This surgery is something you have to do when you are at a high point in your life and you have plenty of support from family and loved ones. I consider myself a very cold and determined guy and even for me there were a few times where I regretted the surgery. Remember you will have chronic pain for weeks if not months after surgery.
Honestly right after surgery I felt the best about it since I was still in the honeymoon phase. I could still withstand all the pain and not being able to walk very well because I was excited about getting taller. But now that I’m 6 months in, any little problem I have with gait or weakness or flexibility and I get frustrated because I thought I would be fully healed by now. I’m also used to the height already so I don’t feel taller anymore - it feels like I’ve always been this tall and my legs just don’t work very well.
Quote from: BelowTheMean on May 20, 2021, 11:13:51 PMHonestly right after surgery I felt the best about it since I was still in the honeymoon phase. I could still withstand all the pain and not being able to walk very well because I was excited about getting taller. But now that I’m 6 months in, any little problem I have with gait or weakness or flexibility and I get frustrated because I thought I would be fully healed by now. I’m also used to the height already so I don’t feel taller anymore - it feels like I’ve always been this tall and my legs just don’t work very well.
What do you mean it feels like youve always been this tall? Were you daydreaming of being taller before the surgery or walking on your toes to see how that would feel?
For patients that had the surgery for more than a year ago, do you still regret this?
Quote from: spark on May 21, 2021, 02:32:56 AMWhat do you mean it feels like youve always been this tall? Were you daydreaming of being taller before the surgery or walking on your toes to see how that would feel?
I mean I’ve already forgotten what it’s like to be my original height. A few months at the new height and that’s the only perspective I can picture now. Think about back when you were growing up. Whenever you grew taller, how long did it take to get used to it? Internalizing your new height should have been pretty quick and it’s the same for LL.
Quote from: LLSouthAmerica on May 20, 2021, 09:35:03 PMThis surgery is something you have to do when you are at a high point in your life and you have plenty of support from family and loved ones. I consider myself a very cold and determined guy and even for me there were a few times where I regretted the surgery. Remember you will have chronic pain for weeks if not months after surgery.
Did you regret it after a year of doing? Of just initially after surgery
but you can brush your teeth from the bed if you have to...
these things will help - and it will get better... 
Quote from: BelowTheMean on May 20, 2021, 11:13:51 PMHonestly right after surgery I felt the best about it since I was still in the honeymoon phase. I could still withstand all the pain and not being able to walk very well because I was excited about getting taller. But now that I’m 6 months in, any little problem I have with gait or weakness or flexibility and I get frustrated because I thought I would be fully healed by now. I’m also used to the height already so I don’t feel taller anymore - it feels like I’ve always been this tall and my legs just don’t work very well.
Man, you'll most likely get there. Who told you you would be back 100% 6 months after surgery. Every person recovers at their own rate, and even then, most people are more or less functional 6 months in. Very far from being back to normal.
Quote from: Sbsbsb on May 20, 2021, 05:26:23 PMI am a female with height dysphoria,2nd post-op day LATN.I wish I could reverse my decision.The diaries I had read all showed progress.No one mentioned how walking when your bones are broken, unstable and grind on each other feel like.How you will be dependent on nurses for everything,havent washed my face or brushed my teeth in 3 days.Not opened bowels, and passing urine in a bedpan that causes me pain everytime its shoved below me as I have to bend my legs.The severe pain I have,the fear that I will be discharged in 2 days and dont know how I will manage to stand,walk,go to toilet,open bowels.When will I actually be able to walk.The frame is so heavy and clunky and I am just depressed.The enormity of the procedure has hit me.
People who have done the surgery,how did you go to toilet when you went home?? Even with family members helping.Do I need to buy a commod or something.
but you also need to change your attitude - this may naturally occur anyway - but you need to help it again - try to see it as an adventure etc - otherwise will be much harder and less enjoyable etc...
help it along - i meant
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