Femurs & Tibias with Dr Paley

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Congrats dude!

And thanks this was very informative!

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What percentage of patients there come alone for this procedure?

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Quote from: cool on December 18, 2018, 07:37:19 AMWhat percentage of patients there come alone for this procedure?
Most! I mean usually its with their mom, but I highly recommend against that. LL should be a “fun” experience. At least mine has been despite all the pain. Ive been rooming with my friend and another LL patient who’s my age. We bought a ps4 and used to game all the time watch movies together sometimes go out. WAY different experience vs someone who’s alone, that’s torture

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Because you said you have list some weight. How was your nutrition during LL (calories, supplements, etc.)

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If you worked in an office, do you think you could have gone back during your lengthening? Would you need to stay in west palm beach the entire time? If not, when do you think you could've gone back to work?

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Hope is all well - any updates going into the new year?

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Quote from: kkt122 on December 26, 2018, 11:20:25 AMIf you worked in an office, do you think you could have gone back during your lengthening? Would you need to stay in west palm beach the entire time? If not, when do you think you could've gone back to work?

One of my friends actually was going back n fourth to his office actually, but you will be limping and you will be assisted walking via cane or crutches so up to you what ud wanna tell people
Also depends on your goal! It’d be very hard to hit 8cm at home because PT is super important!

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I noticed I forgot to add a guideline of how I transitioned so here it is

First week - Walker (although personally it took me 3 days to transition to crutches but again, dont do this, inflammation pain is not worth it)

Week 4-5 - transitioned to a cane

December 22 (almost 3 months after surgery) - transitioned to walking with no cane

I came back home for NYE and saw ALOT of my old friends and litterally its funny
From far away when people see me they smile and say heey wassup then when they get closer to me their face starts to get a little confused as if their foggy memory of me cant makeup wether or not i looked shorter & funny enough no1 noticed my weird walk!
I saw around 10 of my old friends at the club. If yr gonna run into ppl to get them to “get used to you” do it at the club because no1 looks down to observe how you walk in a club + people are drunk + girls be wearing heels and so height in a club is dynamic so no1 cares

When i first saw my friends (5) in my friends house
I walked into the house with my shoes on
They were like daaaamn this guy looks really different
And then they continued to greet me
And then when I took my shoes off it was like okay he’s shorter now, so it was kinda like an illusion

Anyway now that everyone has seen me im gonna keep it lowkey until my walk is normal, & then when I see them again no1 will question it

And if anyone says how did you get taller or you look taller!
I just shrug🤷🏻‍♂️ Idk ? Act lost
Dont explain, let them

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Evolution; Thank you so much for your diary.  What a great look into what it is like to work with Paley Institute and especially the Stryde nail.   The "Transitions" speak so much volume as to one's ability to maintain strength and flexibility through weight bearing versus sitting in a wheelchair for weeks and months.  I do have one question for you at this time...

It appears that you're a bit over three months into this and you have achieved 8 cm; which is outstanding.   What does the walking feel like? Is there pain when you apply pressure.  You note that you are not walking normally and I'm not surprised since you have a space between your bones (which is consolidating now); however, I'm wondering if you could describe what areas of your walk that you are compensating for or are sensitive to pressure.  I want to understand a bit more why the walk is the way it is as you mention (Not normal yet); so that I may know what to expect for my upcoming procedure.

Thanks so much for any feedback and congratulations on your success!

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Quote from: InFullStryde on January 01, 2019, 10:57:32 PM so that I may know what to expect for my upcoming procedure.

when is that? last time i heard from u, you were going for consltation with Paley.