Quote from: jcayabo on November 06, 2018, 02:53:30 PMYou overstretched your peroneal nerve? Is this from lengthening too fast?
Can you recommend stretches that would be beneficial? I'm really taking the stretches seriously now, mostly doing leg raises (sitting and lying down) and lying on my stomach and bringing my leg back, no idea what this is called.
Also walking and doing stairs...
Yeah I did but I think that it only happens to LATN femur patients that don't have enough knee ROM to get the nail in. I know two other members here with the same issues and they both had the nerve problems undergoing lengthening and then nailing on their femur. You should focus more on preventing ballerina foot since you're lengthening your tibias.
Quote from: Arch on November 07, 2018, 06:09:46 AMHi Pope!
Great recovery! How is the pain? Are you using any medication or is post nailing pretty painless?
Thanks Arch! The pain was pretty bad for a month after nailing. Mainly nerve pain but it goes down over time. I'm only taking 600mg of Gabapentin per day for the nerve pain now and I'm nearly painless. I heard you went through with bilateral femur lengthening. That's a brave move, man! I hope everything is going well for you.
Bilateral Femur Lengthening with Dr. Kulesh & Dr. Solomin
UPDATE
Drop foot is going away fast! I can dorsiflex my foot half its normal range of motion now and it's getting better every day. My neurologist and orthopedic doctor is shocked by how much I've improved. They said they thought I was hopeless when I first came to get checked out lol. But they did admit they weren't sure of what they were looking at.
I completely got rid of my crutches after I saw my x-rays yesterday. Lots of good things happening recently. Its been 5-6 months since my first surgery and I've experienced a lot of hell- for anyone out there suffering, just be patient, things get so much better. I'm absolutely loving my new height. Anyway, walking video coming soon but for now here are my x-rays from yesterday:
great progress buddy ! Did you try to measure you new height? ALso do you know more or less how much everything cost you?
great undate！happy to hear your great recovery, thanks you. Hope you walk unaided soon.
Could I ask that Did you get any never damage for the high speed lengthening?
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