We know that sleep deprivation increases mortality risk, and pretty much every LL patient reports terrible sleep for a few months after the surgery. How much those few months matter in the overall lifespan, we don't know.
Tip: use a latex foam mattress for much better sleep.
Quote from: myloginacc on June 15, 2018, 01:59:09 PMI know. However, he even returned for a last vault jump after the successful treatment by Dr. Ilizarov. That was after 20 unsuccessful operations. Of course, his distraction osteogenesis treatment also wasn't cosmetic.
He died much later after all that (i.e. accident and surgeries) happened, but it was at the age of only 60. Very unusual for an Olympic medalist. Too bad this is horrible anecdotal evidence, a sample size of one, and English-language websites don't specify what he was suffering from before his death.
Either way, I think the subject of this thread is a very pertinent question for current medical science - the practice of DO is not going away soon.
Is there any difference between the distraction osteogenesis in his case and the one we have in modern CLL nowadays? If his wasn't cosmetic, then it's more about corrections and his soft tissues and blood vessels didn't get stretched.
Quote from: 419 on June 15, 2018, 04:30:58 PMDid you know - exposure to sun can give you skin cancer, using plastic can, eating bread that is partially burned can, wearing polyester clothes can, wearing rubber shoes can and we can go on. You are imagining/overthinking and trying to make something out of nothing - I recommend watch a movie and prepare for LL, idle mind is Devil's workshop.
Yeah I heard about that, but we can choose not to sunbathe, use plastic can, etc. I'm preparing for LL regardless, but just wondering about such possibility.
Quote from: OverrideYourGenetics on June 15, 2018, 08:00:30 PMWe know that sleep deprivation increases mortality risk, and pretty much every LL patient reports terrible sleep for a few months after the surgery. How much those few months matter in the overall lifespan, we don't know.
Tip: use a latex foam mattress for much better sleep.
The sleep deprivation is the last thing that I am concerned about as I've been sleep deprived my whole life. But more about the side effects from the surgery itself.
Quote from: Bruce Wayne on June 16, 2018, 05:44:17 PMIs there any difference between the distraction osteogenesis in his case and the one we have in modern CLL nowadays? If his wasn't cosmetic, then it's more about corrections and his soft tissues and blood vessels didn't get stretched.
He broke one of his legs in a motorcycle accident.
Specifically:
Quote Brumel broke his tibia in a motorcycle accident and had 20 unsuccessful operations over a three-year period to try to repair his non-union. Ilizarov used distraction osteogenesis to heal the non-union and 3.5 cm (1.4 in) leg length discrepancy.
The main thing I was getting at is that his amount was much lower than most people get on this forum, plus the fact he never increased his height this way. His tibial DO and the ones done here are different beasts.
Just imagine how much of a mess his tibia was after that accident, though. Twenty operations and a 3.5cm non-union gap still unsuccessfully treated. His soft tissues probably didn't get stretched the conventional way with LL, but I'm sure the treatment of that was quite messy for his leg, one way or another.
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