My doc says I am 5'7.5, I think I am closer to 5'7 than I am 5'8 though...so probably closer to 5cm's of LL
Dr G would be first choice I think
Dr Catagni would be second
Dr Paley would be third
Quote from: CCMidwest on April 22, 2016, 06:16:01 PMMy doc says I am 5'7.5, I think I am closer to 5'7 than I am 5'8 though...so probably closer to 5cm's of LL
Doctors often measure with a bit of error. What I do personally is mark certain heights on my wall using measuring tape (making sure it's flush against the wall), and then using an aerosol can, see where the bottom of the can hits my head relative to these marks. I don't measure as much as I used to, but I'm confident I'm doing it right (and also that Dr. G and another Dr. in Italy got my starting early evening height of 166 right).
Also, Catagni is on my short list for doing tibs late next year. Maybe we can get a group, because another friend of mine wants Dr. G, and he is also in Italy (and they're near each other I believe).
That's the timeframe I had in mind, so it is possible.
Not sure I care to measure myself that accurately, hate to find out I am shorter than I thought...lol.
Quote from: CCMidwest on April 22, 2016, 06:26:09 PMThat's the timeframe I had in mind, so it is possible.
Not sure I care to measure myself that accurately, hate to find out I am shorter than I thought...lol.
Would be cool to meet a self-made millionaire. Maybe you could hook me up with your wife's hot friends 
Yeah I'm planning on late 2017 or early/mid 2018. Want to get some more bonuses under my belt and plan for the worst (although I might be able to get short-term disability at my job) case scenario of losing this job.
Quote from: YellowSpike on April 22, 2016, 07:12:16 PMWould be cool to meet a self-made millionaire. Maybe you could hook me up with your wife's hot friends
Yeah I'm planning on late 2017 or early/mid 2018. Want to get some more bonuses under my belt and plan for the worst (although I might be able to get short-term disability at my job) case scenario of losing this job.
Only one of my wife's friends is hot, and I call dibs on her.
Wait, what? 
Quote from: CCMidwest on April 22, 2016, 08:16:10 PM
Wait, what?
lol that's totally something I would say. I stay stupid sh*t and then follow it up with "wait, what?" all the time. lol
(inb4 let's let DoingItForHim have his diary back) 
Quote from: CCMidwest on April 22, 2016, 04:52:31 PMYou know, DIFM...I quit the forum and decided against LL partly because of your diary and recommendation against it. You seem intelligent and level headed, so I value your opinion. Trying my best to put this height nonsense behind me and just live my life...
Then curiosity got the best of me and I lurked the forum to see if iamready had an update. He did, and I hope he heals ok, but I ended up reading your update too...
I'm glad you are doing better, but now you say LL is an '8' on the "worth it?" scale?!?! (money is no problem for me)
That's pretty darn high.
But you also say that you would of been happy at 5'8, which I assume means if you were 5'8 to begin with, you would not of done this? (hard to know that for sure, I know)
I am 5'7.5...just 1/2 inch under the height where your neurosis was gone. (I put a 1/2 lift in my shoes to get to 5'9 with a 1" heel)
Man, I'm so confused. Half the time my rational mind is like, "5'7.5 is fine, never had any trouble...you are 5'9 in your boots" and then the irrational mind is like, "YOU COULD BE 5'9 OR MORE!!!!!"
Wouldn't be my first cosmetic surgery either. (not that the others are remotely comparable to LL)
I could be a 5'9, decently attractive, muscular, and very outgoing millionaire. Tempting AF!
Or is it all just a dream?
