My argument for waiting for Stryde, please weigh in

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Quote from: V21 on March 09, 2021, 08:53:14 AMGiotikas just offered me a hybrid technique in case I want weightbearing: https://www.athensbjr.com/methods-of-bone-fixation-in-limb-lengthening/#1615151032722-7307679a-d07d

That's cool... I actually think it might be better than bilateral Precise in the tibias...You get to keep your walking and dealing with only one frame for a couple of months seems far more doable than dealing with two.

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Quote from: BreaktoGrow on March 09, 2021, 03:26:13 PMNo worries, bro. Height dysphoria is really hard. While I believe in therapy, I struggle to believe that therapy can fix a lifetime of insecurity about one single quality that we could never control and therefore always felt defeated by.

Yes mate it‘s the truth. I have been in therapy for 5 years now. There is a difference with dealing with trauma or grief (for example I lost a family member not long ago and for a temporary event talking really can help. However, height dysphoria is there for a lifetime. You can‘t talk it away because you have to deal with it everyday from the beginning. LL is the biggest hope for people like me.

I am going to see if I might choose Betz over Paley bc of the stryde problem, maybe not though. Let‘s see.

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Quote from: RealDamagedLostSoul on March 11, 2021, 01:25:54 PMYes mate it‘s the truth. I have been in therapy for 5 years now. There is a difference with dealing with trauma or grief (for example I lost a family member soon and for a temporary event talking really can help. However, height dysphoria is there for a lifetime. You can‘t talk it away because you have to deal with it everyday from the beginning. LL is the biggest hope for people like me.

I am going to see if I might choose Betz over Paley bc of the stryde problem, maybe not though. Let‘s see.

I agree man, I am also within average range and I have dysphoria that does not allow me to even leave my house. Went to therapy as well, and even the therapist agreed that getting the surgery would be the best hahahhaa. Fk living on defeat, the risk is worth it

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Quote from: V21 on March 11, 2021, 02:11:56 PMI agree man, I am also within average range and I have dysphoria that does not allow me to even leave my house. Went to therapy as well, and even the therapist agreed that getting the surgery would be the best hahahhaa. Fk living on defeat, the risk is worth it

lol yea mine too. I also really struggle with it. Whenever I have to go to courses or shopping I am extremely depressed afterwards. I can't wait until this is over.

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In our society, being ridiculed for something that we literally have no control over and that has no direct relationship to our personality is very damaging. Within the terms of common physical attributes that are worth noting, you can literally work on nearly everything at a much lower risk and cost. But height, you simply cannot do anything about.

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Quote from: BreaktoGrow on March 11, 2021, 07:45:42 PMIn our society, being ridiculed for something that we literally have no control over and that has no direct relationship to our personality is very damaging. Within the terms of common physical attributes that are worth noting, you can literally work on nearly everything at a much lower risk and cost. But height, you simply cannot do anything about.

that's why its so respectable to do LL.