My LL Journey - Dr. Jamal Abu Nemer, Kiev

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7CM is best for me  no disproportion

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Quote from: Christopherbulder on June 05, 2018, 08:00:51 AM7CM is best for me  no disproportion


Hi Christopherbulder

7 cm is a respectable amount. No doubt. But disproportion is the cosmetic part of it. I wanted to understand the risks going above 7 cm.

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Day 44 Update:

Today was probably the most relaxing day since my journey.

I've got a visit from the Russian physiotherapist. I've got 2 hours oil massage for both legs. 1 hour per leg.

That was amazing. It was like flying to heaven and come back

From now on I will be getting 2 hours massage every day as part of the treatment.

I strongly recommend having physiotherapy massages included as part of anyone's journey.

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I looked at your xray and your callous looks very weak. Whats the diameter of the nails?

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Quote from: doomsday on June 07, 2018, 12:00:52 AMI looked at your xray and your callous looks very weak. Whats the diameter of the nails?

Hello doomsday

What is a callous exactly? And how can you tell it is weak?
I will ask about the diameter today. I don't remember that information.

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Quote from: Rocky on June 08, 2018, 11:35:55 AMHello doomsday

What is a callous exactly? And how can you tell it is weak?
I will ask about the diameter today. I don't remember that information.
Callous is the bone bridge between two sides of the bone after the break.

Indeed it is very weak and you risk non union. Ask your doctor to stop lengthening for a few days and if callus remains so weak I dont believe you can lengthen much more or you'll end up with a non union.

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Quote from: doomsday on June 07, 2018, 12:00:52 AMI looked at your xray and your callous looks very weak. Whats the diameter of the nails?

Hello doomsday

I have Dr. Jamal visiting me now. He informed me that the diameter of the nail is 12.5 mm.

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Quote from: Body Builder on June 08, 2018, 02:43:51 PMCallous is the bone bridge between two sides of the bone after the break.

Indeed it is very weak and you risk non union. Ask your doctor to stop lengthening for a few days and if callus remains so weak I dont believe you can lengthen much more or you'll end up with a non union.

Hello Body Builder

I am consulting Dr. Jamal right now. He is informing me that it is too early to judge the callous after a month of my lengthening. Regarding non union, he has different methods to solve it. One of them is the stem cell treatment that I will be getting at the end of my lengthening, which is a new and effective method. He has also other traditional ways regarding non union. So this is his least concern.

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Quote from: Rocky on June 08, 2018, 09:12:33 PMHello Body Builder

I am consulting Dr. Jamal right now. He is informing me that it is too early to judge the callous after a month of my lengthening. Regarding non union, he has different methods to solve it. One of them is the stem cell treatment that I will be getting at the end of my lengthening, which is a new and effective method. He has also other traditional ways regarding non union. So this is his least concern.
I dont know what methods Nemer has to treat non unions.
But if the gap is big, no much things can be done, like Unicorn's case where she may need to shorten the gap and lengthen again as a last solution.

So dont trust blindly your doctor like Unicorn did and ened up with an 8cm non union,  non unions are the first concern after infection, not the last. With almost non existent calus I wouldn't lengthen further until it gets thicker otherwise you are risking troubles.

Anyway, on your next x ray if your calus is so minimum you should stop asap. But I hope it gets better.

Keep strong!

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Day 47 Update:

Today was a relaxing day. I've got my oil massage on both legs (fantastic as always) , watched a couple of movies and did the daily clicking. So nothing really new.

I heard some noise when Dr. Jamal came to visit me just before. He brought with him a step machine and placed it in the living room. He asked me to start using it slowly during the day to keep my muscles active and strengthen them.

I haven't tried it yet. I will test it out tomorrow morning.

This is how it looks like:

https://imgur.com/a/92tTkiW