Quote from: readyprecisestryde on September 12, 2020, 06:51:12 PMPaley Institute...... Dr. Paley did one leg and Dr. Robbins did the other leg. They work together in the surgery room
do you have a good leg and a bad leg haha?
Quote from: readyprecisestryde on September 12, 2020, 06:28:37 PMHello, I stopped using oxycodone after week 3 and was not using much of it either. I switched to Tylenol 500 mg once or twice daily. I had more than usual bone growth and the doctor allowed me to take Ibuprofen. I never took tramadol and can’t make any comment since I have taken both tramadol and Gabapentin together. At the same time, I took one 300 mg Gabapentin every 8 hours and it took the nerve pain down drastically. The side effects I got from Gabapentin were a bit of memory loss, drowsiness, and dropped my libido.
Thanks for the info.
Did you ever take Tylenol or Ibuprofen on the same that you were also taking Gabapentin?
I did take ibuprofen or Tylenol at the same time with Gabapentin. It made me more drowsy and no other side effects taking them together. I got much less drowsy when I took Gabapentin with a meal and a glass of water. The most amount of ibuprofen I took was 400 mg once or twice daily. Ibuprofen worked good for pain and inflammation. Hope this helps 😃
Quote from: readyprecisestryde on September 13, 2020, 04:42:40 AMI did take ibuprofen or Tylenol at the same time with Gabapentin. It made me more drowsy and no other side effects taking them together. I got much less drowsy when I took Gabapentin with a meal and a glass of water. The most amount of ibuprofen I took was 400 mg once or twice daily. Ibuprofen worked good for pain and inflammation. Hope this helps 😃
I took a 300 mg Gabapentin this morning at 9am for the first time and at 9am for a second time. In between I took a 50 mg Tramadol around 6pm. I hope I would need a maximum of two 50 mg Tramadol pills in addition to the two Gabapentin that Dr. M. prescribed, during the 4-distraction-session days.
Please also avoid any stretches that triggers nerve pain. For me it was the hamstring stretches that triggered my nerve pain. Prone knee bend and Thomas stretch did not cause me any nerve pain. I still did hamstring stretch but I was very careful with it and I had to keep my hamstrings bent a bit while doing it. I was taking 300 mg Gabapentin at the beginning and it was not working. The doctor increased my dosage to 900mg a day. I remember my nerve pain was keeping me up at nights until Gabapentin started working. Also the doctor told me nerve pain is not dangerous and will go away after I stop lengthening so no need to worry about it.
I think the only time nerve pain becomes dangerous if it on the foot constantly and losing function of it. I remember the physical therapist use to test function of my feet and to make sure I haven’t lost any of it
Hi my friend.
Why you just don't stop lengthening for one day to let your feet rest a little?
After 3-4 cm premature consolidation is almost impossible.
I think you should pause for a day and talk to your doctor to start lengthen at a slower rate. I think that you lengthen 1mm per day, am I right?
This could be too much for many LLers, esoecially after 3-4 cm. I would stick to 0,66 for the rest of your journey.
At my tibias, I lengthened at 0,66 as an average and had almost really no pain at all. Of course internals and externals as femurs and tibias are not the same in terms of pain but still I truly believe that a slower lengthening will alleviate some of your pain.
Speak to your doctor, who is a very respectable one, about all these and let us know.
Keep strong.
Quote from: readyprecisestryde on September 13, 2020, 07:03:57 AMI think the only time nerve pain becomes dangerous if it on the foot constantly and losing function of it. I remember the physical therapist use to test function of my feet and to make sure I haven’t lost any of it
to my knowledge tingles and nerve pain are a sign of impending nerve damage. which is typically mitigated by reducing the rate of distraction. no one develops a foot drop out of no where ( thats caused from distraction)
Quote from: Body Builder on September 14, 2020, 01:35:10 AMHi my friend.
Why you just don't stop lengthening for one day to let your feet rest a little?
After 3-4 cm premature consolidation is almost impossible.
I think you should pause for a day and talk to your doctor to start lengthen at a slower rate. I think that you lengthen 1mm per day, am I right?
This could be too much for many LLers, esoecially after 3-4 cm. I would stick to 0,66 for the rest of your journey.
At my tibias, I lengthened at 0,66 as an average and had almost really no pain at all. Of course internals and externals as femurs and tibias are not the same in terms of pain but still I truly believe that a slower lengthening will alleviate some of your pain.
Speak to your doctor, who is a very respectable one, about all these and let us know.
Keep strong.
Hi Body Builder!
Thanks for your message and all the information you provided. All I have done especially the distraction plan (1.33 mm per day for now) are prescribed by Dr. M. The reasons for the plan are already noted in my diary (in short, my case is exceptional in terms of growth, flexibility, etc., therefore Dr. M. had to take an exceptional approach).
Day 52 (Sat., Sep. 12) - 46.3 mm Taller
Day 53 (Sun., Sep. 13) - 47.6 mm Taller
On day 53, I am on the 6th day of 4 distraction sessions (i.e., 1.33 mm per day) and overall on the 11th day (cause I did 5 days at start too). 8 more days to go 
I figured, if things are crazy about my case (extreme growth and flexibility) which made the doctor to advise 1.33 per day sessions to avoid the pre-mature consolidation, I should also make my stretches crazy. I did that and I think it's going to work much better. I have about 8 stretching sessions, and I do more on each sessions (as compared to the normal 1mm distraction days.
Update on Gabapentin
As expected no major impact in terms of pain reduction, but it definitely makes me feel drowsy. My night sleeps as usual are good, but I woke up fewer number of times (every 4 hours or so) last night. It could be a result of taking Gabapentin.
Pain Level
It's 0-1 on right and 1-5 on my left leg. However the discomfort of feeling drowsy caused by taking Gabapentin, makes it harder to tolerate fairly severe pain episodes at level 5.
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