Life Update - Femoral Osteotomy Recovery, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Arthrofibrosis & Surgery

Hello! Welcome back to my channel (or a very big welcome if you're new here!) Today's video is a very relaxed sit down and chat with you, as I wanted to give you a bit of a 'Life Update.' I'm quite behind on my Weekly Vlogs at the moment, so I thought this was the best way to give you an up-to-date update!
Basically, if you haven't been watching for long, I had a Femoral Osteotomy in November 2019. The recovery from that has been far from easy and unfortunately I have developed complications as a result of the surgery and also Covid making it impossible to be seen in person by a doctor.
Recently, I was able to see a Knee Surgeon, who believes I developed Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) in my knee following my original surgery. And because I wasn't able to get this diagnosed or treated because Covid had made it very difficult for my doctors to see me in person, I developed something called Arthrofibrosis.
Tomorrow (30th September 2021) I'm going back into hospital at UCLH to have surgery to my knee to try and remove the Arthrofibrosis and bring back some movement to my knee. Afterwards, I will be put on a knee bending machine, will receive physiotherapy and we will also use preventative treatments to try and manage my CRPS.
So there won't be any videos for a little while as I have the surgery and try to recover. I will get back to filming and editing as soon as I'm able to, but can't put a date on when that is likely to be I'm afraid. Do come and follow me on Instagram though, as that's where I'm likely to update first. I hope you'll stick around until I'm well enough to come back to KZbin again - hopefully it won't be too long!
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Femoral Osteotomy Operation (Filmed before the surgery) - • Life Update - Femoral ...
Femoral Osteotomy Operation Update - • Femoral Osteotomy Oper...
Day in the Life - What's in my Hospital Bag - • Day in the Life - What...
What I've found useful after surgery - • Things I've Found Usef...
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I'd love to hear your comments and will reply to as many as I can :)

[@Christinesobsevations]

Thank you ❤❤❤

[@sarahjanemelville5]

I hope your surgery has all gone well! You have been through so much. Look forward to see you when you are on the mend. X

[@lonnekefalk2560]

I wish you all the best with your surgery and hope you have a good recovery!! Your vlogs will be missed but that’s not important right now!! Good luck dear Jenny❤️🙏🙏🙏

[@TeamAmy100]

I completely feel for you, and I am in the same boat. I developed CRPS 18 months ago. I still can’t see a specialist or get a pain team because of COVID-19 restrictions in New Zealand. I am glad you are able to get help from DR’s and infusions. Wish I could get infusions. Be careful of any future surgery it can make CRPS speed. Stay strong.

[@mykindgeeman]

You're an amazing inspiration to all of us; thank you so much Jenny!

[@SatumainenOlento]

When I listened you, I had a feeling of few things. Firstly, I felt that of course when you change something so huge than rotation of your femur bones, rest of your body will have reaction and needs to adjust to the change. And it is not only joints, ligaments, but also muscles. It is huge change to all of them! All those little connection points where everything joins together is now needing to adjust. And it is happening above your hips to down to your toes. Half a body. And also your brain needed to adjust to the changes. Maybe that is part why you felt bad after surgery; because for *your body* it was HUGE surgery!!! It was like half of your body needed to be built again. And your body is having EDS. So yes, your body must been so exhausted over the task. Secondly, I felt that because your body had so hard time building half your body again, it started to mine the building material from the closest source; your lower legs. Your body thought that: "You weren't needing them", because you did not use them, but it went even further than the muscles wasting. I just felt that your body did not have enough resources to fix your body in any other way. I do not know your diet, it is probably super healthy already, but I would try to see into supplementation and having very healthy gut health so that your body would have the best possible changes of recovering better. My careful advice is: Go to a very good naturopath. They are not that expensive and they will tell you EXACTLY what your body is missing. It might be different form of healing that you have experienced before and it might take time to see any results, but I have met people whose long-term lime diseases have been cured. It is not a small feat. This is one excellent naturopath rhodakingston.com/ but she is not in UK. You could ask her a recommendation for somebody in UK. This would be supportive work while your doctors and surgeons do their magic. Sorry for my mammut size comment, but I just felt so strongly for you when I listened! I wanted to help even that I do not know if this is any helpful at all and maybe unsolicited advice is not always welcome, but sometimes I just FEEL through what has been happening and maybe, only maybe, this will give you your own true idea what has been going on. And that is most likely the correct one! So it is kind of worth of it if it helps you in any way. I wish you the very best and send you much love and healing! You are so strong and amazing woman!

