Quote from: Body Builder on August 25, 2017, 01:52:09 PMThe only real solution imo is the third Unicorn.
I don't think you should reach to zero, even at 2-3 cm gap the bone may start to consolidate.
However lengthening 10 cm in your other leg was not a good choice as 10cm lengthenuing is too much and it will ruin your proportions, your gait and your athletic abilities.
If I was you I'd have stopped at 6-7 cm and shorten the other leg until it consolidates and reaches that amount.
Anyway now only shortening the bone gap can help you and precise is the best for you. Don't lose time with bone grafts, precise 2 is ideal for non unions so that's what the doctors should do on your case.
Insist on that.
Thanks! Lengthening to 10cm was not a CHOICE. I had stopped lengthening at 7.1cm
It was involuntary clicks that was a result of a runaway nail (that cannot reverse nor stop) that led to the 10cm height gained.
And it was exacerbated by the fact that NOBODY noticed the 10cm until an NHS A&E medical student decided to measure the gap and discovered that it had reached its maximum.
Nobody should lengthen to 10cm as your soft tissues cannot catch up. Hence, my severe lordosis, pelvis tilts and genu valgum today 
UNICORN - Dr. Guichet Internal Femurs 8cm - Summer 2016
Quote from: Body Builder on August 25, 2017, 01:52:09 PMThe only real solution imo is the third Unicorn.
I don't think you should reach to zero, even at 2-3 cm gap the bone may start to consolidate.
However lengthening 10 cm in your other leg was not a good choice as 10cm lengthenuing is too much and it will ruin your proportions, your gait and your athletic abilities.
If I was you I'd have stopped at 6-7 cm and shorten the other leg until it consolidates and reaches that amount.
Anyway now only shortening the bone gap can help you and precise is the best for you. Don't lose time with bone grafts, precise 2 is ideal for non unions so that's what the doctors should do on your case.
Insist on that.
And you're right! Instead of all the experiments, I should just opt straight for Precice 2. My left leg would be solid enough to support the non-weight bearing.
And I can shorten the gap enough to wait for calluses to form before restarting lengthening again.
I'll ask for that since it appears that nothing's going to help now.
Thanks Bodybuilder!
When we started this process, we didn't understand why the doc would determine how much we can lengthen by checking our flexibility. We were under the impression flexibility meant our lengthening process would be less painful.
So here is my understanding now, having gone through the process twice, separately.
Flexibility determines how much your muscles/soft tissues can stretch to catch up with your lengthened leg. Without flexibility, your quad, hamstrings, pelvic muscles, IT bands will be too short/tight for your new height. Hence, that will inevitably cause your body to 'crunch' with an anterior pelvic tilt, lordosis, duck ass. Your bum sticks out, your back is curved and your tummy is pushed out.
This duck ass will in turn cause your hip to rotate inwards causing knock knees and inward facing toes.
And to recover from the above to regain walking ability and normal gait, you need to be able to stretch and lengthen these soft tissues sufficiently. And if you can't, that's when further surgeries are needed to release certain soft tissues with no guarantee all can be restored.
In addition, weak glutes and abs will further exacerbate your current predicament. Hence, the importance to maintain these muscles during the lengthening process by doing the prescribed workouts even if you can't bear weight.
So what makes clicking painful? It's not the lack of flexibility but how fast one's bones consolidate. The faster you consolidate, the more painful it becomes to literally 'rebreak' your bones several times daily, every day, in order to lengthen.
Clicking is also painful if you're using a manual nail (gnail/ISKD types) because you've to rotate a certain degree to find the click/rachet. It causes quite a lot of stress/anguish during the early days post surgery and becomes easier the more you lengthen... until you hit a point where consolidation makes it painful again.
It's about striking that delicate balance of both extremes :
Easy clicking = non-union
Painful clicking = pre-consolidation (which requires even more/faster clicking to slow down the fast fusion)
Hence, 2 key factors = flexibility (to recover normal walking gait) and fusion rate (which wld determine pain level)
This is my 2 cents. Perhaps obvious to everyone but myself... until now
I'm chatty today but in reality, after this morning's disappointing xrays, I'm scraping the bottom of the (wine) barrel. As evidenced by my singular forum activity on a warm summer long-weekend Friday evening.
