93.92/90.80mm
Hey guys, I just passed 9cm! Several things to note
1) I have started getting knee pain on my right leg. My ortheopedic doctor said that it was likely caused by my quads and ITB being overly tight, and thus pulling on my knee caps whenever I tried to move my knees. They told me it was a sign that my muscles are reaching their stretching limit.
2) I have also experienced significant muscle atrophy past 8cm. Walking has become very difficult, and I am having trouble walking without crutches. Lengthening after 8cm is quite exhausting.
3) Cliking at 0.78mm consistently has significantly softened my callus. This has made clicking trivial and painless. Clicking over 0.78mm causes nerve pain, so I think 0.78mm or 15 clicks is a sweet spot, where I can lengthen fast enough to escape hardening callus and not too fast to avoid neve pain. For those who have clicking pain, don't slow down clicking!
4) I have started getting compliments from girls for being "tall." Some have guessed that I'm 6' even though I'm 5'11. It seems that girls aren't that good at estimating heights. They just want you to be a head taller and give them an impressive around number so they can brag to their friends it seems...
Despite all the inconveniences, I am still on track to 10cm. I am looking forward to the end of lengthening so much. Only 2 weeks left!
Bilateral Femur Lengthening Dairy: May 2021 with Dr Betz and Betzbone
10 cm is crazy. 
Woah! Fantastic progress.
Good luck reaching your final goal and a successful recovery.
I'm currently only at roughly half your length and am sick of the entire process. I can only imagine the superhuman efforts and focus required for getting to 9-10 cm! Well done.
Congrats on reaching 9 cm 
Knee pain and other related problems will most probably go away once you stop lengthening.
You are the among very few who would be doing 10 cm, incredible. Requires a lot of patience, suffering from pain, and courage to go into uncharted territory.
What was your initial tibia to femur ratio when you were 170 cm?
congratuliations. 9cm is already a huge success. i hope you will recover well!
so now you will be 1,80m tall? damn i would be happy with 1,76m already. haha but everyones different.
im saving up for dr betz now too haha i need this surgery so bad 
@overandover
Yeah it is
@Zatoichi
Thanks for the well wishes. I think it's mainly the amount of time stretching takes out of my day that is most fraustrating. Other than that, muscle relaxants and painkillers generally do their job
@chasing_higher_dream
Thanks. I didn't see many 10cm diaries, so I hope mine helps. I don't actually know my tibia-femur ratio pre-LL, but I can always just subtract 10cm from my final x-ray to see. I'll update you that.
@FiveSevenWannaDi
Yes 1.8m! Going from 1.7 to 1.8 is a huge change since it's below to above average. Though I can probably get another 6-7cm from tibias, I definitely want another surgery, lol.
Quote from: SirStretchAlot on September 07, 2021, 08:32:20 AM@overandover
Yeah it is
@Zatoichi
Thanks for the well wishes. I think it's mainly the amount of time stretching takes out of my day that is most fraustrating. Other than that, muscle relaxants and painkillers generally do their job
@chasing_higher_dream
Thanks. I didn't see many 10cm diaries, so I hope mine helps. I don't actually know my tibia-femur ratio pre-LL, but I can always just subtract 10cm from my final x-ray to see. I'll update you that.
@FiveSevenWannaDi
Yes 1.8m! Going from 1.7 to 1.8 is a huge change since it's below to above average. Though I can probably get another 6-7cm from tibias, I definitely want another surgery, lol.
oh S, you've gotten a lot taller now. Congrat to join the 1m80+ tall group
@ SirStretchAlot
Great diary! At which length have you noticed an exponential increase of pain/tightness/stiffness etc.
Quote from: Limbfan2020 on September 08, 2021, 03:41:31 PM@ SirStretchAlot
Great diary! At which length have you noticed an exponential increase of pain/tightness/stiffness etc.
Thanks. I would say that rather than the length, it's the pace of lengthening that causes nerve pain/tightness. This usually happens because one is lengthening faster than the nerves and muscles can stretch/grow.
Slowing down to 0.78 or 0.52mm usually almost always eliminates any discomfort. However, lengthening too slow would cause the callus to harden, which increases mechanical resistance to clicking/lengthening.
Lastly, a good night's sleep will eleminate any leg problems you will have for that day because more of our body's resources are proportionally dedicated to wound healing during sleep.
SirStretchALot - Wow! Congrats on all the progress and thanks for the diary. Very inspiring. Must be crazy good to have all that new height and can only imagine how rewarding that must be. I’d be curious to hear about reactions from those who observe you after and knew you before. Good luck with finishing up with lengthening and everything moving forward! 👍
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