How much would you lengthen ?

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Hi , I'm 23yo and 5'9 .
I recently measured my bones and my femur is 42cm and tibia 37cm (roughly cause I can't swear they are 10/10 accurate but at least close to it) .

I plan to lengthen between 5.5 to 6 cm on my femurs with internal nails (hopefully with stryde in 2023) .

What are your thoughts on that ?

Any former patient with similar stats ? How is your recovery?

I'm intrested in hearing some opinions regarding my LL plan from either former and (actuall) perspective patients .

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The consensus is that 5.5-6cm on femurs is completely doable.

I'm getting my femur surgery with the Precice nails this June, and am planning to max out the nail at 8cm. A year later I'm getting my tibias done, hopefully to get 6-8cm there. The latter will likely be more difficult.

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Quote from: five_six on January 30, 2022, 08:29:31 PMThe consensus is that 5.5-6cm on femurs is completely doable.

I'm getting my femur surgery with the Precice nails this June, and am planning to max out the nail at 8cm. A year later I'm getting my tibias done, hopefully to get 6-8cm there. The latter will likely be more difficult.

What doctor you planning to with ?
N why not just 8 femur and call it a day ?
5'9 is a good height ; if you have it you might want more or you might be fine , but from 5'6 , I think it's a big jump and a good height  unless you are from sweden or countries with tall avarage heights .

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Quote from: Masteryourlife on January 30, 2022, 08:49:34 PMWhat doctor you planning to with ?
N why not just 8 femur and call it a day ?
5'9 is a good height ; if you have it you might want more or you might be fine , but from 5'6 , I think it's a big jump and a good height  unless you are from sweden or countries with tall avarage heights .

It's in the US, I'll let people know the doctor when I start my diary for personal reasons.

My goal is to hit 6ft. My logic is that I would rather just accept and embrace being short instead of going to an entire surgery process to be "average." I want to be above average if I even consider the surgery, which is why I'm doing two operations.

Also, you're 5'9 lol, idk what you're saying bro

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Quote from: Masteryourlife on January 30, 2022, 08:16:43 PMHi , I'm 23yo and 5'9 .
I recently measured my bones and my femur is 42cm and tibia 37cm (roughly cause I can't swear they are 10/10 accurate but at least close to it) .

I plan to lengthen between 5.5 to 6 cm on my femurs with internal nails (hopefully with stryde in 2023) .

What are your thoughts on that ?

Any former patient with similar stats ? How is your recovery?

I'm intrested in hearing some opinions regarding my LL plan from either former and (actuall) perspective patients .

The consensus is that you should lengthen no more than 20% of your initial limb length--or 15% if you want to be ultra safe and recover quickly.

So, for you, this is 8.4 cm on your femurs and 7.4 cm on your tibias. Or, if you want to lengthen only 15%, then this is 6.3 cm on your femurs and 5.6 cm on your tibias.

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Quote from: five_six on January 30, 2022, 09:20:30 PMIt's in the US, I'll let people know the doctor when I start my diary for personal reasons.

My goal is to hit 6ft. My logic is that I would rather just accept and embrace being short instead of going to an entire surgery process to be "average." I want to be above average if I even consider the surgery, which is why I'm doing two operations.

Also, you're 5'9 lol, idk what you're saying bro

I have my reasons but I always stated that with my look , height has never been an issue with anything .
My job was different from the ones that a normal person would do and the people I met also had different logics so that helped me develope dysphoria at 5'9 .
Not necessarily you will be happy at 5'9 but I was just saying that it is worth considering stopping because mine it's a very personal story/perspective affected by my job and some people around me , which again ,are not common in ppl seeking LL (for what've seen so far) .
I was just saying tho , my opinion will not be your reality regardless but was just a pov worth of thinking on ig.

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I think we're more similar than you would think. I'm not the average CLL patient either: I'm still in high school surrounded by 5'11-6 peers all around me. I'm not doing this just because I'm shorter than average. I would still want to do this even if I was 5'9 (which is why I'm getting two surgeries). Still, regardless of someone's circumstances, including yours and mine, height dysphoria can justify trying to become taller than average (6' and above).

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Quote from: five_six on January 30, 2022, 11:04:21 PMI think we're more similar than you would think. I'm not the average CLL patient either: I'm still in high school surrounded by 5'11-6 peers all around me. I'm not doing this just because I'm shorter than average. I would still want to do this even if I was 5'9 (which is why I'm getting two surgeries). Still, regardless of someone's circumstances, including yours and mine, height dysphoria can justify trying to become taller than average (6' and above).

I'm specifically doing it to try and be tall.

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Yes of course even just the desire of being taller then avarage or simply tall can justify this surgery if that desire it's big enough and there is enough knowledge of the process/possible complications.

Looking forward to follow your diary @five_six since you are the one who will undergo this surgery first .

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Quote from: ReadRothbard on January 30, 2022, 10:00:31 PMThe consensus is that you should lengthen no more than 20% of your initial limb length--or 15% if you want to be ultra safe and recover quickly.

So, for you, this is 8.4 cm on your femurs and 7.4 cm on your tibias. Or, if you want to lengthen only 15%, then this is 6.3 cm on your femurs and 5.6 cm on your tibias.

Thank you! This forum needs to reincorporate percentages over flat numbers. If someone is very short their lengthening might be 2cm less than their taller counterparts equivalent length when going off of percentage of original bone length.