Thank you Bob and Cheez , I'm really waiting to be off with these frames now but I guess it's 3-4 more months if I keep walking alot. I think i'm more positive than I ever was before the surgery 
Quote from: Samuimw on May 23, 2016, 03:27:41 PMThank you Bob and Cheez , I'm really waiting to be off with these frames now but I guess it's 3-4 more months if I keep walking alot. I think i'm more positive than I ever was before the surgery
Wish you a best recovery
Hey thank you Goodlucktomylegs and everyone for posting.
Now it is 3.00 am. I woke up and now I can't sleep so I'm deciding to write how I feel since it has been 1 year since my operation being inside my house in my backyard inside the fences of my house for most of the time trying to recover, exercising,stretching ,walking . It has affected me both physically and mentally can't wait until I'm fully recovered and go out and live a normal life with longer legs, but I'm not loosing patience.
I wake up every morning with my leg muscles very tight but it goes away when I stretch and walk I have even heard that it will be like that for a long time. I'm recovering a little at a time I can walk without crutches really good now with just little swinging hips left, I think it is because of my right ankle that need more stretching but I am working on it everyday. Maybe I will visit my doctor before removing my frames to be sure everything is ok.
This is my X-ray 12 months post Op Left leg-Right leg , if anyone have experience can you tell me when approximately I can be off them? I haven't heard back from my doctor yet.
http://imgur.com/a/WHiTT
I've done this operation before and seen at least 8 X-rays of my legs. Your left leg is good, and may need 1-2 months more to play it safe. Heck, I could even remove it and stabilise it with a cast. But your right leg will take another 3-5 months. Not sure. Try putting more pressure on your right leg when you walk!
Quote from: aussieboy on July 21, 2016, 01:58:07 AMI've done this operation before and seen at least 8 X-rays of my legs. Your left leg is good, and may need 1-2 months more to play it safe. Heck, I could even remove it and stabilise it with a cast. But your right leg will take another 3-5 months. Not sure. Try putting more pressure on your right leg when you walk!
Hi aussieboy and thank you for your comment ! I was expecting 3-5 months too , it's better to be safe but I will keep my frames on than to put my legs in a cast. You are right I need to put more weight on my right leg but I have always have the fear of breaking my pins though.
Quote from: TIBIKE200 on February 25, 2016, 10:15:38 PMholy sh*t! 9cm... Good luck with recovery (you did 2cm less than apotheosis)
apo did 11 cm in one segment??
He went from like 5'6 to 6'3 so well....
Big news , I removed both my frames on the 10th October , total time in frames 15 months, removed them with anestesia and stayed at hospital for 1 night felt no pain. Since I removed my frames I don't need to suffer from the pain on my pin sites anymore it was like my body started to resist it with water running out of pin sites all the time. Now 8 days has passed since removal and everything is going fine no bending or height loss. I'm still on crutches but can easily walk without them but I still have to wear 3cm shoes because of tightness from my 1cm ballerina on my left foot , I don't know when it is safe to ditch the crutches but better to take it easy. The first day walking without frames I was very scared i had almost had all of my weight on the crutches but it goes away day by day and I'm beginning to put more weight on my legs . It feels so light and no longer I have to feel the pressure from the frames. I will post X-rays from the day of the removal after.
Callus before removal
From the front: http://i.imgur.com/RJcQHAO.jpg
Are you happy with your final proportions?
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