Managed to hop on the exercise bike today for about 15 minutes -- not sure what's the deal with the machine, but it appears to be set on some sort of default resistance... which tires me out very easily. Anyway, I feel that it'll play a big part in my recovery, as the motion and slight weight bearing will help build back some of my strength to continue walking again. My legs are insanely sore today from the workout and all the stretching/PT yesterday... so I may just rest for a couple days, while continuing to do stretching and lengthening, but no PT/biking for the next couple of days in order to heal.
I went from around 6-10 norcos a day + 2 oxycontin to just a single oxycontin when I woke up... hopefully it'll last me till end of day, but the pain has completely gone away. Only thing left is the soreness of my legs from all the activity.
HelloThere's Precice 2.0 Femurs with Dr. Rozbruch (operation date 3/20/14)
You're lucky to have a brother who's helping you through this. It's really awesome he can empathize with you.
Btw, how old is he?
@Short_and_depressed I totally agree with you! He's taken better care of me than all of the nurses over at HSS... waking up at all hours to help me out and giving me medicine for my pain or emptying my "bathroom bottles". He's 21 as of this year. I would highly highly recommend having someone who cares about you coming along. It won't be super fun for them, but I can say my journey to a healthy recovery has been sped up and kept smooth because of him.
Tangential but,
What is it like to be rich?
What is it like to be rich short and male?
I don't consider myself "rich", I suppose we all have different definitions of that, but I do well for myself and pretty much have full freedom... for me, it can be lonely, but that's because I choose to sit inside and work all day, instead of going out and socializing. When I do go out into the world though, I can tell I carry myself more confidently than most other males and I'm a lot more direct when it comes to communicating. I also believe that I have better luck meeting women because of that, even compared to guys taller than me, though I'm not necessarily happier than those guys because I feel like my height is a hindrance.
Hello, i feel similar. I am very confident and lots of positive energy but the height some how messed me up. Hoping to fix it very shortly 
. I am waiting passionately to transform from very short to some what average.
Down to two "narcos" (narcotics -- I've been spelling it wrong all along, my apologies) before bed now. I was going through a very slight case of withdrawals, over the past few days, when I stopped my normal dose of two narcos (every two hours) + oxycontin (every 12 hours)... it felt like I was coming down with the flu and there was this odd chill within my bones.
The pain from the operation has pretty much gone away, all I'm left with are muscle aches and soreness, which really sucks if I'm trying to sleep, which is why I'm still taking two pills right before bedtime.
I had my check-up with Dr. Rozbruch on the 31st and everything is going perfectly. There doesn't seem to be any sort of premature consolidation of the bones and we've decided to stick to the 1mm/day schedule. I did request that we speed up the lengthening and the doctor told me that even if I do finish lengthening faster, it doesn't necessarily mean my bone will heal faster... if anything I would probably finish around the same time as if I had left it at 1mm/day and I'd be opening doors to new risks by trying to rush the lengthening process.
I've started using the stationary biking machine and it's definitely a good workout and I feel great when I'm on it, but after I get off I'm incredibly sore and my muscles feel very tight. I have a harder time stretching when my muscles are "warm", after biking, than when they're "cold". Either way I will still be biking for about 20 minutes a day and continue stretching throughout the day.
Way to go HelloThere!
You can also say opioid, less criminal-sounding than narcos.
Glad to hear you're lengthening properly and feeling less pain
Did you get a chance to ask him about ITB releases?
Quote from: mediocre on April 02, 2014, 03:22:47 PMWay to go HelloThere!
You can also say opioid, less criminal-sounding than narcos.
Haha thanks for that, mediocre! Opioid sounds way cooler too 
@BilateralDamage
Thanks a lot, I feel a lot better now!
I actually sent him an entirely separate email about it and he didn't respond, so it totally dropped from my mind... I'll ask him the next time I see him, which will be next week. Sorry about that, I did tell you that I'd ask him.
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