Starting second LL(femurs) with Dr Buldu

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On your left foot your callus is minimal. On your right one is better but still not even closo to (pre)consolidation.
So I wonder too, why you lengthen so fast at 1.33mm ? You could continue with even less than 1mm and still not face preconsolidation and also let your soft tissues to adapt better.
So before stopping, think about it more careful. But if your body tells you to stop and you are ok with how much you lengthened then yes you should stop.

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Quote from: fivetenneeded2016 on April 25, 2021, 09:32:14 PMdue to my previous surgery in tibias and my lack of stretching

even 3 years ago?

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Quote from: Serilium on April 25, 2021, 11:24:53 PMeven 3 years ago?
not sure again if its due to tibias or if i had tightee hamstrings/soft tissues to begin with. the tightness has no problem in day to day activity..only during lengthening i found the tightness from early on- 4cm- this time.

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Quote from: Body Builder on April 25, 2021, 11:09:53 PMOn your left foot your callus is minimal. On your right one is better but still not even closo to (pre)consolidation.
So I wonder too, why you lengthen so fast at 1.33mm ? You could continue with even less than 1mm and still not face preconsolidation and also let your soft tissues to adapt better.
So before stopping, think about it more careful. But if your body tells you to stop and you are ok with how much you lengthened then yes you should stop
i did 1.33 from almost all of my lengthening...except 2 weeks initally(after my first xray)- this was on the advice of my doctor, as you can can my xrays at 1.7cm was too close to consolidation.

i dint take another xray till now(at almost 6cm) coz its too hard and expensive to get an xray in the UK. so I continued with the same speed too to avoid any consoldiation in worst case.

this was a mistake on my part, but i am okay with 6cm now. I would rebreak the bone later and do the rest.

hope to recover soon.

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congrats bubba, I dont think u need em last 2 cms. But we know u aint stoppin'.

do you have any nerve damage from doing 1.33mm? can you feel every part of your leg? did you not meet your surgeon every 2 weeks?

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Quote from: las vegas baby on April 26, 2021, 05:15:34 PMcongrats bubba, I dont think u need em last 2 cms. But we know u aint stoppin'.

do you have any nerve damage from doing 1.33mm? can you feel every part of your leg? did you not meet your surgeon every 2 weeks?
thank you las vegas.

no nerve damage, i can feel everything..just wide legs and bent knee(cannot straighten the knee)..its not the worst still it started ti hamper my mobility.

i am quite paranoid with these, so i feel its best to have quit...i cant take 1.33 or 1mm on my right atleast and .66 might be too slow...better safe than sorry.


i dint meet my surgeron every 2 weeks lol. i was to take xrays every 3 weeks...i skipped once though.

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Wow this diary went fast! Congrats on finishing.

What is your expectations in terms of physical recovery after LL?

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Quote from: Want-3-inches on April 28, 2021, 06:19:54 PMWow this diary went fast! Congrats on finishing.

What is your expectations in terms of physical recovery after LL?
i couldnt straighten my knee till 2 days back. today i can..its exponetially improving by day..hopefully i wide legs would disappear too...i think its because of lengthening too fast that it all occured...but that was inevitable for my right leg.

in terms of recovery i plan:
2 weeks from now: nornal walk on crutches
5 weeks from now crutchless- my nail can hold my weight(60kg)

i ll keep you updsted on how it goes.

also i would definitely try to heal asap hoping to further lengthen what is left of the nail.

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Quote from: fivetenneeded2016 on April 29, 2021, 03:16:41 AMi couldnt straighten my knee till 2 days back. today i can..its exponetially improving by day..hopefully i wide legs would disappear too...i think its because of lengthening too fast that it all occured...but that was inevitable for my right leg.

in terms of recovery i plan:
2 weeks from now: nornal walk on crutches
5 weeks from now crutchless- my nail can hold my weight(60kg)

i ll keep you updsted on how it goes.

also i would definitely try to heal asap hoping to further lengthen what is left of the nail.

No I mean long term recovery, what do you expect to be able to do and not do after this journey is over and behind you?

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not much expectations i would assume, doing 8cm tibias and getting achilles tendon lengthening. itll be years for recovery. i hope you recover but i would not agree with what you have done charmeleon.  you dont think 6cm femurs is enough already and you still want more? you got 14cm, that's alot... you have grown so much- you want to delay your life another year for 2cm?

nonetheless i do appreciate the diary, thank you.