Hi programdude,
I have been following your progress. First of all congrats on the completion of a very trying process. I am new leg lengthening and have been doing quite a bit of research. Our stats are very similar so hopefully you can answer some questions for me. I am definitely going with Dr. Paley with the precice 2 internal rod.
I am in my late 20's, very good shape, and slightly below 5'8''. I would like to hit min 5'10'' and ideally 5'11 for a gain of 76mm. I am currently in medical school so unfortunately time is my biggest constraint. I am basically going to only have somewhere in the middle of april to july 1st when my residency starts so around 2.5months. I understand 1mm increase per day=76 days of lengthening=2.5months roughly. So I basically finish lengthening and then have to go to work. Is this possible? Will I be able to walk around with crutches at work all day during the consolidation period? I am going contact Dr. Paley soon to get some specifics but I wanted to ask and other members who have knowledge of precise2 to if something like this is even feasible before I get my heart set on it.
Installing height- Programdude's Precice 2 Internal femurs with Dr. Paley
Hey man. The good news is yes using crutches or a walker is quite possible during consolidation(assuming you aren't too over weight bearing). One thing you need to consider though is that you may have duck ass during that phase- if you are trying to keep the nature of the reason for the crutches a secret. If doing this is important to you like it was to me, I'd say you could certainly do it- and that duck ass might be a good way to not be as obvious about the height gain. A lot of people say you are tightest near the end but that wasn't true at all for me. But in the even you were close to the goal and getting real tight you could just stop and get stretched to resolve it before you return since you are willing to budge a little on the result.
Speaking of people noticing in a combination of one of my friends being a dr. and me being suddenly taller than my 5 11 friend somehow, all my roomies are aware lol.
Yikes! So they know that you got LL? And how did you become taller than 5'11 and manage lengthen more than 8CM if you started under 5'8?
I guess that your doctor friend must have fully figured out that you got LL. It's not hard to put 2 and 2 together here. What were their reactions to the revelation?
Quote from: Taller on October 28, 2014, 09:53:35 PMYikes! So they know that you got LL? And how did you become taller than 5'11 and manage lengthen more than 8CM if you started under 5'8?
I guess that your doctor friend must have fully figured out that you got LL. It's not hard to put 2 and 2 together here. What were their reactions to the revelation?
I never really cared if they knew. Main concern was no one else knowing I was back. I don't think its as plainly obvious if you don't have two broken legs(which was the giveaway). Everyone but the dr. slowly realized so the reactions were more subdued disbelief than overblown shock. Reactions were all fun and positive though.
Not sure how I'm taller than him. Either his measurements or my starting height aren't accurate. Either way I'm happy.
PD,
How is life back at home? Do you think it is tougher or easier? I am not asking mentally, I am asking day to day stuff (like taking showers, laundry etc.). Is your bathroom modified for handicap people? I assume it is tough to sit and then stand up from toilet. Also the same as getting in and getting out of shower. Do you use walker or crutches at home?
Congratulation on your new height.
The bathroom in my bedroom is kind of slow to get into since the door is narrow for the walker, but sitting is easy. I feel like a totally normal person who just has to impose limits on myself for the safety of the nail- aside from some occasional very minor discomfort and the general bit of weakness from atrophy. The shower isn't great, but because I'm basically normal, its not hard to transfer myself into the bath tub at all.
I went out to an appointment today and managed fine. Other than needing to stay low key in town and some minor things like reheating food being hard etc. things really aren't bad at all. This is by FAR the best part of the LL process as my sleep is fantastic finally, sleeping 10 hours at times. I can really tell those now who are suffering through LL- the process DOES end, and it gets so much better. Pretty fast too.
Its weird sitting here with my friends and just living life. Already all the suffering and difficulties are like a pretty distant memory. Before long I can already feel that life is gonna get back into its rhythm again- Only with me very noticeably taller.
Agreed with Kirp1
Please show us some progresstion
Wish you have new gorgeous body
At this stage not too interested in pics, but when my postures good and legs have some meat back on them I might.
I am doing really well with everything but duck ass. Cant weight bear till I take x rays to confirm consolidation, but getting around is easy.
And yes I did 8 cm in under 3 months.
hey
already asked in therisingshortys thread:
did you personally experience any kind of hair loss due to surgery / medication?
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