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Hi Medium Drink Of Water, great topic. A couple of questions.
1. About the knee issues - do you just experience stiffness and high sensivity when walking, or real pain? Is the "real" pain just when kneeling or squatting, or also when walking normally? 2. Are you worried about any long time issues and problems that might occur when you are older (in your 60s for example) that haven't been uncovered as a result of LL yet?
1. It's just occasional stiffness while walking. The sensitivity/pain happens when I kneel on hard surfaces. Here's a link to a post I made about how bad it hurts.
1. How is the walk during consolidation ? do you look like a slow robot without balance or like an elder who need a bit of support? 2. How long before walking normal after frame removal? By normal i mean like the guy in the video below 3. Is it possible to lengthen in an apartment near the doctor? i mean like a couple of minutes away from him, in case some complications arise so i could reach him within an hour as i don't like the idea of staying in the hospital where i plan to go ( for the first 2 weeks i'll definetely stay in the hospital so the doctor could check my situation and give me the instructions, but no more than that) 4. How much help do you need as time progresses? 5. Did you experience any loss like a couple of mm? 6. Can you give me an idea of the level of pain as time progresses during lengthening and if there's any during consolidation? 7. That's obviously not me, but his body is identical to mine , in terms of proportions as my femurs are way longer than my tibias like in this pic, do you think 5 cm on tibias on this guy will look proportionate? ( the guy in the pic)
Medium, were you ever bothered by your proportions at your new height? Have you ever noticed someone at your height having quite bigger arms/hands/feet/torsos than you, and did anyone else ever point it out or do you think someone noticed? Also do you notice your sitting height being quite lower than of people your height?
Your situation now sounds so good, if some knee stiffness is all I had to take for being of average height, I would definitely do it, but I'm also very worried about proportions. We need more reports of fully recovered limb lengtheners, I wonder why they are so scarce.
Quote from: Hallijah on June 28, 2014, 12:28:55 AM1. How is the walk during consolidation ? do you look like a slow robot without balance or like an elder who need a bit of support? 2. How long before walking normal after frame removal? By normal i mean like the guy in the video below 3. Is it possible to lengthen in an apartment near the doctor? i mean like a couple of minutes away from him, in case some complications arise so i could reach him within an hour as i don't like the idea of staying in the hospital where i plan to go ( for the first 2 weeks i'll definetely stay in the hospital so the doctor could check my situation and give me the instructions, but no more than that) 4. How much help do you need as time progresses? 5. Did you experience any loss like a couple of mm? 6. Can you give me an idea of the level of pain as time progresses during lengthening and if there's any during consolidation? 7. That's obviously not me, but his body is identical to mine , in terms of proportions as my femurs are way longer than my tibias like in this pic, do you think 5 cm on tibias on this guy will look proportionate? ( the guy in the pic)
1. In the beginning my walking was really slow and I needed to use a walker for balance. A walk around the block could take me 2 hours.
2. I was walking normally (but slower) about 3-4 months after frame removal, except for going down stairs. Stairs are big obstacles for LLers. I could walk at normal speed like the guy in the video by about 7 months.
3. Yes, many people get apartments near their doctor instead of staying in a hospital the whole time. I never had to worry about that since the Beijing Institute's fee includes hospitalization for the entire lengthening period.
4. I didn't feel confident in my ability to drive for the first few months, so I needed help with that. Otherwise, I could do everything for myself as long as I had my walker.
5. No, I didn't lose any height after I finished lengthening.
6. My pain was the worst in the beginning because of all my knee complications, so lengthening for me got easier and less painful toward the end. That's not typical though. The consolidation phase isn't painful for anyone as far as I know.
7. I think that guy could do more than 5cm and still look fine.
Quote from: IwannaBeTaller on June 28, 2014, 12:57:35 PMMedium, were you ever bothered by your proportions at your new height? Have you ever noticed someone at your height having quite bigger arms/hands/feet/torsos than you, and did anyone else ever point it out or do you think someone noticed? Also do you notice your sitting height being quite lower than of people your height?
Your situation now sounds so good, if some knee stiffness is all I had to take for being of average height, I would definitely do it, but I'm also very worried about proportions. We need more reports of fully recovered limb lengtheners, I wonder why they are so scarce.
I never get bothered by my proportions at my new height. My sitting height is a bit low for a 5'10 guy, but I just make sure I sit up straight and that's good enough so that it's not a problem. I don't think anyone has ever noticed anything to be "off" about me, and they certainly haven't said anything. I think getting LL was one of the best decisions of my life.
Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on June 28, 2014, 04:55:47 PM1. In the beginning my walking was really slow and I needed to use a walker for balance. A walk around the block could take me 2 hours.
2. I was walking normally (but slower) about 3-4 months after frame removal, except for going down stairs. Stairs are big obstacles for LLers. I could walk at normal speed like the guy in the video by about 7 months.
3. Yes, many people get apartments near their doctor instead of staying in a hospital the whole time. I never had to worry about that since the Beijing Institute's fee includes hospitalization for the entire lengthening period.
4. I didn't feel confident in my ability to drive for the first few months, so I needed help with that. Otherwise, I could do everything for myself as long as I had my walker.
5. No, I didn't lose any height after I finished lengthening.
6. My pain was the worst in the beginning because of all my knee complications, so lengthening for me got easier and less painful toward the end. That's not typical though. The consolidation phase isn't painful for anyone as far as I know.
7. I think that guy could do more than 5cm and still look fine.
That's good to hear, cause i have the same proportions as him, 5 cm will make me 183cm at my lowest so that's awesome to hear
Quote from: Hallijah on June 28, 2014, 05:40:10 PMThat's good to hear, cause i have the same proportions as him, 5 cm will make me 183cm at my lowest so that's awesome to hear
If that means you are now 178 cm tall, don't do it. Your height is already perfectly fine. Go out there and enjoy your life.