Quote from: Sunshine on May 25, 2021, 02:31:08 AMHey AnotherShorty,
long time no update lol. Yeah life’s slowly getting back, albeit with a slight difference. Under face mask and sunglasses, I’m totally unrecognizable from the old me. Sometimes I feel like I’ve been given a new chance to be reborn into a new life, new world! Reality is the world around me is still the same and I am still me but different at the same time! My brain hasn’t adjusted to my eyes’ perspective yet! People that appear tall from afar are actually my height or shorter when I get close! My 175cm colleague who was definitely taller than me before still appears tall from afar. But we were both shocked how I towered over her when face to face lol.
@ghkid,
thanks Man! I’m overly cautious and not taking any chance with my nails. Would be a shame if a situation arises now that I’m so close to full consolidation!
Some updates since my last post…
02/17/2021 - 6 months post-op
04/16/2021 - 8 months post-op
05/21/2021 - 9 months post-op
Could you get back to me , will be more than happy thank you.
Hey @Sunshine any update? You'd be past the year mark at this point right? Any walking or hight comparison videos?
@exo
Thanks Man! We have such similar stats lol
@MuratEkinci
Thanks Bro!
@Growing
Long time no update lol. I rarely check the forum now, life goes on, I slowly assimilate and get used to my new height! I just met my friends and family after 2 years and it was amusing! Some asked if I grew up lol, others said they don’t remember I was so tall before lol. I just replied it must be the US beef I eat in America that made me taller lol. I’m on vacation right now at the beach and I was happily surprised to see pictures of myself taken by family members. My silhouette is slender and my legs especially thighs look obviously longer! Even my shins look longer than I remember they were! Looks like distraction of femurs had an impact on lower legs at the same time! I remember I had shin’s numbness during femurs distraction, felt like nerve pains. Someone said all our limbs are inter-connected in one way or another. I now can attest this is true lol.
To answer your question, next week will be 1 year since my surgery! I walked full weight bearing pretty late at 8 months due to my precice limitations and my fear of compromising bending or breaking them! In the beginning I didn’t dare walking unaided too long too much. But I had terrifying missteps where I almost tripped and almost fell! I caught up my falls by putting full weight on 1 single leg and accidentally pressed really hard on that single leg! I really thought I was done lol. But to my big surprise nothing happened! I felt no pain and didn’t hear any crack from my nail lol. From there my confidence shoot up exponentially and I started to walk longer distances on my own. My last x-rays are from may, 9 months post-op. Today I’m pretty confident my callus should be almost fully hardened. I now walk every day and have no fear going upstairs or downstairs.
However my walk is not smooth at all. I sway and waddle quiet a bit. I think this is due to me walking unaided pretty late at 8 months due to these precice.
I don’t have walking or height comparison videos but I can tell you I now visibly tower my friends and family members who were taller than me at 175-176 cms! I even compared ourselves side by side in the mirror and boy what a difference lol.
What's your final height dude?
I've been following this diary from the very beginning, hope all is well. Has your bone healed completely? How is your walk?
I hope you are enjoying taller height
This is actually giving us hope for the precice 2
I mean you have travelled and moved around with those nails , man this is crazy 
Now I have second thoughts as I was considering G-nail (obviously due to weight bearing limitation) but seeing your diary I may consider the Precice again , so confused ..
Thanks Buddy , hope that all is working well now for you
@JimmyJW
I haven’t measured my current exact height but one of my house’s door is 179 cm tall and every time I cross that door if I forget to slightly bend my head I would hit that door frame with the top of my skull and it kinda hurts lol. So I know I’m at least 180 cm.
@drxboom,
Thanks Bro! My last x-rays are from 4 months ago and I don’t even mind taking new ones again. I’ve been crutchless since last summer and been walking driving swimming carrying heavy loads, standing on 1 leg etc…I don’t even pay attention or fear for my precice nails to break or bend anymore! My walking is almost normal now. My gait is not back to 100% of what it was pre-op. There’s something robotic in my walk lol and my pelvis is still slightly tilting forward.
Regarding the new height I definitely live a new life now. It’s like I’m on the other side of the bridge now. The new height soothed my mind. I’m in peace with myself now.
@Achieverr
Thanks Man! This surgery gave me a second life! I’ve been waiting for this my whole life.
On a side note, weight is the enemy of precice. I’ve been super careful and paranoid with my precice nails. I’ve been on walker till month 9 then on crutches from month 10 to 11. I only got rid of the crutches on month 11 once I felt confident my callus was strong enough to support my whole weight on 1 leg at a time. And I can’t even count how many kilograms of dairy products and calcium I ate during lengthening and consolidation.
09/08/2021
Hi Sunshine! How is your recovery going now? How are you performing in terms of exercise? Any more photos or videos?
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