@ozymandias
jajajajaj.............. I would like to see every day when I wake up "bone gap Bridge"
Thank you for the piece of advide, It was a hard decission, I was visiting other patients last week in Barcelona, I showed my bone scan to Glenn and MusicMaker, and they told me about my healing and the option to do one cm more.
Doctor Monegal told me that he usually see more gap increase, and one cm more it was very realistic.
Besides I was talking with patient that they have finished the lengthening and how they feel and what exercises they can do.
And the main reason is because I am very well, I am doing extra clicks without any problem, I need one week more to reach 6 cms, now I am 5,5. I can sleep well, no nerve pain,no IT band pain (just hardness).
I can bend 110º while I am lengthening this extra cm.
I thing in this surgery you have to be flexible, listen to your body.
@aturro Thank you, 6 cm is enough for me.
Dr. Monegal - Two stage internal Femur - Fitbone - Yagen
How is it going, yagen? Finished those extra clicks? Tried walking unaided yet?
if possible 10 cm one surgey
thanks yagen
D+96 (6cms)
@ozymandias
Yes, last week I finished the extra clicks. It was very easy the last 1,5 cm from 4,5 cm. I dont know if it is because I was a week without clicks or my body reach the breakeven between hurt/recovery.
Now, my IT band is not so hard, the temperature of my leg has decreased and when I touch I can not feel the diference of temperature betten my other leg. I have no any burning sensation of nerves, I felt it one week reaching 4,5 cms.
I have started to do 10 minutes of eliptical, now I can walk without crutches short distances at home. At office I walk short distance with just one crutch, In the street I use both crutches because the floor is not at the same level. Doctor Monegal told me to increase every week 15kg in the leg
I feel more confidence with my leg, I have not pain but I have to recover flexibility, it is just time.
Firts days in the eliptical I can fell the tension in my knee but after 5 session, it went out.
This is my last bone scan
I have reached 6 cm, now I use a boot with the heel cut in my leg, my height at morning is 178,5 with this very little heel.
I will have next surgery in a month!!! I am very happy with the goal.
@unhappy
With fitbone just can reach 8 cms, but Doctor recomend 6,5 cms
Very nice yagen, good to see your progress!
Curious about you having the second surgery so soon. Do you think your bone will fully consolidated then?
Quote from: yagen on April 20, 2016, 07:42:07 AMI have reached 6 cm, now I use a boot with the heel cut in my leg, my height at morning is 178,5 with this very little heel.
178,5 is a dream height. Congrats!
Quote from: Ozymandias on April 20, 2016, 06:07:42 PM
Curious about you having the second surgery so soon. Do you think your bone will fully consolidated then?
Thank you,
The bone will not be fully consolidated, it last a year, but the callus start to bear more weight and adding to the fitbone is the reason that you can bear more weight.
Besides, after surgery I will return to the cruthes!!!
There is a video of other patient "aboali" walking after lengthening.
Let see how is my leg in a month
Quote from: yagen on April 21, 2016, 12:29:00 PMThank you,
The bone will not be fully consolidated, it last a year, but the callus start to bear more weight and adding to the fitbone is the reason that you can bear more weight.
Besides, after surgery I will return to the cruthes!!!
There is a video of other patient "aboali" walking after lengthening.
Let see how is my leg in a month
Yep, that's why I was asking that. I think that a great advantage of two stages procedures is having a fully healthy leg (for standing, balance, short walks at home with just one crutch), so maybe it was a good idea to wait until the leg is consolidated. By "consolidated" I don't mean being able to squat 100 kg or so (which strangely seems to be the only and dumb concern in this forum right now) but having enough callus to bear all your weight without putting too much stress on the screws. But maybe 1 or 2 months is enough for this if your bone formation is OK.
And I guess having to use that 6cm insole sucks! 
Good luck. Keep us informed!
D+115 (one month after finishing lenghtening in my first leg)
I have been working in the other side of the world, far away from my home. I can walk without crutches, but I usually walk with one, because when i take underground I am afraid that someone hit me and I can fall down and the gap fill with insole into the shoe is not so stable. I need more than 6 cm insolate in my shoe for my 6 cms of lengthening.
I am working and doing normal life in a one of the bigest city ot the world, I take the underground, walk by the city, visit monuments and other cities, parties......
My leg feel stronger and I feel the relax on my muscle, I walk a lot.
My leg is not healing at 100% but every day can bear more weight. I am very happy because I dont have any nerve or knee pain.
I will have next surgery in two weeks,
I have created more bone in the last month. A fully femur bone can bear 5.000 kg, when you start to cover the gap with bone you can bear more weight you only need 1% of the gap filled to soport your weight add the weight that fitbone can bear.
I am very carefully with the leg, I try not to stress out the leg, but I feel the worst of the next surgery will be the swelling after surgery,but I am going to be one week at hospital, and after I take two week off.
@ozymandias You dont need a full great callus to start to walk.
I am very happy with the goal of 6 cms.
Now I try to create bone faster in order to bear my weight for the next surgery.
This is my Ultrasound machine, cheaper than Exogen and you can use without limits, because Exogen has about 250 session after of that Exogen does not work.
Pulsed waves Machine between 1-3MHz, Exogen works 1,5MHz
High frequency, 3MHz has more power but lower depth than to 1MHz.
This is the video, sesion of 20 Minutes per day.
https://vimeo.com/166173769
I attached you a video how I walked with a crutch two weeks after finishing lengthening.
https://vimeo.com/166681029
you can see the gap between knees in this slim pants, but nobody has told me anything
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