Tibia and femur LL

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Here's my update after the doctor's visit:

A couple of days ago I had an appointment with my doctor, this time I wasn't as nervous. The x-rays were all good and the doctor told me all my pains were normal and will go away once I stop lengthening. My left leg is longer than my right leg so I have to stop lengthening my left leg for a few days. I asked him again just to be sure if I could walk again with a walker and then shift 50% of my weight on my walker. He told me that was all good and he was not concerned about any complications. My next visit is a little later because all was well so now I can come back in January, except if I have any problems.

Xray:
https://imgur.com/a/qKMMM1e

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Helloooo

Here's a little update, yesterday I had the most nerve-racking day of all during this whole process. I was trying to get into the car from my wheelchair but slipped and fell on the ground. The pain came shooting up my leg, from my foot all the way up to my knee. I could not stand again on my own so I had to call my sister to help me up. The pain did not subside so I had to take oxycodone, which helped a little for the pain but soon after it came back with really high intensities. The rehab center called the doctor to discuss if I had to go to the hospital on a Sunday or if it could wait until the next morning. We concluded that the doctor would visit me first thing in the morning and that she would do some checks to see if everything was alright. Last night I was in a lot of pain, which made me think of the worst possible outcomes. I checked the whole forum to see if people had the same experience, and that made me only more nervous. After the check this morning I had to go to the hospital for a x ray. Luckily everything was fine no bend nails or broken screws, so the Fitbone nail is a little more durable than people are saying. Im very happy with the results and can go on lengthening without worrying.

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Good thing it was a false alarm. Stay safe.

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Gossip Girl here, your one and only source into the scandalous lives of the shorties in the world (this one is for the few women on this forum)

Here is my update 2,5 months post-op, let's start with that I'm overall doing great. One of these days I will finish lengthening my tibia's and in a few weeks I will be done with my femurs. I have probably lengthened around 11 cm, I can say my legs have completely changed. If I stand next to a mirror I'm overwhelmed with how much I've grown, so I finally start to see why I did all of this. In the beginning, I was very mad at myself for putting myself in this situation, I did not like being in a wheelchair and had no trust in a good outcome. This forum was a good but also really bad solution, I was specifically searching for diaries that had complications so that I could convince myself I would or had that same complication. It became sort of an addiction, the last few weeks I've been doing so much better. In this rehab center, I've made enough friends to keep me occupied, I now swim every day where I practice walking, do my stretches, swim, and play football underwater.

The last few days I've had some higher pain levels, I think that is because of the last few centimeters. I cannot wait for the day that the machine says that I'm done. That's weird right, this is something I've been looking forward to a big part of my life and now that I'm doing it I want to finish and move on from it as fast as possible. This week I had a check-up with my doctor, I didn't see him for almost a whole month so I was quite nervous about the x-rays and what he had to say. The X-rays looked good (luckily, I made myself believe there was something wrong). The physio asked me to get permission from the doctor to start climbing stairs and to start practicing with crutches. He did not have any problem with that seeing that I distribute my weight well. I only have to be super careful, he told me to see myself as an old lady who had really frail bones. Seeing that I'm only walking with a walker I start to feel like an old lady.
During PT we tried walking up three steps, and that went quite well. Only I was so sore in my arms the next day, I feel like I have bodybuilding type of arms now seeing how much I train them only this was a little different.

I'm now almost 3 months post-op, I have given myself a deadline for when I do most of my normal stuff again. In May of this year I want to be able to walk again, climb stairs again and do most of my regular stuff again. Does anyone know if that is manageable in 5 months? I do have to keep in mind that my consolidation has to be good to actually achieve that goal.

I will keep y'all updated on when the device stops working.
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You were 1.34 and now you'll be 1.45 m tall ?
Not bad...
But, have you thought, after 2 years, to start over and do another 10 cm elongation, so you can be a normal woman as 1.55 m ?
Just think about and ask your doctor about your limits...
Second elongation will change your life in better DRAMATICALLY !!

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Quote from: Gettingalittletaller on January 13, 2024, 08:54:05 PM
I'm now almost 3 months post-op, I have given myself a deadline for when I do most of my normal stuff again. In May of this year I want to be able to walk again, climb stairs again and do most of my regular stuff again. Does anyone know if that is manageable in 5 months? I do have to keep in mind that my consolidation has to be good to actually achieve that goal.


Stairs will be hard especially when you walk down, as you put all your weight on one leg at an angle. You have lengthened quite a bit in both femurs and tibias at once. While your bones could be consolidated by May your muscles, joints etc. will need quite a bit of time to adjust to the new biomechanics.

So I think you should not feel disappointed if you cannot walk up and down stairs easily by May. Just keep being patient even though it is completely normal to just want to return to normality as fast as possible you are in a great spot.

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How many cm do you lengthen the tibia and how many cm do you lengthen the femur?

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Hii everyone,

It’s been almost two months since I last updated you guys, first of all I’ve reached my 14 cm goal!!!
It’s such a big difference from how I looked and how I look now, so I can say with certainty that it was worth it. The device stopped working around the first of February so it’s been more that a month that I have finished.
I don’t experience any pain anymore only when I start to walk in my ankles, the doctor says it’s from the fluid that I still have in my legs.

My walk is getting better and better I now can walk for quite some while still with crutches. But my therapist and my doctor say that I can probably walk normal in 6 weeks. So I’m really exited. I can climb stairs and decent the stairs.

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Robert Adam I have lengthened my femur 8 cm and my tibia 6 cm. Keep in mind that I do have a growing disorder so that’s why I could do such length in once.

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I have some exciting news to share – the pain in my ankle is becoming less frequent, which feels like a major victory! My walking continues to improve steadily. Just a week ago, I started learning how to walk with just one crutch. Then, yesterday, my therapist suggested that I try walking a bit without crutches. I'll admit, I felt nervous and broke out in a sweat at the idea, but she had confidence in my healing progress. So, with some trepidation, I took my first few steps unsupported. Surprisingly, it wasn't as difficult as I had anticipated.

However, I've noticed that I still walk with an unusual gait – my hips sway a lot, and I tend to angle my left foot outward when stepping. According to both my doctor and physical therapist, this is likely due to weakness in my hip and upper leg muscles. To change this, I've been given a series of muscle workouts targeting those areas.

Until next time!