Quote from: Beemer m3 on January 31, 2024, 10:13:59 AMim just wondering if people were doing these in the 90s. i mean the internet wasnt as popular as today to find information about LL. or even find a surgeon in a different state. even pt was probably difficult back then. pretty sure costmetic LL only got popular in the 2000 when the internet was more accessible n news articles advertising it.
Paley says he started doing CLL in the late 80s but only for people below 5'4" or with dwarfism. I'd bet it was mostly rich people. Rich people get access to medical treatment a lot earlier than the general population. For example, rich kids have been doing HGH if they even suspect they will have short stature since the late 80s so they're mostly tall.
But, of course, people were doing it for limb length discrepancy since Ilizarov. And LON was used since 1990. It's fundamentally the same process.
I'm on day 17 post-surgery. Range of motion has improved. I have been stretching 1mm a day since February 16th Jan 25th (edited, wrong date)
my physiotherapist is very good, I'm lucky to have found her. USD 20 per hour.
here is a video of me doin an exercise:
https://shorturl.at/xAIJ9
15 days of stretching and approximately 1.5 cm stretched.
I just thought it was a little odd that the broken parts of the femurs were a lil misaligned, but the doctor said everything was ok.
Sure hurts like hell, but been manageable so far
https://postimg.cc/bS0NxS1G
Geez, Forum has been out for more than 20 days!
3.5 cm done already
Is it kinda miserable while lengthening or are you able to enjoy life.
Miserable during PT and in moments of pain, miserable because you can't live the way you lived before. If you're an outsy person you might get a lil down.
But it's a process that won't leave you useless, you can still browse the internet, eat everything, talk, work (home office).
It's far from being pleasant, but you keep going cause u got a goal and thats it.
Regarding hygiene and care for the fixator pins, I read that there are people who didn't take a shower at all during the entire stretching period! I, on the other hand, take a shower every day. I do not see any problems.
As you can see by the images below, the skin engulfs the pins, leaving little space for water to enter. There is lymph leakage, no blood, so bandages are changed daily.
These images are from the 40th day of stretching, around 3.5 cm
https://freeimage.host/i/JWHnKhl
https://freeimage.host/i/JWHnFI4
Does anyone know if taking anti-inflammatories while stretching is harmful?
Today, exceptionally, I took one, and I felt great. But the Doctor said that one should avoid taking them as much as possible.
Quote from: goingtall on March 13, 2024, 12:03:32 AMDoes anyone know if taking anti-inflammatories while stretching is harmful?
Today, exceptionally, I took one, and I felt great. But the Doctor said that one should avoid taking them as much as possible.
Taking them for too long has been linked with negatively impacting bone regeneration. Docs will give them to you for a brief period after surgery, but will then ween you off them.
Quote from: KiloKAHN on March 13, 2024, 01:06:32 AMTaking them for too long has been linked with negatively impacting bone regeneration. Docs will give them to you for a brief period after surgery, but will then ween you off them.
Thanks, I had that idea. But the anti-inflammatory is so much more wonderful than any other painkiller that I wanted to take it every day.
Just yesterday I was having this unbearable pain in the glute region close to the femur, and after taking the anti-inflammatory prescribed by the Doc, the pain disappeared for immediately. Only today did I remember the pain again. Sad
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