Quadrilateral Lengthening with Dr. Paley

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Looking great
Didn't get new tibia x rays ?

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Yeah, they look like they need a month.  But maybe on friday the doc says they are fine.  It doesn't really matter because my femurs need to be consolidated enough to get the clear for the crutches. Once I get home i'll switch using the exogen on the tibias to using it on the femurs.

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just goes to show how much faster femurs consolidate compared to tibias.

i recall your tibia surgery was around Halloween of last year... 7 months and still not yet done consolidating....

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Don't worry about the curvature so much. My X-rays at Paley looked like that, too. But when I do the x-rays in a better hospital x-ray machine, it shows that the rods were straight. You will know when your rods are bad. It's when there's a sudden sharp turn in your rod. The clouding in your femurs look good. Even better than mine. I started walking in 3-4 months after stopping. So I think your femurs would be consolidated in 2-3 months.

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I have exactly the same bending in my nails, I'd say it's a pretty common thing with precice, don't worry about it. You're almost done!

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Hey IamReady,

Great vlog. Its really amazing to see how strong you're being while going thru both the tibias and the femurs. Truly an inspiration to us all.

Question - when you do your turns - have you ever felt the nail turning? Specifically in the femur.

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thanks guys. I emailed Dr. Paley immediately before posting and he affirmed it was ok.  It was just unsettling because this is how my rods in my tibia's looked at the end of my lengthening.

this is them now

I also figured out the mystery of why the lady at the Paley institute measured me at 5.8333 feet and the guy got me at 5 10.  Well 5.8333 is equal to 5 foot 10.  because its .8333 of a foot if a foot was measured on a scale from 1 to 10. 5 foot 8.333/10

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Quote from: Bones224 on May 15, 2016, 02:28:04 PMHey IamReady,

Great vlog. Its really amazing to see how strong you're being while going thru both the tibias and the femurs. Truly an inspiration to us all.

Question - when you do your turns - have you ever felt the nail turning? Specifically in the femur.

I never felt he turning but i felt tearing and soreness on the right leg.  probably because of the extra screw. And it's always been the sore one to turn on while exercising.  The one positive is that with the left I was always paranoid if the machine was aligned but when you feel the pain right after it's a confirmation.  I think precise needs an indicator for success because we have enough stress to deal with.

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I'm home. Some vids.  I realize i'm wearing a woman's hair band.  It's all I have until amazon comes today.  Anyway i'm glad I stopped when I did because now I really need to get my flexibility back before it becomes an issue.
First vid is about airplane ride and   you would want to know about that and second is just general stuff. Donno.

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Oh yeah, I have no ass and I am really bony now so there's no sense in giving measurements for sitting height etc.  I'm sure once my ass plumps back up I will look a lot better.