Starting second LL(femurs) with Dr Buldu

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mine is gen1 erc- the grey one without a magnet detection.

no difficulties with flight. they dint even ask for letter lol.

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xrays at 1.7cm
http://imgur.com/a/aL6Cl4V

I am close to preconsolidating, so dr halil and the team arranged a video call to reset my erc. I would lengthen 2mm for the next 7 days and 1.5mm thereafter. I was at 1mm till now.

My knee bending is full and bone growth is decent. Only thing is annoying long lasting pain.

knee bending video.
http://imgur.com/a/5E1E19R


funny thing is i sit the whole day(at work, wfh although) and excercise some days for 5 mins. I would start excercising more religiously now that my speed is going up.

I would definitely say lack of muscles make lengthening easy. obviously you need upper body strength, just no muscles on the thighs.

Also the team livelifetaller is really patient dedicated. I was with pili before and also have had minor operations in india(at the top hospital where the docs share their number too). But the responsiveness by Dr halil and his team is something i havent seen before. They reply even late night, crazy! To those who'd say i am sold, I am..but they are not paying me money, they are giving me amazing service lol.

It was almost midnight at their time, yet they helped me reset the device and we were on video call for the entire .66 mm lengthening which itself was 10 mins..they were on a call with me for that long😭😭

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Keep us updated my friend

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today is the worst of my lengthening pains(not top intense..but just constant stretching pain). specially on the left leg.

have decided i ll give myself a break(listening to my body) atleast on the left leg- since it had no problem with union. would just lengthen the right leg for a while.

also i found out my right leg's magnet mark was a bit off from where the magnet actually is. perhaps the reason why my right was close to union..also it was almost 2mm short relatively.

cant wait for next xrays and finally slow my lengthening speed.

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Good decision man, there is never any rush, stretching pains are very annoying and stop from any decent physiotherapy (or at least make it very painful) so the break you are giving yourself is a great start.

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Hey man, good luck on your journey! You’re doing great, just keep pushing through.
So far do you find walking easier with tibia than femur? I was going to do femur but from what I’ve seen it also effects your hips and can give you flat glutes so tibia might be better for me even though it’s a longer recovery overall

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Quote from: mslunhil on March 26, 2021, 04:50:34 PMHey man, good luck on your journey! You’re doing great, just keep pushing through.
So far do you find walking easier with tibia than femur? I was going to do femur but from what I’ve seen it also effects your hips and can give you flat glutes so tibia might be better for me even though it’s a longer recovery overall
I can walk well on both hef and precise 2. I am 58kg, so doesnt really matter.

But yes, if walking long(> 25 mins) is consodered, tibias were much more easier. It hurts the groin, knee oestetomy site, even calves after walking long on femurs.

if you do have patience, go for external with tibias. A lot less painless. The constant pain you'd have is pinsite/superficial unlike here where its almost constant soft tissye pain(atleast at my current speed)

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Thanks for replying! Did you get any flat glutes or tightness in your hips/butt when you did tibias either?

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Quote from: mslunhil on March 26, 2021, 07:32:50 PMThanks for replying! Did you get any flat glutes or tightness in your hips/butt when you did tibias either?
I vaguely remember all the details. But I dont recall pain above the knee when i did my tibias. Perhaps refer my diary too, but mostly any pain was down the knee.

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How is it going ? how many cms did you already lengthen ? And how is the pain level ! And congrats on the height gain

I am 1m79 and considering to get the ll to reach 1m85 because all of my cousins are 1m90- 2meters
I wanted to do femurs but you said that they hurt alot more than tibias ! But from your first picture the scares looked pretty bad but they were fresh right ? are the scars looking better now ?