Quote from: RealTrump on June 11, 2017, 09:06:41 PMHighly doubt most people get their insurance to cover this procedure 'cuz of some defect. This is the type of anecdote that happens to "everyone" except for yourself.
Im just going off what the nurse told me. Honestly, I didnt believe it but im sharing what she said. I will be visiting in August so that they can take xrays.
Nonetheless, you better come to this surgery with 130k if you will use Rozbruch.
Why?
If you assume that you will only have to pay 50k, the down payment for the surgery is a non refundable 30k. What happens if you insurance decides not to pay? Well, now you are out 30k . I assume that maybe they can hold the 30k for maybe a year or 2 but still its a major headache.
Brb6ftTall - Internal Femurs - Dr. Mahboubian - 2017
Day 30
My first inch!! I'm still just a bit under 5'10, but I'm definitely closer than I've ever been compared to 5'9. Still have a little more than 2 inches to go, the extra 0.4cm in the end should make up for being a bit under every inch lol. But I'm so excited, 1 inch officially down!
Not much has changed as far as how I'm doing. PT has been great, it's probably my favorite part of the day. My left leg has definitely been getting stronger and catching up to the right, but it still has some ways to go. Whenever I try and stand, I can feel resistance in my left knee not wanting to straighten, so I have put conscious effort on it to be straight. The longer I walk and stand however, the quicker it goes away. And lately it's been going away quicker than normal, most likely from my PT progress. I've been getting pretty lazy with the stretches I'm supposed to be doing at home, but that's only because I've been feeling fine and feeling like I don't really need them.
I sent my X-Rays to Dr. M yesterday, and he replied within a couple of hours. He says my bone growth looks great and to stay at the same lengthening rate, so unfortunately I couldn't go back up to 4 sessions a day but it's definitely better than going less than 3. In conclusion, not really much to say here. I'm doing great so far guys, pain is mostly at a 0 throughout the day and my leg functions are getting easier and easier as my legs get stronger. Thank you all for reading so far, hopefully I'll have something more significant to report before my next half inch or so, but until then please feel free to ask questions!
Day 45
40mm down!
That's 4cm/8cm, and I'm feeling great 
I'm sure you guys are wondering how I got to be 4cm already even though you can't lengthen till a week post op.. well I'll tell you why, it's because my bone growth is going super fast again!
I sent my new X-Rays to Dr. M, and apparently the bone growth on my left leg is coming in "very strong," so strong that I have to move up to 4 sessions a day, 1.32mm a day for the next 2 weeks. My right leg was also coming in strong, but unfortunately not as strong as the left (not a bad thing, just means it was coming in normally lol). However, I'm also being allowed to switch to 4 sessions a day for my right one as well. When I send him my next X-Rays in 2 weeks, Dr. M will see if my right leg is keeping up with the lengthening, and if it is I can continue to do 4 sessions a day!
This is soooo great to me guys. Let me put it like this:
Originally, I was set to finish lengthening on August 11th.
Due to having initial fast bone growth, I had to move up to 4 sessions for a week, putting my new date at August 8th.
And now since I'll be doing this for 2 weeks, my new finish date has moved from August 8th to August 4th!
And the best part: If my bone growth still looks good in 2 weeks, I'll be able to move my date up even more and be able to finish in July instead of August.
So yeah, I'm ecstatic to say the least. Other than the great X-Ray news, everything else has been going fine. I still haven't been taking pain meds since week 3, and now I don't even take them before PT anymore. I literally go through the entire day, every day, with 0 pain meds and feel no pain. The only "pain" I have is sometimes stretching in PT, but really I personally wouldn't call that pain.. it just feels like a stretch to me lol. I really enjoy the exercise bike, the rest of the stuff is pretty general such as hamstring pull downs and quad extensions. The hardest thing they have me do is stand up and sit downs, they're really tough on my legs because of how much strength I lost. Keep in mind the only reason I can do this without assistance is because I'm under 140 lbs, for those of you above it please make sure your PT does not make you do this. Also, my left leg is still tough to straighten but it hasn't gotten any worse, just hasn't gotten much better. And I can also feel my right knee starting to stiffen as well, but it's no where near the left leg and still not hard, just takes some very minor effort whereas before it was effortless.
My appetite and sleep have been perfectly fine. I wish I could eat more, but it's just difficult eating more food when I'm not doing any physical activity to earn it, though I do get hungry after PT. My sleep has been perfect, I can sleep for 7 hours+ and only wake up when I feel like it. Though now I can technically only sleep 6 hours or less due to the lengthening every 6 hours, but I fall back asleep right after anyways no problem.
I can't remember how much detail I went into with sleep and pain and such before, but after this is over I do plan on giving a type of "week report" or a sort of general roadmap of my experience, so hopefully for the people who might think my posts are too long will still have some good info to read and others can have a good guideline to see where to be at week by week. As usual, I'll report back if anything major happens, but if not then I'll definitely post again in 2 weeks for my new X-Rays. Thank you for reading!
So now you are 179cm tall. Must be feeling great.
How much are the 4cm noticable from your POV?
Quote from: TIBIKE200 on June 30, 2017, 10:45:20 PMSo now you are 179cm tall. Must be feeling great.
How much are the 4cm noticable from your POV?
Definitely great to have gotten this far. As far as being noticeable, unfortunately not really lol because I have yet to see any friends I can compare myself to. I am, however, noticing it's getting easier to reach my ceiling fan's switches so that's pretty cool.
Nice.
What do you think about recovery? What does DR Mahboubian say about it? Will you be able to run fast again, what about the different biomechanics with longer femurs compared to tibias?
Quote from: axelf on July 01, 2017, 01:41:19 PMNice.
What do you think about recovery? What does DR Mahboubian say about it? Will you be able to run fast again, what about the different biomechanics with longer femurs compared to tibias?
I think I'm doing super well so far, obviously it's way too early to say but I feel like I'd be able to be athletic again just because of how well my legs feel. Dr. M says you can resume sports after 6 months post op.
I do think I'll be able to run fast again, the biomechanics will definitely be different but I mean there are people with naturally longer femurs that can still run and such. As long as you're still within a good ratio, I think you'd be fine but I won't know till I get there.
Quote from: Brb6ftTall on July 01, 2017, 09:13:58 PMI think I'm doing super well so far, obviously it's way too early to say but I feel like I'd be able to be athletic again just because of how well my legs feel. Dr. M says you can resume sports after 6 months post op.
I do think I'll be able to run fast again, the biomechanics will definitely be different but I mean there are people with naturally longer femurs that can still run and such. As long as you're still within a good ratio, I think you'd be fine but I won't know till I get there.
resume sports 6 months post op or post lengthening? or post consolidation?
Quote from: biggerdreams on July 01, 2017, 09:21:56 PMresume sports 6 months post op or post lengthening? or post consolidation?
Post op. 3 months lengthening (or less depending on how much you do/how fast you lengthen), 1 month (or less if bone heals faster) of consolidation, then 2 months to build up your strength and flexibility. So by month 6 you should be able to resume running and such again.
Quote from: Brb6ftTall on July 01, 2017, 10:42:17 PMPost op. 3 months lengthening (or less depending on how much you do/how fast you lengthen), 1 month (or less if bone heals faster) of consolidation, then 2 months to build up your strength and flexibility. So by month 6 you should be able to resume running and such again.
I think that's pretty optimistic but good news nonetheless!
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