Quote from: Ahd1978 on April 29, 2021, 10:56:27 AMThank you
Yes my complications have subsided. I continue to have higher dimmer levels in blood but that’s post surgery level that doctor says for some can stay high for over a year.
Wonder if you got your bloods checked. As dimmer levels usually drop post surgery below 500 for some in normal range.
I just took way too many pain killers in beginning and that caused GERD. It’s the acid reflux that shooting in my lungs and iron pills didn’t help.
So taking medicines to control that.
Besides that I’m in same boat as you. Tightness and stiff muscles. Weekdays I have physio so I distract .5mm. Weekends I only do .25 as w out physio muscles get even tighter.
I am working remotely and have to get back to work only June 23 so will stop around 18 may and let consolidation begin.
Guess 5 weeks are enough to get normal walk I hope.
I am very sorry that you have suffered such uncomfortable complications... when we expose ourselves to an operation like this we know that they can have negative consequences, but none of us believe that something bad will happen to us out of the ordinary, our mind does not prepare us for it, we think that everything will progress perfect...
It's bad luck to suffer something like this ...
Glad to hear that you are controlling it!
I started by lengthening my legs at a rate of 0.81 mm per day. Luckily I only had a week of a lot of pain in my knees when I was almost 2 cm long, the doctor advised me to take a day or two off and it worked, the pain was less. From 6 cm onwards, the same thing happened to me and I took a break again, this time for 2 days. Until a few weeks ago, everything was great, but now my back and hips are increasingly tense and walking upright seems like a huge challenge ...
Surely when you finish lengthening your legs you will begin to notice your muscles better. It is not something immediate but with 4 or 5 weeks you will surely walk much better.
I hope to improve also when I finish lengthening. I'll probably finish next week.
Next Monday I am going to see the doctor in Barcelona to check that everything is fine, he will do a new telemetry and X-rays, and surely he will also prescribe a blood test.
Good luck these days and better soon, my friend!
Femurs growth with Stryde in Barcelona
Amazing, almost 8cm already. So how is now almost at the end the relation with monegal? I was reading old posts, how much was fisio ? and how long you stayed at st jordi. Aftter you achieve the 8cm, for consolidation do you have to go to see monegal again and do something or all is done? Everytime you go for a consult or check something is whith monegal or some other doctor ? Did you have to pay something else related to the surgery after you left st jordi, apart of fisio ? Congrats man
Quote from: moretallpls on April 30, 2021, 07:30:44 PMAmazing, almost 8cm already. So how is now almost at the end the relation with monegal? I was reading old posts, how much was fisio ? and how long you stayed at st jordi. Aftter you achieve the 8cm, for consolidation do you have to go to see monegal again and do something or all is done? Everytime you go for a consult or check something is whith monegal or some other doctor ? Did you have to pay something else related to the surgery after you left st jordi, apart of fisio ? Congrats man
Thanks man!!
Today at the end of the day I will get exactly 7.6 cms 😉
The relationship with Monegal continues well, as in the first days after the operation. We talk on the phone every 2 to 3 weeks, and I e-mail him the X-rays to check that the growth and bone formation are going well.
When I left the Diagonal Clinic, the clinic's physiotherapist, Alberto, came to the gym at the MICs Sant Jordi residence 2 or 3 times a week and charged 30 euros each session.
I stayed at the residence for 3 weeks, so there were 7 physiotherapy sessions, I think I paid 210 euros in total.
When I returned to Madrid I started the physiotherapy sessions in a clinic that I knew previously, where I asked if they had the means and experience to treat me. I pay 320 every 10 sessions and I usually go twice a week.
For any questions I always talk diectly to Dr. Monegal, I call him on his mobile phone. If he is very busy and cannot attend to me, he call me later.
Because the telemetry shows a small discrepancy at the hips, I have to go to Barcelona on Monday to do a telemetry and X-rays again a few days before finishing the distraction to check that the hips are at the same height.
X-rays are covered by my insurance. The only expense other than physical therapy sessions are medications and vitamins since I left the Diagonal Clinic.
I hope I have solved your doubts 
Awesome brother
Do we know for a fact that if we distract 7.6 or 7
In a few weeks when muscles relax and back is more normal how much net height would we gain
I have reached 183.5 with distraction but I’m only measuring at 182.8 and I would truly like to know if I would gain .7 cm lost. If not I would distract more to cross the 183 threshold.
Does your doctor know this or other ll patients from past. Have you guys recovered entire distraction amount or it’s normal to end up with 1mm lost for every cm we distract.
Thanks for all the help
Quote from: Ahd1978 on May 02, 2021, 08:18:52 AMAwesome brother
Do we know for a fact that if we distract 7.6 or 7
In a few weeks when muscles relax and back is more normal how much net height would we gain
I have reached 183.5 with distraction but I’m only measuring at 182.8 and I would truly like to know if I would gain .7 cm lost. If not I would distract more to cross the 183 threshold.
Does your doctor know this or other ll patients from past. Have you guys recovered entire distraction amount or it’s normal to end up with 1mm lost for every cm we distract.
