4 turns in one go, that's nut. I find most painkillers have no effect whatsoever except injection types.
Diso, may I suggest exoskeleton? No need to put in energy in order to walk. Maybe you can afford a pair, I think it's on the market now.
Diso,
Glad to hear that you're getting your frames off soon. I can imagine how excited you must be. Now you can start a serious routine of physical therapy to get your knee ROM back. I have some questions to ask you:
1) what's the maximum amount of cash that you're allowed to bring into India when you travel (airport)?
2) what's the most amount of cash you can withdraw from an ATM per day? Is it safe to withdraw cash in public without being robbed?
3) approximately how much extra cash should I bring with me if I'm planning of staying 6 -7 months in India (hotel, food, laundry, internet, maid/nurse?
Thank you.
Leo
Hello Disobedient!!))
im glad you are almost done, some journey you had!! how is that knee bending?? did you get any side X-ray?? maybe in a future ill do 5cms on my femurs with monorail. Now you will not only have the perfect height for a woman but also nice sexy long legs!! that must be super excited for you)) you will be breaking necks everywhere!))lol Big hug sister))) congrats!
Rgkey
BullSurfer
the only different between the injection and the pills, is that the pills take around 20min to has an effect in your body.. that's what the doctors claim..
for me yes I found these IM painkiller much better, I even told my doctor that I know how to give myself IM but he told me to stick into pills ..
anyway, how many cm left for you ? you have almost 2 weeks left for you..
about exoskeleton, I think the walker will do the same job..
Leo
Hi leo,
it seems that you're planing to do LL in India, did you consider to team up with another LL patients who interest in doing LL in India too?
you would save A LOT OF money if you'll do that, and it will be easier for you to stay in India with someone who undergone the same surgery..
think about it, find another 3 or 4 patients, then instead of staying at hotel, you could rent a small villa ( villa better than apartment since it hard to find building with elevator or apartment in first floor), and take full time (24 hours) maid (( you'll pay some thing like 6000 INR/ month and usually 9000 for the agency.. )) .. you could cut the cost by half or even more and you'll still have lot of advantages of being in you own villa than staying in hotel ex; your maid would be able to do your laundry, cook for you, you won't be stuck in one room, internet usually faster than hotel, You cant open the window in the most of hotel in India so staying in your own villa will guarantee you having good ventilation.. , and off course the space that you'll have
1- I don't remember, for me no one touch my handbag so even if i loaded it with money, or drugs! nobody would know, but I don't know if they do that with all passengers
but here is a thing if you want to bring some dollars with you, it would be so easy to find place in your suite-bag to hide them.. hmm ignore what I said just bring your visa card, don't take a risk..
2- this is depend in your bank.. it's nothing to do with ATM here, they do limit the each withdrawal by 10,000 INR but you can have multiple withdrawals at same time ..
Is it safe? well I never withdrew cash without being companion with my caretaker, also, the atm is beside my hotel... even if it wasn't... don't worry about that a lot, you can withdraw money each time you go to hospital to has an x-ray, and save it in you locker "most of hotel provide you with your own one"
3- it's really differ from one to another, but I used to spend around 1000-1200USD per month ..
RGKEY
hi there,..
well yeah my journey wasn't excited as yours, but good thing I'm at the end of it.. my knee bending is something like 15-20 deg.. I'm not pushing myself at all.. and I'm pretty sure my legs is far from being sexy right now with all these scars lool, but gonna have surgery to remove them when the time comes for that
Good luck , and the good news is lengthening femur is less painful than tibia,..
so femurs is better than tibias??)) cool))
scars?? dont worry about that, just need a small surgery and done, long, sexy and smooth like a baby butt)))
Im depressed and excited at the same time. Depressed because I don't know how it's gonna be once I'm home. Excited because im taller, also just to be home around my family and familiar things.
I think femur lengthening would have less complication and pain, only one bone.
Hey Disobedient,
Conradulations on removing your frames so soon. Almost done 
How much did you lengthen on your tibia? Did you have your ankle angle measured regularly by your pt? Did you have any problems with your ankle stretch, ballerina foot etc?
I am losing my stretch there very quickly, it's getting tighter every day, and I am only on 2cm now, I am going to do much more stretching on my ankles now, but I was wondering if there are some things that you did to prevent ballerina foot?
Hi sweatpants
how much you're lengthening per day? ask your doctor maybe you should lengthening less like 0.7mm instead of 1mm..
