Quote from: bander72 on April 12, 2017, 11:33:38 PMAh man 3 months seem to long for 4 cm. I wonder if he would let me do the nail surgery in two weeks.
Well, you want to be healthy and back to normal don't you? LL is one of if not the most dangerous cosmetic surgeries being practiced. You want to grow two inches.. the fact that you can even do that in three months is incredible. I have to remind you, this isn't like trying to lose weight before prom or get a six pack before summer. You're breaking your bones in four places, drilling pins through them and then pulling the bones away from one another while pulling on the muscles, tendons and nerves.
Then you're cutting below your knees, cutting to reveal the bone and then drilling through the top of your tibia and having a long titanium rod literally hammered through until it reaches the bottom. That is A LOT of trauma to your body, believe me 3 months is not too long if you want to be safe. Either way, two weeks is very possible but I'll remind you that an extra two weeks means absolutely nothing when you consider everything else.
Stripe's Journal - Dr. Barinov LATN Externals
Hi stripes, how much did you lengthen daily and do you have any other side effects of lengthening? Also, are there ways to avoid needle painkillers/epidural?
Stripes,
I have messages to you, hopefully you're doing well and will have time to reply bro
Update:
Got curious to see what’s up here while sitting at the gym. Got reminded of it because I saw my scars in the mirror and realized I haven’t really thought about the surgery or my year away for almost a month or more. It’s crazy how something that was once the only thing I could think about is just a distant memory.
I’m doing well, really well. Sometimes I will feel a little pain here and there but it’s very rarely. I’m sorry to read about RGKEY, for those that have messaged me asking about my opinion about Barinov now - I don’t know. The only thing I can really say is, if you do this surgery - get the nail. Everyone that went to Barinov who got the nail is completely fine and happy with their life.. the guys that went without the nail, they all have regrets. If I could do it again, I would still go with Barinov. That’s just my experience though.
I’m really happy I did the surgery, it was easily the best decision I ever made.
Cheers everyone, best of luck.
Quote from: Stripes on November 03, 2017, 06:26:46 PMUpdate:
Got curious to see what’s up here while sitting at the gym. Got reminded of it because I saw my scars in the mirror and realized I haven’t really thought about the surgery or my year away for almost a month or more. It’s crazy how something that was once the only thing I could think about is just a distant memory.
I’m doing well, really well. Sometimes I will feel a little pain here and there but it’s very rarely. I’m sorry to read about RGKEY, for those that have messaged me asking about my opinion about Barinov now - I don’t know. The only thing I can really say is, if you do this surgery - get the nail. Everyone that went to Barinov who got the nail is completely fine and happy with their life.. the guys that went without the nail, they all have regrets. If I could do it again, I would still go with Barinov. That’s just my experience though.
I’m really happy I did the surgery, it was easily the best decision I ever made.
Cheers everyone, best of luck.
Thanks for the update Stripes, it's great to hear that you're doing well. It's nice to hear that you just don't think about height or the surgeries anymore -- must be freeing.
That is reassuring. Because I'm here now and am days away from being finished with lengthening, haha (at 7.4 cm now). It seems like just yesterday when I first spoke to you about the surgery. Hopefully I'll be able to get the nail soon and join your ranks of recovering at home. Thanks again for all of your advice. This is one of the most accurate Barinov journals out there. Every pain you described was spot on. Some of these journals tend to make things seem easy and predictable. After everything I've seen, it seems like most things boil down to genetics and luck. But one thing I've noticed is every champion here uses the foot-holders like you said.
Quote from: ibuse on November 04, 2017, 02:56:37 PMThat is reassuring. Because I'm here now and am days away from being finished with lengthening, haha (at 7.4 cm now). It seems like just yesterday when I first spoke to you about the surgery. Hopefully I'll be able to get the nail soon and join your ranks of recovering at home. Thanks again for all of your advice. This is one of the most accurate Barinov journals out there. Every pain you described was spot on. Some of these journals tend to make things seem easy and predictable. After everything I've seen, it seems like most things boil down to genetics and luck. But one thing I've noticed is every champion here uses the foot-holders like you said.
Hey Ibuse!
Wow man, really happy to hear all this! Glad you went through with it and that things are going well. Haha, it was painful for sure but nothing unbearable - once you're done lengthening dude, it's all smooth sailing... the worst pain is the stage you're at right now, the 7cm mark. Make sure by the way, that you actually lengthened 7.4.. the X-Rays there are scaled and the prints come out zoomed 10%. Measuring the print with a ruler might not actually be accurate and it's possible that it's showing you an extra 1 CM.. Find out from the X-ray clinic how much they're zooming in..
You're right about what you said about some of the other journals, a lot of what's on this forum is exaggerated or played down. What you experience when you actually go through the process is so different than what you read about. Hope you're enjoying Russia, miss that place.
Gratz on the positive outcome, every other diary seems to be a disaster.
Can we see some vids showing your mobility and athleticism?
Quote from: Thatdude950 on November 06, 2017, 08:31:46 AMGratz on the positive outcome, every other diary seems to be a disaster.
Can we see some vids showing your mobility and athleticism?
Yes, that's a good idea. I'll try to record something soon.
Yes, the measuring has me on edge. I've been tracking myself on the stadiometer and comparing it to barinov's tape measure reading from a while back. I'm hoping to get above 7 cm at least (though 7.5+ would be better). In turns, I've done 9.7 cm! It's crazy how much I had to make up for thanks to pin bending. But yeah, I don't trust the x-rays at all when it comes to measurements.
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