Dr. Monegal - Two stage internal Femur - Fitbone - Yagen

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Quote from: yagen on February 22, 2016, 12:16:34 PMI feel some stiffness and a bit painn in adductor hip 2/10.

How is your consolidation? how is your walk? can you with just one leg bear all your weight?

Thank you

I have very good consolidation. You could see bone callus in my xrays since the firsts months.
Yes . I can bear all my weight in one leg now. My walking is nearly normal but still with a little limp.

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Do Guichet's patients do full weight bearing during lengthening ?

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Quote from: PatientZero on February 22, 2016, 05:37:43 PMFitbone4 & Precise2 can hold a lot more weight than is advertised.

I know patients of both nails that started full weight bearing before their doctor gave permission. It is more likely that you will have a loose screw than a broken nail, but I highly discourage you from doing full weight bearing until you have at least 1 visible bony bridge in your x-rays--this may be 2-3 months after you stop distraction. This bony bridge will share the weight and take some stress off the nails.

Some patients get way too comfortable with their internal nails and even do weight bearing during distraction. Don't be that person lol.


I am following what Paley prescribes in his protocols for maximum safety.

It depends in your consolidation. I highly discourage anyone to walk unnaided during lengthening. But after you stop the distraction if you have good bone formation is the best way to have an early recovery.

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Gracias Yagen, seguiré leyendo tu diario con atención, ya que veo muchos parecidos con mi futura (esperemos) operación (por edad, altura, etc...) Suerte! Ya te queda casi nada para acabar la primera parte!

Quote from: PatientZero on February 22, 2016, 05:37:43 PMFitbone4 & Precise2 can hold a lot more weight than is advertised.

I know patients of both nails that started full weight bearing before their doctor gave permission. It is more likely that you will have a loose screw than a broken nail, but I highly discourage you from doing full weight bearing until you have at least 1 visible bony bridge in your x-rays--this may be 2-3 months after you stop distraction. This bony bridge will share the weight and take some stress off the nails.

Some patients get way too comfortable with their internal nails and even do weight bearing during distraction. Don't be that person lol.

I am following what Paley prescribes in his protocols for maximum safety.

Yep, actually I don't think Fitbone and Precise are much weaker than the Betzbone or the GNail. I remember Bohemia's video walking (very slowly, but full weight-bearing) during distraction (bilateral). But with that being said, full weight-bearing before consolidation (or at least before finished lengthening) is surely a terrible idea.

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How you doing, Yagen? Any updates?

BTW, can you swim while lengthening with Fitbone?

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D +47 About 3,7 cm

Just 18 days to reach the goal, This week is the first week that I have started the countdown. Its a good feeling in your mind, because now you can see the light to the end of the tunnel.

I am feeling better and better every day, as I said the las week I am more confident with my legs. I think the reason are two.
First, your body has recovered from the damage of thr surgey and second you has reach the millestone of 3 cms.

0- 1,5 cm easy
1,5-3 cm a bit hard
3 cm is easy again

This week I will get my second bone scan. I want to see how is the healing and the screw.

I have not pain, and the only problem is sleep, I get 2 naps of 1,5 h at night,  two weeks ago I was very tired then I started to work at home a few hours at afternoon thus I could get some naps when I was tired, and my body started to feel better.

Now I can be lying on the bed sleeping on my stomach thus I can put mi knee fully straight with the weight of my own leg over the knee, when I can no sleep I turn on my Kinetec machine and it relax me fou one hour, I am awake but relax in the bed.

I go on lenghtening to 0,81mm, maybe I could increase to 1,08 but I will get reduce 4 days of leghtening but I think 4 days are not so important.

@Ozymandias You can swin and after one month of surgery your increase your confidence in your leg. No esperes ser Michael Phelps!!! y el estilo depende de como sientas la pierna.

After one month you are in routine mode and the millestone is 3 cm after of this is easy and your body is stonger metal and physical.

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D+49  Just two week to end first stage about 3,9 cm

Lengthening is easy and without pain, sleep is bad, just naps but I am tired, but I dont have any pain.

I prefer fatigue than pain. The weekend I feel full of energy because I can sleep when I want, but at work I can´t 

As I have said, boredom and routine are others enemies, but when your sister told you " you look taller"........simply priceless!!!!!
and I have to reach another 1,5 more.

This week I had my bone scan, and all look good. Screw and consolidation

Bone scan day +27 about 2cm




Bone scan day +47 abut 3,7cm

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Nice one Yagen!

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Nice pictures Yagen,

For all fitbone users, do you feel a lot of difference between lengthening at 0,81 mm/day and 1 mm/day?

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What do you think about your proportions?