Stand Taller diary - The first day of the rest of my life (Betz Bone 14.01.2022)

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Today is the first day of the rest of my life. After first finding out about this procedure back in 2016, I knew this was something I wanted to do. But like other things "life just happened" and time passed by. And then there is the whole saving up the funds that takes some time. Here we are though, six years later and I am about to change my life forever.

I currently stand at 165cm tall, and my X-rays look very good. If possible we will 11-12cm. If everything works out fine, and my body copes with lengthening well I may stand at as much as 176-177cm tall in four to five months. Wish me luck!

I'm now just sitting here waiting for Dr Betz to bring me into the surgery room.

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Congratulations!

Interested to hear how you will manage with the “clicking” process.

All the best.

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is it possible to go back with betzbone and gnail? Likeu can do with Precice

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Hi Stand taller! Congratulations on getting the surgery. Just want to ask some questions. 11-12cm in just one lengthening period, how long will it take you to lengthen? Where are you from and how long are you staying in Germany? Did Betz give you a timeline for full recovery if you indeed do 12 cm? Thanks and well wishes!!

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Day 2

Good morning!

Yesterday was surgery, and everything went well. Two hous after surgery I was rolled into my own room, and after another two hours Dr Betz came with some colleagues. With assistance from them I walked out of the room and around 5-6 meters down the hallway before I started to get nauseous. I am amazed that I could actually walk this soon after surgery.

Most of the evening and during the night I've slept. Pain levels have been close to none existent while laying bed  and totally manageable while walking on crutches to the toilet with help from the nurse. I only had to ask for one extra painmed around 02:30 form the nurse dude to pain (paintlevel around 3-4/10) so I could sleep.

This morning though I actually got out of bed, walked to the toilet on crutches, stod upright and peed (instead of sitting) washed my hands, walked back on crutches and got into bed all by myself! Pain is very manageable, and it is actually worse while moving on and out of bed - and NOT while walking. This is also the hardest  thing to do because to stiffness in my legs.

My only "issues" so far has been nauseousness while the general anesthesia was leaving my system around 18:00-22:00 yesterday. Today I am totally fine.

Dr Betx told me yesterday that the total length I can go because of my bones and anatomy is 11cm. When I actually get to 11cm there is a possibility to got an extra 0,5cm if everything is 100% fine. After surgery I already stand 0,5cm taller due to get bone separation while inserting the nail, and  this was the first thing I noticed while standing up. In my head I want to be 177cm tall because I will only be around 2cm below average where I live, but I think I will be more than fine standing at 176cm.

Either way the journey has begun and if everything goes as planned it should take me around four and a halg months to get there!

Stand Taller

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How much Betz costs?

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please think about how you will look with 11cm longer femurs while sitting on a chair or in an airplane

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Quote from: TheGambitKing on January 15, 2022, 04:51:45 AMHow much Betz costs?

Betz is is 53700 Euros all included.

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Quote from: bloggerdude on January 15, 2022, 06:40:56 AMplease think about how you will look with 11cm longer femurs while sitting on a chair or in an airplane

I actually measured how much room I would have with 11cm more on an airplane seat on my to Germany. I should have plenty. Luckily I have very short femurs, much shorter than my tibias. My proportions know are very poor and after going 11cm it will be very good and darn close to ideal.

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Everybody have different proportions ofc. But I also lengthened my femurs with Betz and did 9cm. While lengthening I had this euphoria about getting taller. But once reality kicked in I realized I had lengthened to much.

My sincere recommendation to you is to do maximum around 6cm. With a starting height of 165 you will be slightly above 170cm wich is a normal height for men all around the world, including the tallest countries. Not only will you become "normally" tall but your agility will likely remain close to as it was prior to LL. Your proportions will also remain fairly normal.

The biggest mistake people do when doing LL is focusing on numbers. Already in your first post i can tell that you have a "magical number" you want to reach, wich is to become above 175cm. But ask yourself, will your life really be that different with a final height of 173cm compared to 176cm? With 176cm you will become slightly taller but also much more limited in agility.

I was greedy. Don't do my mistake.