Hi Fritz
Happy to help. Please see my responses below -
For bow leg correction, you'd need physiotherapy for 3-4 months. Post that, you wouldn't need physiotherapist because you'll be aware of what exercises to perform and you'll be able to do those exercises on your own. For example, I only took physiotherapy during lengthening. During consolidation, I do all the exercises myself.
Regarding your second question, I meant that after you go back to your regular life, which is 1 year post surgery for pure externals method, you can walk normally but wouldn't be able to jump or dance like before. Note that to jump, you'd have to exert very strong force through your legs to get you off the ground. It's very hard and unlikely for you to possess such strength in your legs when you start your normal life. You'll also take a big hit on your flexibility and agility, so dancing would be challenging too. It would take a year or more to do these things.
Again, I'm sharing these things based on my personal experiences or LL friends that I personally met and still stay in touch with.
Hope my answers are clear now. I'm happy to help and the reason I started this diary to help my fellow LL friends 
. So feel free to ask anything.
Bilateral Tibia Lengthening and Varus correction with TSF
Hi fujitora,
so the problem isnt only with bones, its also with the muscles. I think, they must be stretched and lengthened as bones...
by the way, ist everything alright with you now?
Yes, it's not just bones but muscles and tendons also play a major role in this procedure.
Everything is fine for now except for couple things -
1)I have ballerina in left leg, about 2-3 cm. It's been there for two months now. I'm trying hard but it's not getting any better. Right leg is fine. (LL Veterans - If anyone know of any exercises that can work the best, please suggest.)
2)I have a shattered bone in my right leg which wasn't fixated by my doctor. It got drifted away little bit, so my body would have to generate more bone to consolidate, so I'm guessing my consolidation time would increase due to this. I asked my doctor numerous time to fixate it and bring it closer, but he insisted not to.
Hey Fujitora! When are you going to update the diary and tell us what complications you had and how Dr. Dhawan handled it?
I'll write it the coming weeks. I'm relaxing these days as I just finished lengthening, No more freq visits to clinic, I'm sleeping for 12-13 hours a day
LL is also a good time to eat how much ever you want and not to gain weight I've been eating like crazy over the last couple months, Pizzas burgers rice chicken fish ice creams chocolates biscuits fruits (mostly bananas) , but I haven't gained any weight. Feels so good
Why is it you wont gain weight.
Energy for recovery basically.
Would that mean you could lose a lot of weight if you ate less.
Yeah, You'd lose weight if you eat less. I was 76 Kg before the surgery and I lot my appetite post surgery. I'm was 69 2 months ago, and I'm eating like crazy since then and I'm still at 69. I donno the exact reason for this but I'm so glad I'm not gaining weight....
Hi Fujitora,
You have a very intersting apparatus. It looks very stable and controlled, I bet you never had any unexpected moves on your knees or bone bending ( on front or side). I'm I correct?
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