External tibia (LON) with Dr. Pradip Sharma in Gurgaon(Delhi NCR)

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Keep going man. How much have you lengthened? I would recommend gaining whole of 6/6.5 if you're gonna regret later.

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thanks thatguy19, but I don't want to go over 5cm one for being safe side and most important I don't want to make any more obvious for my friends and family the difference in my height

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Day 26:  by end of today I had lengthened 1.7cm(plus 2 or 3mm of surgery not counted), from last two days I had some pull building up in right leg nerve this started paining a bit more than usual(but manageable) on my pain scale would call some 4 to 5 out of 10, I had been ignoring thera band exercises a bit, after pain I thought I should do it, I did like 10 sets of 1 minute each it reduced the pain/discomfort to 95% almost

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Day 27: Dr. Sharma visited to see nerve/muscle pull as per him it's not bad, bcoz i had pull build up inner side of calf not outer side(where there are nerves), he prescribed Pregaba M 75 twice a day and Neurobios forte(vitamin b12) twice a day.

Day 30: It been a month today from day of surgery, i lengthened 2.1cm as of today (without considering gap in surgery), feels like some milestone another 35 to 40 days i be off with frames

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Day 37: By end of today I lengthened 2.8cm(without considering surgery gap), no ballerina so far, but my right leg ankle was paining from past, I started to observe it was curving to right(outward)(observed around day 28), it use to pain pretty much most of the time if i pull it with thera band i get relief for sometime

https://i.imgur.com/5eqmNg8

My PT got this belt fixed to my sandals(right from the start) so to avoid ballerina, but I noticed the belt slides back and forth allowing right leg to curve, I kept two safety pins each side, so not to make it slide, for starting 4 to 5 days with pins it use to pain because am forcing my foot to stay in position, this faded off now my foot is starting to straighten out, thought of using night splint as prevention to avoid ballerina, but it might not be good option to fit with frames on, what did you guys do for ballerina and to avoid ballerina, please let me know it could be of help for me and for others

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Day 40: Lengthened 3.1cm so far, started standing from yesterday, was for sure bit painful, felt clicks(I guess from pins) as I lower my weight down to touch ankles to ground, and feels clicks as I take my weight off the ground, as I take weight off I feel some intense pain on right leg for like some 5 to 10 seconds and it goes away, I marked the pain region in picture, as per PT its because nail is still not screwed in bottom and its free to move and might be putting pressure on bone, started feeling this pain like from 10 days i feel it when I do thera band pull exercises apart from this I don't feel any pains but discomfort of having some metal cages on both legs.


https://i.imgur.com/oqYBaHC

Pain region

https://i.imgur.com/81zJpX5

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Day 42: I did xray in the afternoon by when I lengthened 3.25cm as per me by turning(which be 3.3 by end of day) but xray showed some complete off figures may be its due to inaccuracy of software, will go to next xray in first week of december lets see, hope to have these frames off before 10th of december


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Day 44: From past 3 or 4 days right leg feels bit heavy with pain i guess its after 3cm, trying to do leg lift exercises and pull with thera band hope it goes down, from yesterday(day 43) reduced the lengthening to 0.75 per day

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Congratulations nomad 13
Your X-ray looks good. Focus on your diet and nutrition for good callus.
.75 is good idea after 3 cm for your muscles and callus.

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Quote from: Adios on November 25, 2019, 10:10:27 AMCongratulations nomad 13
Your X-ray looks good. Focus on your diet and nutrition for good callus.
.75 is good idea after 3 cm for your muscles and callus.

Thanks Adios, how are you doing and how is your recovery

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Day 48: Doesn't have much of pain except of some time as it pops up sleeping, is still hard in nights I have to lay around for an hour or two before I fall asleep, no ballerina as of now, my ankles completely touch the ground without effort as I stand.