Big Update:
Okey so here are the x-rays from yesterday, my local doctor told me it looked really good, and that my right leg is almost ready to lose some of the pins (while still keeping the frame on to prevent bending) while my left leg needs another month or a little more before its ready.
It makes sense that my left leg is lagging behind a bit, because of my knee injury from my childhood (shlatters disease) i couldnt put as much weight on that leg from the beginning, however it feels pretty much as strong and mobile as my right leg since about 2 weeks ago, my left knee doest hurt anymore when putting lots of pressure on it anymore. I also added 1.5 mm to my left leg because i could feel that there was a slight discrepancy, its natural to have a few mm difference between legs and i had 3 mm shorter left leg before my surgery. They told me at the russian clinic that they corrected this but im not sure they did completely, it feels more symmetrical after i added 1.5 mm at least.
He told me to ask my russian doctor about their opinion first before deciding anything, and im expecting them to be more reserved and maybe tell me that i need 3 months more (sadface). I have a friend who will translate an email for me to russian so they will understand what my local doctor thought.
My personal opinion from just looking at the x-rays: im no expert at all but they look decent, they dont look very solid compared to the surrounding bone but its probably not supposed to at this point, im afraid that they might shrink if i do anything to early, i think waiting another month for both legs before even loosening some screws might be more safe, with the frames on they cannot bend, but i dont want to risk any subsidence/shrinkage either.
I also dont really like how the callus is shaping on my right leg, it seems like it is slightly indented on one side while the other side of it is looking much thicker than before the surgery, it doesnt look balanced, im hoping the indented gap will fill in eventually, at least the indentation looks smaller compared to my x-rays i had in May. They didnt say anything about it in Russia and neither did my local doctor, so maybe it isnt a problem, but i would have a problem mentally with it if it ended up looking like that permanently, because it doesnt look as stable as it should imo.
Please tell me what you think of these:
edit: im having a problem uploading the pics, will get back to it as soon as i learn how to fix it, the system cant access my attachment path or something, dont know why..
Wannabegiants tibial lengthening in Moscow, Dr. Bagirov
x-rays:
Your callus looks like very good.
Wannabegiants, Your legs (X-rays) look very good - congratulation. You had your surgery in April and you write that you now can walk without aid but what about stairs - can you walk up and down the stairs without aid from anyone or anything now?
Quote from: just_me on July 25, 2014, 05:25:51 PMWannabegiants, Your legs (X-rays) look very good - congratulation. You had your surgery in April and you write that you now can walk without aid but what about stairs - can you walk up and down the stairs without aid from anyone or anything now?
No my surgery was Mars 01, and yes walking up stairs was possible on my own after about 2 months after surgery, but i had to use my arms a lot and on the way down i kind of scooted down on my butt one step at a time. Now i barely need to use my arms for the stairs but i do anyway in case i would trip.
Wow. I just plain could not do stairs while I had my frames on. I didn't have the leg strength to do it.
Quote from: Wannabegiant on July 24, 2014, 04:02:57 PMits like i unlocked a new character in a fighting game and im super excited to try to learn all the tricks and stuff.
The inner nerd in me lol'd big time from this 
Jasså du går nere vid Solna. Hade din läkare sett detta innan?
Anyway, it looks alright. I'm impressed too that you dared to go up stairs and the fact you managed to. Great.
I think you need the device at least 1-2 more months. You will be in a world of regret if you remove them too early and your legs break.
Cool half ring frame you got there.
Wannabegiants, Great that you could manage the stairs so early.
Regarding your times in Ilizarov frames on your legs. Have you in all this times noticed at any times any small craking sounds coming from your Ilizarov frames when you stand and start to walk.
With Ilizarov frames like yours is it a big problem if one have small craking sound coming from the Ilizarov frames time to time when you stand up and begin to walk several times during the whole times in the Ilizarov frames?
Quote from: Sweden on July 25, 2014, 07:05:43 PMJasså du går nere vid Solna. Hade din läkare sett detta innan?
Anyway, it looks alright. I'm impressed too that you dared to go up stairs and the fact you managed to. Great.
I think you need the device at least 1-2 more months. You will be in a world of regret if you remove them too early and your legs break.
Cool half ring frame you got there.
Japp Solna ligger rätt nära från där jag bor.. Du menar om min läkare från Ryssland har sett röntgen bilderna än? Jag har skickat dem till honom men det är helg så lär få vänta på svar till nästa vecka.
Thank you man! Well it was neccessary, and it made life much easier when i could change floors on my own to get stuff.
I agree, im gonna be very careful here, at least 2 months more, but i might remove a few pins slightly earlier while keeping the frame as that will make the consolidation even faster, but it depends on what Bagirovs thinks too.
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