I guess our legs could count as deformed? they point the wrong direction and they're different lengths (not too visible when we stand but, if you look closely, you can tell our right knee is higher than the other, or if we're sitting down it's easy to see that our left foot touches the floor more than the other). And I remember when we were younger our mom would point out everything visibly "different" about our legs, it felt dehumanizing as hell because it was like we were some kinda circus attraction :/
This is deformimisia.
Sounds like you might have genu valgum or genu varum and significant LLD (leg length discrepancy.)
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While many infants are born with bow legs, the condition typically resolves on its own by age two or three. However, in some cases, the condition may persist and require medical attention, as it can cause knee pain, loss of balance, and loss of flexibility.
Often Babies are born with bow legs due to the cramped quarters they were in while in the uterus (womb).
Bow legs means the knees curve outward, leaving a wide space. Bow leg is a condition that toddlers normally grow out of by age 2. If it continues beyond age 2, a doctor consultation is a must.
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Went to see an orthopaedic doctor today. I think this early doctor’s appointment is what I need to jolt my sleeping pattern back to normalcy. Or maybe not. Anyway, while it would seem as though my tibia is the problem, xrays and MRIs indicate that it’s actually my femur that’s the trouble maker. The orthopaedic surgeon will continue to figure something out for me, I’ll see him again in 3 months, and I’ve been put on a waiting list for surgery. Too bad I’ll be on this waiting list for a year, minimum.
If things were more ideal, I’d be able to have the surgery ASAP since my plan was to switch over to the HIM degree next year. Since first and second year health sciences and HIM at LTU all share a number of units, the plan was to drop the 2 useless public health units and just complete the unit public health and HIM have in common for year 2 semester 2 (AHR), as well as the HIM unit I ideally should’ve completed in first year, meaning I’d be a part-time student doing just 2 units in semester 2 for 2016. And, perhaps through distance education or special consideration, I’d be able to manage the 2 units around my surgery. That is, in a hypothetical, more ideal world. Sadly, this is not that world though since I’m confident my marks for the subjects I’ve completed will be sufficient to enable my transfer to HIM next year, I will most likely be dropping the 2 public health units. Because fuck paying another 2k+ for useless subjects. And if in the real world things were more ideal, I could get a job?
This whole surgery/leg situation always depresses me when I think about it. I let it sit in the recesses of my mind and then bam, I’m set off by someone glancing at my lower body. I see my reflection. I try on clothes that don’t hide the deformity. Personal trainers at the gym comment on my awkward, almost scoliosis-esque posture. I subconsciously stand and walk in a way where most of my weight is distributed to the right side of my body, which of course makes me look a bit lopsided but my left leg feels so much weaker and when I try to stand in a more centred way, not only do I feel less steady, but my deformity is markedly more visible. Hell, even my doctor today commented that the deformity looked worse in person than in the xray.
I don’t want to get all emotional because a solution is being developed but I feel like this has affected my life more than most could possibly understand. I feel like I’m so much shyer because of it. I’ve spent so many summers wrapped up indoors because I can’t stand wearing summer appropriate clothing and being seen. I’ve probably even avoided having a proper love life because I’m just so insecure about it, and potential partners see it and are turned off. And probably the most infuriating aspect of this is that it’s fixable. I’ve had years to get this fixed since this problem was identified when I was a child but my family have pathetic levels of health literacy and I know I really go in on them about this, but their argument has always been that they were afraid that surgery would hurt me. Yeah, like years of constantly feeling self conscious, depressed and holding myself back doesn’t hurt so much more.
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