G-Nail on femurs in Greece on Aug24th. Let's do this!!!

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Hi Ozboy39,

have you ever experienced knee pain during your lengthening period?

Alle the best!

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Congrats on reaching the end of your journey. Do you feel that if you only had one job it would have been more manageable?

Some people need to be explicitly told that certain things are secret. Did you tell you wife to keep it quiet and she talked anyway?

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Yes 100%.

I had severe knee pain I think it was around 4 or 5 cm that stopped me from walking at all for a week or two.

And I do get some "milder" knee pain now as well especially during the morning when I wake up. But it disappears as the day goes on

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Quote from: 1team on December 10, 2022, 01:29:37 PMCongrats on reaching the end of your journey. Do you feel that if you only had one job it would have been more manageable?

Some people need to be explicitly told that certain things are secret. Did you tell you wife to keep it quiet and she talked anyway?

Thank you.

Yes, one job easier for sure. But it really depends on the commitment you have to put in and whether or not you can give yourself the free time (physically and mentally todo your routines of stretching, clicking, excercises ...)

Yes you're right. I should have been very very explicit. I was not, I thought it was obvious considered I hadn't 5old anybody and considered we had spoken about , but...now it happened and I can just deal with it.

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Congrats on finishing lengthening! The hardest part is now over for you 

Thank you so much for the well done diary - it's very useful for all future LLers especially those who want to go to Athens. Hope you keep updating us on your recovery.

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Thank you Thankscience for the kind words.

I'll keep updating as the recovery journey unfolds.
Time to go to Physio now.

Btw, yesterday felt pretty good and walked in the house for the entire afternoon without crutches (limped around but still ...progress).

Today I'm sore af (a good sore though)

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so looks like Montaza hotel is the way to go? i'm just a gamer. Give me a room i'm good. 
And i like the buffet breakfast and dinner after.

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Where have I ever said that?
If something I would tell you the opposite. Stay away from Montaza if you can afford it.

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How’s your recovery going now mr Oz?

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It’s going through ups and downs.
I’m at my second week post lengthening and this is what I feel

-less stiffness for sure especially on my knees
-I am regaining motion in many ways. I can crawl pretty easily. It’s easier to go from a laying position to a standing position
-my sleep is good now.

- I feel my duckass is slowly receding.

That’s where the good things end. For the bad things:

-my quads and adductors hurt badly. This goes hand in hand with my physical activity. Every time I go to Physio I get so sore the days after that I basically have to stop every movement I’m doing. I’m considering dropping Physio to once a week or dropping it completely as I was doing I much more activity before between cycling, strength and hydrotherapy. Now I can’t do any.

-energy levels are way off still compared to where they were before.

-I’m still dependent on tramadol.

When my legs don’t hurt, I can walk without crutches in the house and small distances outside (gone from the car to the post office and back). But I look like a penguin

To be honest I’m not happy and I’m also a bit frustrated with the progress. I thought stopping the lengthening would have an almost immediate effect on everything but as of now, I’m still very much in pain. Tomorrow I’ll go get my final X-rays (final as in at final length).

All good things in life require patience. And patience we shall have then

Sorry for the rant everyone. I just needed to vent today