Hello,
Funny, your diary is the same as my experience. I had an operation with Dr. Halil, and now with a new doctor Dr. Fatih. I had the operation on February 4, and probably you did it in the same period?
Now I have 3 cm of the tibia.
We can compare our experience, lol 
Quote from: LLprime3 on March 10, 2022, 11:18:16 AMWeek 4 of lengthening
x-ray
https://ibb.co/MVCFpYX
I'm at 25 mm. I think I lengthened a little bit too fast, even though it was intentional.
The callus formation looks only nice on the left leg at the upper cut. All other three cuts (right tib, left and right fibula) need to start forming proper callus. I will start takig vitamins again. I had completely neglected that part since my bone healing was very fast during my femur lengthening, so I assumed it would go like this without the vitamins.
The angle of the bones looks nice. I was sceptical looking at the first x-ray because the bones were merely shifted. Now I don't have to worry about that part any longer.
Sometimes I get a random spot of pain in one leg, then it disappears 3 days later, and a few days later a new pain appears on the other leg. It may have been caused by overstretching this time. The muscles are very unforgiving. Even if I can do certain exercises more that what is expected of me, it often fires back at me with pain the next day, if I unknowingly overdid it.
Other than that, sleeping and walking is fine most of the days.
As of now I use about 3 painkillers in 4 days.
Sorry for my English.
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Recently, I have been worried about swelling of my right leg. If I'm lying down, then after half an hour I can't keep my leg in a horizontal position, as severe pain in the foot begins. If you press on the leg (bone) will you have a dent? Do you have the same pain?
Quote from: kilin on March 17, 2022, 09:44:07 PMHello,
Funny, your diary is the same as my experience. I had an operation with Dr. Halil, and now with a new doctor Dr. Fatih. I had the operation on February 4, and probably you did it in the same period?
Now I have 3 cm of the tibia.
We can compare our experience, lol
We probably saw each other in the hallway. I had my surgery 1 day after you. I'm also at 3cm.
Quote from: Bob on March 17, 2022, 10:02:31 PMWhat is Dr. Fatih's LON femur 3 month's package (surgery, hotel stay etc.) price ?
Not sure about the exact price. The only extra is the 3 months stay compared to what I paid for. So I guess it's 18500 (surgery and frame removal) + approx 3000 for the hotel stay, something over 20k Euro,maybe 22k in total I don't know. It's way cheaper to fly back home, and it's not difficult since you will get a free wheelchair ride at the airport. Since they focus their advertising on search engine optimization, they won't advertize here. If you really want to know, message Murat, he's pretty much online 24/7.
Quote from: kilin on March 19, 2022, 06:23:23 PMSorry for my English.
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Recently, I have been worried about swelling of my right leg. If I'm lying down, then after half an hour I can't keep my leg in a horizontal position, as severe pain in the foot begins. If you press on the leg (bone) will you have a dent? Do you have the same pain?
First you should not press where the bone gap is. Who knows how it will affect the bone consolidation.
If you have only swelling, take "rantudil". If you suspect an infection, take "cipro". "Augmentin" is also for fighting off bacteria and infection, especially if you already have an infection, it will be what you need to use. I personally dislike the many side-effects Augmentin has, so I have only used cipro so far. But I will not hesitate to use it, if my pin sites start to look ugly.
In your case, I would at least take rantudil and cipro, and the mandatory ecopirin. And if it might be an infection, use Augmentin just to be sure. I don't know how your leg looks like. Send an image to Murat/doctor if you're not sure. They will tell you to take Augmentin for 1 week, I can tell you that already.
And don't do exercises that hurt. All exercises should feel like actual exercises and not like torture. When I was at the hotel and couldn't do one exercise, I didn't have to do it. I just did something else that worked.
That pain can also come from over-working your weakened muscles. What hurts the most for me right now is, when I'm standing, bending my lower leg backwards, not the whole leg. I can't even achieve a 90° knee-bending while standing with my femur being vertical, because the responsible tendon for the flexion just hurts. The rest is just fine.
Quote from: LLprime3 on March 19, 2022, 08:17:19 PMFirst you should not press where the bone gap is. Who knows how it will affect the bone consolidation.
it's in any part of the leg
Quote from: LLprime3 on March 19, 2022, 08:17:19 PMIf you have only swelling, take "rantudil".
