LATN on Tibiae - Journey - Dr Singh

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Quote from: bluebarbie on February 09, 2016, 11:26:43 AMWhat type of externals are you lenghtening. How painful is it? You can only tell how much you have lenghthened from the x rays. And may i know your doctor. Good luck on your journey.


LATN with the monolateral fixators! Dr Sarbjit Singh. The pain is bearable for the most part but only the wounds are painful now and stretching the muscles.

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Can't sleep. My fixators are extremely heavy abd it's making me uncomfortable I want to cry

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Hey guys, my ankles are still swollen. Especially the left one. How do I reduce the swelling? Do more stretches?

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Quote from: leemry on February 14, 2016, 09:49:57 PMHey guys, my ankles are still swollen. Especially the left one. How do I reduce the swelling? Do more stretches?

Are you in Singapore? Are you in touch with your doctor?

Have you communicated what you're going through to him?

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Quote from: leemry on February 14, 2016, 09:49:57 PMHey guys, my ankles are still swollen. Especially the left one. How do I reduce the swelling? Do more stretches?

try keeping your legs elevated with pillows under your ankles etc.  but yeah your doctor is prob the best person to ask 

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Just a quick update.

Got my first xrays done two weeks post surgery and my dr said they look fine. Can see little callus forming already!! Can't wait for me to reach my goal height!

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Hey guys, I need your help, what does it mean when my legs are experiencing muscles spasms? Because it hurts bad when it happens and how do I make it go away? 

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Quote from: leemry on February 19, 2016, 04:48:06 AMHey guys, I need your help, what does it mean when my legs are experiencing muscles spasms? Because it hurts bad when it happens and how do I make it go away? 

It must be by nerves, try to eat salmon and similar fishes rich in oil. Some LLs told me they take "alarerv", Every day I take one pill.

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Leemry,  I wouldn't worry so much about the swelling.  For whatever reason, the medical field has been super crazy about reducing swelling, pumping people full of anti inflammatories, and such.  New medical research says that actually swelling does hurt in the short term, yes, but in the long term swelling actually helps with healing.  I wouldn't worry that much about it.  Get your feet above your heart, and or do high leg raises.  Don't take anti infammatories what ever you do. 

Quote from: leemry on February 14, 2016, 09:49:57 PMHey guys, my ankles are still swollen. Especially the left one. How do I reduce the swelling? Do more stretches?

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Another Limb Lengthening patient taught me this trick.  If you put a pillow under your legs at night, and bend your legs outward slightly kind of like doing a butterfly stretch then that will take the pressure off the knees.  They say you are supposed to sleep straight legged, but when ever I did that I would just get horrible muscle spasms to the point where I would clenched my legs so tight right as I was about to dose off, and i would experience the most horrible pain at the point where the bone broke.   It became between a decision of sleeping and healing or not sleeping but having straight legs. lol

Quote from: yagen on February 19, 2016, 07:35:02 AMIt must be by nerves, try to eat salmon and similar fishes rich in oil. Some LLs told me they take "alarerv", Every day I take one pill.