Quote from: boklecrt on June 28, 2022, 05:51:36 AMYou should stick to 1mm per day. Do not spend a single nanosecond listening to the assistants babbling about "preconsolidation risk". The scientific literature says 0.25mm per day is when the risk becomes apparent. Preconsolidation doesnt happen overnight. It takes weeks of slow lengthening. Furthermore the more you go into the process the softer the callus is the more leeway you got with the speed of turns. So if youre already 6 cm and you stop for like 2 weeks and then turn again you most likely will be able to continue uninterrupted
Read the next carefully: at any time during the process if you start getting overwhelmed from the turns you can take rest days. You can take 2-3-5 days of rest if turning becomes excruciating later in the process. Do not push through excruciating pain due to "preconsolidation risk". Do not fight your body. If you start getting nerve tingles, and general feeling of not being well take rest days. Alternatively you could slow down for a few days to 0.5mm per day and then resume 1mm when rested a bit. But this is for later in the process
Anyway
For walking without support - Do not do it. It is not worth it to risk and tempt fate
From what I have researched about the turkish doctors they all use these sturdy looking walkers with wheels(its actually called rollator) which for example they dont use in the Vietnamese place I had my surgery, we use here normal non wheel walkers
So with the Rollator walkers you are able to have natural movement of one step following the other instead of having to put 2 feet together and move the walker forward like I have to do
Use your rollator for everything and make sure you keep your body straight and not hunched over. This will become increasingly difficult as the lengthening goes as youre stretching the entire posterior chain beyond its equilibrium which will force you to hunch over like a grandpa
also, youre very light, EAT EAT EAT
Dont worry about gaining unwanted weight, it will be quite hard to. All extra calories will mainly go to the bone break.
If you dont wake up in the morning energized youre not eating enough. Try to calculate how much calories you eat. At your pigeon tier weight you must shoot for 3000 at the bare minimum.
eat 3-4-5 times a day, protein should be your main food then vegetables(for good digestion) and carbs. These 3 in all meals. If you ask to get 5 whole eggs a day would help tremendously too as the fat in egg yolk is necessary to produce hormones in your body. I dont know how much you can change the food they give you. Eggs every day and some nuts are extremely important.
Haha I appreciate the detailed response.
I’ve always weighed really less, I’m not even skinny I was quite built before the surgery, routinely went to the gym and had decent muscle mass. But yeah I understand the caloric intake importance problem is food here tastes like ass lmao. I’m trying to eat as much protein as possible and now I’m considering getting some protein powder just to up the calories without having to eat the nasty food here lol.
You definitely scared me about the lengthening so I’m just gonna stick to 1mm now, some crazy dudes here do 1.75+ and lengthen to 10cm on femurs. Sometimes my brain gets greedy and thinks why shouldn’t I do it too lol. But I’m gonna stick to my 6.5cm goal and get there as safely as possible
You did tibias right? Do you have any advice on ROM for knee bending I can’t go past 95 degrees and it’s the only thing that’s making me worried rn
Limb Lengthening- Halil Buldu Turkey LON Femurs
Earlier update than I expected. Yesterday during my PT session the therapist decided that I could start using crutches. He also asked me to try and walk unassisted while he hovered around my vicinity just in case. There was a mirror so I was closely examining my gait. My balance is a little off but no where close to the penguin walk I see other people sometimes doing. The team usually asks to record everything but I don’t mind as long as they blur the faces. One of the reasons I wasn’t so afraid of the surgery was for some of the previous patients who documented their journeys so I feel the least I can do is help future patients. I’ve also decided that I’m gonna dedicate 2 hrs of my own time a day to stretching, balance and strength. I now go to the facility gym and just walk around there and workout. I have had no contact with the doctor since 2 days post op but he should be coming around for X-rays in the coming days. The team is really nice tho, they are literally available 24/7 and help with anything they can. If you’re doing this I highly recommend LiveLifeTaller
Ok guys sorry for not updating. I’m almost 3 weeks post op and now sitting at 3cm gained. I’ve been lengthening at 1.25mm daily and have not experienced much pain. I’m probably gonna cut down to 1mm soon because I fear it’ll be hard to keep this up long term. For flexibility I can bend my legs past 90 degrees and hamstrings and quads still don’t feel too bad. I walk with the walker they give you opposed to the crutches because I don’t wanna take any chances falling and having my progress halted. I’m really sick of staying here ngl I’m used to isolation so it isn’t too bad but I haven’t even had a breath of fresh air in 3 weeks which sucks lol. I’m considering removal first week of august regardless of how many cm I’m at. I’ll prob be around 5’7.5 then and honestly that’s fine. I can still stand straight and walk straight with the walker as my pelvic muscles haven’t deteriorated too much. I’ve lost noticeable weight on my thighs and upper body. I don’t regret doing the surgery but I am definitely sticking to my 6/7cm goal. I don’t want a really long recovery as I’ve seen some patients who can’t even stand straight with the walker. I’m just gonna take my ~3inches and hopefully be out of here soon. Tip for anyone doing this make sure you really are able to put 100% into it if you’re someone who thinks you can just walk in here and get 10cm and walk out unscathed you’ll be in for quite a surprise.
