Rozbruch- Internal Femurs with Stryde

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Quote from: cena on October 10, 2019, 04:48:16 AMThanks for the advice tigyg. Much appreciated!

My pleasure Cena, good luck!

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Quote from: tiggy on October 10, 2019, 04:59:57 PMGood point. I've considered this. Even if there is a length discrepancy (and some discrepancy is fine I don't care if one leg is .5 mm longer or shorter because functionally this makes no difference) my right leg is healing quite slow so I can always adjust it up or down to be equal to the left leg. In 4 or 5 weeks I doubt my bones are going to consolidate quickly enough for this to be an issue  and this is the reason why I'm even doing this to begin with. But thanks for sharing your thoughts! I only wish fast consolidation was the problem for me lol

From my experience dont leave any difference !! its ok to leave 1 or 2 mm but thats the max.

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Quote from: Hamza on October 18, 2019, 08:45:01 AMFrom my experience dont leave any difference !! its ok to leave 1 or 2 mm but thats the max.

Thanks for the tip Hamza.  I'll be seeing him in about 10 days so will find out what's going on soon.

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Most normal people have some discrepancy. It's not a big deal. I think Hamza had some other  condition also which made the discrepancy a significant problem (?)

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Quote from: cena on October 20, 2019, 03:59:54 PMMost normal people have some discrepancy. It's not a big deal. I think Hamza had some other  condition also which made the discrepancy a significant problem (?)

Yes U r right. I have a very mild "charcot marie tooth" so thats why i am that much sensitive with discrepancy.

In General any discrepancy less than 3 mm is normal (I think I still have like 2-3 mm and i am fine) and no one can feel it specially if the person is not an athletic. Once u r an active person and care for run, gym squat... anything more than 3 mm could raise the flag of discomfort and start using insole for some people.

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Hey all,

I had a follow up with R this week. The X-rays are looking better even despite the fact that I've been lengthening since the last X-ray to reach 7.5cm. The left leg is doing good while the right still lags behind. R was satisfied with the progress and I asked whether It would be ok for me to go all the way to 8cm. He did say while the recovery will take slightly longer I can go ahead and finish off. So here I am, lengthening to 8cm and I will reach that goal by Friday of this coming week. I am due to see him in about 6 weeks for a follow up. Once I reach the 8cm on both legs I will do accordion maneuver for about 2 weeks only on my right leg just to stimulate some growth.

If you recall I had concerns that my legs may not be equal. By his measurements everything is fine and the reason why I feel that my right is shorter than the left is because my right leg is slightly more tight. R said 1 or 2 mm discrepancy is normal but calculating down to that precise measurement is very difficult. Either way that was good news and I expect that feeling to go away once I recover some more.

In other news, it feels very good to be 3 inches taller! I was out for my cousins bday about a week ago and I actually wore my 2 inch dress lift shoes and I was standing at 5'8. That was fantastic and I only wish it was possible to attain 5'8 with one surgery. I really would be very happy with that final height without shoes but again wearing lifts really highlights the height difference. I wore the same lifts before at 5'3 and while I was taller, I still felt significantly shorter than most people that I was surrounded by. However now it felt incredible because while not tall, I find  5'8 to be a good height for a male.

I also happened to hang out with some family friends whom I haven't seen since before surgery. The first thing they said was that I look taller lol. I said nothing about it. They did ask why I was walking funny and I said I twisted my ankle the night prior. However the talk of town seems to be that I've had surgery to gain height. I won't go into detail how I know this but the friends I've met do suspect that I've had the surgery done (even though they know nothing about the surgery itself). I just thought I can pull off the height increase but turns out NOPE. The increase may not be astounding to those who see you on almost daily basis but others who don't (and evidently are really aware of heights in general) will most likely tell you have grown taller. These friends that I speak of are both taller than me and both are 5'8. So obviously before surgery the difference between us was huge. Now I was only couple inches shy from their heights and with lifts I'd be just as tall. Long story short my plan of not disclosing anything has failed even though I directly did not disclose anything lol. I just wish I had known ahead of time that they would be so aware of the height increase that way I wouldn't lie about twisting my ankle. Now it just seems like I'm trying to mislead and hide  the surgery. I do not want this to be their impression since I have no issues disclosing the surgery itself. I simply wanted to keep my business private because I owe no explanation to anyone. But anyway if they ask me about it next time I would have no choice but to tell them the truth. For those reading, you have been warned lol.

Anyway this was a long update but it was long overdue. My next one won't be until late December or early January. In the meantime I'm happy to answer questions. Cheers!

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I love reading your updates tiggy. Great work reaching 7.5cm!

As for friends noticing one way  is to wear paper flat shoes and get them used to 5'6 and then slowly wear whatever you want. It would be more gradual. Anyway this doesn't really matter because you don't mind telling people you did this. But again I would advise against telling people. There is no reason for people to know. It's always safer to not tell anyone as much as possible. You can't untell people later. 

If you can, please show us your gait.

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Quote from: cena on November 03, 2019, 04:18:46 PMI love reading your updates tiggy. Great work reaching 7.5cm!

As for friends noticing one way  is to wear paper flat shoes and get them used to 5'6 and then slowly wear whatever you want. It would be more gradual. Anyway this doesn't really matter because you don't mind telling people you did this. But again I would advise against telling people. There is no reason for people to know. It's always safer to not tell anyone as much as possible. You can't untell people later. 

If you can, please show us your gait.

Hi Cena,

Thanks! I share your sentiment of not telling anything to anyone. I am an extremely private person so telling people anything in general isn't my forte, especially when it comes to something as private as having surgery. I should've been more clear, when I met the family friends I was actually standing at 5'6 since this was at the comfort of my own home. I was wearing very thin slippers for gods sakes! For this reason I thought the height wouldn't be too noticeable. I even tried slouching a little so as not to draw too much attention to my height. Had I been outdoors I would've blamed the height on shoes, but given I wasn't wearing any this wasn't a possibility. Anyway it is what it is.

As to a gait  video, I will try to post one after I finish lengthening. As I said I restarted lengthening to reach 8cm and so I notice a worsening of my gait already. I don't want to post my current gait now because it is not representative of what it was just 5 days ago before I restarted lengthening. Once I'm done for good I should bounce back to somewhat decent gait  within about a week of not lengthening. So I think posting that video would be more telling. In fact my gait prior to resuming was very similar to IFS's first post of his gait. You can check out his diary and the first video he posts of his walk, not much difference here.

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Hey Tiggy,

Congrats on a successful lengthening.  I just have one question.  Are your femurs noticeably longer than your tibia; in other words, is the proportional difference from before the surgery obvious to people?

Thanks,
TTS

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Hi Tiggy

Excellent!!   I was out of forum for a while and found you have gone really far already!!  Congrats on your successful gaining!  Wow even you are going to all the way 8 cm!!.  Absolutely fabulous!  I also have a little of regret in my mind that I didn't push it to all the way, but actually couldn't because I have family and job to take care of.  I am very happy for you.  Yeah, 5'6" is a really decent height and with a good lift, you will feel completely average!!
Regarding privacy, yeah, I also agree with you and cena that it is always better to keep it secret.  I even decided not to see some people to avoid any disclosure about this surgery. 
Again, congrats!!
Take care!