Topic: LATN Femurs - Dr Singh (Read 101169 times)

alex · « **Reply #124 on:** July 05, 2015, 01:37:25 AM »

Quote from: bluebarbie on July 03, 2015, 04:16:17 AM

Alex and KirP1,
I will be removing them and exchanging with internal nails on the 16th on this month, meet dr Singh on 10th when he visits my country and follows him back to Singapore on 15th. I m currently working on my Roms which are now at around 50'.

You didn't think about waiting for more 1 month maybe and remove the device without having internal nail, your new bones looks good in the last ray especially the left leg.

bluebarbie · « **Reply #125 on:** July 15, 2015, 02:50:03 PM »

Just popping up to let u all know that my day has finally come. 8)Today I arrived in Singapore and now trying hard to sleep coz tomorrow is my operation day. I m feeling so excited yet very very scared, worrying alot about complications during surgery or even death.
Ok goodnight to you all

and oh one thing left, I promise I will keep updating my diary until I fully recover; so only if something like death or something very very bad happened that I would be unable to carry on from now on. Don't think I m crazy, just letting u all know.
Please pray for me for tomorrow operation, hope to meet u all very soon.

bluebarbie · « **Reply #126 on:** July 15, 2015, 03:12:22 PM »

Quote from: alex on July 05, 2015, 01:37:25 AM

You didn't think about waiting for more 1 month maybe and remove the device without having internal nail, your new bones looks good in the last ray especially the left leg.

I did 8cms and my right femur bone is abit misaligned so I need to get the internal nails.

TRS · « **Reply #127 on:** July 15, 2015, 03:53:41 PM »

Thank you for sharing your LL experience and regularly updating members about your current situation.
I wish you all the best for tomorrow and a quick recovery

KrP1 · « **Reply #128 on:** July 15, 2015, 04:55:27 PM »

Hope all goes well Bluebarbie! Keep us updated

goldenegg · « **Reply #129 on:** July 15, 2015, 05:25:11 PM »

your diary has been really inspiring to read so far! best of luck tomorrow bluebarbie!!

Purrrfection · « **Reply #130 on:** July 15, 2015, 05:27:43 PM »

BlueBarbie, you're such a trooper. You're doing amazing and you're just going to love your new life - positive thoughts! All the best from Ukraine!

bluebarbie · « **Reply #131 on:** July 16, 2015, 03:25:55 AM »

Ur encouragements do cheer me up. Thank you all my dear buddies. Ok here are my last photos of me in frames I guess, if everything goes well. Now two hours left before getting in the theater room. I m doing stretching exercises now while waiting. See ya.

alex · « **Reply #132 on:** July 16, 2015, 09:10:41 AM »

Quote from: bluebarbie on July 15, 2015, 03:12:22 PM

I did 8cms and my right femur bone is abit misaligned so I need to get the internal nails.

Hope the best for you bluebarbie.

KiloKAHN · « **Reply #133 on:** July 17, 2015, 12:57:51 AM »

Hope everything went well

bluebarbie · « **Reply #134 on:** July 18, 2015, 12:22:54 PM »

Helloooo! I m back. Today I was discharged from hospital. Everything went sooooo well and smooth. I didn't lose my height. I was left with 8cms even though my target was 7to7.5cms !!! Both femur alignments were totally fixed, too.
Is is like a miracle. Dreams do come true.
My doctor is an angel. He is a real expert, took great care of his patients, very kind and forgiving, very patient and a great doctor. I couldn't thank him enough.
The final step for me now is to do strict pt until 100% recovery.
My knee Roms were around 70% post op. But the right femur got abit swollen due to its huge misalignment fixed. Currently it's 50 degrees. My legs feel very light and flexible. While I m writing this I m tossing and turning on my bed. I m feeling sooooo great and happy.
Thanks alot to u guys for wishing and supporting for me.
Quote of the week: Things that don't kill you make you stronger.
Will post the xrays in a few days.

bluebarbie · « **Reply #135 on:** July 18, 2015, 12:29:05 PM »

Post op day. The loves of my life. Haha. My boyfriend and dr.Singh

alex · « **Reply #136 on:** July 18, 2015, 01:40:52 PM »

Quote from: bluebarbie on July 18, 2015, 12:22:54 PM

Helloooo! I m back. Today I was discharged from hospital. Everything went sooooo well and smooth. I didn't lose my height. I was left with 8cms even though my target was 7to7.5cms !!! Both femur alignments were totally fixed, too.
Is is like a miracle. Dreams do come true.
My doctor is an angel. He is a real expert, took great care of his patients, very kind and forgiving, very patient and a great doctor. I couldn't thank him enough.
The final step for me now is to do strict pt until 100% recovery.
My knee Roms were around 70% post op. But the right femur got abit swollen due to its huge misalignment fixed. Currently it's 50 degrees. My legs feel very light and flexible. While I m writing this I m tossing and turning on my bed. I m feeling sooooo great and happy.
Thanks alot to u guys for wishing and supporting for me.
Quote of the week: Things that don't kill you make you stronger.
Will post the xrays in a few days.

