Helloworld is right, if you do 4.5 cm you will regret it. I regret that I didnt do more and I still consider femurs. 6cm should be your goal. Also the guy defending 4.5cm is not a former LL patient. Me and Helloworld are. Just so you know
Quote from: doomsday on April 05, 2018, 01:39:59 PMHelloworld is right, if you do 4.5 cm you will regret it. I regret that I didnt do more and I still consider femurs. 6cm should be your goal. Also the guy defending 4.5cm is not a former LL patient. Me and Helloworld are. Just so you know
Because this is a procedure that hasn't left people crippled ever. You don't know if it'd have happened to you with a few extra cms. I was also not defending any specific number, but playing safe. Since he is doing femurs, going up to 6cm should be relatively safe.
But it is his diary, and you guys are veterans, so I'll make this my last post in here.
Quote from: helloworld on April 04, 2018, 07:57:33 PMThis is 4.5 cm:
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It is really not much! You invest so much money and pain int this little difference?
WHy not go for at least 5.5 cm?
Quote from: doomsday on April 05, 2018, 01:39:59 PMHelloworld is right, if you do 4.5 cm you will regret it. I regret that I didnt do more and I still consider femurs. 6cm should be your goal. Also the guy defending 4.5cm is not a former LL patient. Me and Helloworld are. Just so you know
Thanks for the advice. I return to work on July 2, and that is my absolute must walk unaided date since my job requires walking, so that sets the boundary on how much I lengthen. 5 cm is the goal, but if I can do a few more mm to 5.5 cm maybe I will. Let's be honest though, shoes themselves can account for a 1-3 cm difference depending on the shoe. I'm never going to notice a 5 mm difference in lengthening, so I don't see much reason to go for more than 5 cm unless I have no pain and my bone growth is great.
Quote from: myloginacct on April 05, 2018, 02:22:20 PMI'll make this my last post in here.
Feel free to post more. The more to talk to the better, since it's quite boring here.
Update: I had my first xray and it's looking great. The lengthening is on track and the slanted breaks are facilitating faster bone growth. 
Quote from: Mars on April 05, 2018, 05:01:07 PMFeel free to post more. The more to talk to the better, since it's quite boring here.
You are right - I'll just drop the other subject. The recovery of people who lengthen less than usual greatly interests me, as that is my goal too. I'll keep paying close attention to your journal.
QuoteUpdate: I had my first xray and it's looking great. The lengthening is on track and the slanted breaks are facilitating faster bone growth.
Great to hear it's going well. Cheers for providing the x-rays pics too.
hi mars!
hope you are good,
thoose x rays, i dont know anything about them but, is normal that break?, i thought that they should be straight, anyway keep us informed mate.
Quote from: doomsday on April 05, 2018, 01:39:59 PMHelloworld is right, if you do 4.5 cm you will regret it. I regret that I didnt do more and I still consider femurs. 6cm should be your goal. Also the guy defending 4.5cm is not a former LL patient. Me and Helloworld are. Just so you know
This makes me laugh. I think Mars is making a good choice by being conservative with his lengthening. 4.5cm is a big difference regardless especially at your starting height of 170 cm. Unless your trying to look unproportional i wouldnt go above that on femurs. Its true long femurs are more common but too long will look ridiculous. Unless your thinking of lengthening your tibias i would just be content with 4.5cm on femurs and end up with a height of 175cm and be able to regain close to full physical pre/op level. Im personally doing 4cm on tibias and 5cm on femurs cross lengthening and i can tell you that my femur has recovered really good. Ive managed to get 145 degree rom and other than weak quads and hamstrings i feel really good about the length ive achieved. Im sure once im able to weightbear and start hitting the gym up ill be near pre/op level. Dont get stuck in the numbers game. At your height 4.5 cm and 5.5cm wount make much difference but it can effect your recovery so be smart.
Anything less than 5cm in LL is a waste of time and money.
Especially with internal femurs, most people could do at least 6cm without much problems.
Maybe for someone 1.80 a 4.5 cm gain will make some change but a guy that tall doesnt even need LL!
For an 1.70 man, being 1.74 won't change much things and he will see it some months after he finish lengthening.
So no, 4.5cm for internal femurs are not much and wont make any significant change to an 1.70 man but anyway, I respect your choice.
After all, I've seen much more crazy thing here like almost 1.80 men who want to do 2 LLs to add 7cm totally and some crazy like this.
But if I were you, I wouldnt stop before 6cm if I didnt had any major complications.
It looks like it'll be a compromise. One of my legs is about 5 mm longer than the other, so I will lengthen 5 cm and 5.5 cm. Both sides win 
Quote from: Bushguy on April 07, 2018, 02:25:23 PMhi mars!
hope you are good,
thoose x rays, i dont know anything about them but, is normal that break?, i thought that they should be straight, anyway keep us informed mate.
It's not normal, but it happens. You can see the straight lines where the break was intended, but my bones decided to do something a little different.
Its his decission, we have to respect it, we can give him advice but in the end its his time, money and body.
In my opinion i would aim to 6 cm and if no major problems to 7cm but you have to decide man...
Good luck!
Hi Mars. I personally think going to full 8cm is the best option. You can always get another job. But this is the last time you probably go for this surgery. Offcourse if you see your body condition is tolerating. But stopping the process because of the career, I don't think is a good idea. Especially such a one-lifetime chance. But finally, it is your body and choice. We all wish you the best result and recovery and happiness in future. Now my question: Have you seen this presentation: by Paley about femur lengthening?
The crucial part, which can be relevant to you, or anybody who wants to do femur lengthening, is the last part, about cutting IT band, which apparently can avoid having duck ass complication even when somebody lengthens to 8cm. Can you please ask Dr Monegal idea about cutting IT band?
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