Flexibility update: I'm able to touch the ground now with my knuckles and legs straight. Prior to surgery, I was able to touch the ground with my wrists with legs straight. This means that if you subtract the 3" height gain, I am back to my pre-surgery flexibility when it comes to bending down and touching my toes.
Things I still can't do: Crouching. Squatting. Walking down stairs without holding onto a railing. Walking up stairs by alternating my legs without feeling tightness in my muscles. Walking without looking like a penguin. Walking more than two blocks (5 minutes) without getting tired. Spreading my two legs apart more then 60 degrees. This is probably my worst flexibility. The tendons in my inner thighs are very very hard to stretch. Prior to surgery, I was able to spread them more than 130 degrees apart. If I bend my knees, I can spread them 90 degrees apart. But straight out, only 60 degrees. This hinders my athletic ability the most besides the stamina. I assume that I can regain my stamina, but this flexibility seems like it's lost forever.
DoingItForMe's Precice 2 Internal Femurs with Dr. Paley
Good recovery so far.
I don't understand why people still go for 8 cm after reading all these posts in the forums.
Quote from: LLuser1 on January 16, 2016, 12:29:35 AMGood recovery so far.
I don't understand why people still go for 8 cm after reading all these posts in the forums.
Not many people who did 8 cm return to tell us how it went long term. I came here to rectify that.
I looked at my X-rays today. Looks like my bone is consolidated on three sides on both legs. However, oddly, there's rarely and bone growth on the left side of my left leg and on the right side of my right leg. There's plenty on the other three sides, though. Very odd. My bone is forming a U shape around the rod. Hopefully it will wrap around fully eventually. But it's been 6.5 months post op, with no signs of vertical growth on those two sides. It's as though the bone just stopped growing there. I guess my only hope is for the bone to grow horizontally and wrap around.
Quote from: DoingItForMe on January 16, 2016, 05:35:15 AMNot many people who did 8 cm return to tell us how it went long term. I came here to rectify that.
I looked at my X-rays today. Looks like my bone is consolidated on three sides on both legs. However, oddly, there's rarely and bone growth on the left side of my left leg and on the right side of my right leg. There's plenty on the other three sides, though. Very odd. My bone is forming a U shape around the rod. Hopefully it will wrap around fully eventually. But it's been 6.5 months post op, with no signs of vertical growth on those two sides. It's as though the bone just stopped growing there. I guess my only hope is for the bone to grow horizontally and wrap around.
I say you've endured enough. Just get the Zometa already. Hopefully you'll be able to live your life normally again.
hi
may I ask you about the knew range of motion?
are you able to go over than 90 ° ?
I have done my operation at October 1st 2015 and just finished lengthening of 8 cm in my femur using precise nail but can't go over 90° .. seems like I stuck there ... I never have any pre op surgery.
thank you in advance
Quote from: Deads on January 16, 2016, 07:41:03 AMI say you've endured enough. Just get the Zometa already. Hopefully you'll be able to live your life normally again.
My main issue isn't really with bone growth as I can walk without crutches - though I haven't heard back from Paley yet regarding that. My main issue right now is muscle weakness and tight tendons and the resulting pain from those two issues. My muscle weakness is getting better now, though. I appear to be able to walk longer and longer without getting tired. Not sure if the tight tendons will ever get fixed.
Quote from: egmedo2101 on January 16, 2016, 10:55:11 AMhi
may I ask you about the knew range of motion?
are you able to go over than 90 ° ?
I have done my operation at October 1st 2015 and just finished lengthening of 8 cm in my femur using precise nail but can't go over 90° .. seems like I stuck there ... I never have any pre op surgery.
thank you in advance
Do you mean bending your knees? If so, yes, I can touch my thighs with my feet now, so it's around 170 degrees bend. You just have to keep stretching everyday.
yes I mean knee ... you make me scare I guess that I am very behind
is 3 month post op and 10 days post stop lengthening is too much for only 90° for range of motion for knee
I was given the OK from Paley to go full weightbearing. So to recap, I've been given the okay to go fully weightbearing after six and a half months post-op. But in reality, I've been able to go full weight bearing since five and a half months post-op. That's pretty much close to what I've been expecting, and I'm pretty pleased with the consolidation so far. Pain has still been annoying me everyday. There are days when I think I should stop walking so much to let the pain subside. But if I stop exercising, I'm afraid of having muscle weakness again. So I'm trying to balance out between pain and exercise.
Quote from: egmedo2101 on January 17, 2016, 11:10:30 AMyes I mean knee ... you make me scare I guess that I am very behind
is 3 month post op and 10 days post stop lengthening is too much for only 90° for range of motion for knee
Don't be scared. At 3-month post-op and after 8 cm, I was close to 90 degrees only. It was more like 100 degrees, though. But each week, I gained about 10 degrees. And in 2 months after I stopped lengthening (or 5 month post-op), I finally was able to touch my thighs with my knees. The trick to stretching is to do it in a warm heated pool. The heat loosens your muscles up a bit. You can stretch easier when it's warm. If you don't have access to a warm pool, then buy a heating pad from your local supermarket/pharmacy. Also, every now and then, I lie on my bed, lift up both my legs and let me feet dangle. The weight of the feet help me stretch. The knee bend is actually one of the easiest flexibility for me to get back.
I'm able to walk up and down stairs with alternating legs and without holding onto any railing now. It does appear that my strength is returning. What helped the most is that I returned to doing 1-2 hour exercises daily in a heated pool. This reduced a lot of the soreness/pain I had while exercising by walking. I recommend using a heated pool for anyone lengthening AND consolidating. I'm feeling less pain now that my strength is returning. This is the first time I had a reduction in pain in a while, so I'm back to being optimistic again.
may i ask if how long is you arms from left to right?
can he do upper and lower leg in a year?
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