Thank you KingsRule for this diary, your updates are enough don't worry.
It's really good to see that you have almost no pain. I am actually scared of the pain. Can you say it on a scale 1 to 10, how much pain you have daily?
That’s an intresting question 
Quote from: ikocak on July 13, 2022, 09:43:21 AMThank you KingsRule for this diary, your updates are enough don't worry.
It's really good to see that you have almost no pain. I am actually scared of the pain. Can you say it on a scale 1 to 10, how much pain you have daily?
Thanks bro, I’m currently experiencing some muscle pains that I feel after waking up. It’s stiffness kind of like waking up the morning after a really hard workout. Daily pain is probably a 2/3 most times and sometimes can go up to a 4. But it’s really hard to describe because I truly don’t think I’ve ever experienced any physical pain past a 7.
Ok guys update time. Kind of felt like it was a good time to update especially considering the whole Livelifetaller controversy on the forum. For starters I’m now at 4cm. I’ve made the executive decision to stop lengthening on august 1st regardless of what I’m at. If I continue my current lengthening rate I’d be sitting past 6cm and that for me honestly is enough. Coming into this surgery I knew I wouldn’t be exceptionally tall afterwards but on the shorter end of average and that to me is enough. This week I experienced some problems with my pinsite and let the nurses know. They acted swiftly to replace the bandages and on the one pinsite where there seemed to be problems they applied medicine. I cannot go into specifics here because I don’t want to give away my anonymity as I suspect team members will now be reading this forum since the whole controversial post. As for my personal opinion I have had no regrets so far making the choice of going with Livelifetaller. They provided an affordable option for someone who could not wait 5/6 years to save up. In my mental situation battling depression I don’t think I could have made it that far. The staff provides assistance in any case. Sure they have some sketchy protocols like suggesting lengthening rates of 1.5mm a day and suggesting that the external fixator is removed as soon as lengthening is finished but I have contacted numerous doctors in turkey and most of them have similar protocols. I have a belief that the staff genuinely care about the patients. Sure I have not seen dr buldu since the surgery a month ago but if I needed contact with him im sure he’d do so. Again the surgery especially with external devices is risky perhaps I’ve been lucky so far who knows. But some of the people attacking Livelifetaller on here are being too harsh. I’ve met with a lot of patients here who are content with the service obviously no one is going to be smiling throughout this tough procedure but the team helps you as much as they can.
Also just realized my last post didn’t really describe my actual physical state haha. So far my flexibility is in tact I don’t experience much pain during physio session hamstrings and quads still aren’t tight. My knee bending can go past 90 degrees by myself and with the therapist pushing I can reach 100. I can walk with the walker and crutches no problems a solid walk too, no duck ass or hunch back knees bent no ballerina. If I try to walk unassisted I have some balancing issues like that awkward penguin walk but I assume once the fixators are removed I can fix that up. I stretch/walk around for 3hrs a day. I’m very mobile still and hopefully I can keep this going for just a couple more cms then we’ll call it a day at around 5’8. Can’t wait to go home
fake diary fo.
Quote from: overandover on July 14, 2022, 09:55:59 AMfake diary fo.
Stuff like this pisses me off. I take the time out of my day to post on here to help others thinking about doing the surgery and guys like you say I’m lying. I’ve literally given my WhatsApp out through dms and talked to numerous guys. Here’s a picture of my fixator I’ll even charge my backup phone and take another one to show time and date if you want.
https://ibb.co/z600DYk
Have respect dude guys are out here in pain doing rigorous exercise to retain mobility and some of us spend time posting on here and you say it’s fake?
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