Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on October 22, 2021, 01:31:23 PMEvery inch matters and is progressively tougher on the body, not in a linear way. Hard to know exactly how much tougher though. I don't bother thinking in half inches or lower increments because there's not much difference between one number and the next with intervals that small.
I think 5'10 is certainly better than 5'9. Even a 5'9 guy might be seen as short in some situations involving taller people wearing thicker shoes than he is. Still better than 5'8; that's a huge mental jump to 5'9 in my opinion even though it's the same distance apart.
I think two inches would outweigh the costs. I thought of doing 2" even back then but went for 3" because a lot of other people were doing that much or in some cases even more, and the price was the same. 8-9 cm was a range of lengthening several foreign Beijing patients were doing. And the domestic Chinese patients' lengthening ranges varied even more than that. Some only wanted 4 cm, one girl wanted 14 cm. 
They got charged by length and didn't have package deals offered to them.
You said "I think 5'10 is certainly better than 5'9." But you also said that you'd "do 2 inches" (5'9) instead of 3 (5'10) if you can go back in a time machine. You were 5'7 before surgery, correct? If yes, then is the "better" life quality from 5'9 to 5'10 not strong enough for the negative effect of that additional inch? How would you know for sure that you wouldn't get the negative effect had you chosenn to do 2 inches instead of 3?
I had LL in 2007 and I'm still here. Ask me anything!
Quote from: ilovescience on October 24, 2021, 05:06:11 PMWow, that's cool. Can you dunk with ease?
Dude he's like 5'10 now and had LL
Most 5'10 dudes who never had LL can't dunk, let alone one who had LL.
Quote from: TakingAction on October 24, 2021, 06:38:09 PMYou said "I think 5'10 is certainly better than 5'9." But you also said that you'd "do 2 inches" (5'9) instead of 3 (5'10) if you can go back in a time machine. You were 5'7 before surgery, correct? If yes, then is the "better" life quality from 5'9 to 5'10 not strong enough for the negative effect of that additional inch? How would you know for sure that you wouldn't get the negative effect had you chosenn to do 2 inches instead of 3?
Yeah, I think that extra inch on the tibias only probably wasn't worth it. The issues I have are biomechanical. My tibialis anterior muscles have to work so hard when I walk that walking is pretty tough workout (for those muscles only). After several months of rehabilitation they couldn't grow anymore; they had reached their limit but they still needed to be bigger to do what they needed to do. This caused a condition called exertional compartment syndrome, which is when too much blood goes into a muscle when you use it, and pressure builds up inside. To fix this, a fasciotomy was performed, which is cutting a small slit in the fascia of the muscle so blood can drain out of it. The skin on top of that area now has very few hairs on it for some reason. The muscle feels a little bit unnaturally soft and springy when I press on it with my fingers, kind of like a water balloon. This is because it's got blood draining out of it interstitially in that area. Normally a muscle is hard and resistant when you press on it because you're reducing its volume without changing the amount of tissue contained within the fascia, which raises the pressure. And it feels even harder and more resistant when you flex it because you're raising its internal pressure further by doing so. You can't raise the pressure on something if it has a pressure release valve, which is what my tibialis anterior muscles now have.
Another issue I've noticed is that when I lie on my side with my knees bent I have to be careful where I put my feet because it's easier with long tibias to get your foot to go higher than your knee, which when lying on your side can put sideways force on the knee joint. Thinking about the physics of this, a naturally taller person could easily have this issue as well, but the longer femurs they have give them a little more range of tibia positioning possibilities.
Quote from: Highest on October 20, 2021, 09:51:47 PMWhy femur lengthening no longer an option mdow? Is it an age thing?
Never mind. I just decided I'm definitely getting internal femur LL.
Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on October 30, 2021, 09:57:34 PMNever mind. I just decided I'm definitely getting internal femur LL.
Wait are you serious?
Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on October 30, 2021, 09:57:34 PMNever mind. I just decided I'm definitely getting internal femur LL.
Beast
Quote from: MakeMeTallAF on October 31, 2021, 02:39:43 AMWait are you serious?
Yes. I'm moving to northern Europe and don't want to go back to being short again.
Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on October 31, 2021, 03:54:50 PMYes. I'm moving to northern Europe and don't want to go back to being short again.
What technique (precice?) and also how many cm are you aiming for?
What is your current height and the avg height in the country you are moving to?
I'm currently 178 cm, will lengthen at least 5 cm so I can get to 6', maybe more if I decide that it'll be proportionally acceptable.
I'll use Stryde if it's back by the time I get it done, otherwise Precise.
No comment on the country. 
Guess I'd better get back to work on that novel so my 2nd LL can be written about concurrently.
What are the pros and cons of leaving in internal nails for years? I get scared when I read diaries of people who had bad complications after a nail removal surgery
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