You gotta chill man. The first couple weeks can be pretty brutal, but once you get over the hump everybody feels better. In my experience, even the people who were in unimaginable pain at the beginning were functioning pretty well by the one month mark. Just take it one day at a time.
that's ok to put your anger on me, it's fine it it helps. I think the problem with LON method is that usually doctor would start distraction phase in 7-10 days post surgery, imo this is a little rusty. In your case, if they had waited for another week, probably you would have felt a lot more better since the body would have more time to adapt to the damages from the surgery and get used to the pain from the nails inside and outside. I think, if possible, you can reduce the daily rate length to .75 or even .5 to let your body heal and adapt. pain med should be the last option. hope this helps
Thanks for the honesty on your diary, haven't seen a real diary like this for a while. From your text your pain is very clearly expressed as well as your emotions. Sincerely hope you get better soon. Night is darkest before the dawn. You will be a bigger man after the procedure(figuratively and literally).
Quote from: Jason125 on May 28, 2021, 01:17:40 PMThanks for the honesty on your diary, haven't seen a real diary like this for a while. From your text your pain is very clearly expressed as well as your emotions. Sincerely hope you get better soon. Night is darkest before the dawn. You will be a bigger man after the procedure(figuratively and literally).
Thanks Jason. I appreciate you acknowledging my pain and frustration - and I really mean it. I'm really tired of these "chill out man" posts (they can eat it).
I'm feeling better now after doing a ton of PT. The pain is still here but I'm also on half a pill of paracetamol 500 mg (which appears to be the lighter prescriptions they gave me). At 250mg it helps to noticeably dull the bone pain. I'm sure I'll be in a better place before long.
Quote from: PerfectBody on May 28, 2021, 03:07:39 PMThanks Jason. I appreciate you acknowledging my pain and frustration - and I really mean it. I'm really tired of these "chill out man" posts (they can eat it).
I'm feeling better now after doing a ton of PT. The pain is still here but I'm also on half a pill of paracetamol 500 mg (which appears to be the lighter prescriptions they gave me). At 250mg it helps to noticeably dull the bone pain. I'm sure I'll be in a better place before long.
Sorry to ask, but what is the pain comparable to? If there’s anything you can compare it to of course.
Quote from: TouchTheSkies on May 28, 2021, 03:49:54 PMSorry to ask, but what is the pain comparable to? If there’s anything you can compare it to of course.
Break your femur and find out bro.
But seriously, there's a large variety of different pains in this process. Each as intense and dreadful as the last. The one I'm referring to is called clicking, not to be confused with Betz's clicking, is the rod inside your femur rattling. It's like cracking your knuckle, but it's your femur in half and it does not feel good. it's intense and overwhelming. It stops me in my tracks for 10-30 seconds, howling in pain. IT shoots through your bone, into your pelvic muscles. It's debilitating.
However it's subsided a little. Now it's just dramatic at best, painful at worst.
@Perfect Body: Have you had a post-surgery check-up yet? Have you seen your doctor in clinic? If you are having this much pain you might be experiencing some type of complication? Either that or early-stage lengthening with LON is just way more uncomfortable than my internals. Even with internals, I remember that the lengthening caused significant discomfort until I slowed down to 0.75 around the 4 CM mark. However, even in the first couple of weeks I never remember suffering nearly as bad as you are describing. Tell your doctor how much you are suffering and see if he can give you a thorough check-up to find out what is going on. Another possibility may be that painkillers they give you in the US are way stronger than you can get your hands on in Turkey.
Would you advise guys at your height to get this done? Is it worth it in your opinion?
Quote from: PerfectBody on May 30, 2021, 08:30:58 AMI think it's worth it for you to evaluate two questions:
1. From a scale of 0-10, where 10 is perfect and 0 is so bad you should take yourself out, what is your quality of life?
2. How much of this negativity can be factored out/ameliorated by a few centimeters in height?
If you sincerely think CLL can give you +3-5 points in your quality of life, idk go for it. Personally, after all the pain and agony and I mean severe pain and agony, it might be worth it for me. I don't now yet because I'm still in the process. Everyday I think about stopping sooner, 3 or 4 cm. But it wont be worth it if I don't hit at lest 5-6cm.
Idk maybe a 3. But could u modify and remove the take urself out part in your post. It makes me feel bad. Admittedly im considering this procedure because i dont feel good overall with my self esteem(mostly due to height), but also due to other depressive issues.
Quote from: PerfectBody on May 30, 2021, 08:51:13 AMSorry but no; it's a serious degree of dissatisfaction many people have with their lives. At this level CLL won't help, and it's important to know.
As for your depression, please spend some time with a therapist. My therapist helped my personal growth and development, but my stature was the only thing holding me back from really being happy. He did everything he could and I am 1000% satisfied with my two years working with him. I'm in a much better place than where I was. But after all that work, I still wasn't where I wanted to be. Hence I am now stuck to a bed, chained to a walker, in Turkey, undergoing mild degrees of pain on the daily basis.
You need to do everything you can to fix yourself first before considering this operation; it's a seriously expensive, extremely painful, and long time commitment.
Do you think this procedure will help you with dating? Most of my disatisfaction in life comes from not being able to date the girls im attracted to. Occasionally every now and then I will be able to date girls but they are usually not the ones I am as attracted to. The ones I really like, I havent had a chance in dating them long term. I mainly attribute this to my height(164cm).
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