Hey guys,
It's been a while since I've been here. I did 7.5 cm femur lengthening with Dr Paley back in 2020. I was 5'4 so I'm now 5'7. I always knew doing just 1 surgery wouldn't be enough for me, given my starting height but I wanted to do the first surgery first to see how I feel. After 4 years, I can confirm that my height dysphoria hasn't gone at all. I'm still the shorter guy in most places that I go. I'm thinking I might have to do the tibia surgery as well but I'm not sure because of how much this will cost. And not mentioning the risks in doing this surgery. If ever I decide to do it, I'll only be considering doctors in the US. I wanted to ask if anyone here has read diaries about people doing both the femur and tibia surgery, in case doing 7.5 (femur) + 5 (tibia) cm would be too much. I really thought I was done with this but here I am
I can run. I tried playing soccer last year for the first time. I was able to play decently although not like before. My legs got tired quite fast though. The only problem I had after playing soccer that day was once I got back home, my legs were hurting a lot. Like not muscle pain but bone pain. I didn't receive any tackle/challenges while playing. The pain lasted about 2 days. I've kept practicing playing soccer on my own but have yet to play another game since last time scared me a bit.
Damn didn't know tibia could take as long as a year to be able to walk normally. That would be really hard for me to do. If I do tibia, I was thinking of internal nail so stryde.
That's so true. After having done the femur, it's really hard for me to have the same enthusiasm as I had before my first surgery even if I had no complications. How are you doing after having done both? How much worse was the tibia? Also how much did you do in femur and tibia?
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