awesome! i would need to follow your diary. 8cm with consolidation in 7 months.wow!!
could you please post your xrays(blurring out sensitive info) if you dont mind.
Quote from: fivetenneeded2016 on January 16, 2021, 06:17:11 PMawesome! i would need to follow your diary. 8cm with consolidation in 7 months.wow!!
could you please post your xrays(blurring out sensitive info) if you dont mind.
Hi fivetenneeded2016,
Consolidation in month 5; cause today, I am at the end of month 5, and full consolidation must have happened a few weeks ago.
Sure, I'll post them. Dr. M.'s office gave me a CD this time (on Jan. 12th). I'll post them as soon as I find a PC with a CD player.
I have also already posted the distraction time x-rays.
I had also posted the info on two more x-rays, one pre-op to measure the left & right height discrepancy and another, at end of distraction, to double check that there was not femur height difference.
Quote from: StrydeNailChallenge on January 16, 2021, 08:37:11 PMHi fivetenneeded2016,
Consolidation in month 5; cause today, I am at the end of month 5, and full consolidation must have happened a few weeks ago.
Sure, I'll post them. Dr. M.'s office gave me a CD this time (on Jan. 12th). I'll post them as soon as I find a PC with a CD player.
I have also already posted the distraction time x-rays.
I had also posted the info on two more x-rays, one pre-op to measure the left & right height discrepancy and another, at end of distraction, to double check that there was not femur height difference.
did other people notice your height change ? did you fell any posture change while walking ? how much you gain height ?
Quote from: montahn on January 23, 2021, 08:41:50 AM
did other people notice your height change ?
Hello montahn, sorry about the delay.
Since my surgery happened during the covid-19 stay-at-home times, and also thanks to my fast recovery in months 5 post-op, I've got to meet only a few colleagues, friends and family members, in person, while I did not look normal!
Some close family members and friends knew about my surgery from the beginning. For the rest, If they notice that I look taller, I pretend it's the shoes, or that I got thinner. In any case, I don't mind telling people about my CLL if needed.
Quote from: montahn on January 23, 2021, 08:41:50 AM
did you fell any posture change while walking ? ?
During distraction I walked like a robot or penguin 
That improved starting a couple weeks into consolidation.
I believe my posture has improved compared to before the surgery for two reasons: 1) I had a bit of femur height discrepancy (left femur a bit shorter than right) which was mostly fixed by lengthening the left a bit more than right.. 2) I have been consistently exercising and stretching; the keyword is "consistency". I've always been very active and athletic, but before the surgery, I was not consistent.
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Quote from: montahn on January 23, 2021, 08:41:50 AM
how much you gain height ?
8cm.
Wow I am very surprised that people do not "dig into" it more when they notice that you are taller.
Do you think they would notice if you also did tibias and gained 4-5cm more? (I know this is not your desire, but for example if you did want to)
Hi SNC,
How are you feeling these days? It's been so many days that you haven't posted a video update, are you still doing your daily routine exercise? Have you tried anything new?
Hope you are feeling well 
LuMu
Quote from: Vibes on February 01, 2021, 02:27:09 AMWow I am very surprised that people do not "dig into" it more when they notice that you are taller.
Do you think they would notice if you also did tibias and gained 4-5cm more? (I know this is not your desire, but for example if you did want to)
Vibes, you answered your own question. I did the femurs' stryde mainly to experience the challenge and learn from it and looked at the height gain as a side benefit. I will not do tibias for various reasons including the following: 1) I look for challenges and at times I repeat them; but for the CLL, I don't think I would learn much if I did the tibias, 2) doing tibias, I would be too tall. I am quite happy with 180ish height, 3) CLL put a lot of pressure on my friends and family who knew about it. I don't want them to go through this once more.
Quote from: LuMu on February 04, 2021, 03:51:19 AMHi SNC,
How are you feeling these days? It's been so many days that you haven't posted a video update, are you still doing your daily routine exercise? Have you tried anything new?
Hope you are feeling well
LuMu
Hi LuMu,
Thanks for checking on me. Everything is good and I feel better (stronger) than a few weeks ago, since my last post.
Sure, I'll post some videos soon.
Welcome back snc glad everything is fine 💪🏻
Quote from: ghkid2021 on February 09, 2021, 11:18:35 PMWelcome back snc glad everything is fine 💪🏻
Thanks ghkid, I appreciate your support since the beginning of my CLL journey.
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