On road for 10 cm closer to the sky with Dr. Ghassan Salameh and Dr. Schmidt

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Quote from: Android on March 26, 2018, 07:07:29 AMI'm curious too. As the Jackson 5 once sang... I want you back!

Hahahaha

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OK an update of my situation.

Three weeks earlier I was in panic because I could not walk, use wheel chair and I didn't know if my case is a complication or not. Now I'm a little bit confident and Dr Salameh is very reassuring. Now I can walk (... very ugly as people look at me when walking in the street but I'm on my feet ), I have very less pain when I walk. Just some muscle pain as I try to force to unbend my leg when I walk. I still have some knee bent. To be clear scientifically knee bent angle is measured from full flexion (0°) to full bent (135°) but I do reverse measure by considering full flexion as 180°. So I'm now able to extend to 135°, 45° still needs to be gained. I do aggressive physio and it's very very hard (mostly at the beginning). In fact I'm learning the hard way that the challenge in LL is not turning the screws or the pain at the beginning, it's mostly the AGGRESSIVE physio you NEED to do to be able to walk again. We must tell that to newbies. I was so naive to think that when I go out from hospital, I can go to work every day  . Pufff, forget it. Soft tissues management is the main challenge of this story. Or have much much time to stay at home post distraction to let soft tissues increase at their own pace.
I have not good callus formation specially for right leg but I hope to remove these frame as soon as possible...

My X-Rays:

Left Leg:   https://imgur.com/JZlT6d2
Right Leg: https://imgur.com/U07Ifsn

I fear of fibula parts getting disconnected, what do you think about it?

Big thanks for you messages. It's good to know that our virtual LL brothers are still here 
Cheers

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Your bone bridge is not bad. You have done LL in less than 6 months ago so it is normal to have a bridge like that.

Your left fibula has a bone bridge but your right one I am not sure as I camt see clearly from the x ray.
If not then it will almost lead to non union. But the good thing is that a non union so high at fibula don't cause any major problems as doctors say. Only cuts near ankle or knee cause problems.

Keep strong!

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Quote from: Body Builder on April 13, 2018, 05:18:42 PMYour left fibula has a bone bridge but your right one I am not sure as I camt see clearly from the x ray.
If not then it will almost lead to non union.

Good to hear from you BB. Yeah I want these fibula to keep connected just to have a happy end of this journey. I read somewhere that unfixed fibula can be associated with ankle pain/arthritis...

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Hey, Jackson5! It's great to hear that was just a scare and that it's over.

Are you finished with lengthening?

Also, remember to eat a lot and take calcium and vitamin d3 supplements, if possible.

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Quote from: myloginacct on April 13, 2018, 07:24:48 PMHey, Jackson5! It's great to hear that was just a scare and that it's over.

Are you finished with lengthening?

Also, remember to eat a lot and take calcium and vitamin d3 supplements, if possible.

Hey! MyLoginAcct, yes I finished lengthening exactly at 25th of March for 5.8 cm and 6.6 cm (light bow leg correction) => mean of 6.3 cm per leg. And as one said on this forum, in 4 to 8 weeks I should be able to fully extend my leg, I really hope this will be the case. My doctor said Yes it will.
Thank you for this very useful link. I already have calcium but it tends to prevent me from sleeping well. I should/will buy some vitamin D3 supplements and check the list at the link. Houuup! LL is really a very huge and hard process in a life, it's not simple as just going and doing something like nose surgery for example :-) Big congratulations to all LLiers, you're a very warrior, warrior for a better life. I already know everyone of you doing this, refuses simple life and fatality of genes and wants the best for a single living life! BIG CONGRAT!

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Quote from: jackson5 on April 13, 2018, 10:35:57 PMHey! MyLoginAcct, yes I finished lengthening exactly at 25th of March for 5.8 cm and 6.6 cm (light bow leg correction) => mean of 6.3 cm per leg. And as one said on this forum, in 4 to 8 weeks I should be able to fully extend my leg, I really hope this will be the case. My doctor said Yes it will.
Thank you for this very useful link. I already have calcium but it tends to prevent me from sleeping well. I should/will buy some vitamin D3 supplements and check the list at the link. Houuup! LL is really a very huge and hard process in a life, it's not simple as just going and doing something like nose surgery for example :-) Big congratulations to all LLiers, you're a very warrior, warrior for a better life. I already know everyone of you doing this, refuses simple life and fatality of genes and wants the best for a single living life! BIG CONGRAT!

Hello Jackson5,

How is your recovery going ? Can you describe the first days and weeks and the improvement etc , and how the pain level reduces etc?

I wish you a good recovery. I am at 5,65cm lengthening now.

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Hi Constantine,
What do you mean by the first day? from the surgery? At 5.65 cm have you got some issues like knee bent etc. ?

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Quote from: jackson5 on April 21, 2018, 02:02:40 PMHi Constantine,
What do you mean by the first day? from the surgery? At 5.65 cm have you got some issues like knee bent etc. ?

Sorry for my English . I meant the first days after you stopped clicking.
What you mean with knee bent? Is that your knee is bent and you can’t stretch your legs fully ?

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Quote from: Constantine on April 21, 2018, 04:39:51 PMSorry for my English . I meant the first days after you stopped clicking.
What you mean with knee bent? Is that your knee is bent and you can’t stretch your legs fully ?

OK Constantine, you're right for knee bent definition about me, I can't fully stretch my legs. 30 days after last clicking I was at angle 30° to 25°. It depends on my measurement before or after physio/stretching. Today 1 month and 1 week, I'm at 20° to 17°. I use Android app Angle Meter Pro. You put your phone on your thigh, note the measure, then in the alignment of your tibia, measure again and the difference is your current angle at maximum stretching.
The good news, even for me, the unbending is slow, is that now I have less and less pain so walking is becoming more and more a pleasure...
To accelerate the unbending of my leg I started to work, everyone is looking at me when I'm walking but it's fine for my fast recovery.