Posted on Apr 2, 2018, 6:43 pm
#1
Hello,
This forum as been very helpful for me, so I thought I'd share my experience.
I am from Oklahoma and 30 years old. I am about 171.5 cm tall and aiming to lengthen 4.5-5 cm. For details on the doctor and location I recommend reading Bohemia's diary since he was very comprehensive and everything he wrote has been accurate in my experience so far.
I had my surgery on March 1st, and so far the process has been uneventful. The main issue I had during the first couple days after the surgery was getting my epidural dosing correct. It was initially set too high, and I had a really uncomfortable feeling of partial numbness in my right leg. It initially scared me as a possible sign of nerve damage since I didn't realize the epidural could affect each leg differently, but once I lowered the epidural dose the numbness went away and I was still pain-free. The hardest thing during the first week was that first transfer from chair to toilet, which seems to be a common issue from the other diaries.
I'm currently at about 2 cm lengthened going at a rate of 0.81 mm per day. I don't think I've experienced anything I'd call pain so far, just a mild uncomfortable feeling I'd rate at 1 or 2 out of 10 in my legs during movement or weight bearing. Often, when I'm sitting in my wheelchair at my computer my legs feel completely normal until I try to move them. My knees feel stiff after waking up in the morning but it goes away after a few seconds of movement.
It has been a pretty boring experience so far, and I couldn't be happier for that. I'm guessing once I get into the 3-4 cm lengthening range I'll start to feel some tightness, but hopefully not. I've never been very flexible (can't touch toes when standing), but I did a lot of hamstring stretches in the three weeks leading up to the surgery.
So far I have no regrets with my decision to come here. Please let me know if you all have any questions, and I'll update this when I hit any milestones or have issues.
This forum as been very helpful for me, so I thought I'd share my experience.
I am from Oklahoma and 30 years old. I am about 171.5 cm tall and aiming to lengthen 4.5-5 cm. For details on the doctor and location I recommend reading Bohemia's diary since he was very comprehensive and everything he wrote has been accurate in my experience so far.
I had my surgery on March 1st, and so far the process has been uneventful. The main issue I had during the first couple days after the surgery was getting my epidural dosing correct. It was initially set too high, and I had a really uncomfortable feeling of partial numbness in my right leg. It initially scared me as a possible sign of nerve damage since I didn't realize the epidural could affect each leg differently, but once I lowered the epidural dose the numbness went away and I was still pain-free. The hardest thing during the first week was that first transfer from chair to toilet, which seems to be a common issue from the other diaries.
I'm currently at about 2 cm lengthened going at a rate of 0.81 mm per day. I don't think I've experienced anything I'd call pain so far, just a mild uncomfortable feeling I'd rate at 1 or 2 out of 10 in my legs during movement or weight bearing. Often, when I'm sitting in my wheelchair at my computer my legs feel completely normal until I try to move them. My knees feel stiff after waking up in the morning but it goes away after a few seconds of movement.
It has been a pretty boring experience so far, and I couldn't be happier for that. I'm guessing once I get into the 3-4 cm lengthening range I'll start to feel some tightness, but hopefully not. I've never been very flexible (can't touch toes when standing), but I did a lot of hamstring stretches in the three weeks leading up to the surgery.
So far I have no regrets with my decision to come here. Please let me know if you all have any questions, and I'll update this when I hit any milestones or have issues.