Penguinn- Precice II internal femurs with Dr. Parihar

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Lucky bastard I wish a external with parihar will be easy for me but I know that wont be the case

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Bander, LON is an option, the time in frames is 1/3 from conventional external fixation.

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@Penguinn - Congratulations man. You pulled it off.

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Thank you I think I have 2mm left though. I hope I can walk unaided at least sometime in Feb.

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Quote from: onemorefoot on December 11, 2016, 05:58:10 PMBander, LON is an option, the time in frames is 1/3 from conventional external fixation.

That is what I am going to do but I doubt it will be as comfortable experience as his was. And I will probably be 25 by then not too young or old. I wonder how I will fare.

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I continue wondering myself if is really possible sleeping with external frames.

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Lengthening done, and till now, it has been an almost painless experience.
Bro, can you do us all a favour: Ask Dr. Parihar, in his honest opinion, taking into consideration all facts, what does he think is the reason for your almost painless experience? Maybe we can emulate it, like if its due to flexibility or something like that?

Secondly, towards the end of the lengthening phase, did you increase your intake of painkillers?

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Quote from: Mtall on December 15, 2016, 02:53:30 PMLengthening done, and till now, it has been an almost painless experience.
Bro, can you do us all a favour: Ask Dr. Parihar, in his honest opinion, taking into consideration all facts, what does he think is the reason for your almost painless experience? Maybe we can emulate it, like if its due to flexibility or something like that?

Secondly, towards the end of the lengthening phase, did you increase your intake of painkillers?
I'll ask him at our next meeting. You said he told you Precice was the reason, but I think age plays a bigger role, because older Precice patients have had pain whereas young external patients have had smooth experiences. Or a combination of both. I was somewhat flexible(I could touch all my fingers to the ground while keeping my knees straight) but certainly not a gymnast. My pain tolerance isn't above average either.

No, I haven't taken painkillers for as long as I can remember. Most of my aches were/are during physio, I was a cool cucumber sitting still and playing video games.

As of now, my knee bending issue is slightly better and I'll post the X-Rays from Monday when I get them. Callus has improved a bit too. My left leg's achilles tendon area feels tender during some exercises and my quads feel very slightly tight in some situations for 2 seconds before I work it off. I'm happy with where I'm at.

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Hey Penguinn. Can you give us an update on your consolidation and any visits to Dr. Parihar that you might have had?
 
And, compared to the lengthening phase, what all do you find different now?

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Quote from: Mtall on December 23, 2016, 08:34:13 PMHey Penguinn. Can you give us an update on your consolidation and any visits to Dr. Parihar that you might have had?
 
And, compared to the lengthening phase, what all do you find different now?

I got last time's X-Rays but not the 19th December ones. I've been lazy with posting updates but I'll get to it.
-I've lengthened 7.3 apparently, so I'll do an mm or 2 more. The machine reached it's limit(it was manually set as 14. and we'll have to reset it first.
-I fixed my knee bending issue, but I have a bit of duck ass. I think it's taking my total height a cm down. I'm lying on my stomach for an hour every day. I have all the time in the world to get rid of it, so I'm not too concerned. Muscle strength and flexibility is decent.
-Callus has improved and for further improvement, I was told to stand more and walk around with the walker a little.
-I do my physio routine once a day instead of twice, which might slow my muscle strengthening. Admittedly I've gotten lazy.
-I can honestly say my pain is 0/10 right now, aside from my left achilles tendon area which is tender sometimes while moving and exercising. That's from resting my leg on it for too long.
-Sleep's still good, but it's impossible to have absolutely deep, lost in the abyss sleep without waking up for a single second throughout, probably until I'm consolidated and 100%.
-The biggest difference is obviously the height. I don't think about it anymore and my mind still hasn't fully adjusted to being taller.