Great to hear from you Dis, me and my roomy are relieved you are still in such good spirits 
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Doing quad lengthening is so fast , You are already pretty much at my goal of 5cm! Awesome!
So far I have lengthened 2.5cm and am feeling the best since I started tonight. Actually a funny story 
. Because I was feeling good I thought I could go to the toilet by myself on the chair. I slowly made made my way successfully to the toilet but then was unable to get back. Nothing like having to shout out to your roommate to call the caretaker to help you because you stranded yourself on the toilet at 1am. Laughs all round though 
. Look forward to future updates.
Hey have you asked your doc about the alignment of your fibula on your left leg? I'm 99% certain it's normal because a bit of misalignment is common, your leg seems to be rotated judging by the pins which can exacerbate things on an x-ray and also your doctor would have checked these x-rays and said if there was a problem. But, it's always worth asking if for nothing other than peace of mind.
Regards, Russian.
VERY FERST STEP - INDIA - Dr. Anil Raheja
Good to hear from you.
You're having a friend over for the same procedure?
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Without any IMnails you need to wear the monorails until next October 2014. After that you will be close to crippled. At least for 4-5 years.
Craig49 broke his femur really nasty this way. Dr Mirzoyan did external only on his left femur and when he removed the Ilizarov device Craig's femur broke.
Take care.
Kilokahn
According to him after bone consolidation ( 2months) I'll remove the frame..
he is so confident that I can walk without problem... but your post make me confused who I believe!!
cuz I did read before about- 1month for every cm-
is there anything I could take to make the bone strong?? should I lose more weight?
Russianblues
It is good that you do have a roommate otherwise you would be in deep 
be careful next time
about my fibula I'll ask the Dr, but if there were any problem he would tell me since he checked the x-ray many times...
Sweden
this sound scary.. I do remember that I read smth like that happen to him with his Lebanese doctor..
maybe carig49 is just a case.. it is not compulsory that I'll go through the same thing...
but I think I have to discuss that with my dr again.......
about my friend ,I knew him actually from this forum he read my diary then decided to come and have the same surgery...
Just to clarify, your doctor told you they would take the frames off 2 months after finishing lengthening? Did he give a time frame for walking normally again?
I think this is very optimistic.
Dear please god this has to stop!!
Now there's a GUY coming to do the same? He will be even more hurt than you. He may never walk again properly at all. He will end up like Crazy+6, limping around.
After two months you a DEFINITELY NOT consolidated. Try TWO YEARS!
I don't have enough words to describe all this.
You should stop lengthening now when you still have a chance to recover well. The Dr should loose his license and the new guy coming should go back home and do his reading in here or on old forum . My god I couldn't believe this was true if there wasn't any pictures.
Don't you get it that since you can't weight bear or exercise you will loose ALL OF YOUR LEG MUSCLES bc your doing quadrilateral lengthening. It will take YEARS to rebuild. Your tendons will be completely stuck in ballerina position and your hip will most likely be locked in a position your legs were in all the time. About the faster bone consolidation: you should know this before doing LL.
What will you do if you try to weight bear and ALL OF YOUR BONES BREAK AGAIN!???
I don't know if I should feel bad for you.
Take this post any how you want. It's so sad witnessing you destroying yourself. 
Take care!
Russianblues
he told me that the result vary from one person to another... but in general after the consolidation the frame will be removed and after few weeks (2-3) I should walk normally ...
Sweden
after reading your post there are two things to definitely do
1- I'll not stop lengthening
2- I'll tell my PT to start weight bearing
about the guy who'll do the surgery, I think I said before that I'm not recommend Dr Rah, and I'm here to write my experience
Quotedo I recommend the Dr Raheja?
NO I'M NOT, cuz I still don't know if every things will gonna be fine till the end of my journey !
and how could I know if he is good or bad in this short time seriously !!!!
I know that the cost of surgery would attract the attention of some ppl since it's low, but please think about other staff don't make your decision based on my diary cuz I'm still in the very beginning of this journey, who knows what will happen next ! !! I may regret doing this surgery later !!!
so don't make me feel that I'm responsible for his decision !
I don't want to pester you too much, but, I still don't understand. How long after finishing lengthening will your legs consolidate?
2 months
Quote from: Disobedient on November 15, 2013, 02:46:40 PM
so don't make me feel that I'm responsible for his decision !
You're not.
You can't weight bear. The monorails are not constructed to hold your weight. If you try, my guess would be that one femur will snap first and then you will fall down.
PT's from India barely have any education. They just don't know what they are doing. If your PT tells you that you shall stand up.... Well. Be advised.
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Your consolidation will take around TWO YEARS. Maybe one if you're Wonder Woman.
Why do you think Dr Salameh's patients wear the frames(that is weight bearing) for 10-16 MONTHS!!?
bodybuilder was standing in the distraction phase and he did monorails, how would you explain that?
but why would you think that I'll take two years for consolidation ! just few weeks ago I had problem with the reunion bone doesn't that shows that I do have fast bone consolidation ! also, I can take stem cell if I'll have problem with consolidation ...
about your question I don't know but every doctor have different method and opinion.
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