FINALLY FIXING MY LEFT LEG WITH DR. MONEGAL IN BARCELONA- JULY 2,2015

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Quote from: crimsontidedoesnt seem to be valgus... valgus is knock knees, my knees do not knock  even if i put my feet together
valgus is not necessarily knock knees. when standing or even lying do lower part of your legs toward ankles bend outward like on third position in the above picture or not?

Quote from: crimsontide on October 03, 2015, 11:12:36 PMmy x ray doesnt look exactly like any of those, becaue i have extra callous

but the one closest is  of the normal view... it looks nothing like the varus or valgus ones....

you can see it in the x rays

you could notice valgus/varus if the whole body was taken, but x-rays of a single tibial you really can't see. look at those three positions in the picture, the third one is valgus.

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valgus is  exactly that... knock knees, but refers to the distal part

you can see i the x ray that the dsital is not  going outward

you can see my ankle as well... im not sure whats so difficult to be honest

the knee does not go inward, ,distal  does not go outward, etc

and when i stand with feet very close, or even together, theres no touching of the knees, which is not possible if the  bone is bending outwards at the distal

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Quote from: crimsontide on October 03, 2015, 11:24:17 PMvalgus is  exactly that... knock knees, but refers to the distal part

you can see i the x ray that the dsital is not  going outward

you can see my ankle as well... im not sure whats so difficult to be honest
would be nice to compare with your pre-op pictures.

Quote from: crimsontide on October 03, 2015, 11:24:17 PMthe knee does not go inward, ,distal  does not go outward, etc

and when i stand with feet very close, or even together, theres no touching of the knees, which is not possible if the  bone is bending outwards at the distal

well then good! that means Dr.Monegal did a good job by fixing your valgus. was it different before the last op? i wonder just how bad your valgus was before.

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oh, you could definiely see the  valgus

my entire bone was very odd at the ankle

but i also had recurvatum

i had a double plane deformity

i had about 15-20 degree valgus, and recurvatum

but im  still not sure about alignment

that extra callous just looks weird!!! looks like im growing extra bone, like an alien

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Quote from: crimsontide on October 03, 2015, 11:33:57 PMoh, you could definiely see the  valgus

my entire bone was very odd at the ankle

but i also had recurvatum

i had a double plane deformity

i had about 15-20 degree valgus, and recurvatum

but im  still not sure about alignment

that extra callous just looks weird!!! looks like im growing extra bone, like an alien

compared to all the problems you listed and which are now corrected, your slight misalignment is nothing. it will straighten up by itself over time. so don't worry, just walk as much as you can and you'll be alright.

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nomad

im glad u said that

you seem like you would be honest and tell me if you thought it would hurt my walking

the achilles, etc combined with this..ill be doing intensive pt soon, and supposedly ill get back to 95% but hard to believe sometimes

so u dont think my bone is causing limp??? i guess i just need to walk more

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Right leg looks fine, yeah, just extra callus.  The left leg looks a little bit crooked to me, but not that bad.  I think that as long as it's within a certain acceptable range the bone will remodel itself over time.  It'll be interesting to see how your bone remodels over time.

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medium,

both x ras are of the same left leg

the callous just distorts the view depending on angle

still looks crooked to you???

not happy if its crooked... idk, im hoping its just callous... it doesnt look right to e either.. but monegal says its aligned

idk... ut both x rayrs are of same leg...the callous really creates an odd viewing

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Wow, that's the same leg?  Interesting how it looks straight with a little extra callus in monegal1.jpg but crooked in monegal2.jpg.  I think you just have to trust that Dr. Monegal aligned it from the viewpoint that counts.

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yes,same leg

i dont even have a rod in right leg

how bad does monegal2 look to you?