Wannabegiants tibial lengthening in Moscow, Dr. Bagirov

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Dem magic pills, lol.

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Made a big realisation these past 2 days..

Walking outside is much different from walking inside your home. I thought my walking was close to normal since walking on my house floor was so easy. But outside the uneven terrain and slopes and hills etc, make it a lot more difficult and the muscles have to work in different ways..

I took my first long walk outside on thursday and my cardio was no problem and my legs could handle it for quite a while but after maybe 20 mins they started to feel tense and the muscles around my knees became sore and also one of my ankles..

I recovered pretty fast though and the next day it felt very easy to walk on my floor again, like i had improved after pushing myself on that long walk the day before, so i took another walk and i could probably walk around the same distance again, although the ground was slightly more straight on the road i chose this time.

When i came home i felt like i did on thursday, but my left knee is very sore now (because of schlatters disease) and my right ankle too..

Im not nearly as recovered as i thought i was.. until i can walk decently outside it doesnt mean much to remove the frames, i will still look handicapped and people will know something is wrong.. I hope this improves a lot this next month though..

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Welcome to the reality of LL.

Try to walk bare feet on hard wood floor. That took me a very long time to walk normally on.

Immediately after frame removal go and see a physical therapist(sjukgymnast). He will show you some exercises you need to do to get back to normal.

I have been way too lazy to do it as I should but now when I can run again I've got back the spark in my life so I'm going to see my PT next Monday.

Try to eat water melon, coconut oil, chia seeds, avocado, walnuts, eggs, lemon and fish oil.
This will help you to build up strong bones again and your muscles will recover faster. The tendons need the fat to be lubricant. Lemon is for every day health

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Quote from: Sweden on August 09, 2014, 09:27:11 AMWelcome to the reality of LL.

Try to walk bare feet on hard wood floor. That took me a very long time to walk normally on.

Immediately after frame removal go and see a physical therapist(sjukgymnast). He will show you some exercises you need to do to get back to normal.

I have been way too lazy to do it as I should but now when I can run again I've got back the spark in my life so I'm going to see my PT next Monday.

Try to eat water melon, coconut oil, chia seeds, avocado, walnuts, eggs, lemon and fish oil.
This will help you to build up strong bones again and your muscles will recover faster. The tendons need the fat to be lubricant. Lemon is for every day health

Thank you for the info

Yeah if i want to get back to normal anytime soon i better see a pt sooner rather than later..

Ive walked barefeet on hard wood floor plenty of times already, but i agree it feels way different and more stiff.. not nearly as bad as the slopes outdoors though 

I also realised waking up today i have probably sprained my right ankle (or strained, not sure if it is tendon or muscle pain). Its on the outer side of the lower tibia end ball, close to the pins. I must have overexerted it, and now i can barely walk and have constant pain in it..fml

guess i might need a few days for it to heal.

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Quote from: orlandoflorida on August 09, 2014, 11:10:23 AMI think the soreness is linked to loss of muscles and lack of strenuous activity. It should get better the more you build up fitness, it's like exercising again after not doing so for a long time.   Hope your recovery improves in the next month.

Yeah for sure, my ankle and knee muscles where not used to work on uneven terrain since i hadnt done that for so many months.. now i think i pushed myself to far to early..

I have a lot of pain in my right ankle now, i have to rest and use some ice..but i cant properly exercise until it heals..i hope this doesnt slow my consolidation down to much

Although on second thoughts.. i do think the pins i have at the ankle made it more painful and stressful for the muscles to walk on uneven terrain where the foot needs to bend sideways.. so it might not only be muscle weakness, its probably the frame itself which made it harder.

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Nice to catch up on your diary WBG.  I was thinking of Dr Bagriov at one point, having to do the lengthening on my own make it a non consideration for me.  Do you know what's the price and aftercare  for the guesthouse in Baku? 

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Quote from: jerry on August 09, 2014, 01:49:53 PMNice to catch up on your diary WBG.  I was thinking of Dr Bagriov at one point, having to do the lengthening on my own make it a non consideration for me.  Do you know what's the price and aftercare  for the guesthouse in Baku?

