Well theres quite a few reasons.
First of all- if I am one of the cases where things get harder towards the end, my body may physically not allow 8 cm due to tightness etc. Although I will say that Paley and his team sort of misled me, saying no one had ever not achieved 8 cm who wanted it, but then after surgery the PA was basically saying how if I develop issues keeping my legs straight etc that they would need to stop lengthening me.
A theoretical reason is the nail stopping to work, which happened for another LL'er at 7 CM.
Then theres proportions, which I might find to get a bit off, although its hard to tell when not filled in by muscle.
Lastly theres the fact I want to recover in a reasonable time frame and get back to my life- I'm already sick of this lifestyle/the pain/limitations etc. and there are also people who depend on me to an extent back home, and I'll have been away from being full time with my business/focused for awhile and really will need to get back to that.
Who knows, maybe there will be no more setbacks, things will improve, and at the last ten days I'll decide to keep going, but currently I'm certainly open to stopping at 7 or so.
Installing height- Programdude's Precice 2 Internal femurs with Dr. Paley
Aug 19th-
Two days in a row PT has been brutal. Again, this pain I don't mind and I prefer infinitely to the dull aches(and the more I push myself in PT the less of those aches I get). My IT bands are TIGHT and painful. Random motions can send an insane stabbing pain through the whole band. During a stretch where my legs are elevated, if the PT I was working with dropped the leg whatsoever without significant support, a pain significant enough that I'd have to stifle a yell would shoot through it- and I have a pretty good tolerance for pain. While the pain doesn't get to me, I could certainly see someone with a lower tolerance finding it unbearable.
There is a chance due to this tightness that I will have to slow down my lengthening based off what my PT said, so hopefully things seriously loosen up since I would like to stay on the steady path to my goal. The good news is he noted that progress had been made between monday and today, which could mean by the weekend I'll be in a better spot, though the problem is then theres two days in a row with no professional PT, and my X rays are gonna be on the monday right after, so they'll be seeing me at my tightest.
Aug 22nd-
Alright! Today marks one month post op 3 CM's for your viewing pleasure. They said my X- Rays look great and that bone growth is very solid. I am exactly as lengthened as I should be, not counting the 2 mm discrepancy on my left. 
Really good to get this visual and hear two of them say I was doing amazing. In two weeks I'll be past the halfway mark, even if I go the full 8 CM, and will be getting an X ray and finally meeting with paley himself again.
How old are u?
23
Hi programdude I was wondering if you have any info about the people who did quadrilateral, like how they're doing?
I am thinking of doing quadrilateral with Paley, but it seems Sweatpants just disappeared and there's not much info available.
I'd like to do 10-11 cm. Do you know if Paley is really strict with the 10 cm limit, or would he allow 11-12 with quadrilateral?
I havent pursued information on quadrilateral since I've had no interest. I do know sweatpants had a complication but haven't followed her diary so don't know if its something she discussed or wants to discuss. No one I've actually seen is doing quadrilateral.
Can you ask someone about SweatPants?
I can give it a shot, sure.
So my insurance is asking for further details about the surgery pertaining to the nursing aids- asking for the surgery the cost etc. I'm assuming the best thing to do here is just not provide anything and pay out of pocket but any advice from someone better versed on these matters would be great.
Today was my first day not working with Mike in a week, and working with one of the female PT's again. The session was much less savage, but I take this as them thinking I've made enough progress to not need Mike every time- which is nice because a half massage session here and there is a welcome break.
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