How has lengthening been past 5 cm? Is the tension much stronger and prevalent? If so when did you start noticing it?
Keep it up man you're almost there, quite amazing really!
Hey Buddy!
I guess you won't know yet until it happens, but how will you know when you max out the nail? Does the distraction machine cease to work, or does the counter cease to increment, or the motor just stops?
Quote from: Alu on November 11, 2015, 12:21:11 AMHow has lengthening been past 5 cm? Is the tension much stronger and prevalent? If so when did you start noticing it?
The second half of lengthening has given me less soreness and discomfort than the first half. Perhaps because of my stretching.
In fact, I prefer how my legs feel when I do 1 mm per day as opposed to anything less.
Quote from: glenn on November 11, 2015, 12:25:14 AMHey Buddy!
I guess you won't know yet until it happens, but how will you know when you max out the nail? Does the distraction machine cease to work, or does the counter cease to increment, or the motor just stops?
I asked Doc today and he said the nail will simply stop and become silent, and the screen will no longer count iterations.
Would be cool if it had a feature that indicated max lengthening.
when will you have to return back to spain to get nail removed?
Quote from: crusader1980 on November 12, 2015, 07:45:00 PMwhen will you have to return back to spain to get nail removed?
12-15 months.
Currently at 7.3 cm — this might cease in 7 days.
Cannot fathom it.
man your going twice as fast as i am, once i hit 6cm my doctor advised me 0.5mm a day, obviously im doing tibia so it will be slower but yeah.
it's going to be so awesome for us going from 5 5 to 5 8.
did the doctor mention anything different between 7.5 and 8.0cm, it seems some doctors say 7.5 is safe limit, and others say 8.0, it's hard to get a straight answer.
i also read that you don't get the full height you lengthen with femur, due to angle, so if you stop at 8cm you will actually get 7.3cm or something, this is due to the fact that the femur done is not straight like the tibia bone is, have you asked the doctor about anything like that.
Quote from: microman on November 14, 2015, 06:28:59 AMman your going twice as fast as i am, once i hit 6cm my doctor advised me 0.5mm a day, obviously im doing tibia so it will be slower but yeah.
Dr. Monegal asked me to decrease the amount for a couple days; I did, but increased to .99 again.
Honestly, I have become desperate. I need to complete this crap as soon as possible. It has taken a toll on me psychologically—I feel miserable and handicapped, but also happy for doing this; a strange blend of sentiments.
Quote from: micromanit's going to be so awesome for us going from 5 5 to 5 8. did the doctor mention anything different between 7.5 and 8.0cm, it seems some doctors say 7.5 is safe limit, and others say 8.0, it's hard to get a straight answer.
No straight answer exists, as far as I can tell.
Dr. Paley told me the largest lengthening he did passed over 15 inches or a crazy number like that.
That said, I would caution against anything beyond 8 cm personally. My common sense does not like the idea of a bone having a separation greater than 3 inches. Also, the amount of time necessary for the bone to grow over 3 inches becomes unreasonable. (12+ months)
Quote from: micromani also read that you don't get the full height you lengthen with femur, due to angle, so if you stop at 8cm you will actually get 7.3cm or something, this is due to the fact that the femur done is not straight like the tibia bone is, have you asked the doctor about anything like that.
No idea. I will probably pretend that crap does not exist, and that I received a full 8 cm. 
What is the estimated time that you will walk without aid?
Quote from: crusader1980 on November 18, 2015, 02:32:06 AMWhat is the estimated time that you will walk without aid?
Mid December I can walk without crutches.
The idea of it seems incredible. I can barely fathom it right now.
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