Another 8cm femurs (hopefully) with Dr Paley Sep 2020!!

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Quote from: 184dream on December 09, 2020, 05:51:17 PMcould you please share your physical therapy routine

If you want to be prepared for the lengthening, you’ll find better videos than what I’m doing by googling how to stretch hamstrings, quads, hip flexors, hip adductors, and calfs, because there’re more ways to stretch good legs. It’s also nice to work on strengthening gluteus maximus and gluteus medius because they are important for walking.

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This video almost covers all the exercises and stretches I’m doing now. They are not the best in my opinions but are probably the best you can do with broken legs lol

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Quote from: small on December 05, 2020, 07:50:47 AMCongrats man! I'm excited to see how the surgery will impact your life, especially because we are the same starting height, keep us posted!

Thanks! I hope I will be happy with my new height so I won’t need tibia lengthening lol

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Quote from: small on December 05, 2020, 07:50:47 AMCongrats man! I'm excited to see how the surgery will impact your life, especially because we are the same starting height, keep us posted!

Thanks! I hope I will be happy with my new height so I won’t need tibia lengthening lol

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Quote from: BelowTheMean on December 05, 2020, 12:20:26 AMGlad to hear you still have no pain. I'm taking a lot less pain medicine now, but I still need a bit. Only a week left and you'll be done with distraction, so close you can taste it!

Also glad that you need less pain meds!
Thinking about going back to work after 3 month off actually makes me feel a little sick lol

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Quote from: BelowTheMean on December 05, 2020, 12:20:26 AMGlad to hear you still have no pain. I'm taking a lot less pain medicine now, but I still need a bit. Only a week left and you'll be done with distraction, so close you can taste it!

Also glad that you need less pain meds!
Thinking about going back to work after 3 month off actually makes me feel a little sick lol

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Hey SuchLL, same situation (also sde but I went back to work after a week lol) glad to see you're almost done! I just hit 5cm and am also experiencing left knee/lower leg numbness with the pins and needles/burning sensation.  Happened when I started accelerating my lengthening from 3 to 4 times a day (had to do it just for a week), I think it'll be resolved when distraction stops/slows and stretching alot more on that leg.

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How's it going? Have you reached 8cm and been back home now?

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Dec 17, consolidation day 7: I hit 8 cm a week ago. The last x-ray showed that my left nail was a little longer than the right. I shortened the left nail by 2 mm but the x-ray still showed the exact same numbers... I’m not sure if the left nail was shortened since it made weird click sound while the machine was running. The doctor told me to not worry since the measurements would not be that accurate if I didn’t stand up straight, and a few mm discrepancy isn’t a problem. I’m home now and I walk a lot a lot better. I can also slowly walk up and down stairs without any support. I started to wfh this week and life is getting back to normal!

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Quote from: SuchLL on December 17, 2020, 05:48:19 PMDec 17, consolidation day 7: I hit 8 cm a week ago. The last x-ray showed that my left nail was a little longer than the right. I shortened the left nail by 2 mm but the x-ray still showed the exact same numbers... I’m not sure if the left nail was shortened since it made weird click sound while the machine was running. The doctor told me to not worry since the measurements would not be that accurate if I didn’t stand up straight, and a few mm discrepancy isn’t a problem. I’m home now and I walk a lot a lot better. I can also slowly walk up and down stairs without any support. I started to wfh this week and life is getting back to normal!

Thanks for the update and congrats on making 8cm. I wouldn't be too worried about a 2mm discrepancy since I don't think you can even feel it. How bad was flexibility right when you finished lengthening? Is it much better after seven days?

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Hey suchLL now that you're pretty much back to normal, do you think cll was worth it? Has it improved certain aspects of your life? Any complications so far?