Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:30 pm
#1
Hey I PMd you
Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:30 pm
#2
I'm booking my consultation for the 20th of september 2018, surgery 25th of september with Dr.Paley so I'd like to start a Diary
Age: 24
Height: Just self measured 5'4 & a half (But everyone thinks im 5'5)
Goal: 8cm in Femurs, 5-6cm Tibs, for total of 13-14cm or, 5'10 ish
I'm about to pay the $10k deposit & I'll be going with STRYDE as it allows for weight bearing of 200lb / leg which means I won't be on a wheelchair!! Given that My occupation is online I'll have no problem creating an income for myself while staying in florida so I am pretty stoked about this! At first I thought I'd have to be in a wheelchair so the opportunity cost of not working to my full capacity was worrying but i'm excited now
I was considering doing Dr.Betz first as I saw a video "reach new heights with betz" on YouTube
but after reading all of the diaries like MASTERHY & numerous others of people who had broken nails & bending, I decided that Safety is worth the difference in price ESPECIALLY since I won't even have to take work off!!
I'm thinking of getting an Airbnb room or something along those lines? way cheaper than a hotel plus a kitchen means I can cook for myself, ordering food all the time will add up pretty quickly
if anyone is also looking to do their surgery at the same time & would like to room LMK
Dr.Paley's staff said I'll be able to do Tibs 1 year later which, I will 100% do because 3 inches at 5'4 means nothing to me lol i'll be pretty depressed at 5'8 ish so might as well go for 5'10
It's going to be a long journey, I will keep this all as one Diary & update you all with everything
I will keep this as transparent as possible
If you have any questions feel free to ask, thought i'd leave out all the baggage & keep it simple for someone reading for a reference point
Age: 24
Height: Just self measured 5'4 & a half (But everyone thinks im 5'5)
Goal: 8cm in Femurs, 5-6cm Tibs, for total of 13-14cm or, 5'10 ish
I'm about to pay the $10k deposit & I'll be going with STRYDE as it allows for weight bearing of 200lb / leg which means I won't be on a wheelchair!! Given that My occupation is online I'll have no problem creating an income for myself while staying in florida so I am pretty stoked about this! At first I thought I'd have to be in a wheelchair so the opportunity cost of not working to my full capacity was worrying but i'm excited now
I was considering doing Dr.Betz first as I saw a video "reach new heights with betz" on YouTube
but after reading all of the diaries like MASTERHY & numerous others of people who had broken nails & bending, I decided that Safety is worth the difference in price ESPECIALLY since I won't even have to take work off!!
I'm thinking of getting an Airbnb room or something along those lines? way cheaper than a hotel plus a kitchen means I can cook for myself, ordering food all the time will add up pretty quickly
if anyone is also looking to do their surgery at the same time & would like to room LMK
Dr.Paley's staff said I'll be able to do Tibs 1 year later which, I will 100% do because 3 inches at 5'4 means nothing to me lol i'll be pretty depressed at 5'8 ish so might as well go for 5'10
It's going to be a long journey, I will keep this all as one Diary & update you all with everything
I will keep this as transparent as possible
If you have any questions feel free to ask, thought i'd leave out all the baggage & keep it simple for someone reading for a reference point
Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:30 pm
#3
What is your weight?
Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:30 pm
#4
Awesome stuff, just over a month away. Looking forward to updates!
Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:30 pm
#5
How do u have so much money 100k+ multiple times for surgeries at 24?? fk
Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:30 pm
#6
Johnson1111: “How do u have so much money 100k+ multiple times for surgeries at 24?? fk“
Gonna be fully transparent here, I have 2M subscribers on Youtube
Gonna be fully transparent here, I have 2M subscribers on Youtube
Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:30 pm
#7
Andriod;
Haha we are the same height!! Little worried cause ppl say the Limit is 13cm for two surgeries but not everyone achieves that. My goal is to stop at nothing till I hit 13cm maybe even 14cm!
I’m doing daily stretching now using YouTube videos, might sign up for Yoga
Haha we are the same height!! Little worried cause ppl say the Limit is 13cm for two surgeries but not everyone achieves that. My goal is to stop at nothing till I hit 13cm maybe even 14cm!
I’m doing daily stretching now using YouTube videos, might sign up for Yoga
Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:30 pm
#8
What is your weight?
I’m 155lb, Atheltic build, 11% bodyfat (abs present)
I’m 155lb, Atheltic build, 11% bodyfat (abs present)
Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:30 pm
#9
MyEvolution, thanks for posting. A lot of people on this forum, including myself, will be very interested in a STRYDE experience.
