Bilateral Femur Lengthening with Dr. Paley 2015 (Q&A, not Journal)

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What is best and worst aspect about doing lengthening with Paley you think?

I am planning to do with him early next year.

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Quote from: Deepak Chopra on August 08, 2015, 01:19:42 AMWhat is best and worst aspect about doing lengthening with Paley you think?

I am planning to do with him early next year.

The best aspect about Paley is Paley himself! The worst is price.

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Congrats on taking the journey MB.

You mentioned that you'll be on crutches, that's great being within 1 month.  Do you mind sharing your height and weight?  I wonder what the weight cut off is, if any (and i'm sure it's also based on how you're healing) before Paley allows you on crutches.

By the way, we are all reading and following along, just not posting as much :p

Best,
SuperUserCJ

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Quote from: superusercj1 on August 09, 2015, 02:16:38 PMCongrats on taking the journey MB.

You mentioned that you'll be on crutches, that's great being within 1 month.  Do you mind sharing your height and weight?  I wonder what the weight cut off is, if any (and i'm sure it's also based on how you're healing) before Paley allows you on crutches.

By the way, we are all reading and following along, just not posting as much :p

Best,
SuperUserCJ

At home I consistently measured as 5'3.75" or 162cm. Here I consistently measured as 5'3.5". or 161cm. I'll just compromise and say 161.5cm. I weighed about 143 pounds going into surgery. I'm about 19 days post-op so around 163.5cm/5'4.5"-ish. I weigh about 130 pounds (yeah, I haven't been eating much). The x-rays have confirmed my new height but I don't really feel any different... hopefully this changes once I start to reach 5'6" and above.

And it's the physical therapists who decide when I can go on crutches, not Paley. I've only seen Paley twice: during my consultation and in the hospital the day after my surgery. He was out of the country for my 2-week checkup so I met with the PA. But each rod can bear 75 pounds, so I don't think they encourage walker/crutches if you weigh over 150.

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How's it's going mb? Congrats on starting your LL journey (and having a   ton of $ to afford Paley lol) got a few questions, does your family know your undergoing LL? are you staying at a hotel while you're recovering from the LL procedure? What are your total costs for LL could you do a costs breakdown? Thanks mb, I'm looking into/researching LL right now so I'm trying to collect as much data on LL as I can.

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Quote from: femoral_indecency on August 09, 2015, 04:26:51 PMHow's it's going mb? Congrats on starting your LL journey (and having a crap ton of $ to afford Paley lol) got a few questions, does your family know your undergoing LL? are you staying at a hotel while you're recovering from the LL procedure? What are your total costs for LL could you do a costs breakdown? Thanks mb, I'm looking into/researching LL right now so I'm trying to collect as much data on LL as I can.
My parents are paying for it (so yes they know) so I don't know the full cost breakdown. I'm guessing the whole thing is about $100k. Costs less than Rozbruch but more than Guichet

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Mb53 quick question. Have you spoken to anyone that has had LL in the past? Just wondering what long term effects? Will you return to at least 80% of what you were.  Is there anything that could emerge health wise with regards to your legs ?  What does paley say? Does he invite you to talk to previous LL's?
Any in for would be great . thanks

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Update: Today I'll reach 4cm, meaning I'm officially at the halfway point. My IT bands and hamstrings are pretty tight, but other than that I'm in great shape. It's supposed to get harder from here on out, but I'm confident I'll be able to lengthen 8cm. So far, I have no regrets.

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Congratulations mb53.

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I don't mean to rush or anything, considering you've been in and about the other thread here, but how are things going for ya thus far?