You are 180.5cm now.. If I would have been you I would have stopped.. Than again, I am not you. Yo uare overthinking those 0.4cm as if they are a huge difference.
Btw, I wouldn't consider shyshy's case as being a legitimate case.
Quote from: Brb6ftTall on July 16, 2017, 11:41:13 PMSo what's your vote then? 7.6cm or 8cm?
7.84 is my vote. 
I noticed that people who use feet and inches to measure want to hit certain marks. Hitting 180 cm is enough for people who use centimeters, but not for people who look at it as being just below 6 feet.
So... move somewhere where people use centimeters 
Quote from: Jack1066 on July 17, 2017, 01:00:31 PM0.4 cm is nothing. Go for whatever is easier. Especially don't risk your health over 0.4 cm!
Agree, no one is ever going to bust out a tape measure to see exactly how tall you are. Health and recovery are more important.
Quote from: Brb6ftTall on July 15, 2017, 09:51:43 PMDay 66
I wanted to update this a couple of days earlier, but there was a delay in getting my X-Rays to Dr. M. Anyways, here we go..
Unfortunately my right leg did not look like it could handle the increased lengthening of 4 times day/1.32mm per day. My left leg, however, still looks strong as ever. I was advised to keep lengthening the left at 4 times a day while dropping the right to 3 times a day. This is kind of inconvenient for me, but I'd rather follow Dr. M's advice than get complications in either leg. It will be a little weird having my left leg longer than my right, but since I'm so close to being done already the difference will be minimal.
Here's some pics for you guys!
http://imgur.com/a/tBoHF
Right on top, Left on bottom
Keep in mind though, the bad news of my right leg does NOT mean I'm doing "bad." 3 times a day is absolutely normal, "bad" would mean I have to do less than that. My left leg is just doing really good, and to me it's bad news that my right leg isn't also doing really good. Now my legs will be a few days apart in the end when they are finished lengthening.
Besides this though, everything else has been fine... currently at 6cm, I noticed I got tighter around 5.5cm or so but nothing painful, just a feeling that made me want to stretch more to reduce the tightness.
Here's my dilemma though guys: I've really been considering not going the full 8cm. There's several reasons for this.
First off, I'm worried about how I will perform after 8cm. I've seen great successes like ShyShy and others who were able to run and jump after a large amount of lengthening, but for some reason none of these people have ever went to 8cm. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but all the great success I've seen were all 7.5cm max (as in ShyShy's case), but never passed that. I don't know if 8 is just a bad number or not, but for me not seeing any 8cm patients with that kind of success makes me very cautious.
Second, I'm a little scared about how much more I can take, especially in my right leg. I know I haven't really felt any pain and I'm doing great right now at 6cm, but it's only going to get harder from here.. do I really want to push myself to the point where it gets hard? I think it would be great for me to just stop when I get really uncomfortable (with that amount hopefully being 7.5/7.6cm) rather than getting all the way to 8cm and being super tight. I just feel like the former will help me heal a lot faster if I'm still relatively fine, while the latter will not only take longer to recover from but will also take longer just to feel better.
Lastly, and most importantly, I truly do want to start getting back to my life. I miss hanging out with my friends, family, and girlfriend. I miss going to the gym, I miss running outside and I miss being able to just go out in public like normal. I'm definitely not saying I'm at my limit and need to be back in public like right away next month or something, but the longer I lengthen the longer the recovery will take.. and that compounding time is really starting to take its toll on me. Is the 4mm difference between 7.6cm and 8cm even worth it anymore? I'm starting to think little things like my hair can easily make up for that difference. I really just want to stop lengthening already and start recovering.. once I can walk I can at least look like I'm normal, but in the walker everyone will clearly know something's wrong.
I'll definitely be thinking a lot about this over these last 3 weeks, and I'll make sure to listen to my body as the ultimate deciding factor. But I'd like to know what you guys think, please chime in as much as you can and let me know if stopping at 7.6cm rather than 8cm would be worth it. Thank you for reading!
I feel you man! I felt exactly the same during the lengthening, the longing for home and being able to move again, the little things in life that I had never appreciated before. The only thing I can say to you, stop for the right reasons (physical, medical, not psychological) because if you stop too early you might regret it and you can't ever go back in time to go the extra cm. But then again, realise that 1 cm is a lot in terms of recovery and stiffness. I wouldn't go further than 7 cm but every body is different. Do know however that there are a lot of details that you just can't know at the time, you don't know how long recovery will take you in particular. 181 cm is a great height already!
Thanks for all of your input guys! I would love to be the "first person" to get to 8cm and fully recover my athletic ability, but the thing is if I go for it and fail, it's not like "Oh well, I tried.." and move on.. I will be like that for the rest of my life! I don't know if that's a risk I'm willing to take.
Moving my right leg down to 0.99mm per day from 1.32mm per day really helped in these past 2 days. And for some reason, my legs at 6.4cm feel a lot looser and stronger than they did around 5cm when they got tight. It was as if once I pushed passed 6cm, it got easier and my legs loosened up.. it doesn't make a whole lot of sense but hey I'm not complaining!
Based on everyone's input and how I feel already, I think I'm going to stop at 7.5/7.6cm. The reason I've said "7.5/7.6" at times is because my goal is 7.6, since 3 inches is technically 7.62cm which is closer to 7.6 than 7.5.. but if my body is not feeling well then I'd gladly take 7.5cm instead. I don't see myself stopping at anything lower than 7.5 though, unless I'm having major complications.
I'll make the final call about going to 8cm or not when I get there, but for now I'm just gonna focus on getting to 7.6cm and then measuring my height and judging whether or not the extra 4mm is worth it.
Thank you all for reading and contributing! I truly appreciate it.
Quote from: TIBIKE200 on July 17, 2017, 06:44:04 PM Btw, I wouldn't consider shyshy's case as being a legitimate case.
Why not? Was he disproven or something?
Hey 6fs, congrats on your successful lengthening. I am wondering if Dr. R allows patients to go to their home city during the distraction phase once he knows things are progressing smoothly?
I saw that Dr. Mahboubian allows patients to do so, which is why I ask the question.
Sorry - wrong post - was intended for the Rozbruch diary.
Hello Brb6ftTall,
Hoping that you're well and consolidating without issue. Congratulations on a smooth journey to a new height!
How are you feeling? Can't wait to be where you are soon through Dr. M.
All the best!
Hello everyone. Just wanted to say i’m alive. Loving my new height. I’m still not able to run yet, I can jog on the treadmill but it’s very very weird. I’m also unable to squat because of how bad my form is, not sure if I can work past this or not but I’m not worried about it too much right now.
I also apologize to anyone who sent me a PM and I didn’t answer. Honestly I now see why people randomly stop posting, once you’re up and moving after LL you honestly don’t want anything to do with it anymore. Or at least I did. I just wanted to move on in my life and not worry about something that seemed so far away now.
But I digress. My main goal is still the same, I created this diary with the intention of reporting to you all after surgery to add to the data of recovery. I’m sorry I wasn’t posting more or answering questions, but truthfully that wasn’t what my diary or original intentions were meant for. I’ll post back once I can run again, maybe next month? Not sure if i’ll Ever be able to squat but I will post if I do. Thank you all for reading.
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