Thanks for all the help
Could it just be due to daily variation in your height? It usually goes down by about ~1 cm throughout the day as your spine compresses due to gravity. If you are having trouble sleeping for a solid 8 hours every night, or not drinking enough fluids, it could also be a factor. Your body restores fluid into the spine area while you sleep and this causes people to be at their maximum height during morning.
Could be
But I guess all going through distraction have same issue
Only true veterans can reply of later on they recovered full length of the distraction
Quote from: Ahd1978 on May 02, 2021, 08:18:52 AMAwesome brother
Do we know for a fact that if we distract 7.6 or 7
In a few weeks when muscles relax and back is more normal how much net height would we gain
I have reached 183.5 with distraction but I’m only measuring at 182.8 and I would truly like to know if I would gain .7 cm lost. If not I would distract more to cross the 183 threshold.
Does your doctor know this or other ll patients from past. Have you guys recovered entire distraction amount or it’s normal to end up with 1mm lost for every cm we distract.
Thanks for all the help
Before the operation the doctor explained to me that what you lengthen the femurs is not always exact with the gain in height because the femurs are not completely straight and are not completely perpendicular to the ground.
It depends on the shape of your legs and how aligned the femurs are with respect to the line perpendicular to the ground.
In the tibia it is usually exactly what you lengthen the bone with respect to what increases your height.
In my case, I still do not know how much I will increase in real height, because my lumbar area is quite curved ...
I'm working hard on correcting my posture but it will take a few weeks ... 💪
If any of the colleagues who underwent surgery and have already achieved a good posture can comment on their experience, it would be of great help.
Day 101 after the operation (04 / May / 21):
Hi guys!!
Yesterday was a very tiring day, but it was worth it.
My wife and I woke up at 5:30 to go by car to Barcelona and be able to go home the same day.
We arrived in Barcelona at 1:00 p.m. and the doctor met us in the X-ray waiting room.
The doctor accompanied me to the X-ray room and there they did the telemetry as well.
We then went into a consultation room with him to analyze the X-rays and check my posture while lying down and standing by the wall. The doctor confirmed what my physiotherapist told me a few weeks ago ...
I have a lot of tension in my hip flexor muscles and a very curved lower back, plus a slight discrepancy in the height of my hips of 4mm.
For all this, he has recommended that I increase my left leg 3 mm more and stop lengthening my right leg (the highest hip). To correct the posture of the back and the stiffness of the hip flexor muscles, like the physiotherapist, he has recommended that I stretch the muscles in the area as long as possible.
For the rest, the bone formation is going well, so from now on I have to walk and do a lot of stretching and toning exercises to recover soon. 💪
The return trip was long, but we got home at a decent time to have dinner and relax for a bit before going to bed.
Today I had a physiotherapy session and the physiotherapist told me that my legs are quite good, I do not have much stiffness, except in the hips and lower back.
Soon I will post a video walking again, when I improve my posture ... 😉
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Quote from: FSchez on May 04, 2021, 12:32:03 PMDay 101 after the operation (04 / May / 21):
Hi guys!!
Yesterday was a very tiring day, but it was worth it.
My wife and I woke up at 5:30 to go by car to Barcelona and be able to go home the same day.
We arrived in Barcelona at 1:00 p.m. and the doctor met us in the X-ray waiting room.
The doctor accompanied me to the X-ray room and there they did the telemetry as well.
We then went into a consultation room with him to analyze the X-rays and check my posture while lying down and standing by the wall. The doctor confirmed what my physiotherapist told me a few weeks ago ...
I have a lot of tension in my hip flexor muscles and a very curved lower back, plus a slight discrepancy in the height of my hips of 4mm.
For all this, he has recommended that I increase my left leg 3 mm more and stop lengthening my right leg (the highest hip). To correct the posture of the back and the stiffness of the hip flexor muscles, like the physiotherapist, he has recommended that I stretch the muscles in the area as long as possible.
For the rest, the bone formation is going well, so from now on I have to walk and do a lot of stretching and toning exercises to recover soon. 💪
The return trip was long, but we got home at a decent time to have dinner and relax for a bit before going to bed.
Today I had a physiotherapy session and the physiotherapist told me that my legs are quite good, I do not have much stiffness, except in the hips and lower back.
Soon I will post a video walking again, when I improve my posture ... 😉
https://ibb.co/1Ksyc78
https://ibb.co/YRrkXYt
https://ibb.co/WkNTnJb
what can see around the lengthened part is new bone? I dont understand it very well.. it is bone but not hard enough?
Quote from: Iwanttobetalleresp on May 05, 2021, 05:26:33 PMwhat can see around the lengthened part is new bone? I dont understand it very well.. it is bone but not hard enough?
Yes, correct. What you can see is something called soft callus. The body builds soft callus to fill the space between the broken bone. Then over time the soft callus becomes hard callus. Then over many months the body transforms the hard callus into regular bone. This is a very very short description though. In reality the process is very complicated.
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