Femoral Lengthening with Dr. Paley

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Quote from: Purushrottam on March 09, 2018, 04:05:18 AMI 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. [...] 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.
Interesting. I used SoFi too and have about the same income but only $1700/mo in rent... which they don't check! (FYI, for anyone else interested.) Got $100k at 10% APR. The cost of the loan is $40k, which spread over over the next 7 years is not really a concern. 7 years is a long time nowadays and a lot can happen.

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I would save 10k € and get a 15k € loan too
or saving 15 k € and get a 10 k€ loan

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Mini Update

I just jogged for 3 minutes (1 minute bursts) outside on hilly terrain at an avg if 6.5 mph. Last time I jogged for the same amount of time on a treadmill (2.0 incline) at 4.0 mph.

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Thanks for the update, its great to hear you're doing so well!

I'm a few months behind you, and am hoping for a similar recovery.

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Quote from: bigdreams55 on March 17, 2018, 05:46:25 AMThanks for the update, its great to hear you're doing so well!

I'm a few months behind you, and am hoping for a similar recovery.

Good luck! How much have you lengthened so far?

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I'm 3 weeks post-lengthening, I lengthened 6.3 cms. I think I'll be cleared to fully weightbear at my next doctor's appointment, I can't wait to walk again unassisted. It seemed to have taken you about a month to two to walk normally again, is that right?

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Mini Update:

Last week I walked about 6-7 miles every day (10k-14k steps). Wasn't tiring at all. Went clubbing as well. No issues there. I can run up and down the stairs easily now. I haven't jogged in a while so I'll try that tomorrow morning.

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Quote from: bigdreams55 on March 20, 2018, 02:39:17 AMI'm 3 weeks post-lengthening, I lengthened 6.3 cms. I think I'll be cleared to fully weightbear at my next doctor's appointment, I can't wait to walk again unassisted. It seemed to have taken you about a month to two to walk normally again, is that right?

Yeah a little under 8 weeks to be precise. A bit longer to get my gait back.

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Great progress, nice to hear that you're not feeling fatigued from those walks. Ah, the things we take for granted.

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Quote from: Android on March 26, 2018, 07:12:33 AMGreat progress, nice to hear that you're not feeling fatigued from those walks. Ah, the things we take for granted.

Thanks!

Another small update:

I can finally touch my toes bending down with my legs straight. Still not at pre LL flexibility but it took me a long time due to me not stretching enough during my recovery. I also didn't do as many leg workouts (leg press etc). After I increased my leg workouts, the flexibility started improving relatively quickly.

Other than that, for the past 4 weeks I was doing the Hugh Jackman workout from Mens Fitness [dot] com for about 2-3 hours a day.

I have exceeded my Pre LL upper body strength and muscle mass (even my legs technically have more muscle now than before. However they aren't strong as before).

Its going to take a while for my squat/ deadlift strength to come back. I still can't do a squat unassisted. I'm going to hold off on these until my leg flexibility is 100%. The only leg workouts I'm doing is assisted squats and leg presses.

On the leg press, I'm doing 2 plates (45 + 45) (4 X 10).

I still haven't jogged in a while because the weather is really bad.