Hey, thanks guys for the encouragements and advice!
Today is the first day I completed all my training. I am starting to eat a lot more and actually gained back 1kg. My mood is a lot better and I sleep better and my nerve problem is a lot better now. I guess in hindsight, I should've followed directions more closely. I didn't think the exercies would be important. After all, I was tired and depressed and just wanted to sleep all day. How would come stupid workout possibly help, I thought? But I admit that my intuition was wrong this time... big time.
It wasn't until I started having nerve problems last week that I started to take guichet;s protocols more seriously. I was annoyed at Dr Guichet bc he seems to fuss about every little detail. I didn't see the point of it. But then I saw the other LLers and this girl even at 8.5cm, she could close her legs and was in a much better shape than I was. Same was true for others too. That's when it hit me... I seem to be the only one having nerve problems at only 3.5cm. Coincidentally, i am also the only one who ditch the Isokinetic Center more often than I ditched class in college. In fact, dr guichet said out of his 500 patients, I am one in TEN patients who couldn't close his leg at mere 3.5cm. That's pretty harsh. That's when i realized that I need to step up my game.
Damnit, I guess i was wrong. But that's okay. I was under a lot of emotional stress and depression and under such mental conditions, cognitive functions may be impaired. I am beginning to understand Dr Guichet better now. Make no mistake this guy is strict as hell. But his patients that I seen have all been getting rlly good results with no complications, and to be fair he rlly takes his time to answer my emails and calls. I think the advantage of using Guichet is taht he side steps major complications such as paralysis and such by controlling every aspect of the LL and using rigorous exercise programs for muscle adaptation. The disadvantage is that it's a lot of effort, and I definitely wasn't prepared for it. He is like the strictest parent ever, but that seems to get results.
Now, my mood have stablized and i have finally accepted the reality that I am not going to be spending the next 2-3 month playing games, and going back to the US 10cm taller like a boss. I accept the reality that I have to WORK and WORK every day, but this will allow me to return to walking and normal activities almost as soon as I stop lengthening. All in all, i think this journey had been hard bc no body in my life had pushed me as hard as Dr Guichet. In my state of instability, I just wanted to rebel. But that's normal, according to him. He said that ppl undergoing LL return to a child's state of mind.
PS. I shot some vids with dr guichet in a restruant yesterday. I say a lot of cra* about him, so I thought it was fair if he gets to share his view too. I think reality is always somewhere in the middle. In order to have a complete picture of the reality of LL, u have to listen to many different sides. U have heard my side, now I think he deserves to have his side heard too. I don't agree or disagree with him. I think he have many valid points. but i also think my emotional reactions were valid too given how much happened in the last few weeks.
Leechlet Internal Femur 2014 Dr Guichet
I came across this vid today. It was TOO epic that I could never make something better. They say good artist create, but great artist steal. So i am gonna just post this vid bc it pretty much summarizes what i am going through in the last few weeks better than anything I've made so far. I came into this journey as a young and totally immature guy. To be honest, most LLers I know have a much easier time than me. THat's bc in addition to adapting to my new height, I also had to do a TON of mental adaptation, maturing in a few weeks probably what I would otherwise do in YEARS.
I feel myself going insane sometimes bc my internal mental system is quickly breaking down and remaking itself to handle the new stress load that the 22 yo immature Leechlet who started this journey could never survive. NO shot.
Anyways, here is the epic vid I found on youtube!
Hey guys! f**king Dr Guichet is the coolest f**king doc in the world. Check out this email exchange btwn us. I didn't know he was so compassionate and deep
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Hi Dr Guichet,
I was able to do all the exercises the last few days and my nerve problem pretty much went away. I still have problem with closing my leg together, but that's a work in progress.
As my mood stabilized, I realized that a lot of why I am getting LL is to impress and rebel against my parents. I don't feel secure inside because my parents never really approved of me. I didn't get into Harvard and at the ripe old age of 23 I am no where near starting the next Apple. They are disappointed in me and LL is a way for me to empower myself and rebel.
I think for this reason, I was rebellious against you because you are very similar to my dad in personality. I think for this reason also, I went with you right after the consultation. I liked you but at the same time wanted to rebel. It's a weird feeling, but I think the biggest reason for me to get LL is to feel more secure in myself when my parents don't approve of me. This is why I make the channel. I always want to do something unique and special that will change the world. I want to be special. I want approval.
Anyways, I am not sure if this email is interesting to you. But LL made me take a hard look at myself and my motives.
