Start a workout routine in combination with an eating plan quickly. Your wheight will be bad for your recovery
The bloodflow is generally less swift among people who carry around a little too much fat, being sportive and flexible is defenitely helpful for this.
Quote from: microman on June 16, 2015, 09:13:13 PMhmm, its only 5cm so lets hope it doens't make things look too wierd.
on the weight thing i will ask mitkovic if its a factor,i am within normal range of weight but on the very upper end of that range.
sadly if i do surgery in the next 2 months i can't see me losing much weight, but i will try and eat less starting from now.
Ur weight won't be a problem.. But being in shape will make make this process much easier.. Walking with the walker requires upper body strength so the less body strength you have the more difficult it will be when you are trying to walk earlier on.. Ull recover no matter what it's just it will be quicker if ur a bit stronger and fitter.. The speed of your recovery is dependent on how much effort you put in.. The fitter and stronger you are the easier it will be to put that effort in.. I'd highly suggest hit the gym 4 times a week with a bit of cardio each time along with eating right and in 2 months ull be in much better shape to make this process easier.. The last thing u wanna do is be lazy when doing this..
hmmm i kinda thought weight wouldn't be a huge problem i haven't seen any mention of BMI requirements not once on any pre-requisits, I like to think there have been overweight people that have done this surgery, I'm not really overweigh, no one has ever called me fat or anything, just looks worse with no clothes on.
however dr mitkovic did ask my weight in a questionare, but he hasn't replied back and told me about how my weight would affect the operation.
anyway i think it wolud be a good idea to lose weight anyway, below are my stats
Current weight
147lbs/66kg/10st 7lbs for 164.5cm height, bmi is 24.6
Goal weight for pre-op.
120lbs/54Kg/8st 7lbs for 164.5cm height, bmi 20
so i plan to lose 2 stone if i can, going to jog everyday, drink only water and eat healthy.
No offense but it always cracks me up when I hear "stones", sounds so prehistoric! 
upon looking at my absolute length of the tibia, rather than the ratio, it looks to me like 4cm would be my maximum, given how short my legs are.
I have provided a picture here, as you can see my tibia is about the length of two PS4 controllers!
Note the camera angle isn't' the best so it appears my leg is 1.5x ps4 controllers, but it is more like 2.
I would like any advice, would you say I should do 4 or 5cm?
okay im trying to measure my tibia and femur using a measuring tape, i can't get x-rays here withouth a doctors referal so that's not an option.
i got 37 for tibs, and 45? for femur, i used these two picturse as a guide, but maybe they are wrong as to me i seem to have quite long tibs
i am confused about the femur measurements, am i not meant to stop the measuring tape when i get to the hip bone, or keep going far back to my very back, as one measurment is 43, the other is 52!
i realise after LL i can have tibs the same length as femur, and that is acceptable, im only doing 5 so i want to make sure there is at least 1cm more femur than tib post op.
These measurements aren´t very useful since they don´t measure the bone to it´s exact length. Just go to an orthopaedic and tell him that you think you have a leg length difference and you´d like it to get them checked. Or simply pay 100 pounds or whatever it costs to get them (it won´t be too much).
i went to a private hospital, they said they wouldn't do it because it is an unnecessary exposure to radiation.
they said 'x-ray if for diagnostic, unless I am operating on you, i will not do it', i said i want to find out the length of my bones to know the difference, he said he would not do it.
Well thats weird than, I just got it when I asked for it, I didn't even had to pay for it.
I guess it highly depends on the country your're living in, I am sure though, that there is a way of getting these x-rays If you pay them.
yeah sucks big time, that was the only private hospital in my area, not sure what to do.
it would kindof suck if i could only do 4cm on tibs, say if my femurs are only 4cm longer than tibs, i know tibs can't be longer than femurs.
I don't think mitkovic really does femurs much.
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