Limb Lenghtening with Dr Guichet 2017

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Quote from: helloworld on July 06, 2017, 04:04:15 PMhttp://www.drguichet.com/proportion-and-possible-gain/

"For men, average height is 1.76 m (5 feet, 9.5 inches) and for women 1.68 m (5 feet, 6.25 inches). In terms of anthropometrics, the length of the femur represents 29% of standing height, while the tibia represents 80% of femur length."

No, I meant your other source which says it should be 27%.

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Yesterday I walked like 8 hours during the whole day and climbed a sand dune. I walked sometimes more than 2 hours non stop and at normal person pace. However, at the end of the day, I reverted to my penguin past. I wonder why that happens. Today I walked up better but still minimum penguin... Here I was thinking my penguin days were completely gone, maybe it's due to muscle exertion.

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hey there.
how are you hanging there?
still pelvic tilted? do you find it uncomfortable or painful? or just bothered by the look of it?
walking 8 hours a day seems like a real push even for the average - normal legs person, so you should be proud!
so what are your limitations at your current state?
can u bend over to pick something from the floor?
running lightly?
stairs?
ive watched a video of someone post femur-ll and walking up the stairs seems easier than walking down the stairs...
what about stretching or physiotherapy?

btw, by the radiographs you posted, you should be 12 yeard old

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Quote from: limby101 on July 10, 2017, 11:30:07 AMhey there.
how are you hanging there?
still pelvic tilted? do you find it uncomfortable or painful? or just bothered by the look of it?
walking 8 hours a day seems like a real push even for the average - normal legs person, so you should be proud!
so what are your limitations at your current state?
can u bend over to pick something from the floor?
running lightly?
stairs?
ive watched a video of someone post femur-ll and walking up the stairs seems easier than walking down the stairs...
what about stretching or physiotherapy?

btw, by the radiographs you posted, you should be 12 yeard old

Hey, much better I recovered my walk again. Turns out it was only muscle fatigue. I'm not pelvic tilted since a lot of week ago, maybe a little bit after sitting for hours but after standing for a while it resolves. Before it was painful walking for hours because of the back pain but it was never very noticeable. As I told you I have no pelvic tilt since a lot of time ago.

At my current state, I have no limitations on normal life, I bend over to pick stuff from the floor, go up and downstairs without support etc. However what I have noticed is that I can no longer reach my feet to stretch the quadriceps and my hands reach only to my ankles (before I could almost touch the floor with my hands).

Though Dr Guichet told me a few days ago I could restart sports I will wait until 6 months post op so I've not tried running and yes you are right going up stairs is 100 times easier than walking down stairs. Maybe it's because my balance is off or because I'm afraid of falling.

I stretch sometimes by myself, and I've done no physio since leaving Milan. I believe that covers all the questions and yeah haha, of course, the xrays only says the default information. I'm not 12 years old!

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does Dr Guchit recommends femoral or tibial operation according to the body proportions or he recommends femoral lengthening any way and does you meet patients doing tibial lengthening and what were their results as many doctors recommend femur operation but other recommend tibia , i thought it is the method they use while external fixators are best in tibia , the internal fixators are best in femur , please correct it to me if you know other inforamtion.
In a diary of precise II of both femur and tibia , the patient said it was less pain than femur.
also is there any restriction to wear high heels after operation.
and do you know which can cause more disability ( i mean not 100% recovery back to normal) tibial or femoral LL
do you regret doing LL for any reason 

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Quote from: RN on July 20, 2017, 11:10:52 PMdoes Dr Guchit recommends femoral or tibial operation according to the body proportions or he recommends femoral lengthening any way and does you meet patients doing tibial lengthening and what were their results as many doctors recommend femur operation but other recommend tibia , i thought it is the method they use while external fixators are best in tibia , the internal fixators are best in femur , please correct it to me if you know other inforamtion.
In a diary of precise II of both femur and tibia , the patient said it was less pain than femur.
also is there any restriction to wear high heels after operation.
and do you know which can cause more disability ( i mean not 100% recovery back to normal) tibial or femoral LL
do you regret doing LL for any reason 

Femoral always, I also think tibia = external and femur = internal. I don't think there is a restriction to wear high heels. I have wore insole and lifts after LL and it was uncomfortable but not painful.
About the recovery I don't know which is worse, but I don't think it causes disability. Even now almost 5 months after surgery I'm completely functional and able to do everyday life without problems.
I regret being so short that even after LL the majority of people will be taller than me. The lengthening itself I think it was worth it but it did not have the impact it would have if I were taller pre op. I think 169 - 173 is the best starting height.

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how about doing tibia for like 4-6 cm?
youre still young...

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Quote from: LLSouthAmerica on July 21, 2017, 04:17:36 AMFemoral always, I also think tibia = external and femur = internal. I don't think there is a restriction to wear high heels. I have wore insole and lifts after LL and it was uncomfortable but not painful.
About the recovery I don't know which is worse, but I don't think it causes disability. Even now almost 5 months after surgery I'm completely functional and able to do everyday life without problems.
I regret being so short that even after LL the majority of people will be taller than me. The lengthening itself I think it was worth it but it did not have the impact it would have if I were taller pre op. I think 169 - 173 is the best starting height.

Dude, you went from being shorter than the average girl to obviously not tall. You are just shortish now

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on July 21, 2017, 02:39:17 PMDude, you went from being shorter than the average girl to obviously not tall. You are just shortish now

Don't you remember that on reddit/LL Forum/old forum  everybody under 7' is basically a manlet?

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Quote from: LLSouthAmerica on July 21, 2017, 04:17:36 AMI regret being so short that even after LL the majority of people will be taller than me. The lengthening itself I think it was worth it but it did not have the impact it would have if I were taller pre op. I think 169 - 173 is the best starting height.

Sorry for nitpicking, but this is not what regret means. You can't regret something you have so little control over. That's like saying "I regret being born in the wrong country".