Femurs with Dr. Shahab Mahboubian - July 2020

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You're 1/4 the way there man. You're amazing, considering your age many people would've given up already. Keep going man

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I’m actually considering doing the surgery with Dr M in November now. Might as well get it out of the way while I can’t travel anywhere anyway. If.I schedule a consult ASAP do you think I could get a November surgery date?

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So your end goal is 8cm? Are you planning to do tibias later too? Also, just out of curiosity, what's your wingspan?

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Quote from: BelowTheMean on August 19, 2020, 10:49:19 AMI’m actually considering doing the surgery with Dr M in November now. Might as well get it out of the way while I can’t travel anywhere anyway. If.I schedule a consult ASAP do you think I could get a November surgery date?

Hey BelowTheMean Bro,
Dr. M.'s office staff and himself have always been very prompt in responding to my emails. Finding them on the phone has not been a problem to me either. I believe if you email or call them, they should be able to provide an answer about the surgery date very quickly.

I wish you the best in your future CLL.

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Quote from: caveman on August 19, 2020, 11:54:50 AMSo your end goal is 8cm? Are you planning to do tibias later too? Also, just out of curiosity, what's your wingspan?

Hi caveman,
Correct. My goal is 8cm.

I did this mainly for the challenge of it. I already look tall with the right shoes and considering my athletic/almost zero fat body. There is a high chance with the additional 8 cm I would look just too tall. Those said, I don't believe I would ever do the tibias for two reasons: 1) CLL was top of my list of challenges I wanted to go for. I am doing it. I don't have motivation to repeat the challenge. I would rather go to the next item on my list, and 2) Adding tibias would make me look awfully tall. The only reason I would do tibias would be Dr. M. recommending that for medical reasons, but when I checked with him back in December 2019, he also agreed that I should do only femurs.

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Than you.  I hire english people to help talk to doctor.  Me will call and email.  Than you for you write me.

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Quote from: ghkid2019 on August 19, 2020, 07:04:46 AMYou're 1/4 the way there man. You're amazing, considering your age many people would've given up already. Keep going man

Thanks very much ghkid2019. I get energy from this forum and all the kind words including yours.

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Day 28 (Wed., Aug. 19) - 20.8 mm Taller
Day 29 (Thurs., Aug. 20) - 21.8 mm Taller
Day 30 (Fri., Aug. 21) - 22.8 mm Taller


Hello LL'ers! Hope everybody is doing great!   The last three days were very similar! I continued to manage the left knee pain that had started on Sunday, by taking extra care on stretching and the help of pain killers.

Almost on a daily basis, I feel improvement in my legs in terms of strength and flexibility. E.g., now I can roll 360 degrees on bed, I can lie on my sides, etc. However the left leg pain remains and it gets worst at night times. The pain is not on a fix spot. Any moment it could be on any part of my left leg. It radiates and propagates randomly.

I have started using some ointments after getting approval from Dr. M.; to locally manage the pain. If it goes successfully, I let everyone know.

I developed a lower back pain on Thursday night, perhaps due to my stretching exercises, but I am not that concerned cause I think in a couple days I will recover.

Driving:  I know I had mentioned in my diary that I would start driving by the end of month two, but my right leg has been normal for a long time. I thought I should give it a try. Turned out driving is not a problem for me and I think I can do long drives, but at this point, since I work from home, driving would be short; just to get away for a while and feel a bit fresh.

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Quote from: StrydeNailChallenge on August 22, 2020, 08:09:33 AMDay 28 (Wed., Aug. 19) - 20.8 mm Taller
Day 29 (Thurs., Aug. 20) - 21.8 mm Taller
Day 30 (Fri., Aug. 21) - 22.8 mm Taller


Hello LL'ers! Hope everybody is doing great!   The last three days were very similar! I continued to manage the left knee pain that had started on Sunday, by taking extra care on stretching and the help of pain killers.

Almost on a daily basis, I feel improvement in my legs in terms of strength and flexibility. E.g., now I can roll 360 degrees on bed, I can lie on my sides, etc. However the left leg pain remains and it gets worst at night times. The pain is not on a fix spot. Any moment it could be on any part of my left leg. It radiates and propagates randomly.

I have started using some ointments after getting approval from Dr. M.; to locally manage the pain. If it goes successfully, I let everyone know.

I developed a lower back pain on Thursday night, perhaps due to my stretching exercises, but I am not that concerned cause I think in a couple days I will recover.

Driving:  I know I had mentioned in my diary that I would start driving by the end of month two, but my right leg has been normal for a long time. I thought I should give it a try. Turned out driving is not a problem for me and I think I can do long drives, but at this point, since I work from home, driving would be short; just to get away for a while and feel a bit fresh.

Isn’t the bigger issue with driving the use of narcotics? Or are you not taking any pain meds that would hinder your ability to drive? Since you can drive, do you think you could go on a grocery run? Or would that still be impractical since you probably don’t want to carry anything heavy.

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SNC don’t give up! I’ve slept 6 hours in 3 days cause of knee pain, now it’s totally gone and I have no pain as before. So don’t lose your hope it could drastically change quickly
How is your walk?