Quote from: short_and_depressed on November 09, 2013, 07:57:58 AMHey krin0610,
Can you please post a diary here? We would love to know about your experiences.
Hey,
I would be very happy to answer questions & queries but not sure about starting a diary unfortunately - sorry.
Quote from: Goodnews on November 09, 2013, 05:25:44 AM
On another subject because I don't know where to post it-- this is to Sweden: Could you tell OldiebutGoodie about this site? I see that he can no longer post on the other site. I guess it's so corrupt over there, that he gives an accurate diary about Betz, he's cut off. It makes that site so false that it no longer has any value to read. OBG had a great diary, seems like a great guy, needs support, is sharing honestly with all of us and he's unable to log in from what you mentioned. Maybe he'd be willing to continue his diary on this site, if you let him know about this site. Hope your doing well Sweden.
I know about this site and I come here frequently. I like it better than the old forum (you know why). For some miracle reasons I have access again to the old forum so I will continue my diary there because I started it there...
Sorry Calic, for hijacking your nice diary with this stuff which doesn´t belong here, I just felt like I had to quickly write this...
OBG
3 months for 6,5 cm.
That's slower than 1mm/day.
Please explain what made it so slow?
I slowed down when I had some temporary aching pain in the mornings and pain in the pin sites. I also had a bad pin site infection and the doctor wanted me to stop for several days.
Here is my LL spreadsheet. I got a bit lazy at the end and stopped updating the pain level. I mostly only had pain while moving, doing physical therapy, and the pin site infections. I did not have any pain from the lengthening itself except for a couple of days in the middle.
How re you doing now 
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I feel I am improving with each passing day with less stiffness in the morning and less pain when walking a lot during the day. The area of numbness I had on my right ankle is gone and the twinges I sometimes felt in my toes when walking downstairs is gone too.
I decided to tell some of my extended family at Thanksgiving about my LL. This part of my family consists of good, caring, non-judgemental people so I was not too worried about a negative reaction. My uncle is 5’11”, aunt is 5’4”, one cousin is 5’8”, and the other cousin is 6’ and his wife 5’10”.
I asked if anyone noticed anything different about me – nobody picked up on it. They did say they noticed me being skinnier than normal but not taller. I asked the 5’8” cousin about him not noticing me being taller than him now and he said it was probably because it had been so long (11 months) since he saw me. When I stood up later and walked around everyone said I looked taller than they remember.
All of them were surprised by what I did and did not know LL existed. Each of them asked me questions which basically consisted of most of the questions in the FAQ on LL Forum and old forum . My response as to why I had LL done was that it was a dream of mine to be taller and I felt that it would improve my life and bring me happiness. My aunt responded saying everybody has something about themselves they do not like and they want to change and the idea behind LL is no different than any other cosmetic procedure.
I was asked if I had to buy new pants with a higher inseam and I told everyone yes I just bought new pants with a 32” inseam. I told them my legs were already long to begin with and now they were extra-long and showed my proportions (my shirt was tucked in and I was not wearing shoes) and everyone agreed I looked good.
I sat down at the table with my 6’ cousin who also wears a 32” inseam and he was definitely 5 or 6 cm taller than me sitting down which makes me feel like doing a 2nd LL would be a bad idea. I am thinking less and less of doing a 2nd LL.
What a nice post-lengthening update. Sounds good. Keep it up!
Hi Calic. Congrats on your successful LL! You really look awesome now, bad on your uploaded pics! 
I'd never guess you even had LL. How many pins did you have in each leg total? Does 6.5CM seem like a big difference? Awesome diary and videos btw. Very informative!
Quote from: Tall on December 02, 2013, 10:54:45 PMHi Calic. Congrats on your successful LL! You really look awesome now, bad on your uploaded pics! I'd never guess you even had LL. How many pins did you have in each leg total? Does 6.5CM seem like a big difference? Awesome diary and videos btw. Very informative!
I had 5 pins total on each leg that went straight through my leg. I was among the last of the patients to have the middle pins and I kind of wish I did not have them as the pin cutting scars are more noticeable on the middle of the tibia than the top or bottom. Also, other patients started having the half pin that only went partially in to their leg near the knee so they had no pin site at the back of their knee - this would have been really nice to have. When I had an infection in the pin site at the back of the knee my mobility went way down and it was very painful to move.
6.5 cm is a big difference - I see new things in my house since my eye level is a lot higher up and compared to my Dad and Mom I am a lot taller than them now instead of just slightly taller. I do not feel short anymore when going out in public, I truly feel I am average height now.
That's great to hear!!
Funny about the pants. All of my old pants still fit just like they did before. Maybe I lost too much muscles bc the ones that were tight still feel little loose.
So you had the guts to tell them. Good for you.
I wish I never said anything. So many people make fun out of my elephant story and all over Sweden wherever I go someone has heard it from someone.
Good to hear someone who can admit that those who are taller has taller sitting height instead of claiming they are "within proportions" after lengthening 20cm. It bugs the hell out of me how blind some people seem to be.
Next month you are so used to your new height that you barely remember what it felt like before.
My greatest memory was when I walked with Harry on crutches for the first time on toes and I was more than 2 heads taller than him!
I almost bumped my head in to the upper edge of the door whole. Amazing feeling.
I'm impressed by your x-rays. I'm having new ones this Thursday. Hoping its as good as yours.
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