Stay positive FJ, here are some articles about bone healing.
"The healing time for broken bones is influenced by a number of variables that nutrition can impact including blood supply. For example, the ends of long bones are vascular so they heal faster than the center. Certain types of food and exercise foster increased blood supply and hence time it takes to heal. Mobilization, i.e. weight bearing exercises and isometric exercises stimulates healing. The key to better usage of your calcium intake is not just increasing the calcium but also increasing your ability to absorb the calcium"
http://foodandlife.com/healingbonesresearch.htm
http://www.healthaliciousness.com/articles/foods-high-in-calcium.php#CQqvPZ6txDhPQ6JW.99
http://purelynutritious.com/2013/10/26/speed-healing-of-bone-fracture/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/25/calcium-food-sources_n_1451010.html
FalcosJeanny Salamehfix - Dr. Ghassan Salameh
Here are my newest xrays--- from yesterday...
please feel free to tell me your opinions.....
and... im still wishing that i will ever walk again in my life...
still using crutches......
@FJ
I can still see the callus cloud. I think it is progressing very slowly due to the amount you lengthen.
The bigger the distance between the bone gap, the slower it takes to fuse together.
You will definitely heal up.
The last X-ray looks almost consolidated. Is that your left or right leg?
You need to walk a lot. Look at the Rgkey's diary. he walked a lot and he takes off one ilizarov.
The process is slow but with time you will be better. i think it would be good idea to write one diary, to stay in contact with people and to liberate you. please write one diary.
cheers, paco
Quote from: paco1 on April 02, 2014, 06:33:51 PMYou need to walk a lot. Look at the Rgkey's diary. he walked a lot and he takes off one ilizarov
Sure walking is good advice but unfortunately its not that simple. Bone regeneration is highly individual (genetical). Some people play computer games, drink beer, smoke and have super callus. Some are very active and have great callus like OBG or Rgkey.
Some like Jeanny or me try everything (daily walking, bone growth stimulation machine, supplements, etc) and the bone just doesnt want to come or comes extremely slowly.
Thats one reason why good LL doctors wont give you a exact timeframe when you can walk normally again or after how much time you can do sports. Bone regeneration is just one of the unpredictable variables of LL.
so are there no tests a doctor can do before hand to check what an individual's bone regenration rate would be?
@shawty, that's a good question. My surgery is coming soon and that's one of the things I am concerned about.
I had asked Franz on this very forum somewhere, he had told me that it isn't possible to know before hand.
@short_and_depressed Ok. Thanks.
Does that mean if you shorten the gap all the way down and close, they can fuse together? It will be interesting to know this.
Sorry FJ, we are cluttering your diary. It may help you too.
this may be a dumb question, but I wonder if you can be given a slight fracture and then they measure the time it takes to heal?
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