Day 34 Update:
I am clicking now both legs every day. I split the clicks for the right leg during the day. I still can't click the left leg alone since it is still weak. So I wait for the evening time to get it done by Dr. Jamal's help.
I can walk back and forth and perform daily activities and do full weight bearing without issues, but my walking has decreased due the fact that my left leg is still recovering.
I have noticed that my hamstrings muscles on the right leg are beginning to be tight when I stand still.
I have consulted Dr. Jamal about it and he said that is it expected and it will be more tense the more I lengthen. His advice was to keep walking during the day, so I can keep the muscles active. He also advised to sit in the shower tube and fill it with hot water to relax the muscles. I was also informed to stretch as much as possible and put a pillow below my feet when I am laying in bed. That way, my hamstrings will be stretched. I started doing so and I can feel how tense they are when I stretch this way.
Another detail about pain killer injections. I stopped the injections totally and I am getting pain killer tablets every 4 hours. It is working fine with me this way.
My LL Journey - Dr. Jamal Abu Nemer, Kiev
Good luck Rocky, I wish you a decent recovery. Very precise and detailed diary. Good for future patients. Its nice to know your family supports you and you have great motivation for recovery, much respect!
Good to hear everything is going pretty well. Hang in there you have our support and thank you for continuing to update the diary.
Quote from: Hamiltonzac on May 28, 2018, 04:43:18 AMGood luck Rocky, I wish you a decent recovery. Very precise and detailed diary. Good for future patients. Its nice to know your family supports you and you have great motivation for recovery, much respect!
Hello Hamiltonzac
Thank you very much. Limb lengthening is a lengthy process. You click day-in/day-out and try to occupy your self to kill the day. If you don't surround your self with family or friends, even if it is online, it can be a very lonely journey. I have completed my first month and looking for another two months or so. I hope it will be a smooth journey all the way.
Good luck to you too in the future.
Quote from: Johnson1111 on May 28, 2018, 06:04:35 AMGood to hear everything is going pretty well. Hang in there you have our support and thank you for continuing to update the diary.
Hello Johnson1111
Thank you very much. So far so good. I'd always appreciate any advises or support for the experts in here. Did you do limb lengthening or just about to?
Have a pleasant evening.
Day 35 Update:
Not much new. Since few days I have been asking Dr. Jamal to replace my Russian speaking helper with an English speaking helper.
I told Dr. Jamal that I am not expecting the helper to have a PhD. in English. If she just can pick up simple words in English, its more than enough for me.
Frankly speaking I had language difficulties with the previous helper. She didn't know any word in English and I don't know any word in Russian. Every time I wanted to say something or she wanted to communicate with me, we had to use my translator app on my mobile or Google Translator. Sometimes the app gave strange translations and in few cases we just didn't know how to communicate.
Today was the last day for my previous helper. He introduced me to another helper who can speak a little bit English. She uses simple words in English, but it is more than enough for me to have a smooth communication.
It is a big relief that I don't have to carry my mobile with me or go back to my laptop to open Google Translator to be able to communicate.
Since I can walk freely and can take care of myself without issues, we agreed that she will only be at the apartment for max 5 hours daily. She will buy grocery, cook, clean, wash my clothes, and make sure I don't miss anything, etc. and then leave home once she is done. I promised that I will still give her full day payment.
I'd like to have some privacy. Especially when I talk online (loudly 
) and get silly with my wife and kids 
so this agreement is perfect for me.
Day 42 Update: (Right Leg = 3,8 cm & Left Leg = 2,5 cm)
The latest updates are as follow.
The back muscle of the right leg started to be more tense now. I mean the hamstrings muscle. That means when I walk my knee is bending a little bit. Left leg is still straight while I am walking but I started feeling a minor tension in the left hamstrings muscles as well.
I am still clicking twice a day with Dr. Jamal's help. We are doing different amount of clicks every day but its higher than 1 mm per day. Dr. Jamal visits me around noon time where we do half of the clicks and in the evening we complete the remaining clicks. The nail that I am using clicks only when you relax your leg. After I passed around the 2 cm, I tend to not relax my muscles when I try to click alone. Therefor the nail does not give any sound when I do it while I am tense.
When Dr. Jamal does it, he holds my leg and moves it gently back and forth and from side to side several times to make the muscle relax. Then he starts clicking. It goes smoothly when he does it, so I decided to let him to it on my behalf and save me alot of efforts during the day.
Now that we have passed more than 1 month, it is time to begin with physio therapy. So he is planning with a Russian physio therapist to begin the daily treatment. I will hear more about the details in the coming few days.
Today we did X-Ray scanning to examine both legs. We are now around 3,8 cm for right leg and 2,5 for the left leg.
I have 1,2 cm left to reach 5 cm on right leg, and I am thinking: "Is that it??? It went fast".
Maybe I should go higher than 5 cm!
Here are some photos.
https://imgur.com/a/e4zBEon
Hello experts... I need your help please
I have been thinking all night about my new height after yesterday's X-Ray. I couldn't sleep thinking about it
I am very close to my goal (5 cm) on right leg, and it went easier than what I was expecting. I am therefor thinking about changing my goal to a higher height. Although I am very excited now, but I am trying to think rational.
Will anything between 7-10 cm on my femurs be too greedy? I'd really like to have a second opinion or advice from experts like you guys.
Pros/Cons from real life experience? From other people that you know maybe?
Please help
Quote from: Rocky on June 05, 2018, 02:28:22 AMHello experts... I need your help please
I have been thinking all night about my new height after yesterday's X-Ray. I couldn't sleep thinking about it
I am very close to my goal (5 cm) on right leg, and it went easier than what I was expecting. I am therefor thinking about changing my goal to a higher height. Although I am very excited now, but I am trying to think rational.
Will anything between 7-10 cm on my femurs be too greedy? I'd really like to have a second opinion or advice from experts like you guys.
Pros/Cons from real life experience? From other people that you know maybe?
Please help
I'm pre LL but from experiences i've read and what i've heard from doctors i've spoke with that do the surgery, 3 inches seems to be the upper "fairly safe" limit for patients. So I believe that's around 7.63cm ( I suck at the conversions ) if i'm not mistaken or around there. Anything higher than that and I believe you are put in the "moderate/high risk" category.
Quote from: Johnson1111 on June 05, 2018, 03:04:50 AMI'm pre LL but from experiences i've read and what i've heard from doctors i've spoke with that do the surgery, 3 inches seems to be the upper "fairly safe" limit for patients. So I believe that's around 7.63cm ( I suck at the conversions ) if i'm not mistaken or around there. Anything higher than that and I believe you are put in the "moderate/high risk" category.
Many thanks dear Johnson1111. I guess your conversion is fine my friend.
But I was wondering about what does it mean to be in a moderate/high risk category? I mean, what could go wrong if I go for anything between 7-10 cm? I'm really curious to know.
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