Welcome back bluebarbie, your next days to full recover will be so easy comparing what you passed.

Your knees were bending around 45 degrees before the removal of the external device, and now became 70 degrees ? removal made you gain 25 degrees in one day ?

If so, that's will be great news for me as well : ))

KrP1 · « **Reply #137 on:** July 18, 2015, 01:53:44 PM »

Im very happy for you!! You have been a true warrior and now you have your recompense. In no much time you will be enjoying it

bluebarbie · « **Reply #138 on:** July 20, 2015, 05:41:52 AM »

One is missing, the left hip area view which u can see in the first xray.
I have to be very careful with weight-bearing at the moment for about a month.

Medium Drink Of Water · « **Reply #139 on:** July 20, 2015, 05:50:19 AM »

Looking good on those x-rays! He seems to have fixed the misalignment quite well.

Congratulations, you're almost halfway done with LL.

bluebarbie · « **Reply #140 on:** July 20, 2015, 05:55:10 AM »

Thx KirP1. Yes I m enjoying my life and feeling very happy, satisfied with the results.
@Alex, yes I can see the Roms improving day by day. As soon as after frame removal , your legs just become so light and flexible. My left Rom has reached about 80' now. And no longer very stiff like before. Right is quite painful at the moment due to its swelling having its huge alignment fixed but still it's improving.

bluebarbie · « **Reply #141 on:** July 20, 2015, 05:58:19 AM »

Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on July 20, 2015, 05:50:19 AM

Looking good on those x-rays! He seems to have fixed the misalignment quite well.

Congratulations, you're almost halfway done with LL.

Yes, thanks Mdow. I m also quite proud of dr Singh. He has done a great work, fixing those huge alignments without even losing the gap and everything.

KiloKAHN · « **Reply #142 on:** July 22, 2015, 03:11:26 AM »

Congratulations, bluebarbie. It feels great to no longer have foreign objects sticking into your legs, doesn't it?

bluebarbie · « **Reply #143 on:** July 22, 2015, 01:06:33 PM »

Quote from: KiloKAHN on July 22, 2015, 03:11:26 AM

Congratulations, bluebarbie. It feels great to no longer have foreign objects sticking into your legs, doesn't it?

Yes it sure does. Life has changed to its better, more comfortable level. But still got lots of work to do before full recovery, isn't it?

alex · « **Reply #144 on:** July 22, 2015, 11:42:54 PM »

Hey

Any updated about your knees ? how much can you bend now ?

By the way, when will you can put all your weight on legs ?

MRbones · « **Reply #145 on:** July 23, 2015, 10:33:11 PM »

did you measure your bone gap after surgery?

please don't tell me you just took your doctors word for it. its better to check these things out. (when my doctor told me that I didn't loose length after a correction I did and I fixed it) always check yourself.

also I was a little shocked at your diary because your external devices looked like they were just slapped on without any surgical precision at all. I mean 1 was parallel to the bone the other was not. the reason I was shocked is because I thought when you pay 80,000 dollars you get like world class precision. not just a throw together job.

alex · « **Reply #146 on:** July 24, 2015, 12:51:30 AM »

Quote from: MRbones on July 23, 2015, 10:33:11 PM

did you measure your bone gap after surgery?

please don't tell me you just took your doctors word for it. its better to check these things out. (when my doctor told me that I didn't loose length after a correction I did and I fixed it) always check yourself.

also I was a little shocked at your diary because your external devices looked like they were just slapped on without any surgical precision at all. I mean 1 was parallel to the bone the other was not. the reason I was shocked is because I thought when you pay 80,000 dollars you get like world class precision. not just a throw together job.

Hey man, she already did her surgery successful, her external device did the work as well. (external devices looked like they were just slapped on without any surgical precision at all). if it was like that I don't think she was going to be able to do more than 8 cm and walk on the device.

MRbones · « **Reply #147 on:** July 24, 2015, 04:02:53 AM »

also successful surgery depends on how you look at it. she lengthened along the anatomical axis and not the mechanical axis. (correct me if im wrong bluebarbie)

8cm along the anatomical axis doesn't seem like a good idea to me. her knees will be closer together now.

bluebarbie · « **Reply #148 on:** July 24, 2015, 06:04:52 AM »

Quote from: MRbones on July 24, 2015, 04:02:53 AM

also successful surgery depends on how you look at it. she lengthened along the anatomical axis and not the mechanical axis. (correct me if im wrong bluebarbie)

8cm along the anatomical axis doesn't seem like a good idea to me. her knees will be closer together now.

