8 Month Post Op.

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Hey Precise2.2,

I'm glad to see that you've been recovering well. I'm in a very similar position as you,(~5'7 looking to get 5-6cm - doing the Precise Max at the Paley Institute in Q4). My primary concerns are athleticism and proportions, unsurprisingly. Some questions I have for you are:

(1) Your proportions look great in the videos you uploaded, but I'm wondering how you feel about them?

(2) I've read on other posts that people feel like a full recovery of athleticism is feasible within the ~5cm range. How do you feel you're trending with respect to your pre-op athleticism?

(3) Can you provide any insights to how it's affected you psychologically? Do you feel more confident, more attractive, less height aware, etc.? Was it worth it?

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To answer your questions,

I feel great about my proportions, my wingspan is between 69.5-70 inches, my body looks extremely normal. I like to wear shorts with no shirt in the summer and nothing looks off, or concerned that my tibia look shorter. Since my ratio was .829 almost .83, my femurs were slightly shorter.

I feel femur lengthening is like a graph with a line that rises, it gets to a high point when you reach a good proportion, where I feel it helped my athleticism. I feel if I would’ve kept going the line would have come down, to each their own, it’s my opinion and experience. I know some are going to hate on my opinion regardless.

I feel my longer femurs helped me run  faster, I just got to build the stamina now.

Remain active, even when you are in the distractions phase. Just be careful if don’t have the full weight bearing nail. I was doing supported treadmill walks during distraction phase, not everyday but at least three times a week.

To me personally, prior to surgery I didn’t have a huge physiological issue, but there was times where I did think to myself. I’d be nice if I was the height I am when I wore boots which was 1.5 inches. I didn’t have a huge issue with the ladies but I do get more looks my way. My height awareness is definitely not an issue anymore and it was totally worth it to me. I had the financial blessing to be able to get this done without loosing income. Would I do it again? Never lol.

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Why never?

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I think you are very cool. I want to achieve the same things as you.

If possible, could you please share a full body photo of yourself?

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Why never, because another surgery on Tibia would probably be more painful, very happy the new height and feel balanced. I wouldn't want to risk losing the mobility I achieved. It's expensive and lastly my days felt long since I'm used to being active. Do I regret getting the surgery and where I stopped, no.

I can post some pictures later, or I'll just do a video.

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Can you share a photo of you wearing long pants?

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Hey brother, thanks for sharing some of your journey with us. I’m about 5’7.3/4” and came into some money a couple of years ago, also have short femurs, so I’m considering this.

How long was it until you could walk without crutches?

How painful did you find the entire process?

Did you have to get any bands released?

Do you feel where you went is the best option, or had you also considered others such as Paley?

Thanks man!  Would love to see some pics! I think a conservative (2”) approach is probably the safest/best bet when it comes to leg lengthening, so we’re in a sweet spot at our natural height of 5’7”/5’8” to get the biggest jump in terms of height percentile.

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I was clear to walk without crutches three months and five days after surgery, I did have very fast bone regeneration though.

The process is painful the first 2-4 weeks but manageable, if there's a medicine to stick to at nights so you can sleep, do the muscle relaxers. I didn't realize how much of a difference they made when I went back to using them week 3 to sleep more than 2-3 hours. Stay proactive in your stretching and putting light weight on you bones even in distraction phase.

IT bands were released during surgery.

Dr. Debi in Vegas i feel was a solid option for me and was closer since I'm in Cali.

Haven't had time but I'll post something soon.

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If the nail is not weight bearing how much time did it take from the end of lengthening process and walking freely unassisted. I know you've mentioned that  "I was clear to walk without crutches three months and five days after surgery," I am looking for time i need to reserve for that period and combine with my remote work (first weeks I will not be working)

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It varies, if I would’ve been able to sleep long periods I would’ve done remote the first month after surgery. Go based on how good of sleep you can get. You can fit an 8 hour schedule during consolidation by stretching before work, during a lunch break and after you’re done with work. In my situation, I took a deskjob before walking around at work at 4 month post op.

If you’re talking about walking freely but still limping a little I was able to do it at 3.5 months. Or roughly 105+ days after surgery. Took my body I few days to get used to walking without the crutches.