Immediately after surgery I increased 1 cm, then in the 2nd week I was at a rate of 1.3mm/day. 3rd week, 1 mm/day and since this week 0.6 mm/day. There was a time during which I increased 1 cm in less than 10 days. For my last 2 cm it will take about 3-4 weeks.
Quote from: LLSouthAmerica on April 01, 2017, 08:59:35 AMImmediately after surgery I increased 1 cm, then in the 2nd week I was at a rate of 1.3mm/day. 3rd week, 1 mm/day and since this week 0.6 mm/day. There was a time during which I increased 1 cm in less than 10 days. For my last 2 cm it will take about 3-4 weeks.
1 cm in one go dam they probably did give you a lot of morphine then to block that pain.
Quote from: bander72 on April 01, 2017, 09:16:59 AM1 cm in one go dam they probably did give you a lot of morphine then to block that pain.
Yes they did put me a lot. So much I didn't feel any pain the first day, but instead I puked every 5 minutes. They had to antagonize the morphine. The first 3 days I had paracetamol IV 1 gr every 8 hours and it worked perfectly. Pain was 4/10 at most. Afterwards, pain was moderate but reduced a lot with painkillers.
Day 40 post op: I'm 5 cm now, at a rate of 0.5 mm/day. I've started to walk on crutches alternating each leg. I'm already exhausted by the pain, boredom, immobility and worry a lot about life after lengthening. I want to start rehab post lengthening already.
How much more do you want to add?
at one point I wanted 6,5 or 7. But I will stay at 6 cm at most. With this rate I would end April 30th
Seems that your LL is going smoothly! That is great!
I think it makes a lot of sense to have a rate of 1.2 mm/day at first and then decrease to 0.5mm/day! Is that what Dr. Guichet advises?
Quote from: helloworld on April 09, 2017, 08:56:38 AMSeems that your LL is going smoothly! That is great!
I think it makes a lot of sense to have a rate of 1.2 mm/day at first and then decrease to 0.5mm/day! Is that what Dr. Guichet advises?
You say smoothly and here I am complaining about everything hahah. Yes you have a rate of 1.2 or 1.3 mm I don't remember for almost 2 weeks then 1 mm for 2 weeks. So you reach 4 cm really fast then it gets really slower: almost two weeks for 1 cm from 5 to 6, 6 to 7
It's always encouraging to see another LL patient having a succeful experience. Is there any chance you can post your x rays so we can compare? You can see mines in my diary. I've been lengthening my 2nd leg at a rate of 0.81mm a day since I was operated and I intend to keep it that way until I reach my goal. To be honest, I've no idea how you feel no pain by lengthening at 1.2mm a day!
I would not call it successful yet. I'm still not walking normally, for me it's most important to be back close to 100% than the amount of gain. At 5 cm I see my leg much longer and feel much taller (though not in European standards unfortunately). I tried to upload the x rays but it said it weighted too much, I don't know. I don't know for me I always felt a psychological relief by reducing the clicks haha. I did feel pain at 1.2 mm, but I took paracetamol 1 gr 3 times a day it was very little ( but with meds. Only recently I've stopped taking pain killers .
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