Hmm, they did recently claim that they dont want patients to lengthen at home, while i dont know the price in Baku, im quite sure the surgery price is cheaper, and the apartment in Baku (i dont think they have a guesthouse tbh) is a lot cheaper compared to the Moscow clinic.

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wannabe..

How is your generall health. that is one of my biggest concerns. I have already lived a rather unhealhy lifestyle. And i figure if i was bedridden for 4-5 months with painkillers taken pretty much everyday. Not the best food and sleep. also STRESS on that. How are you holding up do you feel the same as before surgery or more worn up.

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Quote from: Slim_tim on August 14, 2014, 03:18:15 PMwannabe..

How is your generall health. that is one of my biggest concerns. I have already lived a rather unhealhy lifestyle. And i figure if i was bedridden for 4-5 months with painkillers taken pretty much everyday. Not the best food and sleep. also STRESS on that. How are you holding up do you feel the same as before surgery or more worn up.

There where periods in my LL journey where i felt really weak both physically and mentally over my situation, and seeing my legs becoming so skinny and losing overall weight over my body including my face made me even more depressed. (my face became gaunt for a while)

Because while i ate good food and 3 meals a day etc i didnt realize that my already very high metabolism would burn even more weight when the body is healing 2 broken legs. Well i did know about it but i didnt know it would make such a big difference.

Eventually i started taking protein shake supplements and eating some extra fast food, fruit and snacks in between my main meals to get my weight up a bit.

But overall mental stress and depression over the loneliness is the main hurdle in LL.

Right now physically im pretty good, my calves have regained their almost all of the muscle it seems and they feel pretty strong but probably not fully recovered yet (i have to take into account that the legs will feel slightly less agile because of carrying the weight from the fixators).


Walking inside and outside on flat ground feels easy already, but when walking outside on slopes and hills it felt very difficult, but i think muscle weakness is only a small reason for that and the main issue is the ankle pins preventing the foot from bending sideways freely.

My body and face has regained weight, only my thigh (quad) muscles are still very noticably skinnier. So i feel less depressed about that.

So yeah i think i will recover faster than average,but i realize i have a long way to go until i will feel completely normal again.

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Quote from: Wannabegiant on August 14, 2014, 05:36:58 PMThere where periods in my LL journey where i felt really weak both physically and mentally over my situation, and seeing my legs becoming so skinny and losing overall weight over my body including my face made me even more depressed. (my face became gaunt for a while)

Because while i ate good food and 3 meals a day etc i didnt realize that my already very high metabolism would burn even more weight when the body is healing 2 broken legs. Well i did know about it but i didnt know it would make such a big difference.

Eventually i started taking protein shake supplements and eating some extra fast food, fruit and snacks in between my main meals to get my weight up a bit.

But overall mental stress and depression over the loneliness is the main hurdle in LL.

Right now physically im pretty good, my calves have regained their almost all of the muscle it seems and they feel pretty strong but probably not fully recovered yet (i have to take into account that the legs will feel slightly less agile because of carrying the weight from the fixators).


Walking inside and outside on flat ground feels easy already, but when walking outside on slopes and hills it felt very difficult, but i think muscle weakness is only a small reason for that and the main issue is the ankle pins preventing the foot from bending sideways freely.

My body and face has regained weight, only my thigh (quad) muscles are still very noticably skinnier. So i feel less depressed about that.

So yeah i think i will recover faster than average,but i realize i have a long way to go until i will feel completely normal again.

Do you think weed would have made it better during your stay?. Im not talking 24/7 smoking sessions here. Just generall "ok" i'vem done the psyo, the food, the general routine. Now i can relax with a joint and watch a series or what have you. Or maybe you had no time or effort to conduct in such activities. Because as you know time goes twice as fast when you are high. I might look into that and bring with me some green to keep me sain and possibly share it with some other LL's at the hospital.