Quote from: Charizard on October 17, 2021, 03:21:26 PM
Wow what a sh*t show. When i saw that x-ray of yours i felt the pain 
I hope you recover soon! How is your mobility now? Can you walk? or stand atleast?
Walking unassisted short distances, but my left leg is much weaker and taking longer to heal compared to right
Please post another update video! Thank you
Does anyone ever just fly to Turkey (without an appointment) and talk to Surgeons, then get the surgery done a few weeks later?
1. I find it really hard to get things started across the globe.
2. I'd rather just pull the trigger and do it rather than lay out a long roadmap (just the way my mind works). If I did book smoothing in a few months I wouldn't sleep until that 2 months had gone by... And then would have the surgery and not sleep for another 4 haha...
Also: I feel like there are maybe some good Doctors in Malaysia or Thailand but only Asians know about them and they don't advertise in English?...
Quote from: flubbersnubber on October 23, 2021, 02:50:47 AMAlso: I feel like there are maybe some good Doctors in Malaysia or Thailand but only Asians know about them and they don't advertise in English?...
There's Dr Tardthong in Bangkok, Thailand.
http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=139
Quote from: Activatedxx on October 14, 2021, 01:17:37 AMMainly in getting rid of height dysphoria
I was ashamed of my height before. It used to bother me so much, the increase isn’t drastic to the point I feel tall with an 8cm increase, but I feel way taller than before. I was never taller than anyone barely before, and a lot of females were taller with high heels, including my wife
Now I’m taller than about 40% of male population and even girls with heels I’m usually a few inches taller or if they are 5’5 with heels I am slightly taller or same height
Even people that are 1 inch taller I am eye level with them and don’t feel like they are taller
Height no longer bothers me in an obsessive way, I feel like I am in a normal range. I would love to be 2-3 inches taller than I am now, but it doesn’t bother me to the point where I hate it, if I was born at this height I probably would have never considered LL in the first place
More so, people used to comment about how they thought I was a high school student at work, whenever they ask me if I own the place, at least a few times a week. I haven’t received any comments like that since getting back to work a couple months ago. It’s no placebo effect, people are definitely taking me more serious in society, it’s a physiologic effect maybe when you are making eye contact instead of them looking down or something idk
Feel like I’m being treated as an adult or at the very least a young adult instead of a child
Would you do it all over again if you were back at your previous state? Did you regret this?
Hello guys
I’m right at about 6 month mark now. I will post X-rays soon my appointment to take them is coming up, but I will upload a walking video. My walking is closish to normal but I can only maintain it for so long. I went to a theme park for about 3 hours with ride breaks in between ( I had a skip line pass so it was a good amount of walking ) after the initial 30 min or so I develop a limp on my left leg and it gradually gets worse. I was relieved when the park closed because I could barely walk at that point, my legs felt extremely heavy it was ALOT of walking and I didn’t think I would even be capable to do half of what I walked. Miles for sure. Anyways it tells me my left leg is still catching up, I can very barely very slowly jog and jump but I’m not going to be doing anything strenuous. If I look stiff in the video it’s because I am sore in my calves. Internally I still feel tight/stiff/discomfort in some areas especially waking up I usually have to walk a little to warm up and get my gait more normal
If my left leg was the same stage as my right (if I didn’t have complication) I feel I would be much more satisfied, my right leg feels twice as strong as the other. Goes to show what going to a low quality doctor/cheap country can do. Overall I have mixed feelings about doing this. It’s definitely cured a majority of my height dysphoria but at the cost of my physical abilities. I was a state ranked wrestler in high school and always was comfortable knowing I could defend myself against 90% of the male population now I could get beat up by 90% of the male population or even an overweight female. It’s definitely depressing thinking that; it really sucks the price we have to pay to get rid of dysphoria. It’s like I feel more of a man but less at the same time. I sacrificed money, nightmarish pain, and my physical capabilities to go from short to under average. I wouldn’t complain about being slightly under average with physical capabilities.
This recovery is definitely tough. Even without the complication it’s no joke, but with it my recovery is going slower than I personally expected. It definitely feels like I’ve been this height all my life which is really weird. I barely remember what it feels like being 5’5 expect for the insecurity.
After I post my X-ray I probably won’t be updating for a few months. I’m grateful for my life at the end of the day, this process has taught me loads of patience and gratitude. There are some people in wheelchairs for the rest of their life or blind/permanent diseases. I’ll gladly take and accept whatever problems I have now because I am still happy with my life and they are minor problems compared to many I am sincerely blessed
https://imgur.com/gallery/pwFjHy4
6 month walking post op (with suffering left leg complication)
looking great mate..good luck for further recovery .how has life improved with your new height?
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