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[Sweden]

Sorry to hear this but there is a good chance you'll heal up with time.

I was first able to run this week and I'm still improving.

ROM in ankles are also still improving and the aches are less and less. X-legs look a little better but not good.

I will start PT again, haven't been there this year at all.

Keep fighting. Remember that rod removal puts another trauma on your knees and you will be set back a couple of months if not more.

[Taller]

I hope that everything will be alright. Fibular mitigation, permanent x-legs, and muscle fascia damage would be the most serious, as they would require more surgical intervention and lots of time to correct. Please keep us updated with what your ortho discovers. Even if things take a turn for the worse, your story can at least serve as a cautionary tale for others, which would is very kind of you.

I really hope that all you need is a little more time to recover and that everything will be fine as soon as the rods come out. Best of luck buddy.

[Calic]

How do you know if removal of the rod would help? Keep us updated and thanks for sharing.

The location of the pain feels like it is exactly where the hardware is.

Update from after the consultation

Bad News

I explained I feel sharp shooting pain like the hardware is going to shoot through my legs when I jog or try to run and it has not gotten better since last year and I want the hardware removed.

He thinks the hardware should stay in another year because the bones are not fully healed and remodeled and the soft tissues are not fully recovered. He wants me to do physical therapy and thinks that will reduce the pain for me.

I personally do not think the pain is going to lessen until the hardware is removed. I am going to find another ortho and get a second opinion on removal of the hardware.

Good News

There is nothing physically wrong with my legs.

Length of tibias and femurs – I asked the technician taking the x-rays if the length of the bones would be measured and they said yes but it ended up not happening.

Straightness of legs – My legs are straight.

Fibula migration – Slightly out of place but nothing serious.

Outer hip pain on both sides randomly – He thinks physical therapy will eliminate this.

The tissue I see sticking out – Just scar tissue from pin cutting and nothing to be worried about.

Range of motion – I am only lacking a little bit.

Gait – He thought it looked okay.

[Leonardo2013]

Calic,

Your leg tibias look long. How much did you say you lengthen? Previously you mentioned something about lengthening at 0.66mm/day instead of 1mm/day. Up to how many cms can you do 1mm to prevent premature consolidation? Thank you and please keep us updated.

 

[Calic]

Calic,
Your leg tibias look long. How much did you say you lengthen? Previously you mentioned something about lengthening at 0.66mm/day instead of 1mm/day. Up to how many cms can you do 1mm to prevent premature consolidation? Thank you and please keep us updated.

I lengthened about 6.5 cm. Lengthening 1mm/day up to 2 or 3 cm is probably okay.

[vip]

X legs & foot pronation

[OregonMade]

damn man your   looks good dude.  I am on my 4th month still lengthening. I am doing LON.  Any advice would be sick. 

[Samsunny889]

Any Update?