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Dear Leechet,
Of course, your e-mail is interesting me! It is what I thought exactly, and that is why I am here to help you to succeed your lengthening, and your 'initiatory journey’ through lengthening.
At the end, you should:
- Be able to act as an adult not seeking approval from your parents, but at least being respected and if possible admired (it will take time as you will have to succeed some professional trip)
- To feel secure in yourself and to seek approval in yourself not in others.
- To better balance important/accesssory elements in life
It is not easy, but if you’re open to changes and listening (to things you do not listen to others and also to your being, not your brain), it will work.
In the same time, if you can better understand relationships in life, with respect to other who do not have always good intentions, it will be excellent. Being able to go beyond the superficial contact and to be able to drive energy in others to boost them and better gather them will be very important in your life.
Not all managers are coming from Harvard, and some craziness is often the foundation of creation and success, e.g. Steve HJobs or multiple other people in the world. So do not worry, drive your energy in a controlled way and you will succeed.
And go out for a good Pizza in Fresco e Cimmino!
Have a nice week-end!
Jean-Marc Guichet, MD, PhD, Doct. Sci.
SELARL du Docteur Jean-Marc Guichet
Centre Phocea, 14 Bd Ganay
13009 Marseille - France
Office: +33.491.777.547
Office (mobile): +33.664.163.890
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web: www.allongement-os-grandir.com
Studio SOMA
Via Nicola Piccinni, 3
20130 Milano (MI)
Italy
Office: +39.328.634.2941
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web: www.allongement-os-grandir.com
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I think this guy not only does LL, but understands that LL is mostly psychological and offers that unique aspect of service. I am beginning to like him more and more as my mood stabilize. This guy should play cards. He reads me like Phil Ivey staring into ur soul, going for a 4-bet all in preflop bluff. Or maybe I am just rlly easy to read. Either way, I discoverd that a lot of my need for LL is bc of my need for approval from my dad rather than from girls and other conventional routs I thought would provide me validation. I think for this reason, i felt so empty even when i got someone as amazing as Julia. I remember when i had Julia for the first time, i didn't care about her and I just wanted to make a deep run in a big poker tourney, bc my dad always admired poker players. I just wanted him to say "good job" for once. Goddamnit. Freaking asian parents. They are harder to please than Guichet. Tongue
Hey ppl!
What a wonderful day it is! I am feeling much happier this week. Doing the exercies helped a lot. I think the most important thing is to just get out of bed and experience LIFE instead of just lying in bed analyzing the shi* out of life and feeling sorry for myself
I am at 4cm today!
I devised a reward scheme for myself:
7cm - buy myself Thief 4!!! hell yaaaa!!!!!
9cm - get South Park Stick of Truth dont matter what the price
10cm+(max out the nail) - umm, i am not sure yet. but it's gonna be a big one Wink
So i woke up and asked myself what I am rlly looking forward to 2014. and i have waited for Thief 4 for over 10 years and I love south park. my best friend told me on fb to stop analyzing all the time and just live life. he's right. he bought me battlefield 4 before my surgery to show me this. love taht guy. gonna start a company with him one day prob
How's it going now Leechlet?
Hey Leechlet,
I am counting your days in total, 18 days post op in feb 15. You achieved 4cm already, I bet this only possible because of LL oriented PT session. Seems like you might achieve 10cm in less than two months if the keep up the current clicking rate.
Wow...good luck!
Quote from: Cooper on February 17, 2014, 04:59:40 PMHey Leechlet,
I am counting your days in total, 18 days post op in feb 15. You achieved 4cm already, I bet this only possible because of LL oriented PT session. Seems like you might achieve 10cm in less than two months if the keep up the current clicking rate.
Wow...good luck!
Never mind I think I picked the wrong date for computation....I was looking at the video which was posted way later and thought that was the surgery day. 
Hi!
If i get to 10cm, it will be earliest beginning of June. I will be lengthening just slightly faster than the rate of consolidation, which means right after I stop clicking I will be able to walk soon. But it will take me many MANY month to lengthen.
1mm/day = 100 days for 10cm.
Roughly about 3-4 months.
You sure you want 10cm? I'll do 5cm tibias and 5cm in femur in future.
Since we are talking about lengthening amount. I have below plan for myself.
A) 8cm femur, 5 cm tibia
b) 7cm femur, 6cm tibia
c) 6.5cm femur, 6.5cm tibia
d) Anything available
Dr. Rozbruch thinks plan C is the best. I am worried if somehow I could not able to tibia for 6.5cm. I am doing my femur first and see how that goes.
Sorry Leechlet for hijacking your diary.
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