I have a special request to ask of you, and that is will you please have someone take videos of yourself walking during lengthening and post them in your patient experience (diary). A video of yourself walking 1-2 weeks after surgery would be great, and then a video every month or so to show the progression would be so very much appreciated.
You made a great choice in choosing Dr. Paley, and planning to continue making money during your lengthening will substantially lower your cost by removing the loss of income portion to the overall expense.
You have ambitious but safe lengthening goals, i'm glad to see you didn't opt for quadrilateral lengthening, surgery a year apart is a very wise choice.
If you are 100% committed to lengthening your femurs and tibias. Have you considered lengthening the tibia's first then followed by femurs a year later?
The reason I ask is that tibia's take longer to heal and are more prone to complications. So if you lengthen tibia's first you get the risker and longer recovery bone segment out of the way. Then when you go back a year later to lengthen your femurs, you will be at less risk for complications, and post lengthening recovery will be faster, so you can get out and enjoy your new overall height sooner rather than later.
I have a special request to ask of you, and that is will you please have someone take videos of yourself walking during lengthening and post them in your patient experience (diary). A video of yourself walking 1-2 weeks after surgery would be great, and then a video every month or so to show the progression would be so very much appreciated.
You made a great choice in choosing Dr. Paley, and planning to continue making money during your lengthening will substantially lower your cost by removing the loss of income portion to the overall expense.
You have ambitious but safe lengthening goals, i'm glad to see you didn't opt for quadrilateral lengthening, surgery a year apart is a very wise choice.
If you are 100% committed to lengthening your femurs and tibias. Have you considered lengthening the tibia's first then followed by femurs a year later?
The reason I ask is that tibia's take longer to heal and are more prone to complications. So if you lengthen tibia's first you get the risker and longer recovery bone segment out of the way. Then when you go back a year later to lengthen your femurs, you will be at less risk for complications, and post lengthening recovery will be faster, so you can get out and enjoy your new overall height sooner rather than later.
Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:30 pm
#10
Johnson1111: “How do u have so much money 100k+ multiple times for surgeries at 24?? fk“
Gonna be fully transparent here, I have 2M subscribers on Youtube
Found him:
in all seriousness great job building your career by such a young age. Any chance we can get maybe a small hint of what kind of channel you have?
This will be the first stryde diary so we are all definitely interested to see if it's really the revolution in limb lengthening that we all hope it is.
God speed brother
Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:30 pm
#11
Don't give any more information about your YouTube channel (unless you intend going public with your CLL).
Best of luck with your Stryde journey.
Best of luck with your Stryde journey.
Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:30 pm
#12
Hello Friend
I want to wish you good luck
and everything will get better!
and I wanted to make a point,
to create a channel on youtube and make daily videos, would be very cool,
I will follow all your progress here too.
I want to wish you good luck
and everything will get better!
and I wanted to make a point,
to create a channel on youtube and make daily videos, would be very cool,
I will follow all your progress here too.
Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:30 pm
#13
Hello Friend
I want to wish you good luck
and everything will get better!
and I wanted to make a point,
to create a channel on youtube and make daily videos, would be very cool,
I will follow all your progress here too.
now I see that you already have the channel on youtube, hahah
Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:30 pm
#14
Don't give any more information about your YouTube channel (unless you intend going public with your CLL).
hey a hint wont hurt
, my money is on it being a gaming channel. I assume he's going to keep the surgery a secret as most of us are. I don't think anyone here expects him to post anything about channel, but it's definitely an interesting twist to the diary. Honestly there is so many channels with 2M at this point that it would be almost impossible to guess anyway.
Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:30 pm
#15
hey a hint wont hurt
The reason people don't like answering personal questions is because of people like you. Why are you so nosy?
Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:30 pm
#16
The reason people don't like answering personal questions is because of people like you. Why are you so nosy?
Relax bruce wayne,
Building a channel to 2M takes lot of hard work and dedication and I know he couldn't have done that without a shiit ton of discipline. The fact that he was able to become self made and afford Dr. Paley at such a young age is super admirable. I think the only other LL'er to come close is programdude. I would ask every LL'er who was able to accomplish something similar more details about how they did it.
Obviously anyone who writes a diary will not reveal more details about their personal life then they are comfortable with. Some post pictures of their face and some don't even tell us what country they are from. But he made a diary so I think it's ok for us to ask questions?
Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:30 pm
#17
Hey MyEvolution,
Super stoked for this diary since you have exactly the same measurements as i do, the exact same goal, only way more money x) That being said, wish you all the best for your goal! Will be lurking hard here.
Super stoked for this diary since you have exactly the same measurements as i do, the exact same goal, only way more money x) That being said, wish you all the best for your goal! Will be lurking hard here.
Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:30 pm
#18
Don't give any more information about your YouTube channel (unless you intend going public with your CLL).
Best of luck with your Stryde journey.
Yes good point! I actually am thinking of making a documentary style Youtube video to document the jounrney. When I was first year university I went through chronic depression when I had a reality check that the average girl was taller than me. I felt like a man stuck inside a child's body, among college kids. I litterally cried almost every single day, to the point where I thought of killing myself. I felt like everyone else was so spoiled! People complain about things there were real solutions to. I had friends who were overweight who would just complain, when they could just go to the gym for a year or two and fix that. On the other hand, I felt helpless, I felt like no matter how much "work" i put in to getting taller, it was just physically impossible. I didn't know that LL was a possibility! Im sure there are 1000's of kids out there who were in the same position as me crying theirself to bed wishing for a chance to effect their height. The goal of the documentary is to give hope & shed light on the reality that there IS a possibility but it takes alot of work
anyway that was my mini rant haha, we'll see if I end up uploading the video or not, but I will at LEAST film the documentary for sure because I'd like to write this entire surgery off as a business expense which I could only do if I filmed it (maybe)
Preparation:
From what Angelique told me (she is responsible for all appointments)
for the first 2-3 weeks I will be in a wheelchair so I will need
- a hotel with wheelchair transporation (they sent me a list of options)
- a caretaker
I went ahead and asked my friend if he would be down to fly out to West Palms (flight covered by me), live with me for 3 weeks as I have a job opportunity for him. I told him I'd give him $1000 Canadian & he agreed. To me this is a win because the caretakers quoted me $10,000 USD for 2 weeks of care, screw that!
after I stay in the hotel for 2-3 weeks, I will be living in an Airbnb (booking that now ish) for the rest of the 3 months
Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:30 pm
#19
Hi MyEvolution,
Best luck to you. I will follow your diary. Very interested in Stryde experience.
Best luck to you. I will follow your diary. Very interested in Stryde experience.
Posted on Jun 18, 2026, 8:30 pm
#20
Update:
Height after measuring with doctor stadiometer: 5'4
so far I have completed my pre op & consultation, tomorrow is my surgery, nervousness is starting to kick in. According to the Med team, because I am using STRYDE I may not even need a wheelchair. That being said my caretaker will be arriving in 4 days and I will either be on crutches or a wheelchair for a couple days-1week.
I have also started a video diary / documentary which I may or may not post depending on what I decide but so far, all of the logistics have been taken care of, and we are ready to go
I am to arrive at the hospital at 6am tomorrow morning, food consumption stops at midnight tonight, and clear liquids like water stops at 4am
I am doing femurs
I will keep you guys updated as much as I can. Let the journey begin, today my body will change, forever. No more being very short.
My goal for this is to gain the full 8cm, and then tibs next year for 5-8cm (whatever my body will allow)
Paley said that it is possible to do 8cm but it depends if your body will allow it. My goal is 16cm so I can be standing at a bold 5'10. That would change my life forever
I am ambitious, my work ethic is crazy. Here we go!
Height after measuring with doctor stadiometer: 5'4
so far I have completed my pre op & consultation, tomorrow is my surgery, nervousness is starting to kick in. According to the Med team, because I am using STRYDE I may not even need a wheelchair. That being said my caretaker will be arriving in 4 days and I will either be on crutches or a wheelchair for a couple days-1week.
I have also started a video diary / documentary which I may or may not post depending on what I decide but so far, all of the logistics have been taken care of, and we are ready to go
I am to arrive at the hospital at 6am tomorrow morning, food consumption stops at midnight tonight, and clear liquids like water stops at 4am
I am doing femurs
I will keep you guys updated as much as I can. Let the journey begin, today my body will change, forever. No more being very short.
My goal for this is to gain the full 8cm, and then tibs next year for 5-8cm (whatever my body will allow)
Paley said that it is possible to do 8cm but it depends if your body will allow it. My goal is 16cm so I can be standing at a bold 5'10. That would change my life forever
I am ambitious, my work ethic is crazy. Here we go!
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