Quote from: indian on February 25, 2021, 01:03:21 PMAre you doing anything to speed up the recovery? Have you thought about taking bone marrow aspirate concentrate?
What's that ?? I never heard of it, nor my Dr. recommended it so far.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11999-014-3548-3
Dr. Lee in Korea uses it to speed up the process.
Day 16: Harry removed my stitches, soon we are planning to get my 1st x-ray since distraction. Fingers are crossed, hope all goes well.
Day 17: Today I got my X-rays, as per the X-ray my total gain so far has been 1.3cm. I am still lengthening at 1mm. As per Harry, the progress is good so I plan to continue lengthening at this rate only. We also met the Doctor, as per him all is well so far. Below is the link to my X-ray.
https://imgur.com/OmvBvfX
https://imgur.com/KFLLOq1
Day 21: Today was different. I have started standing with help of a walker, under the supervision of Harry. I did not put 100% weight on the legs, it was in the ratio of 40:60 distributed between legs and hands, respectively. It was a good experience to stand after a long time. After the activity there was burning in the calf muscle, it felt like all of the body's energy drained at once.
Condition of legs: Not much pain, but great amount of discomfort. Sleeping has become a lot difficult than it was earlier. Muscle tightness has increased. Harry said that going forward PT will be made more strenuous.
https://imgur.com/SuAwKr9
https://imgur.com/OVskyY9
could you share one standing picture from the front side too. Because second one is not completely front facing picture
Thanks
how is your pain in the pinsites specifically? are you consistently on any pain meds?
thanks for sharing your experience by the way
Quote from: canterk on March 04, 2021, 09:33:37 AMhow is your pain in the pinsites specifically? are you consistently on any pain meds?
thanks for sharing your experience by the way
Hi canterk,
There is some pain but that is not the concern really, discomfort is. I am not taking any painkillers since I started distraction. Pain around pin site is like when you keep your legs folded a little over inverted 90 degree angle lying on the bed and then when you relax your legs straight to 180 degree after sometime - you feel the pinch, but that doesn't last long. This is mainly due to tightness of soft tissue due to lengthening. Despite that, pain is nowhere near the point that you would need painkiller, at least not for me I can say.
Day 17: My standing time has improved from about 30 secs to over 2 minutes now. I am doing calf raises which totally burns my calf muscles but still better compared to the first day. Today I walked a few steps using walker, first round with PTs assistance and second round a little independently, i.e. up to 4-5 feet. Sleeping remains troublesome with these heavy frames, not much improvement in that department. Due to lack of sleep i have not been able to resume work. I asked for some sleeping pills but was denied. Guess i have to do my time.
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Quote from: Keynes on March 04, 2021, 10:31:54 PMDay 17: My standing time has improved from about 30 secs to over 2 minutes now. I am doing calf raises which totally burns my calf muscles but still better compared to the first day. Today I walked a few steps using walker, first round with PTs assistance and second round a little independently, i.e. up to 4-5 feet. Sleeping remains troublesome with these heavy frames, not much improvement in that department. Due to lack of sleep i have not been able to resume work. I asked for some sleeping pills but was denied. Guess i have to do my time.
A small typo error 
- it should be Day 24
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