LON on Femur - 9cm goal height

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Congratulations on coming this far, brother!  I think it is a wise decision to max out as long as the physiotherapists and the doctor approve. When you are in the middle of the process, you lose tons of muscle, and your femur looks so weird and long. As you build muscles, it looks normal and ordinary; no one could notice a thing. The reason I stopped at 8.5-8.6 cm was because of concerns about proportion, and I didn't want to continue. If I could go back in time, I would max out and also buy lots of NASDAQ call options

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Good stuff champ

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Quote from: Stubborn Knucklehead on August 01, 2023, 11:50:31 AM8/1/23

Here are the images of my X-Ray taken yesterday morning. According to these, I should be at 8.3cm by this evening. Just one week left to go.

 

Just to let you know, X-ray images are magnified, so if you haven't performed calibration, please be aware that the actual length might be shorter than what appears on the X-ray image.

https://ibb.co/vJYFsMg
73.5mm is your calibrated length?

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Quote from: Maison on August 19, 2023, 05:00:12 AMJust to let you know, X-ray images are magnified, so if you haven't performed calibration, please be aware that the actual length might be shorter than what appears on the X-ray image.

https://ibb.co/vJYFsMg
73.5mm is your calibrated length?


73.5mm was what I gained from turning, the rest I got from my initial bonus. I will post my final x-ray and measurements in my next update

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8/19/2023

It’s been exactly 10 days since my removal surgery and I’m already feeling a lot better. I had some nerve pain for the first week but I’ve upped my vitamin B dosage and this has since gotten much better. My hamstring flexibility is pretty good but my quad flexibility is not great. I can barley get my knees to bend to 90 degrees. I’m told this is very normal considering I achieved 9cm in height gain. My lumbar lordosis isn’t terrible but it’s still causing me to lose at least a centimeter, so I wore sandals in my picture to compensate for that. Overall, I’m happy with my new height, and I’m looking forward to when I can walk around normally again. Thanks again for all of the kind words from everyone.




 

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Quote from: Stubborn Knucklehead on August 19, 2023, 01:14:48 PM8/19/2023

It’s been exactly 10 days since my removal surgery and I’m already feeling a lot better. I had some nerve pain for the first week but I’ve upped my vitamin B dosage and this has since gotten much better. My hamstring flexibility is pretty good but my quad flexibility is not great. I can barley get my knees to bend to 90 degrees. I’m told this is very normal considering I achieved 9cm in height gain. My lumbar lordosis isn’t terrible but it’s still causing me to lose at least a centimeter, so I wore sandals in my picture to compensate for that. Overall, I’m happy with my new height, and I’m looking forward to when I can walk around normally again. Thanks again for all of the kind words from everyone.




 

Congratulations on completing the long journey.
I believe your femur has been lengthened by more than 8 cm, but the precise measurement will be determined after calibrating the magnification of the X-ray image.
If you can tell me the diameter of your nail, I will try to estimate the actual amount of lengthening.

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Quote from: Maison on August 19, 2023, 01:29:33 PMCongratulations on completing the long journey.
I believe your femur has been lengthened by more than 8 cm, but the precise measurement will be determined after calibrating the magnification of the X-ray image.
If you can tell me the diameter of your nail, I will try to estimate the actual amount of lengthening.

I’m not positive but I believe it’s 10.5mm give or take half a millimeter. Thanks for offering to calibrate I’m curious to see what you think!

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Quote from: Stubborn Knucklehead on August 19, 2023, 03:16:34 PMI’m not positive but I believe it’s 10.5mm give or take half a millimeter. Thanks for offering to calibrate I’m curious to see what you think!

Your nail diameter = 10.5mm, nail diameter's dots = 52, length per dot = 0.2019mm,
dots you measured for the lengthening amount = 483 dots, actual lengthening amount = 483 * 0.2019mm = 97.52mm.

In my calibration, the actual lengthening amount came close to 10cm.
I believe the actual diameter of the nail might not be 10.5mm.

If you can find out the accurate nail diameter, please try calculating it yourself.
Also, when measuring with the original data instead of PNG, for example, if the nail diameter in the image is 11mm and the actual nail diameter is 10mm, you can consider that the image is enlarged by 10% compared to the actual object, and you can calibrate accordingly

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Quote from: Maison on August 20, 2023, 01:40:25 AMYour nail diameter = 10.5mm, nail diameter's dots = 52, length per dot = 0.2019mm,
dots you measured for the lengthening amount = 483 dots, actual lengthening amount = 483 * 0.2019mm = 97.52mm.

In my calibration, the actual lengthening amount came close to 10cm.
I believe the actual diameter of the nail might not be 10.5mm.

If you can find out the accurate nail diameter, please try calculating it yourself.
Also, when measuring with the original data instead of PNG, for example, if the nail diameter in the image is 11mm and the actual nail diameter is 10mm, you can consider that the image is enlarged by 10% compared to the actual object, and you can calibrate accordingly

I’m looking at a picture of the standard nail they use and it says 10mm. I definitely had the medium size nail used for me so it’s very likely it is 10mm or maybe 10.5mm. But I also believe I only achieved around 9cm because I don’t measure 10cm taller right now. You could say it’s due to the lordosis but I don’t think I’m losing 2cm of height right now. Can you show me the image measurements that day 10cm?

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Quote from: Stubborn Knucklehead on August 20, 2023, 06:11:04 AMI’m looking at a picture of the standard nail they use and it says 10mm. I definitely had the medium size nail used for me so it’s very likely it is 10mm or maybe 10.5mm. But I also believe I only achieved around 9cm because I don’t measure 10cm taller right now. You could say it’s due to the lordosis but I don’t think I’m losing 2cm of height right now. Can you show me the image measurements that day 10cm?

https://ibb.co/FnV3wQR
https://ibb.co/X5bh5VY
These are the pixel counts measured using GIMP.

Since X-ray images are never reduced in size compared to their actual dimensions, I don't believe that your actual length is 10 cm.
For example, if the actual diameter of the nail that I measured in pixels is 9 mm, the lengthening would be 83.6 mm.

My concern is that there are medical institutions that do not explain to patients that X-ray images are magnified.
The error that occurs is usually within one centimeter, but for patients who are concerned about their height, it could be a significant discrepancy.