170 bpm heart rate is very high. you might need beta blocker medicine like a simple propranolol (Inderal®). I advice you to ask Dr. Paley for propranolol since such high bpm is not safe at all! I think you'd better do sth about it asap.
Quote from: LLuser1 on January 08, 2016, 10:45:12 PMI'm so sorry to hear that. What did Paley advise you to do?
He thinks it's muscle weakness, but is not sure until he has more information. I'm going to get my x-rays done again this week to see how my bone growth is going and maybe shed some light on what's going on. My guess is that my tendon or muscle is trying to go back to its original length, but my longer bone is preventing it from happening. So instead, my thigh muscle or tendon is just constantly stretched throughout the day. I figured out this theory by sleeping two different ways. If I sleep with my legs straight out, the muscles in front of my thighs are tight and feel sore when I wake up. If I sleep curled up, then my thigh muscles are not tight and I don't feel sore when I wake up. After I do some walking, I also feel aches and pains in my legs up to several hours later. But if I sit still and don't do anything, then the aches and pain go away.
So I think it's a combination of both: muscles stretched too tight and muscles are weak. The muscles being weak is something I can fix by working out my legs more. But I don't know what to do about the muscle tightness. Only time will tell whether I will return back to normal life. I hope I do.
Quote from: Deads on January 09, 2016, 01:36:04 AMThat's two 5"6 guys now (you and Shyshy) who have said they felt satisfied with their height after 2 inches.. 5"8 is extremely common. I'd say it's nearly as common as 5"9.. It's also only a mere couple of centimetres off of 5"9 so you wouldn't be able to tell much of a difference.
You gave it all you had though. It's in your blood Doingit.
Yea, 5'8" is a fine height to be at. I did not feel short once I past the 5'7" mark.
Quote from: LLSomeDay on January 10, 2016, 06:55:15 PM170 bpm heart rate is very high. you might need beta blocker medicine like a simple propranolol (Inderal®). I advice you to ask Dr. Paley for propranolol since such high bpm is not safe at all! I think you'd better do sth about it asap.
Is it that bad for someone who's working out? Because with my weak legs, it feels like I'm working out from just walking.
You haven't been heavily active for a long while now.. its not like walking is easy for you as it was before surgery. So if you would currently consider it a strenuous activity then it's not unreasonable to expect a higher heart rate.. Wouldn't hurt to inquire about it at the docs office.
My heart rate is at about 170 when I do heavy cardio.. I rarely do cardio though so it's naturally higher.
Yeah I think 170 bpm heart rate is not normal for just walking unless you have tachycardia. I am the same hight as your previous one 
. If I run fast, my heart rate will be 135-160 (usually 140) bpm (using apple watch). Inderal is a safe medicine.
Quote from: DoingItForMe on January 10, 2016, 07:45:42 PMHe thinks it's muscle weakness, but is not sure until he has more information. I'm going to get my x-rays done again this week to see how my bone growth is going and maybe shed some light on what's going on. My guess is that my tendon or muscle is trying to go back to its original length, but my longer bone is preventing it from happening. So instead, my thigh muscle or tendon is just constantly stretched throughout the day. I figured out this theory by sleeping two different ways. If I sleep with my legs straight out, the muscles in front of my thighs are tight and feel sore when I wake up. If I sleep curled up, then my thigh muscles are not tight and I don't feel sore when I wake up. After I do some walking, I also feel aches and pains in my legs up to several hours later. But if I sit still and don't do anything, then the aches and pain go away.
So I think it's a combination of both: muscles stretched too tight and muscles are weak. The muscles being weak is something I can fix by working out my legs more. But I don't know what to do about the muscle tightness. Only time will tell whether I will return back to normal life. I hope I do.
makes sense
I know you may feel crappy right now (bone, muscle soreness, guilt, fear of social stigma etc.) man but take solace in the fact that you had it in you to take take the necessary measures towards change. You possessed the wisdom to acknowledge there was something in you or your environment that needed to change. You knew that there was a chance that, if you followed through with this possibly risky undertaking, there would be implications, but, regardless of pressure or moral dilemma, you put full stock in your beliefs and went for it which takes a lot of courage. In short, it takes balls to do what you and many other LL'ERS have done and I commend you for that. *Rant over* ; )
P.s. I just thought of Shia Laboeuf's "JUST DO IT" rant after typing this Rofl!
Quote from: femoral_indecency on January 12, 2016, 02:30:31 PMI know you may feel crappy right now (bone, muscle soreness, guilt, fear of social stigma etc.) man but take solace in the fact that you had it in you to take take the necessary measures towards change. You possessed the wisdom to acknowledge there was something in you or your environment that needed to change. You knew that there was a chance that, if you followed through with this possibly risky undertaking, there would be implications, but, regardless of pressure or moral dilemma, you put full stock in your beliefs and went for it which takes a lot of courage. In short, it takes balls to do what you and many other LL'ERS have done and I commend you for that. *Rant over* ; )
P.s. I just thought of Shia Laboeuf's "JUST DO IT" rant after typing this Rofl!
Haha, thanks for that. I always had the Just Do It spirit, which is why I'm a self-made multimillionaire now. It also led me to doing crazy stuff, including LL. After rereading ProgramDude's diary, I realized that my recovery will be as slow as his. He didn't start walking normally until around 9-11 months post-op. I'm currently at 6.5 months. While the other LLers who did 7-7.5 cm are walking normally after just 6 months post-op, I'm reframing my timeline to follow ProgramDude's more conservative/slow recovery time.
He also mentioned that he would get winded from just walking down the block. That's my situation right now. I can't walk more than a block without starting to get winded, and when I get winded, my bpm goes to 170.
In reply to LLSomeDay who said that 170 bpm is not normal and it might be tachycardia, that's wrong. Tachycardia is if my heartrate was really fast while at rest. When I'm walking, I'm not at rest. When I'm at rest, my heartrate is normal. The high heart rate from walking is because my legs are really weak and are working extra hard to get me to walk. It's the equivalent to having 25 lb ankle weights on your legs. That's what it feels like when I walk. Or when I walk upside down with just my arms, it's similar to that as well. So I can see why I get winded so easily. I didn't expect my muscles to get so weak so fast. But from what I read, each day that I don't use my muscles, it'd take 4 days to regain it. That sucks...
I just worried about you DoingItForMe. I didn't mean to annoy you. Btw I wish you fast recovery. Please keep us posted like before. I myself follow your diary every day.
Quote from: LLSomeDay on January 12, 2016, 04:09:04 PMI just worried about you DoingItForMe. I didn't mean to annoy you. Btw I wish you fast recovery. Please keep us posted like before. I myself follow your diary every day.
I appreciate it, man. I'm not annoyed. I'm just stating what I learned after researching what you wrote. I wouldn't have researched on it if you didnt scare me like that. And I wouldn't have read up on ProgramDude's diary as well. After reading his diary, I was a lot more relieved to know that it's possible to bounce back from this state. I'm a bit glad that I decided to walk without crutches before Paley gave me the okay. He still hasn't given me the OK yet, which means that I would have not walked for a whole month if I followed that. That extra month of less walking would have made my legs even weaker and slower to recover. And if what they say is true, one whole month of not walking would take me four more months to recover.
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Okay, Thanks for answering 
, Take care buddy.
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