Measuring height wrong?

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Quote from: YellowSpike on January 27, 2016, 02:15:45 PMNope. I refuse to wear lifts, however subtle/small they might be. Lifts make you feel that much worse about your height in my personal experience. Lifts are a good part of what drove me to LL in the first place.

And yeah ,I know there will always be someone taller in the room. My personal goal is someday to be at least 5'9" at night. To me that is the shortest a guy can be and still somewhat blend in. And if I have to accept bad proportions for a faster recovery and also for less money, then so be it. Tibias just take way too long (even though I'm well aware they are the better solution for the long term and for proportions). Dr. G is someone I trust, and he's really scaring me off from tibias (even if others have done them and ended up ok).

I agree with 5'9 part.At 5'9-5'10 you wont look short.And you wont feel short(i mean you shouldnt )You wont be tall too but its a good height after all.

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Quote from: Deads on January 27, 2016, 03:07:22 PMThe mans mind is made!

LOL I wish it were that simple. My main concern is trading height neurosis for proportion neurosis. I did 7cm on femurs. A good number of men have done 9-10 cm on femurs (some even more, from two surgeries), and look pretty decent. I've done mockups, and my proportions with another inch on femurs don't look that different from how they do now.

But it's still a major concern. I actually would prefer to do tibias. They just take too long. And they scare me to the point where I'd only be comfortable with a top doctor (Rozbruch, Paley or Guichet), and just not sure I can afford another full fledged LL (a femur re-break is "only" 25K I believe - question is, is it worth it?).

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Quote from: YellowSpike on January 27, 2016, 03:30:15 PMLOL I wish it were that simple. My main concern is trading height neurosis for proportion neurosis. I did 7cm on femurs. A good number of men have done 9-10 cm on femurs (some even more, from two surgeries), and look pretty decent. I've done mockups, and my proportions with another inch on femurs don't look that different from how they do now.

But it's still a major concern. I actually would prefer to do tibias. They just take too long. And they scare me to the point where I'd only be comfortable with a top doctor (Rozbruch, Paley or Guichet), and just not sure I can afford another full fledged LL (a femur re-break is "only" 25K I believe - question is, is it worth it?).

Why not catagni?

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Why do you keep saying that Tibias take so much longer ? I read an interview with Dr. Paley and he claims that , yes, they take longer, but not that longer. He says, patients walk unaided 30 days after lengthening Femurs and 45 days after Tibias. If you do a small amount of 4-5 cm, internally with Precice 2, I am sure you will be walking in 4 months top.

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I don't know guys. Tibias just really scare me. I can't help it, they just do. I was trying to muster the courage to do them, but Dr. G really spooked me (although yes, he strongly favors femurs and has super high recovery standards).

The idea of breaking four bones instead of just two, not having a solid foundation for partial weightbearing (which if you do femurs, you still have your ankles intact), stairs...they just really scare me. Call me a pu$$y if you will, but I'm not. I did femurs, and they were painful. They weren't fun. But I knew I'd recover in a fairly short amount of time.

And I can't do externals. Externals just are not an option for me.

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Quote from: YellowSpike on January 27, 2016, 03:55:05 PMI don't know guys. Tibias just really scare me. I can't help it, they just do. I was trying to muster the courage to do them, but Dr. G really spooked me (although yes, he strongly favors femurs and has super high recovery standards).

The idea of breaking four bones instead of just two, not having a solid foundation for partial weightbearing (which if you do femurs, you still have your ankles intact), stairs...they just really scare me. Call me a pu$$y if you will, but I'm not. I did femurs, and they were painful. They weren't fun. But I knew I'd recover in a fairly short amount of time.

And I can't do externals. Externals just are not an option for me.

Try to contact Catagni via e-mail. Speak to him about your situation and see what he says... He is very responsive and nice. Maybe he can even suggest you someone to go to (Since he isnt eager to do the procedure himself on people).

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Quote from: YellowSpike on January 27, 2016, 03:55:05 PMI don't know guys. Tibias just really scare me. I can't help it, they just do. I was trying to muster the courage to do them, but Dr. G really spooked me (although yes, he strongly favors femurs and has super high recovery standards).

The idea of breaking four bones instead of just two, not having a solid foundation for partial weightbearing (which if you do femurs, you still have your ankles intact), stairs...they just really scare me. Call me a pu$$y if you will, but I'm not. I did femurs, and they were painful. They weren't fun. But I knew I'd recover in a fairly short amount of time.

And I can't do externals. Externals just are not an option for me.

I prefer to avoid Tibs now too.

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on January 27, 2016, 03:58:43 PMTry to contact Catagni via e-mail. Speak to him about your situation and see what he says... He is very responsive and nice. Maybe he can even suggest you someone to go to (Since he isnt eager to do the procedure himself on people).

I might. He's in Italy, right? That's one of the few countries I'd consider outside of the US (especially for tibias).

You'd have to pay me millions of dollars to go India. Eff that sh*t.

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Quote from: YellowSpike on January 27, 2016, 04:12:01 PMI might. He's in Italy, right? That's one of the few countries I'd consider outside of the US (especially for tibias).

You'd have to pay me millions of dollars to go India. Eff that sh*t.

  Yes he operates near milano

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on January 27, 2016, 04:12:51 PM  Yes he operates near milano

I thought so. That's great, because I already know Milano well from last year.

But I think Dr. Catagini only does externals? That might be a dealbreaker...sigh...