Android's Cross Lengthening with Dr. Solomin & Dr. Kulesh (2018)

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Quote from: 7231 on July 07, 2018, 02:54:36 PM"Actually, maybe they'll replace it if I break it..."

 - haha, that's what I call a smart guy, break it dude - for convenience of future LLers and yourself

"Epidural catheter in my back"

- I thought they put one in your johnson as well,right? that's for pissing right? what is this 'back' catheter for? by 'back' do you mean the hole where the sun does not shine?

Is it necessary to have epidural catheter, can't we have a general anaesthesia given?

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Happy to hear from you Android!

Is it possible for you to get sleeping pills since sleep is really important to recover...and if you just take it for the first 2-3 weeks I'm sure you won't get addicted to it. I took strong sleeping pills whenever I was in a hospital.

The itching, do you think it's an allergic reaction, since you mentioned antihistamines?

What helps against the inflammation of your foot?

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Hate hate hate feeling itchy on my feet especially the sole or the palm of my hand and neck pains. Praying for you Android.

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How much have you spoken to the docs about scar tissue inhibiting your ROM with external femur lengthening, of at all? If so. how do they respond to you as far as dealing with ex femur complications?

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Thanks Android. Do you care about too many scars on both tibia and femur with externals ? or do you believe that scar removing surgery can fade those to insignificance? did you discuss the scar topic with Kulesh and SOlomin? thanks a lot.

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Now this is the most interesting diary I've seen in a while. Cross-lengthening, relatively low-cost, and external femur. I too am planning on doing both segments, but I thought external femoral lengthening was hell on Earth that should be avoided at all cost.

Do you know your wingspan? What will you do if you manage all 13cm and see that your arms don't fall as low as you want them to go? Iamready did ~12cm if I recall and he ended up doing arm lengthening, though I don't know how low his wingspan was.

Best of luck, and hopefully you'll keep updating and not disappear like some others.

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Quote from: Sheep God on July 13, 2018, 12:10:28 PMNow this is the most interesting diary I've seen in a while. Cross-lengthening, relatively low-cost, and external femur. I too am planning on doing both segments, but I thought external femoral lengthening was hell on Earth that should be avoided at all cost.

Do you know your wingspan? What will you do if you manage all 13cm and see that your arms don't fall as low as you want them to go? Iamready did ~12cm if I recall and he ended up doing arm lengthening, though I don't know how low his wingspan was.

Best of luck, and hopefully you'll keep updating and not disappear like some others.

I agree with you that Android is undergoing a tough journey with external femur. Android is a good helpful guy and a long timer here , he won't disappear I am sure.

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Hey, man, hoping from here that your sleep has been getting increasingly better since your last updates!

Glad that external femurs isn't being the worst segment, in terms of pain levels, in your lengthening too! Surprised about the tibial pain levels being higher. Just goes to show everything regarding CLL is not a very precise science, and will greatly vary on an individual basis.

Even among non-cosmetic LL, we still haven't fixed protocols for pin-site cleaning!

Not that any of this matters, anyway. As you shared once in the forums, your father was a super tough in guy in his life. You have those genes in you. You'll manage everything.

I'm sure some days are sucking really badly, but try to keep the adage in mind: the pain is only temporary, while the gain is not. Onward and upward, supra et ultra!

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We want to see more pictures, android! Please give us an report every 3-5days

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Quote from: Thequietone on July 15, 2018, 08:00:54 PMWe want to see more pictures, android! Please give us an report every 3-5days

Hey, he's sharing this very personal journey with all of us out of his own accord. There's way more proof than even necessary that he's a real patient currently undergoing CLL with the mentioned doctors, and also not having anyone else (like the doctors themselves) posting in his place. When something as big as that is out of the way, whatever he wants to do with his diary should be left entirely to himself alone (not that it already isn't): update frequency, amount of pictures/info he's sharing, etc. He could even agree with your position, but not be able to physically do that right now. Have you thought about that?

I hope you understand.