Update:
I’m in a real weird situation right now. Now that a decent amount of pain is gone away, I feel so bad that I didn’t lengthen the full amount I wanted. I wanted around 4cm. I hate myself for this. The thing is, when you are in that initial pain phase, you ask if the pain will ever go? I know it’s silly to think that but that’s just what my mind was like. Now I am thinking about maybe getting the surgery again, since my bones aren’t healed yet, and continuing the lengthening. But the doctors I spoke to said that they will have to remove the nail and insert a new one because of the slight translation deformity I have. You will see it in the X-rays. My doctor told me that if I don’t decide to lengthen and just stay how I am, I should heal fine and the slight deformity shouldn’t affect my mobility at all. It will just stick out a tiny bit cosmetically.
I am currently walking in one crutch, and feel a pain in my left knee mainly when walking. I’m pretty sure it’s from a screw but no 100%. I hope this pain goes away soon. My right knee is better. I have been a bit lazy with physio recently but will start up again from today. Just the whole mental rollercoaster made me slack off. Why did I do this surgery and not even get any real length?
What do you guys think? Is it safe to fix my tibias and continue lengthening? Like I said, the Drs I have spoken to said that they will have to fix the deformity by removing the nail and then reinserting a new one.
Now that I’ve felt the pain of this surgery, I know what to expect if I get it done again. Let me know what you guys think please.
Thanks everyone.
Here are my latest X-rays that are 3 weeks old:
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