No More Mal-Kahn-Tent - External Tibias - Dr Parihar

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Huh, your proportions look completely normal. Congratulations.

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Quote from: Alittletooshort on March 24, 2015, 10:05:10 PMLooks awesome man! I don´t see anything wrong with your walking, it´s just a little slower.
Do you think you could use crutches instead of a walker, I´d feel a little weird using a walker in public (like an old man  ).
Keep us updated, I really appreciate your diary it´s so detailed and well written. This is definitely one of the most valuable sources available for future patients. 
I must say that your tibias look very good, not disproportionate at all!

I might be able to use crutches now, but it's something I don't want to attempt until I have a friend around. I tried walking with crutches a month or two ago and I lost my balance and fell. Didn't feel good at all. The walker is a bit cumbersome but I feel safe with it. I'm thinking of buying a smaller one that has wheels in the front though, because they're a lot easier to move.

Quote from: Smallguy on March 24, 2015, 10:07:14 PMLooks great and natural. Your proportion seems to be better now as lengthening your lower legs have balanced out your wider upper body. LL definitely benefited you. Without the frame, I wouldn't be able to detect that you have done LL.

With the external frames though, I would be careful of x-leg or knee knock. That seems to be a common occurrence both in India and Russia. But I'm sure Dr. Parihar is a great doctor and I just want to put this out so you are aware of it and prevent it from happening. Cheers.

Thanks. Fortunately I don't have valgus. Yeah it did seem a lot of patients developed it with other docs while wearing the frames.

Quote from: YellowSpike on March 24, 2015, 10:10:16 PMKiloKAHN, your proportions look phenomenal. And your walking is really coming along. Great job bro!

Thanks.

Quote from: crimsontide on March 24, 2015, 10:11:37 PMi dont feel so bad about my walking now... external fixation when you do 6- 8 c simply takes forever to recover from

kilo... the odds are you wont be walking normally without any assistance  until more than a year after surgery...same thing for me

  did you expect this or  has the  duration  surprised you??

i think  those considering having external fixation should pay attention.... especially if youre doing 7 or more cm....it will realistically take over a year to  function somewhat normally without any walking aid
I thought I'd be walking better by now even though I figured I'd still have the frames on. Didn't realize how long it would take to get my balance back. Those who want to do 7 cm or longer should probably think about just risking the possible knee pain issue with LON. I don't know if I could tolerate 14 months of these. 12 months is already going to really stretch my patience. lol

Quote from: Uppland on March 24, 2015, 10:14:21 PMHuh, your proportions look completely normal. Congratulations.

Thanks.

I'm a bit surprised that you guys think my proportions look totally normal. I left India thinking that my tibias looked really long, but I guess I had the different perspective because I've been used to how short my legs are. I guess my frame helps with the proportions. Right now my wingspan and standing height should be roughly the same, + or - 1 cm. I was a little concerned about arm length because my arms are a bit on the shorter side, but I guess they look in proportion with everything else.

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KiloKahn to be fair it's hard to judge your proportions when you walk a bit hunched over, plus both the frames and the walker clutter things, you arms aren't straight for example.

We'll know for sure when the frames are off and you can stand up straight, walk run etc.

Wouldn't surprise me if you will appear very normal though.

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Makes sense. I can stand straight when my back's against a wall. No idea how long it's going to take me to walk normally. Boy, this takes forever.

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dudee.... i feel the same way

i thought id be walking fine in a few months...  if someones doing external.... man... if you do over 7 cm... youre looking at like 14 to 15 months until you sort of walk normally... thats the reality

sux!!!

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It's why I wouldn't recommend doing another segment without a huge break in between. After I get walking normally, I'd at least want 2 or 3 years of feeling normal before I decide to handicap myself again. Doing two segments at once, you'll probably feel like crap in the recovery period.

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My local doctor responded to the e-mail I sent him that had Dr Parihar's response to me about not removing the frames. He wants me to get a third opinion with a separate otho at the same office. I just told one of the staff who notified me of it that instead of getting a third opinion I'd rather just wait until both doctors (local and Parihar) are in agreement about frame removal.

It would be nice to remove the frames now and if I were a more impatient person I'd book the removal appointment right away. But if Dr Parihar says the risk of the regenerate bending or refracture is too high, then if he's correct and it does happen I could probably be faced with a number of problems, such as having to put a frame back on or even losing height that I gained.

Kind of sucks having doctors in the same field telling you completely different things, though. It would be nice if their reccommendations were the exact same so I didn't have to make my own decision on who to listen to. 

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do you try to walk without a walker or crutches?

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I haven't been brave enough to try walking unaided. I get the feeling my muscles are still too weak to hold myself up.

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Quote from: KiloKAHN on March 30, 2015, 08:06:19 PMI haven't been brave enough to try walking unaided. I get the feeling my muscles are still too weak to hold myself up.

I know what you mean. That's what held me back for a while, even though my doctor was telling me I could walk. You will get there my friend!

Does your doctor believe you can walk unaided now?