Quote from: KiloKAHN on October 06, 2016, 07:32:33 PMNice looking x-rays, Penguinn! There's something cool about seeing x-rays of Dr Parihar's first internal patient.
Have you thought about what you'd do if lengthening became really difficult later down the line? As in, say you have hit 6 cm of distraction and suddenly you run into a big knee bending issue or the Precice starts to have trouble extending due to muscle resistance. Do you think you'd be happy with less than 7.5 cm or would you insist on the full 3 inches?
Btw, has anybody in the hospital asked what happened to you? Since you have no frame on your arm or leg I imagine you'd get a few questions from Dr Parihar's other patients or their relatives. I'd make up a story every time someone different asked me what I was there for. Heck, I even started feeling kind of guilty for being there for CLL when all the other cases were for terrible accidents or congenital deformities. Dr Parihar insisted I shouldn't feel guilty though and made me feel better about my decision.
Thanks, and I insist on at least 7cms if things get tough but I'm going to scrape for 7.5. Dr. Parihar's said 7.5 is a reasonable goal and there are ways to get to it even through problems, even though he thinks 6cms is the point where you'll be 100% okay. I don't mind being 95% okay. Unless it'll give me a serious lifelong complication, I'm going for my goal.
Besides the pain, my proportions will take a hit. My ratio was a proper 0.8 and it'll go to 0.68 or something. I have smaller bones to begin with at 5'2 so 3 inches on me is more than 3 inches on a 5'8 person. However, in my mockups my lengthened femurs looked long while lengthened tibias looked alien, also femurs are easy to hide. How awkward my proportions will look is something I'll find out as I lengthen beyond 2 inches.
I was honest about what I was there for. What stories did you make up? I didn't feel guilty at all. They've had cosmetic patients before and I just didn't see the point of, and couldn't be bothered to lie at the hospital I was getting LL. I remember telling the 50 year old happy-go-lucky nurse who might've asked but no one was inquisitive. I didn't even meet other patients since I was in my room. Sometimes if someone got a peek in, they'd wonder who the patient was since I didn't have anything on and didn't seem to be in any pain, just chilling on my laptop.
The second night I was there, Wednesday night in the ICU there was a patient who got operated for colon cancer(or so I was told) on the bed next to mine, a few feet away. The guy seemed to be in serious pain. I think that was my "What is this.. why did I do this to myself?" moment but I regained my calm & from what I hear he did fine too and got transferred to a room the next day.
Quote from: The Kaiser on October 06, 2016, 07:35:12 PMyou gained 7.66 mm in two weeks?! why its so slowI started lengthening Day 8. Read the previous pages. 