I lengthened 5.4 cm , and yes I do have ballerina foot, My pt was so stupid he didn't even notice that I have ballerina foot(despite the fact that I asked him several times) , I only knew that when one of LL member (machine ) visited me and he noticed immediately..
it seems unless you're standing there is nothing would help you so much
but here is things that I read or been advised to do
1- put your feet in hot water 3 times a day for 30min
read the original post by jungle
{{The best way to avoid the ballerina foot is dont let it happens. If you lengthening too fast, no way you can escape it, maybe with Beijing devices you can, but not Serbia's device, i'm afraid.
However, whatever reason, if ballerina foot happens to you, the method i will show you as the following is the effective way to fix it and recommended by Professor Mitkovic.
I did a experiment using method hot water mixing with a little salt. This method Professor Mitkovic told me and it work brilliant well if your ankles lost more than 120 degree (compare to 90 perfect square). But that method you need to do least 3 times a day and least 30 minutes in each times and keep doing that least for a week, your heels should able to touch ground, trust me
Below are some picture to show your guys how exactly it can be done... Professor Mitkovic told me.. when your bones, muscles, tendons in hot water more than 30 minutes.. everything become soften. That why, Professor Mitkovic told us, including CBICK.. after you done LL, you should not take hot tub or hot shower more than one hours at least in first 3 or 4 months.. because your new bones will be come really soft in hot water. Of course, if you do... let's say you just having a hot tub about more than an hour.. your bones become soft.. but then your bone will be harden again after one or two more hours.
So, with that concept.. when you have ballerina foot, and you cannot keep bend at 90 degree.. dip in hot water mixing with salt (of course you will not dip the whole legs into hot water if you are wearing devices. Using a bucket and the hot water level just pass your ankles but should not over the pins of device,i will show you on the photo later anway...). your muscles, tendons become soft, BUT REMEMBER YOU MUST DO EXERCISE IMMEDIATELY or while your foot in hot water.. like bending 90 degree.. pressing against a wall .. or standing to press the ankles down....
Set up- water and salt mixing in the bucket. Get a big bucket as possible because you would have more room to bend your ankles and put both legs in. Water is must hot but should not too hot to burn your skin, and water should keep warm as a long as possible. If water cold down than you must put take cold water out and put more hot water in.
Method 1- If you can?t standing
Sitting on wheelchair and put the hot bucket close to your wheelchair. As you see my knees bend forward more than 90 degree
Put some weight on the top your knee to press the ankles down. I used potato bad about 7 kg but you can you other weight (sand bags etc.. ) and not too heavy to hurt your legs
And put two legs at the same time
Method 2 - If you can standing
When you have problem of ballerina foot, when you stand up, no way your heels can touch the ground so you standing by your toes.
In this way as soon as your ankle warm up by hot water, your heels would slowly going down and they would touch ground in 20 minutes. And lean forward if you can. This is really hardcore and very effective than method 1, but only for people who have strong legs while lengthening and able to standing. This picture was taken by myself, looking from the top angle, and there is no way I can take a picture in side view }}
2- My English is bad so I don't know how to say it , let someone to push your feet with his/her fist for 45min.
3- my dr told me to put my feet against the wall and try to push them so hard till my heel touch the wall and remain like that for 15min.
Thanks a lot!! I will try the hot water exercise, I do some similar stretches, only without water. So now your PT knows about ballerina foot, is he going to stretch you to fix it?
I only lengthen 0.75cm per day, and after I have my femurs done, it's going to be 0.5cm, till I am done with tibias, so it's already relatively low speed of lengthening. I just want to do anything to prevent ballerina foot. Were you wearing your splints a lot during distraction?
I hope ur ballerina and knee contraction is not that bad(( other wise you will regret this operation if you don't fix it ASAP!!!
unfortunately hot water and stretching your calf muscles while siting will not help much.
your problem right now is that you can not load all you weight on your legs((((
I can tell you this thou, either your ballerina is not bad at all, like almost nothing, or your physical therapist and especially your doctor are careless AND don't know anything about these problems
For ballerina you must stretch while your knee is completely straight, when you sit and stretch you muscles is much more easier but you are just lying to your muscles. you are not making much progress.
you should have always been wearing a foot holder to make sure your feet are at 90 degrees at all time. Ill take pictures and maybe make a video for you to tell you exactly what you can do since you can not stand or have the ilizarov apparatus to help holding something to your feet.
Im really worry about you, it is ashamed what is happening to you, because Ballerina and knee contractions are the most common and only real serious problems of lengthening.
remember now that you stopped lengthening your muscles will start getting stronger and also they will be harder to stretch back.
if u want, send me a PM and ill send you my Skype so can video chat and I can show you exactly what to do)))
if your feet can not go more than 75 degrees you have a real problem darling(((((( and I hope your knee is also straight.
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