Proportions: Former CLL patient

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Honestly I think you look fine, although clothes can somewhat hide disproportions. But like you said, the height is worth it.

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That is all that I can hope for from others who view this. I'm sure if you asked someone to spot something off and they took a long hard look they might point out the ratio abnormality, but as long as people can honestly answer that it's not an instant or immediate call to attention as it is for me, then that would be good peace of mine. I see it right away, but that's probably because it's the one thing I'm looking for.

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I thought having a tibia the same as femur was statistically possible?

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Because I started at an average height, the extra 2+ inches puts my knees in a very high +99%ile. I had a a few studies downloaded, one of which was an army study from 1995. An extra inch from the 50th percentile of knee height was the 85th percentile, and an additional inch and a bit on top of that was the 99th percentile.

I also read another study where +/-2 standard deviations from average tibial length was 5.62cm. I had wanted to do 5.5cm initially, and was told at the end that I had done 6.3cm.... I would've done 2cm less than I have and had been content with it if I could go back.

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it's noticable, but i'm not sure what the impact would be in your life, some people have quirky things about them like lazy eye etc. to me that isn't too hard to live with, i personally can't think of any point in my life while sitting down if i have looked at peoples tib to femur ratio.

I love to wear shorts around the house, I take it you look a bit wierd in shorts?

I think i would end up in your situation anyway, pretty sure post op i will have tib and femur ratio being the same, isnt' that what most people end up like after 1x LL?

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Does people notice your long legs or your tall tibiae?

Perhaps both?

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Probably, based on all the looks.

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Polycrates,
Do you think your disproportion would be less noticable if you added the height to your femurs intead of your tibias?
From what I've seen so far tibia patients are generally easiert to spot in terms of proportions, would you agree on that?

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The only way would have been to do it along both segments.