Well, I'm pretty much healed, though my muscles need to be worked more. I've purposely avoided exercise because of my left leg
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I'll be posting x rays of my leg before and after
I set up a date to see Dr. Monegal next week
My left leg has a few deformities.
1- valgus
2- procurvatum or recurvatum. forgot which
3- malaligned union
I'll be getting a tibia/fibula osteotomy, and a nail put in
Rozbruch's plan was to fix it with a nail also, but the price is too much for me
I'm hoping to recover within 5 weeks or so. I'll be able to partially weight bear immediately, and progress to full weight bearing within 6 weeks
I'm anxious, but excited and relieved as well
This left leg is the reason im not fully recovered yet.. I have no pain currently, no ballerina, etc
I'm fairly confident there won't be complications. Barcelona is in catalonia, which is the most developed region in Spain.. Spain is an advanced European nation, and I've spoken with a few patients of Monegal.
I'm hoping I'll only be in pain 2 or 3 days
Looking forward to getting this done and be back to my old self before Summer ends
FINALLY FIXING MY LEFT LEG WITH DR. MONEGAL IN BARCELONA- JULY 2,2015
not sure. ill arrive monday or tues, see the dr wednesday, surgery on thursday.
might stay a week or 2
only thing im not syre about is recovery time
i see some people online say 12 months to recover???
but thats from uncontrolled fractures
i also see on here people who got lon on both legs, and seem to be walking in 4 months, and thats after 2 broken legs, and lengthening
how long should it before i can walk??? i dont need to be running a marathon anytime soon, just normal walking ability?
i hope, about 6 weeks
but without a limp?
yes, in case of progressive correction
im getting acute correction
anyone have an idea how long it will take to walk without crutches???
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i havent walked much in a few months
so im very sore,muscle wise when i walk
i assume itll get better quickly after correcting left leg
no joint pain,etc at all
but def muscle soreness
wanna thank kirkp1 for sending me this study
this study was done in 2014 and and is the first(only?) to critically document clinical and radiographic results using the suprapatellar approach for im nailing of the tibia
Almost 40 patients were involved in the study and 0 patients have anterior knee pain .. This is pretty significant when compared to the standard im tibial method. It's definitely a big reason why I decided on Dr Monegal
Hopefully I'm not the first to get anterior knee pain
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24694557
HAD surgery thursday
my lower leg, feet are still a bit numb, which I'm not happy with. supposedly they put a block on the nerve, but it been a day now
they say its normal, but feels weird. I'm definitely not going to be happy util my feet feel normal, and ill be complaining non stop about this
i can move toes, but feel like pins and needles
dr said the surgery went perfect but haven't seen x rays yet
not in a lot of pain, but the numbness is more than annoying. I'm not gonna focus on anything else until this is resolved
to me, my leg looks a bit bowed, but i could be 100% wrong about this.
the numbness though is very very very very very annoying, and i will be raising hell if its not gone by flight on tuesday.. i probably won't even leave then.. i don't believe in a wait a and see approach
as long as the numbness goes away, i think ill be highly satisfied
id have a much more positive reply here if it weren't for the pins and needles
I'm just concerned the numbness stays like this.... i don't care about it if goes away in the but day or 2, but thats about it
the city is nice, hospital is nice, etc
ill update as soon as numbness gets normal... ill be in a much better mood
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