Quote from: LAGrowin on March 02, 2018, 08:42:05 PMAwesome update Puru. Thank you.
Very helpful for what I'm hoping to go after in terms of post lengthening recovery. I certainly don't want to walk around on these twigs too long. Muscle atrophy is totally unavoidable.
Very happy for you. Hopefully you'll be back to your pre LL self in no time!
No problem! Thanks!
Update:
I just jogged again today. I pushed myself a bit harder vs before. Last time, I jogged for 1:08 minutes (0.069 miles). Today I jogged for 1:43 minutes (0.12 miles) before my legs started hurting (I was out of breath too).
It may not seem like much of a difference, but I was able to jog about 50% longer and 15% faster than a few days ago.
Hopefully if I keep at it, I can see improvement in my jogging. My walking has improved quite a bit in the last month.
I'm going to try jogging in 1 minute bursts (with 1 minute breaks).
Femoral Lengthening with Dr. Paley
Quote from: LAGrowin on March 02, 2018, 08:42:05 PMVery helpful for what I'm hoping to go after in terms of post lengthening recovery. I certainly don't want to walk around on these twigs too long. Muscle atrophy is totally unavoidable.
I wonder two things:
1. What if Paley being conservative (see my Paley vs. Guichet recover post) gets misinterpreted as "Don't stress your legs too much", but actually you could very well do safe exercise like stationary bike training to maintain your leg muscles - Guichet patients are advise to do some stationary biking right after the surgery. Maybe that's extreme, but if I feel safe, I plan to bike every day for at least 10 minutes at a low rpm (50) in week one, then increase progressively.
2. What if many patients haven't been serious about caloric supplementation, and they've lost a lot of weight post-op, including muscle mass? See my thread Best diet for recovery post-CLL.
Quote from: fivefive on March 03, 2018, 12:13:17 AMI wonder two things:
1. What if Paley being conservative (see my Paley vs. Guichet recover post) gets misinterpreted as "Don't stress your legs too much", but actually you could very well do safe exercise like stationary bike training to maintain your leg muscles - Guichet patients are advise to do some stationary biking right after the surgery. Maybe that's extreme, but if I feel safe, I plan to bike every day for at least 10 minutes at a low rpm (50) in week one, then increase progressively.
2. What if many patients haven't been serious about caloric supplementation, and they've lost a lot of weight post-op, including muscle mass? See my thread Best diet for recovery post-CLL.
1. Paley is conservative in terms of safety and nail breakage, as he should be. During lengthening with Paley, you still end up biking 10 minutes per day every day that you have physical therapy.
2. Maybe. Thats always an issue with medical research. Test subjects don't always maintain a consistent diet/exercise regimen. A lot of behavior (that might impact the outcome of the experiment) is unreported.
Small Update:
I jogged for 3 minutes yesterday (on a treadmill, in 1 minute bursts, 2.0 incline, 4.0 mph).
I'm holding off on doing deadlifts until I get my leg flexibility back (touch floor with fingers while standing up, touch toes while sitting down, etc).
Small Update
I walked for 3 miles at a pace same as what my walking pace was prior to LL. I wasn't tired at all. I cut my walk short because I had a job interview. My goal is 5 miles then I'll know for sure that my walking is at pre LL level.
Thats one small thing that I can get off my checklist.
Now I'm going to focus on getting my jogging pace back to pre LL.
Awesome Puruahrottam! All the best with your interviews!
Did the jogging feel ackward as some have described due to rhe Precise rod inside ?
It's now just over 3 months since you stopped lengthening ?
Quote from: LAGrowin on March 08, 2018, 11:28:59 PMAwesome Puruahrottam! All the best with your interviews!
Did the jogging feel ackward as some have described due to rhe Precise rod inside ?
It's now just over 3 months since you stopped lengthening ?
Thanks man! I thought I did pretty well. Fingers crossed now.
The jogging is a bit awkward simply because my legs get tired out. Part of the reason might be the rods weighing me down. Overall, for the first 30 seconds, my jogging feels pretty normal. Next time I go jogging, I'll see if I can get someone to take a video of me so I can see for myself if the jogging looks weird.
Yes, it is about 3 months since I stopped lengthening (14 weeks to be exact).
Hey - congrats on a seemingly great outcome and fast recovery.
I'm just wondering based on what I've read about femurs being angled... You lengthened 6.5cm and do you know how much height that translated into? At least 6cm?
I'm like $15K USD off precise and your diary inspired me to possibly get a loan and have LL done this year. How is your new height feeling? Satisfied? Any chance you'll do tibias?
Quote from: Out of Touch on March 09, 2018, 03:49:34 AMHey - congrats on a seemingly great outcome and fast recovery.
I'm just wondering based on what I've read about femurs being angled... You lengthened 6.5cm and do you know how much height that translated into? At least 6cm?
I'm like $15K USD off precise and your diary inspired me to possibly get a loan and have LL done this year. How is your new height feeling? Satisfied? Any chance you'll do tibias?
Hello SoonToBeInTouch,
Thanks for your wishes!
I haven't actually measured my height after lengthening. When you measure height, you stand with your legs together. In that sense, I'm assuming that it translated to a 6.5 cm height gain (therefore with me being 175 cm).
Yeah, the loan definitely sped up my LL timeline. Before I knew that was a possibility, I was hopelessly looking at the vast sum thinking "how the hell am I going to come up with the money?" or thinking of doing it in India (with Dr. Parihar), which would have been logistically very difficult/scary for my family. If you are wondering, I used SoFi and borrowed $80,000 at around 10% APR with a 7 year term (of course, I'm going to pay it off early to avoid the high interest. I made sure that there was no early payment penalty). They give loans of up to $100k. At my then income of $125k (I suddenly got a raise to $135k + bonus right before I quit) and rental expense of $2500/mo (They calculate your rent payment when deciding how much to lend to you), I was qualified for $82k. I'm currently paying $1350/mo for the loan.
I hope that these numbers help you plan/estimate what amount you might be able to borrow.
The new height feels great. I have discovered that the majority of people are within 2 inches of my height, so I don't feel short at all anymore. I have friends who are 6' and I feel barely any shorter than them (even though I'm 5'9"). Everyone I met says that I look better now (though they can't put it on me being taller. LOL).
Oh and I have an uptick in interest on my online dating sites/apps. Still haven't really gone out though.
Long story short, I no longer think about height/me being short as I'm going about my day. I am very satisfied. I am not interested in doing Tibias. This experience was taxing enough on my family. My main focus is now
1) Getting a new job and paying off my debt
2) Getting jacked/fit up to my pre LL stats (I've already reached this stat with walking pace/stamina).
Definitely agree with you. I don't think a man really needs more than 5'9 if he has a lot of other things going for him. The main thing is just to get out of "short" territory.
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