Your legs could probably be straightened in addition to the lengthening; you should ask the doctor about it. I don't know which surgery gives you the fastest recovery time.
Do you think 5-6cm in tibias (LON) is possible in 2-3 months?
Maybe, if you have no complications, 5cm in 3 months could be done. But you'll probably have complications like everyone does.
I dont know if you can answer this question since I think you did the whole lengthening phase at the clinic, but id like to get your input still 
But my visa wont last for the entire lengthening phase assuming i lengthen 1 mm/day, because my health insurance only lasted until the first of april and I didnt have time to renew it for the visa application.
However the Doctor has told me that they encourage lengthening at home in their program, after minimum 5 days at the hospital after surgery.
I intend to stay for most of the lengthening phase but some of it i will have to lengthen at home unless i go faster than 1 mm/day which might be too risky.
My question then is, if you lengthen at home, and the number of turns is unreliable for how much length you gain (due to pinbending even though pinbending happens mostly at the beginning of Lengthening phase) then i would need to schedule an x.ray with another ortopedic in my homecountry.
But lets say I count the number of turns I need so i know which day i should be at my desired height, then i would have to have my x-ray very close to that date so i can confirm it, because otherwise i risk premature consolidation if i stop turning and then if i didnt lengthen enough i cant compensate for it anymore since im in my homecountry.
I realize i can measure my standing height but even that is unreliable because of spine compression, better to measure the gap through x-ray. How much risk is there for premature consolidation? If i follow a schedule of turning that my doctor gives me, then it shouldnt start to consolidate until i stop turning right? also how long after i stop turning until it will start to consolidate and i cant turn more?
I realize that these are questions i will have to ask my doctor when i get there, but its still worth a try to ask here 
thank you in any case.
It'll take months after you're done turning before your bones will consolidate. Just be sure to get regular x-rays and send them to your doctor, because that's how almost every LL problem is identified.
Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on February 20, 2014, 04:54:49 AMIt'll take months after you're done turning before your bones will consolidate. Just be sure to get regular x-rays and send them to your doctor, because that's how almost every LL problem is identified.
Yeah that is true but how come the risk of premature consolidation is quite common during lengthening phase if that is the case? (maybe im mistaken and its not common, but still it has happened for some patients) Im afraid that will happen if i lengthen away from the clinic, as the doctor wont be available to solve the problem 
And also non union is a risk but i guess that is even less likely to happen, as i will take supplements and the fact that im young so should heal callus faster than average.
The closer together the bone segments are, the quicker they'll consolidate. You're not going to get premature consolidation at the end when you have a big gap that needs to fill in. It happens at the beginning when people have a small gap.
Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on February 20, 2014, 06:44:08 AMThe closer together the bone segments are, the quicker they'll consolidate. You're not going to get premature consolidation at the end when you have a big gap that needs to fill in. It happens at the beginning when people have a small gap.
Okey sounds good 
Then overall is your opinion about lengthening at home (at least the last part of the lengthening phase) that it is quite safe to do?
Thank you for all the info!
Do you, after 7 years, still have knee pain? on what scale is it (1-10)
Quote from: Wannabegiant on February 20, 2014, 07:42:09 AMOkey sounds good Then overall is your opinion about lengthening at home (at least the last part of the lengthening phase) that it is quite safe to do?
Thank you for all the info!
Personally I wouldn't do it since complications could happen at any time, and periodic adjustments need to be made to the fixators.
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