these past days in the hospital. May be my weak leg.

[QuarkSoup]

How long do you think you'll be required to keep using the walker? This was main reason (alongside comfort) why I've gone against doing the LON method.

You should be using walker all day throughout the distraction phase. I am sure I can walk without walker but its dangerous. I tripped on the carpet yesterday. If I didn't have my walker, I would have fallen and possibly damage screws

[RealLostSoul]

It might not be a necesarrily bad thing as we all know stryde nail patients have had difficulties in bone healing because of full weight bearing.

This is like saying watch out if you eat too much you will loose weight. Weight bearing is only beneficial for recovery. There is no way how active training and pulling blood to the fracture site is bad for bone healing haha Makes no sense whatsoever.

With other weightbearing nails there is rarely ever an issue with bone healing in femur so it might be a stryde/tibia related problem but definitely not weightbearing.

[RealLostSoul]

Did you get partial or full anaesthesia ? I've read somewhere that you don't need the catherer if you go for full anaesthesia. A lot of doctors don't use it anyways. I'd rather swim in my pee than have that thing in me. How about the poop, how do they collect it ?

I can explain that a bit to you.
Regional will always need a catheter for a few days or so because you can‘t control your lower body really.
General will also need a catheter but only after a certain surgery time and only for a short time afterwards (some nice doctors take it out while you are still unconscious).

I did general and was under 3 1/2h, didn‘t have one. You don‘t just pee yourself, rather you CAN‘T pee because heavy opioids will make it impossible to do so. When I awoke the worst pain was my bladder. Felt like exploding but couldn‘t pee for an hour. Was horrible but after an hour it went away and I just peed in a bottle (no reason to have a catheter at that point, you just pee normally with a bottle between your legs, so what this user “QuarkSoup” writes here is not true. Catheter extraction is painful to almost everyone. While it’s inside you most likely won’t feel it, that’s true. - for femur just go general with a doctor who doesn’t take ages and won’t need a catheter. Paley for example also doesn’t use one for femur because it’s a quicker surgery).
In hindsight I still was glad I didn‘t have one. The dangers of not having one for even longer is urine dripping back to the kidneys and irreversibly damaging them.
I was at the upper limit of not having to have a catheter. Tibia would take 4h+ and there I would have had one during the surgery.

Poop on the other hand is much less dangerous and much less urgent. It‘s normal to not have bowel movement for a few days. Some patients need laxatives after 3-5 days but for me it just came back normally after 3 or 4 days. No problem.