The aftermath

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Quote from: Madmax_01 on December 25, 2015, 06:49:50 PMSounds like an interesting story. Thanks for the input, mate! I should write down 3-4 background stories and let them poll on the forum. Then chose the one with the most votes 

Just play dumb

Person 1; are you taller???
You; I dunno am I.

You'll look taller, but you'll make people doubt themselves/question their judgement.. Some people will flat out know that you're taller, but that's a good thing. Just keep playing dumb. No one can prove s**t.. I honestly don't see the negative aspect in this, but people seem VERY concerned about what others think in this regard. I don't condone lying though. It shows a weak character.

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Quote from: Deads on December 25, 2015, 09:37:50 PMJust play dumb

Person 1; are you taller???
You; I dunno am I.

You'll look taller, but you'll make people doubt themselves/question their judgement.. Some people will flat out know that you're taller, but that's a good thing. Just keep playing dumb. No one can prove s**t.. I honestly don't see the negative aspect in this, but people seem VERY concerned about what others think in this regard. I don't condone lying though. It shows a weak character.

I'm sure that a lot of people won't really think about it if you tell them you've always been that tall. It gets problematic however, when the other person was your height or slightly taller. So for me every guy who is 180, was taller before the surgery and will be shorter afterwards.
I'll probably tell them that I had a serious accident an that they strechted the bones a little (2cm's) to get them back into a straight position. For the first months I'll wear flat shoes and in addition to this I say that I have to wear lifts because of that accident. So in the end a 5cm gain could hopefully be covered by using this method.

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Quote from: Deads on December 25, 2015, 09:37:50 PMJust play dumb

Person 1; are you taller???
You; I dunno am I.

You'll look taller, but you'll make people doubt themselves/question their judgement.. Some people will flat out know that you're taller, but that's a good thing. Just keep playing dumb. No one can prove s**t.. I honestly don't see the negative aspect in this, but people seem VERY concerned about what others think in this regard. I don't condone lying though. It shows a weak character.

I'm sure that a lot of people won't really think about it if you tell them you've always been that tall. It gets problematic however, when the other person was your height or slightly taller. So for me every guy who is 180, was taller before the surgery and will be shorter afterwards.
I'll probably tell them that I had a serious accident an that they strechted the bones a little (2cm's) to get them back into a straight position. For the first months I'll wear flat shoes and in addition to this I say that I have to wear lifts because of that accident. So in the end a 5cm gain could hopefully be covered by using this method.

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Quote from: Alittletooshort on December 25, 2015, 11:20:42 PMI'm sure that a lot of people won't really think about it if you tell them you've always been that tall. It gets problematic however, when the other person was your height or slightly taller. So for me every guy who is 180, was taller before the surgery and will be shorter afterwards.
I'll probably tell them that I had a serious accident an that they strechted the bones a little (2cm's) to get them back into a straight position. For the first months I'll wear flat shoes and in addition to this I say that I have to wear lifts because of that accident. So in the end a 5cm gain could hopefully be covered by using this method.

Yea, that is something for example that would not work for me, because I am exactly on that edge. Especially with the girl friends in my community. Most of them are an inch or two taller than me, though I wear heels. So, I definetly had to come up with something. But with a combination of: easing people in with wearing more heels before surgery, and wearing completely flat shoes after surgery it might work 
But I think your recovery influences your "cover story". If you have to walk in crutches, one would something different than walking "normal". But your idea with the "bone stretch" is quite a good idea. Maybe the LL doctor could supply us with some fake x-rays, and medical results - your cover story should be included in the price 
All in all: I think the most important is that the patient recovers from this surgery - both physically and mentally.

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Does anyone know how long the surgery takes for the removal of the nails. I got a an E-mail where it was stated it would take 4-5 hours. How is that possible? 

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Quote from: Madmax_01 on December 29, 2015, 01:10:04 AMDoes anyone know how long the surgery takes for the removal of the nails. I got a an E-mail where it was stated it would take 4-5 hours. How is that possible? 

the surgery for inserting the rod takes about that long so I don't see why removal would take that much longer than that.

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Does anyone now how long it takes until you can return home post operation

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Quote from: Shortguy123 on December 30, 2015, 03:01:37 AMDoes anyone now how long it takes until you can return home post operation

you can technically go home anytime as long as you hire a physical therapist at your home who knows what they're doing. But it isn't recommended to go home until after your lengthening, which you should assume will be around 3 months.

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Quote from: Shortguy123 on December 30, 2015, 03:01:37 AMDoes anyone now how long it takes until you can return home post operation

In China you have to stay for two weeks.  Not sure about other places.

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Does anyone know any recovery stories like ShyShy? Are there any other cases like this, where the patient could w/o crutches 1 weeks post-lenghtening ?