News from my Post OP Visit

Great news. My femur is almost perfectly straight and healing on it's own. It's healing slowly, however, this is to be expected because of my disease. I'm now allowed to put minimal weight on my leg i.e. to transfer from my chair to bed etc. In another month, I will be allowed to start standing with help. My next appointment is in 6 weeks at which point, I will be able to start physical therapy if the bone has healed enough.

It's kind of interesting to note that my femur is almost entirely steel. Because of the size of my femur, the reamed out most of my femur to increase the internal diameter enough to get the nail through. So, my femur is composed almost entirely of the nail with a bone shell.

All of my X-Rays are digital, so I'll try and get some copies and post them.