I really thought that my life was hell enough to suffer a fracture that set me back one entire year. Well that year has come and gone, and I'm nowhere close to healing properly.
In addition to this 'bad luck', how do I even win the lottery of also having ZERO union/bones on my other leg?
What are the chances?
What does this spell for me? It just means that at 42, I have very little possibility to find love, get married and start a family. At least the normal dream that most girls have.
I was already running out of time to begin with, and to think that I'll need AT LEAST another year to recover without a career, friends, social life, money even pride and dignity means I've been totally robbed of a life.
Yes, one can comfort me by saying, you can find love and get married at any age. But I was hoping that I could also lead a normal life with a family as well. I might just never get there. And I cannot fathom what the other lonely alternative entails.
When I think about the consequences of my action, I realize that there was a 'God'. And it came in the form of throwing a ton of obstacles on the day of my surgery when everything went wrong. It couldn't have been clearer when the doctor called me by the wrong name.
I did pause for a moment and wonder if I was never meant to undergo this surgery, since the endless hurdles struck me as ominous... but then, I chose to ignore the glaring signs and went ahead anyway.
It's like the time I was engaged to be married to a Frenchman who was all wrong for me. I just thought I'd bear with it since everyone was getting married and I should jump on that bandwagon too. When asked about how excited I was about my upcoming nuptials, I'd tell my friends, "it's kinda like going to jail". We were wrong for each other and it was obvious to all.
That said, it took another glaring wake-up call from 'God'. We were in Jordan and I found myself being sxxually molested in a hotel spa. The masseur had locked the room with a key and removed my underwear. My only passing thought was, if I screamed and panicked, he might snuff me with a pillow since he was at least twice my size.
Out of pure desperation, I asked him calmly if he'd prefer coming to my room instead of the uncomfortable clunky massage table. He was only too excited to comply. We made a 'date' for 8pm and he let me out.
I ran, tears blurring where I was going, thinking only about the safety of my fiance's arms. When I got to the room and gasped the story to him between sobs, he retorted, "You should be ashamed of yourself for getting molested. You asked for it when you allowed a male masseur to touch you. I didn't come on vacation to spend the rest of my time at the police station. They throw rape victims in jail here, so you've jeopardized our safety with your stupidity."
I think this was definitely the absolute last reaction I had expected. Then it dawned on me, blindingly clear, like a tattoo on my forehead. Wow! It has only taken something soooooo drastic for me to see that he was not the guy for me.
And with that, I left him. I left Paris. I left my job, our apartment and our planned wedding. It was one lucky escape.
But maybe this time around, my luck has run out.
Quote from: Unicorn888 on August 25, 2017, 09:36:29 PM
What does this spell for me? It just means that at 42, I have very little possibility to find love, get married and start a family. At least the normal dream that most girls have.
Not true. Locking yourself in your room with your cat won't help, the only guys you are bound to marry is the postman and the pizza guy. But anyways, you need to recover 1st and make sure you don't give up on your dream. You are 42, not 84.
Quote from: Auron on August 25, 2017, 10:50:45 PMNot true. Locking yourself in your room with your cat won't help, the only guys you are bound to marry is the postman and the pizza guy. But anyways, you need to recover 1st and make sure you don't give up on your dream. You are 42, not 84.
Too late, I'm already in love with my Amazon delivery guy... but I know it's unrequited love.
He accuses me of cheating on him with Alibaba.
Quote from: Unicorn888 on August 25, 2017, 11:06:48 PMToo late, I'm already in love with my Amazon delivery guy... but I know it's unrequited love.
He accuses me of cheating on him with Alibaba.
If it was an unrequited love he wouldn't care about you cheating. I think that relationship of yours is worth a shot!
Unicorn don't think about all these. Your aim now should be only to fix your legs and be completely functional again. Then everything is up to you and trust me, a sweet lady with a good body is never undetectable from males even at your age.
So focus your mind on your legs and do whatever you can best to be again functional and healthy and then, at your new height, your self esteem will boost and everything will come much easier.
Don't think about all these problems unicorn. You will be functional again thanks to your new doctors and you will find a good man. I would marry you ASAP ... and have children to fight LL moneymakers!
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