Precise 2.2 with Dr Debiparshad — June 2021

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Quote from: Thorfinnn on July 21, 2021, 06:45:23 AMAlmost 5’11 nice getting closer to that 6’0 mark congrats.

Thanks!    I already feel much taller!

Quote from: L8GrowthSpurt on July 21, 2021, 05:04:35 AMCongrats, HobbitMan on all the progress; I appreciate all the progress notes and tips in your journal, which has been very helpful. I hope to follow in you’re (taller) footsteps and maybe take the plunge with precice 2.2 in the future since stryde def ain’t gonna be back for awhile. Keep up the good work and stay strong! 💪

Best of luck and glad this is helping!  I really wouldn’t count on Stryde returning in a reasonable time frame.  Precise 2.2 isn’t fun but it’s not hell on earth like some make it out to be.

Quote from: JimmyJW on July 21, 2021, 04:46:09 PMThank you for sharing. I too have had a similar experience with lifts. I found myself becoming a prisoner to them. I don't feel comfortable walking bare feet with the exception of a handful of people.

Eventually I cut toxic friends from my life, anyone who excessively mentioned my height was gone.

Best of luck.

I’m sorry you also suffered this.  Yeah, lifts are addictive and crippling.  I wish I had never used them but they were an invaluable test run for lengthening.

Quote from: GodsGrace on July 21, 2021, 08:01:13 PMHey Hobbitman,

Hope you are doing well. Congratz on your progress so far. The information you share here is very invaluable. I have also decided to proceed with Precise 2 and my initial consultation is scheduled with Dr.Paley on August 3rd and 4th. I am planning to start my journey by November of this year. I will be following your diary very closely.

I have waited for 7 years to save up the money and it's very unfortunate that the STRYDE is out of the market now so I decided to proceed with Precise 2.

I also consulted with Paley and the only reasons I didn’t go with him were cost and the fact he requires you to stay in West Palm Beach for entire duration of lengthening.  If those are not an issue he’s extremely good.  You will be very impressed with his facility, he really has wonderful staff too.  I assume you’ve talked to Sylwia?  I believe she is his main concierge for scheduling.  She gave me a tour and she and the other staff members I talked to were fantastic.  Again, down to cost and location.

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Hobbitman, are you going to get a second surgery after your done recovering from your first?

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Hobbitman, are you going to get a second surgery after your done recovering from your first?

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Quote from: Thorfinnn on July 21, 2021, 10:37:31 PMHobbitman, are you going to get a second surgery after your done recovering from your first?

This is a great question.  I originally had a goal of 188cm back when I was naive.  I will not ever entertain the idea of another 5cm on my tibias though.

I don’t know, there’s a chance I would consider 3cm tibias in the future if I reach 8cm successfully now and want another boost and to fix biomechanics.  I’m at almost 4cm right now and the journey hasn’t been horrible so far.  3cm tibias would probably be a big waste of money unless I get another promotion and have money to spare.

I’m open to the idea.  But I already feel tallish at +4cm and at +8cm I doubt I will ever want to go under the knife again.  I’ll have a 184ish day height.  That’s above average everywhere except the Netherlands and I don’t think I’ll ever live there anyways.  And if I did I wouldn’t be short there.  Anywhere else I go I’ll be firmly above average to tall.  An extra 3cm would be a waste of a good 80+k USD.

Long answer but there’s no short answer.  If in a year I have the money and the desire I will consider it.  I don’t suspect I will do it though.

Ideally I want to get to 8cm, buy new clothes, and call it a day. 

EDIT: for fun I measured myself out of bed this morning.  I was a few millimeters shy of 5’11”. I was a hair under 180cm. This lines up the fact I’m almost at 4cm now.  My final morning height will probably be a bit over 184, if not 184.5.

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Quote from: Thorfinnn on July 21, 2021, 10:37:31 PMHobbitman, are you going to get a second surgery after your done recovering from your first?

This is a great question.  I originally had a goal of 188cm back when I was naive.  I will not ever entertain the idea of another 5cm on my tibias though.

