Quote from: TwinMusicom on August 15, 2020, 02:05:29 AMThanks for making this diary StrydeNailChallenge 
How has covid/pauses on elective surgeries affected your plans?
I'm an American, thinking of doing LL maybe in Greece or Spain with Stryde some time in 2022, I have the money now $150k, just a bit wary of the travel restrictions/restrictions on cosmetic operations/ no covid cure
My pleasure TwinMusicom!
I was very worried about doing the surgery during the pandemic. In fact I was in contact with Dr. M., and his office staff for weeks, and later also the hospital staff, before finally getting assured that doing the surgery now is safe.
I believe the steps they take in the hospital make it almost impossible to get covid-19 while at hospital. I therefore highly recommend doing the surgery now till end of 2020 to those who plan to do that with Dr. M. in the hospital he always uses (Saint Joseph...). However I have no idea about other doctors and hospitals. I hope they have implemented something similar to what I experienced in Saint Joseph which made it very safe and of course I did not get infected.
The only impact COVID-19 has had on me, is that I decided to do self-PT to avoid going to a PT clinic or bringing PTs to my house. This is because I do not know how PTs work, and how risky it is to work with them now. Who knows, it could be super safe, but I thought I give it a try doing exercises myself and then this Tuesday, I ask Dr. M. to let me know if I did well on my own, and if not, I would then take the risk and hire some PTs to come to my house, perhaps 3 times per week.
One last thing. I am not sure why you plan to go to outside the US, if you are an American. Do you plan to go to Greece or Spain because there are certain doctors there that you think are really good? or is it cost related? or that you would like to make a long trip out of the experience as well?
Femurs with Dr. Shahab Mahboubian - July 2020
Sorry to be clear it is wide legs not x legs. If I bend my legs and bum like a duck I can get my legs to close.
I’m currently at 2.5cm of lengthening and I suspect it’s cos my PT has not focused at all on stretches to cross the legs.
So have started to spend some time on stretching by crossing legs.
Let me reiterate. I stand normally with my legs 15cm apart. As I bring my feet together it starts to tighten due to the muscles. I think that is wide legs but let me know if that is wrong
Quote from: m7liam on August 15, 2020, 09:56:37 AMLet me reiterate. I stand normally with my legs 15cm apart. As I bring my feet together it starts to tighten due to the muscles. I think that is wide legs but let me know if that is wrong
This sounds a lot better than what I understood the first time. Sounds like something you could fairly easily fix with PTs. I still think you should talk to your doctor and see if certain exercises should be added to your PT sessions.
Day 23 (Friday, August 14) - 15.9 mm Taller
Avoiding pain killers during day time, has increased the discomfort and pain as I expected, but it's random. At times, I feel like pain is at zero, but all of a sudden left goes to 6 and right to 3 or so.
I did 2 indoor-cycling sessions. They have been short, but each time, I increased the time and intensity. I think the indoor cycling may speed up the improvement in my left leg; as I make sure I don't push the pedals mostly with right, but evenly with both, and at times, more with the left foot.
Question: I was thinking how amazing it is that bone is cut and during distraction and post distraction gradually new bone grows in the gap! I am wondering how our body decides to fill in the gap! Is it a basic rule of evolution or healing? I mean how does it know how the shape of the new bone should be? Also how come leakage is not an issue for most of the LL'ers?
Day 24 (Saturday, August 15) - 16.8 mm Taller
I decided to once again not take pain killers even at night time. I do this, cause I am worried about the impact of pain killers on the liver. This means the last time I took a pain killer was Thursday night. My Friday night was not easy and the sleep became a torture. Pain goes to 5 or 6, and I overall feel very uncomfortable.
As usual I did my stretches several times. I also added to the indoor cycling sessions.
Afternoon was painful and I came up with a crazy idea. I tied my legs at the upper knees spot together tightly using a shirt. It somehow helped me better manage the pain. Not sure why this works! I know in some cultures like the Chinese culture, that they wrap infants' legs like that believing it would straighten legs. I think pressing the legs together comes with the benefit of avoiding any unwanted moves that may be painful, e.g., when you fall asleep. Also the tied legs create some pressure which may counteract the pain generated in the legs. Anyways, I thought I share this with you all and see if anyone else would find it helpful.
Hi SNC, which muscles are you finding more sore?
Quote from: Tartar on August 17, 2020, 06:20:30 PMHi SNC, which muscles are you finding more sore?
I will write shortly about it, but I had a major setback on Sunday. Knee cap (left leg) is killing me. Pain level hovers around 8. With pain killers goes down to 1-6.
Day 25 (Sunday, August 16th) - 17.8 mm Taller
The day started normal. However in the afternoon I started developing knee pain on my left leg and it quickly became so unbearable. The pain was sharp and like I got electrocuted on the knee cap almost constantly. The pain level was as high as 8 out of 10.
I was so disappointed and frustrated with myself that on day 25 I had to experience this level of pain. I believe either my indoor cycling, or stretches or both made my left leg so sensitive. I believe I went extreme on stretching hoping I would recover faster, but it was too much for my left leg. I most likely overdid on cycling as well.
I finally gave up on avoiding pain killers and around 9 pm I had Tylenol. I did the 3 distractions, but tried to avoid any stretches and minimized walks (limited my walks to between bed and restroom).
I don't think I have ever experienced such physical pain whole my life. With the help of Tylenol, however, the pain dropped to 1 to 6.
Night time as usual was full of discomfort. I managed to sleep for about 4 hours.
Hye StrydeNC
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