Precise 2.2 with Dr Debiparshad — June 2021

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Quote from: HobbitMan on June 13, 2021, 08:40:54 PMThings have become a lot less painful two days in.  I’ll be discharged from the hospital shortly.  I’m able to stand with a walker and go to the bathroom on my own.  I’ll begin lengthening in a few days, pain is down to a 2 out of 10 already, even after getting up and down and walking.  I feel a lot more optimistic about the following few months now.

Glad to hear it HobbitMan! This is great info and much appreciate you sharing your journey! 💪

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Quote from: HobbitMan on June 13, 2021, 08:40:54 PMThings have become a lot less painful two days in.  I’ll be discharged from the hospital shortly.  I’m able to stand with a walker and go to the bathroom on my own.  I’ll begin lengthening in a few days, pain is down to a 2 out of 10 already, even after getting up and down and walking.  I feel a lot more optimistic about the following few months now.

Awesome to hear bro!

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The start of distraction and the road to 6’0, that great hobbitman!

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One warning to Precise 2.2 patients — beyond stretching, PLEASE work your triceps a lot for a few months before lengthening if you choose not to wait for Stryde!  It’s the one muscle group I’ve worked to exhaustion getting up and down and hopping around on the walker.  If you can get some grip, forearm, and shoulder strength early on you will have a much easier time.

And thanks guys!  So concludes day 3 after surgery

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You always seem to be in a great mentally when you post here. That will help a lot on this journey. Good luck and first part almost over.

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Quote from: HeightGain on June 14, 2021, 12:36:23 PMYou always seem to be in a great mentally when you post here. That will help a lot on this journey. Good luck and first part almost over.

Thanks dude!  I’m super optimistic for the future when I am 6’0 and so I’m always able to balance the pain with a huge level of excitement for the future.  183cm night height is tall everywhere except the Netherlands where it is average, and here in the US it is actually pretty tall.  I am hoping to move the Europe one day for my job once I am taller and being 183 will help me not feel super short there I think.

Today I am in a decent bit of pain, but I can transfer to the wheelchair and walker without too much difficulty.  At this point the experience is identical to what a Stryde patient would go through, at the 2 week mark is the point at which it diverges, because that’s when they can fully weight bear.  I won’t be weight bearing at any point until consolidation.  I was very proud to have dressed myself today, shorts and a shirt.  It took 10 minutes but it finally worked.  I recommend bringing basketball or other loose shorts for the first few weeks.  Putting on pants is a lot harder.

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Wanted to give another piece of knowledge to those undergoing surgery soon.  I read some reports that it is very painful to sit still in a chair for hours after surgery.  So far this has not been true for me, I’ve been in my wheelchair working on my laptop for the past 4 hours and I feel fine.  I start lengthening tomorrow so maybe that will change, but as of now I actually think sitting feels better than laying down.

My PTA was very nice, so far the exercises are easy but I’ve also been really independent so far (I’ve been dressing myself without help and have transferred to the bed to wheelchair like 10 times today).  Technically I don’t believe the PT people are technically part of Dr D’s office but the ones he sends to you are extremely nice and understanding.  Want to also emphasize again how amazingly responsive Dr D’s assistants are!  Teresa and Ronnie truly are there for you 24/7 and answered my questions at weird hours.  So far I am very pleased to have gone with Dr Debiparshad.

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Quote from: HobbitMan on June 15, 2021, 04:26:14 AMWanted to give another piece of knowledge to those undergoing surgery soon.  I read some reports that it is very painful to sit still in a chair for hours after surgery.  So far this has not been true for me, I’ve been in my wheelchair working on my laptop for the past 4 hours and I feel fine.  I start lengthening tomorrow so maybe that will change, but as of now I actually think sitting feels better than laying down.

My PTA was very nice, so far the exercises are easy but I’ve also been really independent so far (I’ve been dressing myself without help and have transferred to the bed to wheelchair like 10 times today).  Technically I don’t believe the PT people are technically part of Dr D’s office but the ones he sends to you are extremely nice and understanding.  Want to also emphasize again how amazingly responsive Dr D’s assistants are!  Teresa and Ronnie truly are there for you 24/7 and answered my questions at weird hours.  So far I am very pleased to have gone with Dr Debiparshad.

Nice update, Brodie! Keep up the positivity and let the lengthening begin! 👍💪

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Quote from: L8GrowthSpurt on June 15, 2021, 07:35:28 AMNice update, Brodie! Keep up the positivity and let the lengthening begin! 👍💪

One step ahead of you man!  Just lengthened the first 0.33mm in each leg a few minutes ago.  Honestly, I felt nothing during or afterwards.  I cleared a space in my hotel specifically for lengthening, and I made sure to keep my two legs far apart while lengthening.  Each leg takes a minute each, so at three sessions a day that comes to 6 minutes of lengthening per day.  You will get a lot of warnings not to be near metal when lengthening.  Believe me, this is a strong af magnet.  Before I even turned it on it had attached itself to my wheelchair and it took some effort to get it off.  Definitely keep your phones/laptops/wallets far far far away when doing this.

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Will post less until I start reaching milestones.  I finished the rest of the first millimeter today.  Lengthening itself does not hurt at all (in fact I could barely tell during) but afterwards it slowly gets more and more sore in the areas lengthened.  It feels just like growing pains!

2mm so far (1mm from initial osteotomy and 1mm today) and 78mm to go.