I don’t know, there’s a chance I would consider 3cm tibias in the future if I reach 8cm successfully now and want another boost and to fix biomechanics.  I’m at almost 4cm right now and the journey hasn’t been horrible so far.  3cm tibias would probably be a big waste of money unless I get another promotion and have money to spare.

I’m open to the idea.  But I already feel tallish at +4cm and at +8cm I doubt I will ever want to go under the knife again.  I’ll have a 184ish day height.  That’s above average everywhere except the Netherlands and I don’t think I’ll ever live there anyways.  And if I did I wouldn’t be short there.  Anywhere else I go I’ll be firmly above average to tall.  An extra 3cm would be a waste of a good 80+k USD.

Long answer but there’s no short answer.  If in a year I have the money and the desire I will consider it.  I don’t suspect I will do it though.

Ideally I want to get to 8cm, buy new clothes, and call it a day. 

EDIT: for fun I measured myself out of bed this morning.  I was a few millimeters shy of 5’11”. I was a hair under 180cm. This lines up the fact I’m almost at 4cm now.  My final morning height will probably be a bit over 184, if not 184.5.

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Yes, Sylwia is the one. I relocated to WPB already a couple of weeks ago only for this purpose.  Fortunately, I am still able to work remotely. However, once my journey starts I am planning to take 4 months off from my work and find a new job once my lengthening phase is over. That's my plan for now. Let's see how it goes when the time comes.

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Quote from: GodsGrace on July 23, 2021, 02:36:05 AMYes, Sylwia is the one. I relocated to WPB already a couple of weeks ago only for this purpose.  Fortunately, I am still able to work remotely. However, once my journey starts I am planning to take 4 months off from my work and find a new job once my lengthening phase is over. That's my plan for now. Let's see how it goes when the time comes.

I think taking 4 months off is a good idea.  I’m stuck working now but I probably should have used time away from work to just focus on lengthening.  It’s very possible to work while lengthening but it won’t be your best work.  Oh well only 4.2cm left to go and hence less than 6 weeks of work I have to do while lengthening

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Hey HobbitMan! How goes it? You crack 5’11” yet? Just curious how the sense of time is when you’re actually lengthening and rehabbing. Thoughts on that? I’m trying to prepare for the whole thing and I’m sure it seems entirely slow when you’re actually the one doing it. Also how are you getting around with the walker? Can you get around ok? Drive and get yourself to and from PT? With work I’ve always thought it’d be something to distract me from rather than just the grind of recovery (pun intended), but am definitely not planning on absolutely having to work all the time as if it were normal. Would you do even more rehab if you weren’t working? Just curious. Hope you’re still crushing it 💪👍

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Quote from: L8GrowthSpurt on July 27, 2021, 12:20:56 AMHey HobbitMan! How goes it? You crack 5’11” yet? Just curious how the sense of time is when you’re actually lengthening and rehabbing. Thoughts on that? I’m trying to prepare for the whole thing and I’m sure it seems entirely slow when you’re actually the one doing it. Also how are you getting around with the walker? Can you get around ok? Drive and get yourself to and from PT? With work I’ve always thought it’d be something to distract me from rather than just the grind of recovery (pun intended), but am definitely not planning on absolutely having to work all the time as if it were normal. Would you do even more rehab if you weren’t working? Just curious. Hope you’re still crushing it 💪👍

Hey!  I do crack 5’11 morning height (I am 43mm into lengthening and had a morning height a bit over 176 — so now it’s 180.5cm morning) and I’m nearly 5’11 day height, over 179cm.  By end of week I’ll be a consistent, weak 5’11.

Time moves fairly quickly.  I’m more than halfway done and surgery feels like it was weeks ago, not more than a month ago.  Next 5 weeks should go by even quicker.

I’d definitely do more rehab if I weren’t working but instead I might work part time for a little while starting in a week or two and try that out.  I can move very easily in the walker and driving is easy in short distances.  Not a fan of filling up my car with gas though.  Not nearly as easy.

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Quote from: HobbitMan on July 27, 2021, 03:07:54 PM I can move very easily in the walker

Hey HobbitMan! Amazing diary and it's great to see you're almost at the end! How do you move the walker around while partially weight bearing? Aren't worried about risk of nail breakage?