Posted on Aug 27, 2022, 9:05 pm
#81
Day 226 (Day 68 Post clicking)
Almost a month since I've written an update, so here it goes.
First let's start with the bad, and that is I still have duck ass and I am still very much on crutches. My old method for measuring anterior pelvic tilt (duck ass) has shown to be more and more difficult to measure the more I correct it. But from what I am able to measure my anterior pelvic tilt seems to be around 20-21 degrees. So an improvement of around 9-10 degrees since last update, that is still progress.
Here is photo: https://freeimage.host/i/4uHdJV
My gait and especially the strength in my legs are improving on a daily basis, but outside the house I am still 100% reliant on crutches. At home though I've tried to move around more and more without crutches and am able to move shorter distances inside without crutches. My gait is still not good, but getting better every day without the crutches. After recommendation from Dr Becker I will start walking with just one crutch moving forward. I hope this will speed up my progress.
Now for some good news and that is my muscles seems to be softening up and now letting go while stretching. Since my surgery my muscles have been stiff, but they have also seemed to be very limited in their elasticity. While stretching it seemed like I was hitting a wall, especially my hip flexors. Almost to the point I felt my duck ass was caused by a physical barrier rather than a muscular one. But last week felt like a milestone, because where I earlier hit this wall while stretching i don' anymore. Now I hit more of a much softer resistance, but holding the stretch for around ten seconds the muscles just seem to let go and I can just easily push though. This is a huge step forward, and I hope the correction of my anterior pelvic tilt can now move more speedily forward.
Other than this I basically have no muscular pain, and have not had any nerve pain in several weeks.
Because my duck ass has improved I also stand taller, here is phot of me and my friend I wrote about in the last post. He is 180cm tall, and now I stand almost as tall as him. Imo it's hard to see much of a difference, I am on the left.
Here is a photo: https://freeimage.host/i/4u2T5Q
Lastly I'll live your with this. I was at an event last weekend, and I was mostly sitting because I am on crutches. But when I did walk around I was taller than around half the menn there, and almost all the women. And of course being 177cm tall I am just a cm or two below the average male in my country, so this does put me at taller than around 50% of all males (or just right below 50% to be precise). So all of this does make sense, but for me to go from never being taller than any males and below the average height of females where I live to being taller than half the men and almost all women just feels so strange, wonderful and awesome. This feeling is so hard to explain, and I feel my height dysphoria is almost 100% cured, and I am sure once I can walk and stand straight it will go away completely.
It's been a long and tiresome journey, and I still have a long way to go. But I feel better every day now, and that is something I can appreciate.
Almost a month since I've written an update, so here it goes.
First let's start with the bad, and that is I still have duck ass and I am still very much on crutches. My old method for measuring anterior pelvic tilt (duck ass) has shown to be more and more difficult to measure the more I correct it. But from what I am able to measure my anterior pelvic tilt seems to be around 20-21 degrees. So an improvement of around 9-10 degrees since last update, that is still progress.
Here is photo: https://freeimage.host/i/4uHdJV
My gait and especially the strength in my legs are improving on a daily basis, but outside the house I am still 100% reliant on crutches. At home though I've tried to move around more and more without crutches and am able to move shorter distances inside without crutches. My gait is still not good, but getting better every day without the crutches. After recommendation from Dr Becker I will start walking with just one crutch moving forward. I hope this will speed up my progress.
Now for some good news and that is my muscles seems to be softening up and now letting go while stretching. Since my surgery my muscles have been stiff, but they have also seemed to be very limited in their elasticity. While stretching it seemed like I was hitting a wall, especially my hip flexors. Almost to the point I felt my duck ass was caused by a physical barrier rather than a muscular one. But last week felt like a milestone, because where I earlier hit this wall while stretching i don' anymore. Now I hit more of a much softer resistance, but holding the stretch for around ten seconds the muscles just seem to let go and I can just easily push though. This is a huge step forward, and I hope the correction of my anterior pelvic tilt can now move more speedily forward.
Other than this I basically have no muscular pain, and have not had any nerve pain in several weeks.
Because my duck ass has improved I also stand taller, here is phot of me and my friend I wrote about in the last post. He is 180cm tall, and now I stand almost as tall as him. Imo it's hard to see much of a difference, I am on the left.
Here is a photo: https://freeimage.host/i/4u2T5Q
Lastly I'll live your with this. I was at an event last weekend, and I was mostly sitting because I am on crutches. But when I did walk around I was taller than around half the menn there, and almost all the women. And of course being 177cm tall I am just a cm or two below the average male in my country, so this does put me at taller than around 50% of all males (or just right below 50% to be precise). So all of this does make sense, but for me to go from never being taller than any males and below the average height of females where I live to being taller than half the men and almost all women just feels so strange, wonderful and awesome. This feeling is so hard to explain, and I feel my height dysphoria is almost 100% cured, and I am sure once I can walk and stand straight it will go away completely.
It's been a long and tiresome journey, and I still have a long way to go. But I feel better every day now, and that is something I can appreciate.