Man, why ya gotta change your recommendation? lol
Haha, my bad. I forgot to mention that an 8 is a failing grade for an Asian-American. Joking aside, I'd say it's an 8 for someone who's around 5'5" with more money than he knows what to do with. I say this because, if you suffer from height neurosis, there really isn't much of a cure quite like actually getting LL. I'm 100% sure that I'm cured of it, because I don't want more height anymore after what I went through. I don't recommend it for you. I was in your position midway through my lengthening. I'd have been okay to stop there and get my life back to normal. You say that you can wear tall footwear and get away with it? Then why not just do that? If I could just wear shoes and get to 5'10", I wouldn't have done this surgery. I say this because this is exactly what I'm doing. I'm putting in 1" lifts, which is barely noticeable, but it gets me to 5'10" and I'm happy. I have the option to do tibias to make that permanent, and I'm not even considering doing it. It's just not worth it around this height. I don't feel short anymore. I may look short compared to 6' tall guys. But I don't FEEL short. I could care less if some bimbo girl only dates 6' tall guys or if people still think I'm short. I don't care. I just don't feel short anymore, and that trumps everything. Even at 5'8", I didn't feel short anymore. You're not that far from that. All I could say is that, don't be that millionaire who feels poor because he's poorer than a billionaire. In the same way, don't feel short just because taller people exist. Ignore all that jazz and really think about what I'm saying. If I can feel not short at 5'8", then so can you. Just have to reframe your mindset to not feeling short and ignore the rest of the noise.
Right now I'm working on cutting all the fat that I've accumulated from being bedridden for months. I think by having a slimmer figure, I'll look even more proportionately taller. I don't know what your body shape is like, but that might be something to consider as well instead of doing this surgery. It's way way healthier, too, to not doing this surgery and instead work on getting that waist line smaller.
DIFM, thank you for answering
do you mean you are an asian blood?
do you recommend this it to someone who is 167 cm like me?
Quote from: DoingItForMe on April 23, 2016, 03:44:45 AMHaha, my bad. I forgot to mention that an 8 is a failing grade for an Asian-American. Joking aside, I'd say it's an 8 for someone who's around 5'5" with more money than he knows what to do with. I say this because, if you suffer from height neurosis, there really isn't much of a cure quite like actually getting LL. I'm 100% sure that I'm cured of it, because I don't want more height anymore after what I went through. I don't recommend it for you. I was in your position midway through my lengthening. I'd have been okay to stop there and get my life back to normal. You say that you can wear tall footwear and get away with it? Then why not just do that? If I could just wear shoes and get to 5'10", I wouldn't have done this surgery. I say this because this is exactly what I'm doing. I'm putting in 1" lifts, which is barely noticeable, but it gets me to 5'10" and I'm happy. I have the option to do tibias to make that permanent, and I'm not even considering doing it. It's just not worth it around this height. I don't feel short anymore. I may look short compared to 6' tall guys. But I don't FEEL short. I could care less if some bimbo girl only dates 6' tall guys or if people still think I'm short. I don't care. I just don't feel short anymore, and that trumps everything. Even at 5'8", I didn't feel short anymore. You're not that far from that. All I could say is that, don't be that millionaire who feels poor because he's poorer than a billionaire. In the same way, don't feel short just because taller people exist. Ignore all that jazz and really think about what I'm saying. If I can feel not short at 5'8", then so can you. Just have to reframe your mindset to not feeling short and ignore the rest of the noise.
Right now I'm working on cutting all the fat that I've accumulated from being bedridden for months. I think by having a slimmer figure, I'll look even more proportionately taller. I don't know what your body shape is like, but that might be something to consider as well instead of doing this surgery. It's way way healthier, too, to not doing this surgery and instead work on getting that waist line smaller.
Thanks DIFM, wise words.
You stand 5'10 in your shoes? I stand 5'9 in my boots after an additional 1/2" lift, so not that much shorter.
I feel short, I won't lie. Part of it is the area of the country I live in, they really are taller in the midwest. When I travel for work I don't feel as short...then I come home. I'm actually planning a move to a more diverse area just to get past that.
With body shape, I have my own in house gym, so I've been a weight lifter for years. Honestly, part of my problem was joining the bodybuilding . com forum and seeing all the height garbage on the misc. Laughable I know, but that is part of what started all this. (inb4 Alu schools me on being butt hurt over hyperbolic internet comments, lol)
I don't get jealous over billionaires, I do get jealous over guys my height or shorter that have a stronger mental frame of mind though.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences.
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