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Posted on Feb 26, 2020, 6:39 pm
#181

Quote from: tallertree on February 25, 2020, 04:46:56 PMDoing LL is not just about become taller, its also about being perceived as bigger and we sit down probably more than we stand up thus if you have a short sitting height you will be perceived as short/small.

Im pretty sure no one notices that someone has short arms.


Imagine being on a date with a girl and you are taller than her when you stand up but as soon as you sit down she is suddenly taller than you. She will probably notice that, at least unconsciously.

I wouldn't care. I am 185 and i never sit straight, so i always look short in a sitting position but when I stand up people look at my height. I never cared about a sitting position.

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Posted on Jul 10, 2020, 9:20 am
#182

Not sure if you mentioned it earlier or not, could you please let me know of your weight(approximately, if you could recall) prior to the surgery? Just curious as I might want to reduce my weight a bit so I too could ditch the crutches after 6 weeks post op without having to worry about the nail bend/break.

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Posted on Mar 6, 2021, 7:52 am
#183

Hey did you get your nails removed?

Also how is your running now?

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Posted on Mar 6, 2021, 6:40 pm
#184

Quote from: tallertree on November 06, 2019, 11:30:25 AMLatest x-ray from October

Internal femur with Dr. Betz 2018
Internal femur with Dr. Betz 2018
great

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Posted on Mar 6, 2021, 10:17 pm
#185

I will do a major update in a few months.

As you can see from my x-rays the surgery and bone healing went well. However, that does not mean that 9cm is something i recommend, on the contrary actually.

Yes i have removed my nails. All your questions will be answered on the major update, so just wait.

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Posted on Mar 7, 2021, 1:08 am
#186

Quote from: tallertree on March 06, 2021, 10:17:14 PMI will do a major update in a few months.

As you can see from my x-rays the surgery and bone healing went well. However, that does not mean that 9cm is something i recommend, on the contrary actually.

Yes i have removed my nails. All your questions will be answered on the major update, so just wait.

How many cm on femur would you recommend then and why?

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Posted on Mar 7, 2021, 8:02 am
#187

Quote from: Highest on March 07, 2021, 01:08:13 AMHow many cm on femur would you recommend then and why?
It is recommend to stay under 8cm to prevent complications

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Posted on Mar 7, 2021, 9:47 am
#188

Quote from: tallertree on March 06, 2021, 10:17:14 PMI will do a major update in a few months.

As you can see from my x-rays the surgery and bone healing went well. However, that does not mean that 9cm is something i recommend, on the contrary actually.

Yes i have removed my nails. All your questions will be answered on the major update, so just wait.

Good to hear all is well.

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Posted on Mar 10, 2021, 12:40 am
#189

Quote from: tallertree on March 06, 2021, 10:17:14 PMI will do a major update in a few months.

As you can see from my x-rays the surgery and bone healing went well. However, that does not mean that 9cm is something i recommend, on the contrary actually.

Yes i have removed my nails. All your questions will be answered on the major update, so just wait.

Looking forward to it!

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Posted on May 30, 2021, 7:57 am
#190

Here comes an update.

The last 3 years have been quite challenging. I have had problems with my legs and especially the right leg. The more pressure/weight was put on the right leg the more pain i felt through the femur. Before the nail removal i thought to myself that once i remove the nail the pain will go away. But the pain was still present even after removing the nails.


Dr. Betz have unfortunately not been very helpful in this situation. In fact, he has not been helpful at all. During these three years, whenever I sent Dr. Betz x-rays I also mentioned the pain and every time he just answered something like "You need to do more PT/Training". Now, he might have been right about the PT/Training part. But telling a patient only this is like going to the gym for the first time with the goal of becoming a body builder and then your personal trainer just tells you "Yeah bro you need to workout more".

After removing the nails, I sent a long message to Dr. Betz and described my problem more in depth. Do you know what answer I got? that's right, he didn't answer at all.


So what I did instead was to contact Dr. Paley. He immediately answered and his first thought was that we were dealing with a tight-it band. However, I would have to meet him in order to give a correct diagnosis. So after a few months I meet him and he did examine me. The final conclusion was that the pressure pain was likely related to a week hip muscle. My right muscle was clearly weaker than my left. And my it-band is in fact tight and i have the so called "jumping hip" thing going on where the it band like jumps on the hip when rotating the leg. This was not a major issue though and could be done with a quick fix(it-band release) but it was not recommended by Dr. Paley at this stage. The important thing right now was to strengthen the muscles and the it-band release could be done anytime if it bothers me. Its only in extreme position the it band jumps, in daily life it does not.


This is very interesting because back in January I contacted a physiotherapist close to where i live. I suspected the problem was related to a tight it-band but my physiotherapist insisted we should instead try strengthen the muscles around the hip. I followed this program and saw a slight improvement, but nothing significant. Now however, the result seem to have come because since about 3 weeks the pressure pain is almost gone.  So shoutout to my physiotherapist for identifying the problem first Internal femur with Dr. Betz 2018




So this is something you should think about if you are considering this surgery. Your muscles will become significantly weaker. Some muscles will become so weak that you cant function properly. Its therefore very important that you start training these muscles in a early stage.



 

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