Femur Journey with Dr. Paley 11/9/2021

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Quote from: Masteryourlife on December 25, 2021, 10:18:43 PMHi,I already told you so and idk why you are so hesitant to slow down the lenghetning .
Lengthening to the slowest rate possible ,under the right bone condition ,its way better for everything, not just nerves .
If it was possible LL would be way more safe with smaller amount of lengthening x day .
Just slow down to 0.75 for several days and see how it goes

I’m not hesitant to slow down. The question is why not slowing down to 0.5mm or even pausing for a day?

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Quote from: TakingAction on December 25, 2021, 10:32:09 PMI’m not hesitant to slow down. The question is why not slowing down to 0.5mm or even pausing for a day?
I'am confused .
So far you have been asking if to slow or not but Paley staff said not so you didn't want to .
Now you want to slow even more ?
My 2 cents since I am not a former patient and you have P2.2 so it's a tool for sure every extra day BUT when it will become my turn I will look for a 1mm lenghetning first 2 weeks and then 0.75mm for the whole rest of the lengthening with occasional 1mm if needed to avoid pre cons .
Since you have been making 1 mm so far for so long , even 0.5 mm would probably work and I am a fan of the less the better when possible .
If you have the will to pause then pause a day and keep with 0.75 after .
If not then yes do 0.5 and then 0.75 and discuss with ur doctor if you can keep that by looking at x Rays.
I was looking at a diary from many years ago from a Baumgart patient with Fitbone and he routinely lengthened 0.75mm not 1mm x day .
Baumgart is a really good and experienced doctor so I believe that 1mm is like the 8 cm length of Precice : its duable and u will be ok but doing less is ALWAYS better .
Slowing down the lenghetning is makes the distraction longer but ur soft tissues will thank you later in life .
This is my opinion and why if I was you I would not stop but slow down from now on for the rest of the lenghetning (based again, on eventually positive x Rays of bones not consolidating too fast ) .

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Quote from: Masteryourlife on December 25, 2021, 10:50:41 PMI'am confused .
So far you have been asking if to slow or not but Paley staff said not so you didn't want to .
Now you want to slow even more ?
My 2 cents since I am not a former patient and you have P2.2 so it's a tool for sure every extra day BUT when it will become my turn I will look for a 1mm lenghetning first 2 weeks and then 0.75mm for the whole rest of the lengthening with occasional 1mm if needed to avoid pre cons .
Since you have been making 1 mm so far for so long , even 0.5 mm would probably work and I am a fan of the less the better when possible .
If you have the will to pause then pause a day and keep with 0.75 after .
If not then yes do 0.5 and then 0.75 and discuss with ur doctor if you can keep that by looking at x Rays.
I was looking at a diary from many years ago from a Baumgart patient with Fitbone and he routinely lengthened 0.75mm not 1mm x day .
Baumgart is a really good and experienced doctor so I believe that 1mm is like the 8 cm length of Precice : its duable and u will be ok but doing less is ALWAYS better .
Slowing down the lenghetning is makes the distraction longer but ur soft tissues will thank you later in life .
This is my opinion and why if I was you I would not stop but slow down from now on for the rest of the lenghetning (based again, on eventually positive x Rays of bones not consolidating too fast ) .

I understand you're confused because the situation is constantly changing like COVID-19. As of 1:53pm today, Dr. Paley himself emailed me to recommend slowing down. In addition, I have been reading lots of info about the grave danger of seemingly innocent numbness since my numbness reached my foot last night. All in all, my opinion for numbness has changed significantly since 24 hours ago because it seems to be the sign for one of the only two irreversible tragedies of the surgery: death and permanent numbness/pain.

Thus, 0.75mm would be the maximum I'll do, and I'm seriously considering 0.5mm or even pausing it completely for at least a day as well to prevent permanent numbness/pain that money cannot help eliminate. That's why I asked the question to see if I should do 0.5 or 0.75.

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Hi taking action! How are you doing? How much have you lenghtened? How are you adapting to the new height?

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Quote from: height-dream on January 04, 2022, 01:12:26 AMHi taking action! How are you doing? How much have you lenghtened? How are you adapting to the new height?

48.50mm and adapting by frequently adjusting my expectation based on situations. For example, just because yesterday was pain-free, doesn't mean today would repeat that because every day can give you bad luck of pain. Frequently adjusting expectations is the key for adaptation for mental survival.

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any update?

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Quote from: crippledspiderman on January 17, 2022, 01:59:59 AMany update?

Nothing new besides some "normal" things like knee pain and numbness but nothing significantly affects my sleep/cognitive function too much, yet. Currently at 56mm, which is already taller than the height gain of some people who ended at 50mm or 55mm.

Also, I've been going to the swimming pool to walk & exercise every other day for months even when the temperature is cold like 61 f or 16 c degrees.

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Awesome, dude! Keep up the good attitude. You're soon out at the other side.

You must be at 2 inches now? How is the new height feeling?

I think 8 cm in femurs will look great on just about anybody. Long femurs are very attractive.

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Quote from: Will955 on January 19, 2022, 10:26:19 PMAwesome, dude! Keep up the good attitude. You're soon out at the other side.

You must be at 2 inches now? How is the new height feeling?

I think 8 cm in femurs will look great on just about anybody. Long femurs are very attractive.

Yeah, more than 2 inches. The new height has given me a sense of bone-deep confidence, literally.

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Hi TakingAction.

First of all, great progress on the 2in. I wish you best luck and can do more or whatever your goal is, safely

I also just did tibia & it's 6 days post my OP now. I have a question: few days ago I started to have an annoying symptom: my left leg is fine but the right one has a weird annoying pain. A tiny twist of my foot would radiate a sharp lev-8 pain to my tibia bone (I think) where the breakage is. So it's annoyingly sensitive if someone/something collides with my ankle or foot front even just softly.

Did you experience anything similar?