I'll check it. It's recommendation of doctor?
Quote from: LLprime3 on March 19, 2022, 08:17:19 PM If you suspect an infection, take "cipro". "Augmentin" is also for fighting off bacteria and infection, especially if you already have an infection, it will be what you need to use. I personally dislike the many side-effects Augmentin has, so I have only used cipro so far. But I will not hesitate to use it, if my pin sites start to look ugly.
Murat said that I need to use augmentin all time until the fixators is not removed, to avoid infections. Although I don't have any side effects.
Quote from: LLprime3 on March 19, 2022, 08:17:19 PMAnd don't do exercises that hurt. All exercises should feel like actual exercises and not like torture. When I was at the hotel and couldn't do one exercise, I didn't have to do it. I just did something else that worked.
That pain can also come from over-working your weakened muscles. What hurts the most for me right now is, when I'm standing, bending my lower leg backwards, not the whole leg. I can't even achieve a 90° knee-bending while standing with my femur being vertical, because the responsible tendon for the flexion just hurts. The rest is just fine.
I have no pain when walking or when I do exercise. Probably a problem with blood vessels or nerves. I hope it will pass. Now I can only fall asleep if my leg is slightly lowered.
My legs don't have these dets when I press them.
The reason for these dents is extra fluid below the skin. Could be from swelling, which is why I recommended rantudil. Rantudil is specifically for swelling.
I think rantudil and enough water should fix this, but this is already week 6. I wonder why you stil have that much fluid under your skin. You know if you drink enough water based on the color of your urin, it should be clear, not yellow.
You should let the doctor know about this, not me to be honest. It would be helpful if you let us know what the doctor tells you to fix it, so we all know too.
Week 7 of lengthening
I managed to not take pain killers for two full weeks. But recently I wake up once per night due to pain where the left tibia is cut.
These dents that appear when you press on the skin for too long with bandages or with your fingers, I got them too. Seems to be a common thing among LON Tibias.
Coming Monday I will post an x-ray. I will be at 4 cm on that day.
I train my upper body to improve my overall blood circulation about twice a day. From my point of view, even working on something other than the legs, in the end benefits the legs when blood circulation increases.
main pins at the knee without bandages (blood included)
https://imgur.com/DEatXAD
Quote from: LLprime3 on March 20, 2022, 03:24:25 PMYou should let the doctor know about this, not me to be honest. It would be helpful if you let us know what the doctor tells you to fix it, so we all know too.
I talked to the assistant, he said that this is a common problem and it's not a big problem. But just in case, he told me to stop taking antibiotics (which I have been taking for more than a month), as kidney problems are possible.
The doctor also advised me to find quercetin (dihydroquercetin) to improve blood circulation of veins.
Quote from: LLprime3 on March 30, 2022, 05:14:39 PMWeek 7 of lengthening
These dents that appear when you press on the skin for too long with bandages or with your fingers, I got them too. Seems to be a common thing among LON Tibias.
I wrapped my legs with elastic bandages for a couple of days and the swelling almost passed. Try it?
I also slowed down to 0.75 mm per day (a ~weeks ago), and now I have no pain, no swelling and I can sleep for a very long time.
I recommend you slow down too. Perhaps all these factors somehow help to get rid of problems.
Quote from: LLprime3 on March 30, 2022, 05:14:39 PMWeek 7 of lengthening
Coming Monday I will post an x-ray. I will be at 4 cm on that day.
What about ballerina syndrome?
Quote from: LLprime3 on March 30, 2022, 05:14:39 PMWeek 7 of lengthening
main pins at the knee without bandages (blood included)
https://imgur.com/DEatXAD
my pins look better (except one). What do you use to treat wounds? My turkish "crystalin" treatment has run out, so I switched to betadine. By the way, in the first days the doctor moistened the bandage with betadine and applied it to the wounds for a day. This helped to eliminate infection and bleeding. Try it?
Quote from: LLprime3 on March 19, 2022, 07:49:53 PMWe probably saw each other in the hallway. I had my surgery 1 day after you. I'm also at 3cm.
I was walking in the hallway with my friend, but it seems you were alone all your journey? It's incredibly hard to be alone. (mentally and physically)
My friend and I don't know English very well, so we were too shy 
to talk to you, but we would really like to keep you company and provide support.
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