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

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That scar - to my medically untrained eye - is bloody ridiculous. 

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night... to drs too...

it's awful... made my whole leg look odd

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take a look at my scar

that's all the evience you need to avoid india like you'd avoid ebola... stay away

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i'll update my situation

Monegal confirmed I have early arthritis of left ankle... and these are from x rays taken lasy year

the likely cause is the  bad valgus I had in left leg

It's just another reason why I'm focused on my right leg, and given up on the left.   My lower left leg  has many issues...

I might have a length discrepancy... left being shorter... pain, nerve damage.... tendons destroyed,etc

I just wanna get my right leg to 95%, and i'll be ok

I'll have to get a  left below the knee prosthesis if I ever want to enjoy walking again

As long as my right leg is 95%, I'll be fine... technology is so advanced now

do not get this surgery

do not go to india

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I suppose I'm walking a bit better now... but haven't been walking so much... the short distancs seem to be better

I can't jump at all though... which is a concern... I can squat... and I mean a full squat, amost to the ground, so that's good

I can also go upstairs, and I can  touch my toes standing with stiff legs


I have hope for right leg....

I should post a video soon.... People would likely be surprised, as people  might think I'm crippled

I'm not, but I'm not as I was before..... Need to get much closer

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Quote from: crimsontide on February 18, 2016, 04:47:13 PMI suppose I'm walking a bit better now... but haven't been walking so much... the short distancs seem to be better

I can't jump at all though... which is a concern... I can squat... and I mean a full squat, amost to the ground, so that's good

I can also go upstairs, and I can  touch my toes standing with stiff legs


I have hope for right leg....

I should post a video soon.... People would likely be surprised, as people  might think I'm crippled

I'm not, but I'm not as I was before..... Need to get much closer

awsome man
 With time it will improve. It's a slow process (very slow in your case).

Keep strong!

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You seem like you're doing better. Just be patient. You lengthened a lot in your tibias and had some complications, recovery takes a lot more time than people realize. But we will get there.

Something I've noticed...when we choose to do this surgery and start our diaries, we're all bright eyed and bushy tailed...then, fast forward to the more recent posts, and we're all questioning if we should have done this/lengthened as much as we did, annoyed with our slow recoveries...

The only amazing recoveries I can think of are OBG (but he lengthened a conservative amount, I think like 5.5cm in femurs and ShyShy (who I think just got really lucky - no matter how hard you work, there is a great element of luck to this procedure, no matter which doctor you choose).

I consider my recovery pretty good, but this left screw issue is really holding me back. Imagine feeling pain almost every time you flex your left glute fully (depending on the angle). If it weren't for this, I'd imagine I'd be closing in on 85% maybe even 90% recovered. But even with the left screw issue, I've been doing weight training on my legs (and they're looking better and better and more filled out, and my ass is 90% back and looking big again), I've been skiing...I'm doing well, all things considered. I don't regret going with Dr. G at all.

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ty guys..

I'm fairly confident about right leg

the left leg,  not so much... because I've had many more problems... right leg really had 1 issue... ballerina

left leg has had many... and there's nerve damage...  I'll post a video soon of this biom prosthesis

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Quote from: YellowSpike on February 18, 2016, 04:53:29 PMYou seem like you're doing better. Just be patient. You lengthened a lot in your tibias and had some complications, recovery takes a lot more time than people realize. But we will get there...

Nah. I agree with him that amputation + prosthetics would be a better idea. After I've seen some of the modern prosthetics at a local clinic the other day, I strongly support his decision.

crimson,
When are you getting it? Make sure you get one of those with neurotransmitters. And post pics too.

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tiny,

finally, someone that knows how great these things are

below the knee unilateral amputation is pretty much the easiest to recover from

not famililar with the neurotransmitter devices

I'm familiar with biom.... It   has a microcomputer, and   electronic propulsion that mimics the  gastroc and achilles

Ive seen people jog and jump with this thing....

tiny, where did you go to see them?