It's temporary. I had the same issue on my right leg. Took a while to fix though.
Basically my right femur was a few mm shorter than my left at the end of my lengthening, so I took the lengthening machine to California with me- with the doctor's permission- and continued lengthening my right leg. Since I was at home, I didn't have immediate access to physical therapy and those few days of lengthening took an additional month of physio to sort out my tight muscle.
Penguinn- Precice II internal femurs with Dr. Parihar
Update: 29th November 2016 - 70 days post op- 2.5" gained
Got X-Rays and a check up done at the hospital yesterday. Although I should have gained 6.266cms as of then, the Precice 2 machine(not the X-Rays, the machine itself) showed 6.1cm lengthened. I'll lengthen exactly 1.3cm more before my next visit. Then through a full body X-Ray they can tell exactly how much is lengthened, based on my previous full body X-Ray. At that point I should be around 7.4 or 7.5cms, either is fine. After that I'll have to lengthen 2mm extra in my right leg, because I naturally have a left femur 2mm longer than the right.
As for my knee bending complication, Dr. Parihar saw me stand on the walker and then told me to pull my knee back and keep my leg straight. Since I can do that on my own, he's not too concerned about it. I'll keep my physio routine on and lengthen to my goal. When I told him I was concerned he'd tell me to stop lengthening, he said that would happen if I couldn't do my exercises and found the pain unbearable. That's when you know the muscles' limit has been reached.
X-Rays
Left leg: http://imgur.com/a/QJRYN
Right leg: http://imgur.com/a/HRgn5
Dat gap 
Regarding proportions, I will be fine. My femur is definitely long but even I don't find it weird, I doubt anyone will care about my femur to tibia ratio. My wingspan is 5'4, assuming most 5'5 people have a 5'6-5'7 wingspan and I'm 2-3" lacking, each arm will be 1-1.5" shorter than a regular 5'5 person which is fine too.
To those asking whether the 2.5" difference is noticeable- hell yes it is. For some reason my brain hasn't adjusted to the gain completely. Every time I'm on the walker I look at other people to make sure I've gotten taller. Everything seems to have shrunk, lol. I agree with what previous LLers have said though; there's no euphoria or excitement. The lack of resentment will be your reward(and a fine one that is!)
Also to those asking, a second LL is out of the question for me, for the sake of time, effort, proportions and the fact that I'm content. I would've never cared about height anyway if I wasn't so much shorter than everyone else.
A couple weeks after my lengthening is over, I should be moved onto crutches, the exact time depending on how my consolidation goes. Really looking forward to it. I've been on a 8am-4pm-12am clock for lengthening for months, coupled with 3 hours of physio total in a day. I won't lie and say my experience was very painful or miserable but it certainly doesn't compare to normal life where you can get up and do whatever you want.
Quote from: The Kaiser on November 29, 2016, 02:45:14 AMso is the bent temporary or could be permanent?Temporary.
Quote from: Iamready on November 29, 2016, 06:58:18 AMIt's temporary. I had the same issue on my right leg. Took a while to fix though.
Basically my right femur was a few mm shorter than my left at the end of my lengthening, so I took the lengthening machine to California with me- with the doctor's permission- and continued lengthening my right leg. Since I was at home, I didn't have immediate access to physical therapy and those few days of lengthening took an additional month of physio to sort out my tight muscle.
My experience was similar. Between around 30th October and 14th November, my physio was away on vacation so I had to make do with my personal trainer coming twice a day. While it was better than doing it on my own, I guess the leg wasn't exercised how it should have been causing the tightness and the bend.
It looks like you have not formed much bone yet. I'm actually slightly worried by your x-rays. Does Dr. Parihar feel growth is reasonable or on low end? There are many ways to boost bone growth you might consider. I'm rooting for you. I apologize if i seem like a hater. Don't want to cause you stress. I'm no doctor, so my view not to be trusted, but my x-rays and my buddies x-rays while lengthening had a lot more bone growth.
Quote from: EndGame on November 29, 2016, 04:41:59 PMIt looks like you have not formed much bone yet. I'm actually slightly worried by your x-rays. Does Dr. Parihar feel growth is reasonable or on low end? There are many ways to boost bone growth you might consider. I'm rooting for you. I apologize if i seem like a hater. Don't want to cause you stress. I'm no doctor, so my view not to be trusted, but my x-rays and my buddies x-rays while lengthening had a lot more bone growth.
He's at 70 days, I don't see anything wrong. I barely had any at that point either
Quote from: EndGame on November 29, 2016, 04:41:59 PMIt looks like you have not formed much bone yet. I'm actually slightly worried by your x-rays. Does Dr. Parihar feel growth is reasonable or on low end? There are many ways to boost bone growth you might consider. I'm rooting for you. I apologize if i seem like a hater. Don't want to cause you stress. I'm no doctor, so my view not to be trusted, but my x-rays and my buddies x-rays while lengthening had a lot more bone growth.
I didn't ask whether it was reasonable or low-end, but he didn't seem concerned so I'm leaving it to his opinion. I won't consider ways of boosting bone growth(besides simpler things like upping my calcium intake) unless I'm a few weeks into consolidation without noticeable callus.
hey penguinn, I'd ask dr. parihar just in case. your consolidation does seems really slow if you compare to some of the other precise diaries on here that have xrays. upping calcium may help and slowing down lengthening may help too, since you have like zero pre-consolidation risk and might have a long consolidation period ahead of you anyway. might be worth asking Doingitforme too what he thinks about your xrays since he did precise and had very slow consolidation too. I think dr. paley recommended him to slow down lengthening towards the end.
like endgame is saying, I don't mean to be critical either and I'm definitely not an expert. just wanna look out for a fellow LLer
Quote from: goldenegg on November 29, 2016, 07:16:15 PMhey penguinn, I'd ask dr. parihar just in case. your consolidation does seems really slow if you compare to some of the other precise diaries on here that have xrays. upping calcium may help and slowing down lengthening may help too, since you have like zero pre-consolidation risk and might have a long consolidation period ahead of you anyway. might be worth asking Doingitforme too what he thinks about your xrays since he did precise and had very slow consolidation too. I think dr. paley recommended him to slow down lengthening towards the end.
like endgame is saying, I don't mean to be critical either and I'm definitely not an expert. just wanna look out for a fellow LLer
Based on our last meeting, he didn't seem concerned about it. I assume if there was something to tell me, he would. We already decided I'd lengthen the next 1.3cms. However I've sent an email asking about it.
Quote from: ub40 on November 29, 2016, 04:52:03 PMHe's at 70 days, I don't see anything wrong. I barely had any at that point either
so your surgery was smooth and you recovered fast? or not necessary?
Asked about non-union: http://imgur.com/zP3WDss
I've been avoiding weight bearing/standing as much as possible until 2 weeks ago and I have people to bring me stuff so I used the walker minimally. It's new information to me that standing promotes bone regenerate. I will be lengthening around another cm and then letting it consolidate.
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