Hi everyone ! I have been gone from my "experience diary" for so long. It's not that I have a problem or something ,it's because that I'm not so good on writing and come here writing same stuff everyday .Btw , I'm doing fine and I'm finished with my lengthening ! Without serious complications.
The problem I have is 3cm ballerina both legs, left foot is pointing inwards, right foot is inversion.
A week ago was my third visit to Russia , I flew straight to moscow and I will tell you that the travel was the worst, my legs was very stiff from sitting many hours and I was on a wheelchair all the way. I was staying for 3 days ,Dr.Bagirov came on the third day, It was pretty bad because when he came it looked that he was in a hurry and we only spent time examing my legs about 2 hours.However when i stayed in Moscow I took some x-rays and Ct scan, after my doctor saw my x-ray he told me that my bones was straight and strong and I would even do 9 centimeters, but I told him about my problem that my left foot was pointing inwards , he told me they needed to do a correction and so the did, they did it by moving the lengthening rods little to the sides after that my left foot is better, after that he said that I shouldn't lengthen more and I should be focusing about my right foot and ballerina.He told me the total length that i jave distracted is almost 8.5 cm and I was happy about it.
Hi everyone ! I have been gone from my "experience diary" for so long. It's not that I have a problem or something ,it's because that I'm not so good on writing and come here writing same stuff everyday .Btw , I'm doing fine and I'm finished with my lengthening ! Without serious complications.
The problem I have is 3cm ballerina both legs, left foot is pointing inwards, right foot is inversion.
A week ago was my third visit to Russia , I flew straight to moscow and I will tell you that the travel was the worst, my legs was very stiff from sitting many hours and I was on a wheelchair all the way. I was staying for 3 days ,Dr.Bagirov came on the third day, It was pretty bad because when he came it looked that he was in a hurry and we only spent time examing my legs about 2 hours.However when i stayed in Moscow I took some x-rays and Ct scan, after my doctor saw my x-ray he told me that my bones was straight and strong and I would even do 9 centimeters, but I told him about my problem that my left foot was pointing inwards , he told me they needed to do a correction and so the did, they did it by moving the lengthening rods little to the sides after that my left foot is better, after that he said that I shouldn't lengthen more and I should be focusing about my right foot and ballerina.He told me the total length that i jave distracted is almost 8.5 cm and I was happy about it.
So now it's the time for the second stage of the lengthening ! The consolidation phase! Dr.Bagirov told me that It would take me about 3 months until my bones are fully healed and I could remove my external fixator. I think that 8cm and some millimeters took me 5 months and I can't even walk without crutches yet , I wonder when but I think that the walking will be better after my bones have healed.
I must admit that the ballerina was mostly my fault because sometime I was lazy. Maybe if I was stretching more I would have prevented 1 or two cm of ballerina and have only 1 cm instead.
Staying at home on the distraction phase hasn't been a problem for me (if not counting when I needed to travel to moscow) but about the pins or other problems it was ok for 5 months. I'm not saying that staying at home far away from doctor is good, bit it is maybe because I was lucky. Even if I stayed in moscow I think that my doctor would not have the time with me either because he's not staying at moscow all the time.
So now it's the time for the second stage of the lengthening ! The consolidation phase! Dr.Bagirov told me that It would take me about 3 months until my bones are fully healed and I could remove my external fixator. I think that 8cm and some millimeters took me 5 months and I can't even walk without crutches yet , I wonder when but I think that the walking will be better after my bones have healed.
I must admit that the ballerina was mostly my fault because sometime I was lazy. Maybe if I was stretching more I would have prevented 1 or two cm of ballerina and have only 1 cm instead.
Staying at home on the distraction phase hasn't been a problem for me (if not counting when I needed to travel to moscow) but about the pins or other problems it was ok for 5 months. I'm not saying that staying at home far away from doctor is good, bit it is maybe because I was lucky. Even if I stayed in moscow I think that my doctor would not have the time with me either because he's not staying at moscow all the time.
Now I'm standing at almost 173cm and I have forgot how it was when I was shorter .I remember the first time I was in Moscow meeting with my doctor , I felt that he was much taller than me but after the last visit to moscow I was standing at almost the same height as him ! It felt so good and I'm happy with my new height .I must admit that I still feel short but my new height is a lot different from my old height that is what I'm sure of.
I think it has been 6 months since my surgery ! Time has passed so fast .I stopped lengthening 2 weeks ago my legs are feeling better since then. On the right side of my right leg I had a feeling that the muscles was very tight and I was in pain when I fully stretched out my right leg but after 2 weeks it seems like it has disappeared , I could straighten my right leg with no pain . I feel like I can walk but I haven't tried. I have bad inversion on my right foot and ballerina that I need to get rid of, duck but and bent knees too.
Maybe I will upload some X-ray and pics of my legs if I have the mood, I have a lot of time.
What do you think about your proportions, now that you have lengthened 9cm´s?
Quote from: Alittletooshort on January 08, 2016, 01:42:40 AMWhat do you think about your proportions, now that you have lengthened 9cm´s?
Hello there, I think that my proportion looks Ok. It's not too bad ,my tibias was very very short before I did this surgery. But of course if I post a pic of my legs some people may judge it differently but for me they are perfect now. I may do my femurs in 3-4 years to add 3-4Cm
Ok people , I just realize that I might have a few problems now. My left knee sometime gets a cracking sound like air bubbles in the bones, maybe I have an misalignment . My ankles hurt when walking (maybe because of the pins ). My left foot still pointing to the right(maybe from over stretched muscles) . I understand now how important it is to stay near a doctor during the lengthening so he can correct your legs time to time. As I said before my doctor doesn't have much time with me ,he's always in a hurry. Have been 7 months now since my surgery , I'm getting my x-rays next week. I still walk with crutches, I don't even know when I will be without them..
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