Quote from: limby101 on July 21, 2017, 01:50:22 PMhow about doing tibia for like 4-6 cm?
youre still young...
Sure, but after surviving 1 LL, I have other priorities than to have another surgery and be in frames for more than half a year.
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
I think 164 cm is around the average height of a girl in the majority of western countries and taller than average in SA. We are both shortish now, you are only 1-2 cm taller than me I think. I feel better about my height than you after achieving that by LL, but you have to agree with me that even after LL my height is not average for a man.
I thought the average in SA was about 170-175 cm. Surely you don't feel too short?
Quote from: IwannaBeTaller on July 21, 2017, 03:01:32 PMSorry 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".
I love being born in my country and I can't change that. However, I had premature consolidation because of premature puberty and by the time I notice / cared about height when I was 14-15 my bone age was 19 and I had barely a response to HGH. If my doctor parents had paid attention to me instead of working too much or had I been smarter and more self-conscious earlier, maybe I wouldn't have had to do this surgery.
What's done is done.
Quote from: Jack1066 on July 21, 2017, 04:07:00 PMI thought the average in SA was about 170-175 cm. Surely you don't feel too short?
It is interesting because unlike many countries we are not ethnically uniform. In my country, people who are indigenous are shorter and tend to be poorer, live outside the city and represent the majority of the population so they bring the average down by a lot. In practice, most of the people of a certain social economic position are Caucasians and taller. For this reason, I meet with taller people than it would normally be expected in my country.
I don't feel terribly short but definitely not average.
Quote from: LLSouthAmerica on July 21, 2017, 04:08:17 PMI love being born in my country and I can't change that. However, I had premature consolidation because of premature puberty and by the time I notice / cared about height when I was 14-15 my bone age was 19 and I had barely a response to HGH. If my doctor parents had paid attention to me instead of working too much or had I been smarter and more self-conscious earlier, maybe I wouldn't have had to do this surgery.
What's done is done.
But can you seriously blame yourself for this? 14-15 year olds aren't supposed to care about these things and usually have other things on their mind than the importance of height in society. Most 15 years old probably don't know what bone age or HGH is. I've been going through the same struggle, but on an objective note, a 15 year old boy isn't to blame for these things.
Besides, a 15 year old can't do much about his premature bone age, even if he knew the graveness of this problem, as far as I can see.
LLsouthamerica I think that you could have easily tried for 1-1.5 cm more and be very close to 5.8 which is no big difference from 5.7 but every cm above 5.7 really matters imo.
But still you can always do 5cm more in tibias and have a respectable height, especially for s. America.
Doing 5cm more in tibias with ilizarov is really no big deal in terms of money and complications, even the time is not much (about 6 months till frame removal).
If you are not ok with your height, don't let the time pass and do it. I regret for not gathering money sooner to be able now to do my second LL and I should wait about 2 years to do it.
Still your current height has a real difference compared to your initial but if you want more, go for that.
You are a sane and down to earth person, a very good candidate for a successful LL.
I did 5 cm with ilizarov and it did not go well... People dont realize how many things can go wrong. With current experience I would do ONLY LATN or precise
Quote from: LLSouthAmerica on July 21, 2017, 04:08:17 PMI love being born in my country and I can't change that. However, I had premature consolidation because of premature puberty and by the time I notice / cared about height when I was 14-15 my bone age was 19 and I had barely a response to HGH. If my doctor parents had paid attention to me instead of working too much or had I been smarter and more self-conscious earlier, maybe I wouldn't have had to do this surgery.
I have thyroid issues since i was 12yo and my uncles are 6'8 so yup. Who gives a damn doe.
Tbh worse things happened in my life.
Quote from: LLSouthAmerica on July 21, 2017, 04:08:17 PMI love being born in my country and I can't change that. However, I had premature consolidation because of premature puberty and by the time I notice / cared about height when I was 14-15 my bone age was 19 and I had barely a response to HGH. If my doctor parents had paid attention to me instead of working too much or had I been smarter and more self-conscious earlier, maybe I wouldn't have had to do this surgery.
What's done is done.
I don't think it's fair to blame yourself or your parents. There doesn't always have to be something/someone to blame. No one get's a perfect life and if you can mitigate your problems and still be happy then who cares where the blame is placed
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