How often are you stretching etc a day? You said you plan to do femurs - LON too? I want to do LON femurs for 8CM if that's even possible (as in if the equipment supports that length), pains not an issue for me, I've felt horrible amounts of pain for a period of my life I can pretty much zone it out - then with some small lifts nothing crazy - id be at 174-175 and happy.
Hi Chris
Can you tell me the wingspan?
Quote from: egocentrical on February 19, 2017, 09:42:54 AMHow often are you stretching etc a day? You said you plan to do femurs - LON too? I want to do LON femurs for 8CM if that's even possible (as in if the equipment supports that length), pains not an issue for me, I've felt horrible amounts of pain for a period of my life I can pretty much zone it out - then with some small lifts nothing crazy - id be at 174-175 and happy.
I'm stretching two time a day, but there will be more sessions depending on how much I have lengthened.
I will do external LON on femurs next year if I don't have any other option. But I really hope that Dr. M. will have his affordable internal nails available for us by then.
The rail fixation system from Pitkar available to the ISIC supports up to 10cm.
But don't get any wild ideas now, I wouldn't do more than 6cm on femur if I were you.
Quote from: 1683131665 on February 19, 2017, 10:45:39 AMHi Chris
Can you tell me the wingspan?
Height: 161cm (evening) 163 (morning)
Wingspan: 162cm
that's good to hear! Well my femurs are quite stubby compared to my tibias, i think it was from when i was young i would spend countless hours on the computer kneeling so my femurs were stunted. 8cm is just a goal because it wouldn't look out of place and it means that i can still wear lifts and my tibias would look prop and i would be around 174 max 175 with shoes and 172/3 without which is plenty for me - but yeah you're right, i would only go for 8cm if everything was going smoothly my realistic goal is 6.5/7 as i want to be just above 170 but ideally i have this fixation on 172.
do you feel that you're not experiencing much pain because you're not over doing the stretching or that you feel comfortable in your environment and it's less stressful so you spend less time thinking about it. How is your weight bearing during the lengthening phase and how is your flexibility?
Quote from: egocentrical on February 19, 2017, 08:01:29 PMdo you feel that you're not experiencing much pain because you're not over doing the stretching or that you feel comfortable in your environment and it's less stressful so you spend less time thinking about it. How is your weight bearing during the lengthening phase and how is your flexibility?
I still have some pain from the surgery. The lengthening itself doesn't hurt at 1mm per day. Stretching and some muscle training twice a day (15mins per session) seems to be enough for me.
To be at home definitely helps not to think about LL or pain that often. I might not look like it, but I had strong legs and I was VERY flexible and I think that I still profit from it.
But it will stop sooner or later, no doubt about it and then I will slow down from 2x 0.5mm per day to 3x 0.25mm per day and increase my training.
Like I said in my diary, my monorail fixators are fully weight-bearing. I can stand and slowly walk using a walker. Walking unaided in impossible. If I want to go outside, I have to use a wheelchair.
February 19th, 2017 - Removing the Stitches
It's 19 days after surgery and I'm at 13-14mm.
Rate of lengthening: 2x 0.5mm per day
Still some pain and swelling from the surgery, especially when I stand for more than 30 seconds.
Then I can feel where the pins are and pressure builds up in my legs which quickly leads to more swelling in my feet.
Lengthening itself still doesn't hurt at all and I still profit from my very good flexibility.
I was supposed to have my stitches removed with my doctor next Tuesday.
But I'm cheap, so I had decided to save the money and to do it on my own today.
It turned out to be quiet easy, but it took me like 2 yours to get rid of all those small and sometimes really tight knots everywhere.
I had to slightly cut trough my skin several times to even get to the sutures so I could clip them 
But it's done now and I like the result. No reason to pay an expensive doctor 
When changing the bandages, I also took the chance to take some photos of my scarred legs for those who might be interested:
Left leg (knee, tibia, fibula):
Right leg (knee, tibia, fibula):
I also noticed some pin cutting on my right knee, but it isn't much and it doesn't hurt:
I've done LL with orthofix monorails too my friend.
I can assure you that after 2-3 cm lengthening they are not weight bearable so be careful with standing, even with a walker.
I started to walk with monorails and a walker only after about 1.5 month I stop lengthening.
Of course you could start walking almost after finishing lengthening because you did LON while I did external only, but for now be very careful.
Also, I see that your fibulas have a huge cut and I am almost sure that there will be a non alignment between their sides. What did your doctor told you about that and why he didn't to a small cut like in tibias and hold tibia and fibula with a screw to let them lengthen the same?
I am very curious about your doctors decision for your fibulas and I would like to know the reason for doing that.
Quote from: Body Builder on February 19, 2017, 11:14:36 PMI've done LL with orthofix monorails too my friend.
I can assure you that after 2-3 cm lengthening they are not weight bearable so be careful with standing, even with a walker.
I started to walk with monorails and a walker only after about 1.5 month I stop lengthening.
Of course you could start walking almost after finishing lengthening because you did LON while I did external only, but for now be very careful.
Also, I see that your fibulas have a huge cut and I am almost sure that there will be a non alignment between their sides. What did your doctor told you about that and why he didn't to a small cut like in tibias and hold tibia and fibula with a screw to let them lengthen the same?
I am very curious about your doctors decision for your fibulas and I would like to know the reason for doing that.
Hey Body Builder, would I be correct in assuming this is the same person from the 'other' forum with the same name? If so, great to have you here man. It would be awesome if you could post a thread describing a quick overview of your lengthening, complications, where you are now etc. I'm sure people would love to read it.
Quote from: 682 on February 19, 2017, 11:30:38 PM
Hey Body Builder, would I be correct in assuming this is the same person from the 'other' forum with the same name? If so, great to have you here man. It would be awesome if you could post a thread describing a quick overview of your lengthening, complications, where you are now etc. I'm sure people would love to read it.
Yes, I am the same person.
And yes I'd like to write about my current condition, even more because in the next months I'll have a new surgery to have both my achilles tendons shortened and fix a minor misalignment I have in my right tibia that may cause premature arthritis and must be fixed.
I hope a moderator could help me about where is the most suitable topic to write about my current condition and my upcoming surgery because I don't want to hijack threads of fellow LL'ers.
Patients Experiences category should be fine
You must be logged in to post a reply.