As the title says.

I was diagnosed back in September last year with Type 2 diabetes but have since lost an incredible amount of weight and made significant lifestyle changes as well as bringing down my blood glucose to normal levels in a relatively short space of time. I will have my HBA1C checked soon. I have asked the opinions of a couple of surgeons who have said that diabetes isn't necessarily a bar to having the surgery and/or indeed a hamper to the process in terms of lengthening etc. so long as the diabetes is well under control. This of course is my focus in the weeks and months ahead before I can even contemplate going under the knife for surgery.

The question I have though is if there are any of you out there who might be diabetic and whether or not you have had LL surgery and what have your experiences been? I am looking at either doing my surgery with Betzbone or a similar nail on the femurs, and either the same for tibias or possibly LON in order to keep the costs down.

However, I am thinking using a device such as Betzbone minimises the overall risk? But I am told LON is ideal for tibias? I am concerned that LON given there is still an external nail or two piercing the skin, it could make me even higher risk of infection with diabetes? Note: the enquiries I have made regarding the diabetes risk were NOT related to LON as I have only become familiar with the latter procedure quite recently.