Femoral Lengthening with Dr. Paley

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Nice going Puru, and also good to hear Dr. R is doing good work as usual.

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Quote from: Purushrottam on March 24, 2019, 04:23:14 PMUpdate: Day 3 after nail removal:

My duck walk is gone. It still hurts a little to walk without swaying. My left leg is totally normal. My right leg still hurts to bend. I'm going to walk around outside today and go to work tomorrow (Monday). I only took 1 day off from work for the nail removal. No painkillers taken..

Impressive sir - good job on not using the pain killers.

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Hi Puru

I am impressed that you are taking only 1 day off from work for nail removal!!  But be conservative after nail removal.  At least for 2 months (I know Dr. said 6 weeks in general), don't do any serious sports or standing/walking too long.  Your bones have holes inside. 
BTW, when you have time, could you write how people reacted your new height especially from people who know you before? 

Thanks!

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Paru,

Here's a question for you - what would you say to your old self to make him get over the height issue without the surgery?

Let's say in my hypothetical scenario that it wouldn't be possible to gather the funds to pay for the surgery at any time.

I'm asking this because it could perhaps help people who do not have the funds. Moreover, coming from you it means more than from a psychologist because you've experienced the difference (granted it's only been a matter of months  ).

Thanks! 

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Update: Day 4 post surgery

I went to work today. No one noticed anything different about my walking. The pain in my right leg has gone down quite a bit and I can bend it a lot further. I was able to climb up and down stairs (but it was a little difficult).

I was initially uncomfortable because I still had heavy gauze and bandages on my hips. However midway through the day I got a call from Roz's clinical nurse saying that I can take them off. Once I did that, I became a lot more comfortable.

I logged 7,200 steps (2.5 miles) so far. Didn't really feel that tired. Nothing was out of the ordinary about my day other than the fact that I didn't do an intense workout (I might try to do body weight exercises like pushups later today though).

I feel completely normal other than the fact that I can't bend my legs all the way without some pain. I scheduled a follow up with Rozbruch to get my stitches removed. My legs feel a lot lighter and nimble. I'm pretty sure I feel as if I never had LL (minus the current surgical pain). I can't wait until I can start playing sports again. I'm going to go hard at it once I get cleared.

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Quote from: Ghostfish on March 25, 2019, 12:10:46 AMHi Puru

I am impressed that you are taking only 1 day off from work for nail removal!!  But be conservative after nail removal.  At least for 2 months (I know Dr. said 6 weeks in general), don't do any serious sports or standing/walking too long.  Your bones have holes inside. 
BTW, when you have time, could you write how people reacted your new height especially from people who know you before? 

Thanks!

Thanks! I definitely will be super careful. I know ProgramDude had a bone breakage about 2 months after the nail removal. I walked about 2.5 miles (7200 steps) today. When I started feeling sore I called a cab in (even though I was only a block away from my hotel).

How different people reacted:

- (confused expression) Did you loose a lot of weight?
- (confused expression) Did you get taller? - this was mostly girls and dudes who are now my height.
- Damn you look better
- (confused expression)

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Quote from: SimonFuller on March 25, 2019, 09:24:27 AMParu,

Here's a question for you - what would you say to your old self to make him get over the height issue without the surgery?

Let's say in my hypothetical scenario that it wouldn't be possible to gather the funds to pay for the surgery at any time.

I'm asking this because it could perhaps help people who do not have the funds. Moreover, coming from you it means more than from a psychologist because you've experienced the difference (granted it's only been a matter of months  ).

Thanks!

5'6" isn't THAT short in the grand scheme of things. You are still within the 'normal' range. Cultivate a characteristic about you that makes you not just another short brown engineer (ie get really good at a martial art). Before LL, I was pretty quick at picking up skills in kickboxing competitively. I would have hypothetically pursued that further. Start volunteering somewhere consistently and try to find some purpose in life.

Note: I'm doing those 2 things now anyway, but thats what I would have told that person to do.

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Quote from: Purushrottam on March 26, 2019, 12:05:54 AM5'6" isn't THAT short in the grand scheme of things. You are still within the 'normal' range. Cultivate a characteristic about you that makes you not just another short brown engineer (ie get really good at a martial art). Before LL, I was pretty quick at picking up skills in kickboxing competitively. I would have hypothetically pursued that further. Start volunteering somewhere consistently and try to find some purpose in life.

Note: I'm doing those 2 things now anyway, but thats what I would have told that person to do.

That's really helpful Paru.

forgive me if my inference is wrong - but your response infers to me that ultimately height is important but you just have to cultivate a characteristic that differentiates you in a different way to compensate. 

Man - I just need to do this - my mind is made up lol

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Quote from: SimonFuller link=topic=4823.msg104391#msg104391 date=1553594162 Man - I just need to do this - my mind is made up lol[/quote
Do it then. Just reasearch take up consultations with some top docs, weigh the pros and cons and talk to some people who underwent this surgery.

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Quote from: SimonFuller on March 26, 2019, 09:56:02 AMThat's really helpful Paru.

forgive me if my inference is wrong - but your response infers to me that ultimately height is important but you just have to cultivate a characteristic that differentiates you in a different way to compensate. 

Man - I just need to do this - my mind is made up lol

No it’s correct. My decision was made up in a similar way. I was tired of working really hard to distinguish myself just to be considered acceptable.

Now that your mind is made up start planning for this. When I decided I wanted to do this, I was only making $80k/year. I didn’t think I had the money to ever finance this.

Figure out what you can do to earn more (unless you opt for cheaper, external methods.. then you will pay more in opportunity cost because of longer recovery time).

Plan how you can take a break from working and plan how much money you will need for this while unemployed. If you need to take a loan, figure out what documentation you will need. They usually want a proof of address so if you are subleasing, get that living situation sorted out.