Yes, my knees come in abit closer. I noticed it as soon as after nailing is done. But shouldn't be a problem, I think coz it happens with pure internals as well. And mine is very little that u can't even tell.
About my final gain of lenght, if u had finished my diary or my blog, I m sure you would clearly see how much that matters to me and how I struggled for precise gaining of my targeted length. The xray department in Singapore and my doctor believed I gained 8.8cms in the final xrays, it's not the the first time I had been having similar problem. But the final gain will come out in precise numbers calculated and calibrated on xray films next month. Most LLers are facing that problem too and I have aldy mentioned it before. I have discussed the matter over with my dr many times too. I strongly believe it will not be more then a millimeter different from the measurement I stated in my signature.
I know it is quite early to predict if mine is a successful LL or not yet it is about 75% done successfully without any complications.

MRbones · « **Reply #149 on:** July 24, 2015, 06:22:58 AM »

well, congratulations on the height blue barbie. your quality of life should be amazing compared to before now that you have completed your LL journey.

I was just raising some of these issues just to make you aware of what I saw just in case you need to do further research on the issues. in truth some small anatomical changes should not be an issue as long as your walking is not affected.

and if it is affected leading to knock knee type gait it takes 7 years for mechanical bone remodeling in which it will naturally fix itself. so either way you should be fine.

I look forward to your future x rays and your walking recovery.

and yes you are correct many internals do only offer anatomical lengthening options.

again congratulations for all the hard work. and good luck on your recovery

bluebarbie · « **Reply #150 on:** July 24, 2015, 06:25:37 AM »

Quote from: alex on July 22, 2015, 11:42:54 PM

Hey

Any updated about your knees ? how much can you bend now ?

By the way, when will you can put all your weight on legs ?

Umm, the Roms are still about the same as I mentioned before Alex. Swelling is gone ony right leg but 2/10 pain is still there. My doctor told me to go gentle ony legs until his next visit in around 20 days. Full weight-bearing depends on my bone regeneration. But my doctor opinion is it will be around 3 months from now. I will push my knees for gaining more Roms after 2weeks post operation when all the bruisings, pain and wounds have healed well.

bluebarbie · « **Reply #151 on:** August 16, 2015, 06:44:17 AM »

Had my xrays taken and appointment with my doctor yesterday. Fine results.
Dr. Singh said I can start doing hydrotherapy and go on with my daily knee bending and muscle strengthening exercises.
Today is one month anniversary of my nail exchange. I m doing great and very motivated to return to normal life. I spend nearly 6 hours daily mainly on knee bending exercise and for muscle stretching and strengthening. Yet, Roms of my knees seems very slow in progress to me. Progress can be seen..., like ranges between long achieved Roms became flexible, strengthened and more mobile over time. It is the increase in new range that seems to be very VERY slow to achieve, maybe like 5 to 7 degrees since last update. I have made up my mind to achieve 90' in the next 15 days.

KiloKAHN · « **Reply #152 on:** August 16, 2015, 10:29:59 PM »

Quote from: bluebarbie on August 16, 2015, 06:44:17 AM

Had my xrays taken and appointment with my doctor yesterday. Fine results.
Dr. Singh said I can start doing hydrotherapy and go on with my daily knee bending and muscle strengthening exercises.
Today is one month anniversary of my nail exchange. I m doing great and very motivated to return to normal life. I spend nearly 6 hours daily mainly on knee bending exercise and for muscle stretching and strengthening. Yet, Roms of my knees seems very slow in progress to me. Progress can be seen..., like ranges between long achieved Roms became flexible, strengthened and more mobile over time. It is the increase in new range that seems to be very VERY slow to achieve, maybe like 5 to 7 degrees since last update. I have made up my mind to achieve 90' in the next 15 days.

Restoring ROM after doing external femurs is a long and difficult process from what I've been told. But your advantage is that you have the correct attitude and dedication in your physical therapy. Keep at it. Wish you all the best in your recovery.

bluebarbie · « **Reply #153 on:** August 30, 2015, 06:05:25 PM »

Okay, today is one and a half months post my nail exchange surgery. And surprisingly there is something new to update about..guess what??? I started driving again today. .My legs are recovering fast and i can find them getting stronger each day.
I made up my mind two weeks ago that by today i have to gain 90 degrees of rom. .i juz felt alil bad that i couldnt make it. I was wrong about my previous roms to start with. You can compare the two pics..one was taken today and the less range one was 20 days ago. Sorry for the low quality pic, something went wrong with my sony that i bought samsung s6 in the next one. By calculating with the time and the ranges gained, I guess it would take me another two weeks to fully attain 90 degrees.
You could see the scars are pretty bad though..i have been using centellase ointment along with silicone pads and yesterday i got them injected with some steroids. I will get to them for removal after i regain my roms.

bluebarbie · « **Reply #154 on:** August 30, 2015, 06:13:21 PM »

picture of my first driving after 8 months. I used the car which is abit old coz i was scared as well as excited with my new elongated legs.

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