Day 16 - I’m officially 178cm or 5’10”
20 days and I’ll be 180cm and can hopefully have the fixators taken off.
It could be my imagination but I think I feel more awkward walking due to the added length, I assume I’ll get used to that though over time.
Day 17 - Don’t really know what to keep writing as every day is the same, I guess my left leg is hurting a bit more than usual this morning.
Went and had some xrays this afternoon to check my progress, I’ll hopefully get to look at them in a day or two.
Day 18 - One of the worst parts is that every morning, regardless of if I go before I go to sleep, I wake up needing to pee really bad and it takes a good five minutes to make my way to the toilet and walking is more painful in the morning unless I do the stretches but then that’s another 10 minutes of needing to pee.
I’m going to start trying to do more stretches that will help fix my right foot/ankle as well.
Also just had my first shower today and washed my hair and face properly, nobody told when I could or couldn’t shower so I just figured as long as I keep my legs dry it should be fine.
LON Method on tibia with Dr Halil Buldu through Wannabetaller
These next few days I was feeling really down and was when I started to decide I didn’t care about lengthening anymore and just wanted to get back to walking normally. For me I just wanted to get over my height issues which didn’t necessarily mean becoming 2-3 inches taller, so while I only did 1 inch the whole experience did help me get over my insecurities.
Day 19 - This whole thing is honestly just making me depressed and realise how good my life was before. I can’t wait to get the fixators taken off so I can see where I’m at in terms of walking and work on my recovery from there.
I went for about a 20-30 minute walk around the hotel which again made me feel better, I’m going to focus on making sure my left leg stays as strong and flexible as it is so that when the fixators come off that leg should be able to step normally and I’ll see how I need to deal with my right foot.
I’ve now lengthened 1cm which is exciting but also I can barely stand up straight so it can feel a bit pointless, 2 weeks until I finish lengthening and can start my proper recovery.
Day 20 - The physical pain hasn’t been difficult and manageable but it’s a big mental struggle for me. I definitely have moments where I’m depressed and mad at myself just for how useless I’ve made myself.
I managed to take a few very uneasy steps today without a walker which was promising although I imagine I looked like a baby taking its first steps.
Day 21 - The worst part is not knowing when I’ll be able to walk normally again, all I can do is hope I can at least get around on crutches once the fixators are off and then go back home and start getting proper physiotherapy sessions.
Hopefully I don’t have anything to worry about, I mean I’m only lengthening 2.5cm and lots of people have done way more and still walked so I just have to trust my doctor knows what he’s doing.
I went for a walk and went and saw the other guy who had surgery as he’s staying in the same hotel which has made me feel a little saner and not so depressed.
I was also visited by one of the guys from wannabetaller and told him I plan on stopping lengthening soon, he seemed disappointed but said it was my choice anyway so I can do what I want. He also said that once the fixators are off I’ll be able to walk on crutches and be walking around normally within 2-3 weeks which does sound too good to be true but we’ll have to wait and see.
I don’t care if I could theoretically lengthen more or people think it’s not worth it, it’s affecting me mentally and mental health is more important than a cosmetic surgery.
Once I had made the decision to stop lengthening early I started to feel a lot better.
Imagine how I feel in hotel 6 month made femur than tibia and reach 16cm, we have same doctor, all this time is very easy to lose mind, because pain is al time active, but thx God I finish both segment, in 3 days i remove fixators, my advice for you is stay strong this is only temporary and soon is gone
Quote from: Meck on April 12, 2020, 09:14:13 AMImagine how I feel in hotel 6 month made femur than tibia and reach 16cm, we have same doctor, all this time is very easy to lose mind, because pain is al time active, but thx God I finish both segment, in 3 days i remove fixators, my advice for you is stay strong this is only temporary and soon is gone
I don’t know how people manage to have them on for that long, I had mine taken off last week and already feeling way better. Good luck with your own recovery, I imagine 16cm will take some time to get used to.
It is absolut stupid to do this surgery for 2,5 cm.
Quote from: germanlim on April 12, 2020, 05:25:47 PMIt is absolut stupid to do this surgery for 2,5 cm.
Obviously I intended on doing more but plans change
Hi, Ollie170
It's a bit disappointing that you start something and left it in the middle of the road. I understood your point about being insecure and get over with your insecurity with only few cms.But you should try little more longer stay in frames so that once the frames are gone you don't feel insecure
again by feeling that you could have done little more batter because then there will be no turning back from that point. Do well and stay strong.
Though your starting height was impressive.
Quote from: Smaller on April 12, 2020, 06:13:20 PMHi, Ollie170
It's a bit disappointing that you start something and left it in the middle of the road. I understood your point about being insecure and get over with your insecurity with only few cms.But you should try little more longer stay in frames so that once the frames are gone you don't feel insecure
again by feeling that you could have done little more batter because then there will be no turning back from that point. Do well and stay strong.
Though your starting height was impressive.
Hey, I understand why everyone will think 2.5cm isn’t worth it I personally don’t really think it is either but you can’t know for sure how you’re going to react during the lengthening period and I found it was too much for me and I just had to get back to normal life.
Frames have been off for a little over a week and I’m feeling better each day.
Thanks 
Day 22 - 4 days until I’m 179cm I’m mostly excited to just get my recovery started so I can go home.
I think going to talk to my friend down the hall each day is a good idea, it helps a lot so hopefully I can last another week without going insane.
I’ve got pretty good range of movement in my knees even with the fixators in I can bend them about 80% of what I used to so I can almost put my heels right up to my butt, that does reassure me that the doctor is telling the truth when he says once the fixators are out the range of movement goes back to normal.
I am starting to get bruises on my stomach though from the needles but I’ve only got 5 left anyway.
I’ve spoken to the doctors and they said they’ll respect my wishes to have the fixators off early which is a relief, I was half worried I’d signed something that meant I legally had to do a certain amount.
Day 23 - What’s really annoying is that even if I were to be fully recovered straight away I can’t go home anytime soon because of this coronavirus.
I’m still worried about how long it will take to walk normally again but I guess whatever the outcome is I’ll only have myself to blame and will have to deal with it however I can.
I obviously will still have my doubts until I see how well I recover but I think the human body can quite easily deal with the lengthening but the real challenge is how much your mind can handle not walking properly and all the negative thoughts that you will most certainly have.
I’ll be having the fixators out sometime next week and they’ve told me because I haven’t lengthened much I’ll be able to keep doing the lengthening right up until they take them out.
Day 24 - It’s been confirmed I’ll be having the fixators out next Wednesday, just had my bandages changed.
After seeing my bruises Onur said I didn’t have to use the needle anymore which is good.
Dude u r very pessimist..y r u even in this forum..whts ur age coz u act very naive..y d hell did u go through this surgery..how many days did u research dude....u r ridiculous to waste ur good legs,money,time for only 2.5cm lol
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