Everyone who wants to do LL, click on this thread.

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I can walk without crutches, but I only do short distances without them. I still prefer to use at least one crutch. I have many more months of consolidation left, so I expect to do this for a while. I don't want to risk having the nail pop out. I only got pre ballerina in my right foot, not the heel lifting off of the floor kind. My heels could always touch the floor, but the foot still sort of twisted until recently. Now the left leg is completely fine, but the right still feels a little tight.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bed1yTdg-12/?taken-by=mwserie_irl

This was me walking a short distance 7 months post op (initial external surgery).

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I ve been in similar stage , you should be walking normally within 2 months , keep stretching and walking. BTw which doctor did go with?

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Hopefully! It's just a waiting game with the right leg at this point.

I did it with Dr. Barinov and his team.

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Quote from: ibuse on March 12, 2018, 04:36:13 AMHopefully! It's just a waiting game with the right leg at this point.

I did it with Dr. Barinov and his team.

did you do lon or latn? btw  u are recovering well  , from the video.

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I think it makes a lot of sense to have an idea of the state of the bones and any indication about it's turnover rate when planning LL.
Have you LL candidates who already had preliminary consultations to help prepare LL (asking opinions, making qyestions, etc.) been advised or asked the doctors by yourselves a test such as an osteodensitometry for example?
Even if the state of bones doesn't always predict rate of ossification, poor quantity of Vitamin D in the blood should be adressed immediately, the sooner the better, before starting LL....

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How many time after lengthening is over can anyone walk without crutches or any support? Quote from: ibuse on March 11, 2018, 08:33:01 PMI can walk without crutches, but I only do short distances without them. I still prefer to use at least one crutch. I have many more months of consolidation left, so I expect to do this for a while. I don't want to risk having the nail pop out. I only got pre ballerina in my right foot, not the heel lifting off of the floor kind. My heels could always touch the floor, but the foot still sort of twisted until recently. Now the left leg is completely fine, but the right still feels a little tight.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bed1yTdg-12/?taken-by=mwserie_irl

This was me walking a short distance 7 months post op (initial external surgery).

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Good doctors perform this check beforehand, or you can ask them about it during consultation. In my exp, they drew 4 blood samples of mine the day before surgery. I'm not a doctor but I believe blood test is more accurate than others like urine test.

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Quote from: MirinHeight on November 12, 2017, 12:10:20 PMI always try to help people out on here, and I think I have thought of a new safety precaution for you all to go through.

If you want to if your bone is healthy enough to go through such an operation and consolidate at a very good rate, you should get a bone blood/urine test done to check your bone turnover rate.


-The Bone Marker test is used to detect and measure the presence of certain biochemicals in blood and/or urine. This helps determine if there is either an excess of bone formation, or an excess of bone destruction (called resorption)
-This information helps predict the risk of bone fracture, diagnose conditions like osteoporosis, help make a treatment decision, and also serve as a baseline to measure the effectiveness of a future treatment
-The human bone is in a constant state of remodeling, even after the body growth stops. New bone is continuously being formed, while old bone continuously being absorbed in the body. This process is termed as ‘bone turnover’
-Formation of new bone is carried out by specialized bone cells called osteoblasts. The absorption of old bone occurs with the help of another special type of bone cells called osteoclasts. This ‘bone turnover’ is important for the normal bone health and helps in repair and response to stress (such as fractures)

Can you elaborate