[@JennyCole1988]

So sorry for the late reply - my health hasn't been very good over the last year or so unfortunately. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. It's always interesting to hear others' perspectives. Thank you for your support xx

[@lauravanimpe3173]

Thinking about you today! Hope surgery went well 🤞 and the same will go for recovery 💜

[@susanmargaretwills6432]

Hello Jenny! Is there anybody out there? (4th Nov '21)

[@samgeorgesunny]

I’ve been wondering about how Jenny is too. Hope the recovery is going well x

[@sophiadavis5710]

Was thinking the same. As been nothing on Instagram either. Hope she is ok

[@penelopepolinsneemeyer4757]

Good luck for tomorrow darling. I’ll keep you in my prayers xxxxxxxxxx

[@Ducky54545]

I tried to find you on Twitter and couldn’t so thought I was out of options of places where I could wish you a Happy Birthday until I remembered here. Hoping you had the best birthday that you could. I hope that the pain isn’t too bad and that your seizure free

[@livelifeoutdoors182]

Hi Jenny, thanks for the videos and info! I just came across your video as Im recovering from a femoral derotational osteotomy now (week 3 post op in London (St georges hospital)). I am having similar issues with struggling to move my knee joint and pain/swelling. Hopefully this will improve as its still early. Hopefully your recovering well from your knee op and the movement has improved!

[@mlhbeagles]

Will be thinking of you tomorrow. Hoping everything goes well!

[@backgroundbeatz7657]

Hello jenny, been awhile since you last uploaded, hope everything is ok and all went well with the operation x

[@JennyCole1988]

Sorry for not replying sooner - I’ve been struggling with my health. Thank you for noticing I hadn’t uploaded in a while - silly health just getting in the way! Im back now though so trying to get back into a bit of a routine again xx

[@ecologist_to_be]

Fingers crossed the surgery works with zero complications 🤞❤

[@krikett]

Hope you are doing well 🤗

[@charlie2.048]

I had seizures coming out of one of my hip surgeries (also EDS) and it ended up being a reaction to the IV morphine, specifically a preservative in it.

[@JennyCole1988]

Sorry to hear you had seizures coming out of one of your surgeries. That's interesting to know it was due to the morphine. I'm allergic to morphine but was obviously given other medications, so who knows if one of those caused my seizures! I hope you're doing better now? xx

[@Onlyvictoryahead]

Good luck to you :D

[@lindadurrant43]

hi jenny i hope you are well, i have crps i was told before this , i was faking it. but, i saw a lovely dr and he said i know what is wrong with you. this was 26yrs ago and , unfortunately i still have crps.

[@JennyCole1988]

So sorry for the late reply - my health hasn't been very good over the last year or so unfortunately. Sorry to hear you've had CRPS for so long, and that you were accused of faking it before getting your diagnosis. I hope you're doing as well as possible at the moment and that the pain is manageable xxx

[@lisacaptainino86]

Hi I’m new to this channel I’m house bound got osteoarthritis and annular tear bulging disks in my lower back

[@JennyCole1988]

Sorry for the late reply - I haven’t been able to post/film for quite a while due to health. Welcome to my channel - thank you so much for watching! xx

[@kuttiesrecipes9929]

Do you use any sarms or peptide for treating

[@thevalkyrie8]

Did you have these health problems before the vaccine?

[@JennyCole1988]

Yes, I was born with these health problems