Thanks for the xrays. It's hard to see your femoral heads exactly on my monitor and this is just a crude drawing so it may be off, but looks like you have a subtle bit of varus to your knees to begin with. If you still want a few inches more after you're done and the price of internal femoral nails comes down as expected, you might be a good candidate for it. It will be interesting to see your post lengthening alignment.
Did they ask you to stand with a bit of intoeing for that xray (particularly to the left foot) or do you normally stand that way on your own? I'm not sure if that throws off the axis measurement.
When are you and Dr. Parihar expecting you'll be able to walk without the fixators or walkers/canes and semi-normally?
Also how old are you (approx)?
No More Mal-Kahn-Tent - External Tibias - Dr Parihar
too much info requested
anyway
kilo, its been about 10 months??? im feeling a bit better... though wont be really good until left leg is fixed... takes forever to heal
youre very realistic about all this though, and seem to have the right attitude
do you have any ballerina?
Quote from: maximize on April 13, 2015, 03:14:56 PMDid they ask you to stand with a bit of intoeing for that xray (particularly to the left foot) or do you normally stand that way on your own? I'm not sure if that throws off the axis measurement.
They made me position my feet that way for the x-ray. It felt unnatural to me and isn't how I usually stand but it's the position they take all their x-rays in.
QuoteWhen are you and Dr. Parihar expecting you'll be able to walk without the fixators or walkers/canes and semi-normally?
He hasn't given me a date, just updates me on my healing progress as determined by the x-rays. I expect it will be a few more months until I can walk unaided but I'm not at all sure.
QuoteAlso how old are you (approx)?
24.
Quote from: crimsontide on April 13, 2015, 03:35:22 PMtoo much info requested
anyway
kilo, its been about 10 months??? im feeling a bit better... though wont be really good until left leg is fixed... takes forever to heal
youre very realistic about all this though, and seem to have the right attitude
do you have any ballerina?
9.5 months as of now. That's good you're feeling better. Any date set on when you're going to get your leg looked at?
I have a small degree of ballerina left but with around 5 minutes of walking my feet go completely neutral. I think I'll make my next big step in progress as far as loosening the muscle goes once I get these frames off and can walk without the ankle wires bothering me.
getting leg fixed in may or june 1
im feeling ok, but def not 100% but i dont think thats possible until left leg is fixed... disturbs the endtire body
when u eventually take frames off, then eventuall walk without walker, your feet might feel odd
mine do, but again, might be caused by my left leg... i definitely dont experience pain though as i see others post.. just cant walk normally yet
Update: 4/24/2015
Tomorrow is the 10 month anniversary of my operation date. Hard to believe the surgery was that long ago. I've been walking a lot more, but with the added walking came more frequent pin site infections. I currently have two infections, one on each leg. They're both at an upper wire close to the knee where most of the movement takes place. I had to drain them today and it did not feel good. I'm taking the oral antibiotics so they should be gone soon but I'll expect more to pop up before I get these frames off.
I saw my orthopedist on April 14th. He still thinks I should be okay to take the frames off now, but he's going to wait until Dr Parihar says it's okay since I'm uncomfortable with removing them before that. He thinks Dr Parihar probably just wants to have the frames removed at the one year mark so I'll have 2 months per cm of consolidation. However, he did say that if Dr Parihar says something like "remove them in September" then he'll start to feel uncomfortable, because he said that although thinking about consolidation is important, the longer I wear the frames the longer it will take for me in rehab because my muscles will continue to get tighter and we're continuing to delay restoration of full ROM and muscle strength. He said that once we're ready to take these off he'll still want to loosen the pins first just to see how my bones feel with the added load and then he'll want me to wear walking braces for some more months to be safe.
Latest X-Rays (4/14/2015)
Quote from: KiloKAHN on April 24, 2015, 07:39:30 PMUpdate: 4/24/2015
Tomorrow is the 10 month anniversary of my operation date. Hard to believe the surgery was that long ago. I've been walking a lot more, but with the added walking came more frequent pin site infections. I currently have two infections, one on each leg. They're both at an upper wire close to the knee where most of the movement takes place. I had to drain them today and it did not feel good. I'm taking the oral antibiotics so they should be gone soon but I'll expect more to pop up before I get these frames off.
I saw my orthopedist on April 14th. He still thinks I should be okay to take the frames off now, but he's going to wait until Dr Parihar says it's okay since I'm uncomfortable with removing them before that. He thinks Dr Parihar probably just wants to have the frames removed at the one year mark so I'll have 2 months per cm of consolidation. However, he did say that if Dr Parihar says something like "remove them in September" then he'll start to feel uncomfortable, because he said that although thinking about consolidation is important, the longer I wear the frames the longer it will take for me in rehab because my muscles will continue to get tighter and we're continuing to delay restoration of full ROM and muscle strength. He said that once we're ready to take these off he'll still want to loosen the pins first just to see how my bones feel with the added load and then he'll want me to wear walking braces for some more months to be safe.
Latest X-Rays (4/14/2015)
Why did you fail a succesfull LL procedure? so i can avoid it in the future. Doing femurs.
i dont think anything went wrong with his surgery
it takes a while when you go exfix
this is the reality... i love this diary, because kilo's experience is really the average one... its not a bad one... people here just dont like seeing the reality of how long it takes to recover,especially when you dont have nails to take some of the load off
Quote from: crimsontide on April 24, 2015, 08:12:25 PMi dont think anything went wrong with his surgery
it takes a while when you go exfix
this is the reality... i love this diary, because kilo's experience is really the average one... its not a bad one... people here just dont like seeing the reality of how long it takes to recover,especially when you dont have nails to take some of the load off
This is the average procedure? His leg leaking?. Yeah i dont know about this surgery now..if this is kinda normal.
not leaking
he had 2 infections, which had to be drained
and yes... infections while wearing fixartors happens around 99% of the time
KiloKAHN, Do you use crutches as aid when you walk or do you use zimmerframe or maybe both?
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