Things I can do to increase the chances of success on the operating table?

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1. What should I eat for the next 3 years? Like calcium or vitamin D?

2. Should I stop consuming sugar? I am not sure but I could be mildly diabetic due to excessive sugar intake since childhood.

3. I have nasal polyps that makes it difficult to breath through nose at times. Would it be a problem during anesthesia?

4. Body better be muscled or not? I read that it's better to bulk up the thighs if doing internal femurs.

5. Could sleep deprivation or staying awake at night affect it?

6. Is unilateral worth it even with Paley?

7. Would Paley mind me not telling my family that I do LL?

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My thoughts based on observations:
1. Eat healthy. Exclude junk food and soft drinks. It is always better to be in good shape when it comes to CLL. Take vitamins during your lenghtening and recovery phases.
2. Yes, well at least try for these 3 years, pretty sure it will help you in the long run.
3. (JUST SPECULATING!) If they give you the general anesthesia it can be a little problematic if you ask me, sure not a great risk but better safe than sorry, tell Paley just in case.
4. Actually for external it is better if you do not have build muscles in the legs. I assume that is also the case with internals.
5. No.
6. He is one of the best, if he can tell you he can do it, you have nothing to fear.
7. Well here I am not sure. He may agree to not tell your parents, but I am pretty sure you have to write who he has to contact if something gets complicated/wrong with you, but like I said Paley is worth the money. Also try to tell your family, it will be much better for both you and your close ones, instead of making them worrying about you and you lying to them. 100% not worth it.

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Quote from: Bruce Wayne on May 10, 2018, 06:46:37 PM1. What should I eat for the next 3 years? Like calcium or vitamin D?

2. Should I stop consuming sugar? I am not sure but I could be mildly diabetic due to excessive sugar intake since childhood.

3. I have nasal polyps that makes it difficult to breath through nose at times. Would it be a problem during anesthesia?

4. Body better be muscled or not? I read that it's better to bulk up the thighs if doing internal femurs.

5. Could sleep deprivation or staying awake at night affect it?

6. Is unilateral worth it even with Paley?

7. Would Paley mind me not telling my family that I do LL?

1. consume your normal dietary needs of calcium and vitamin d. obviously you don't want to be low in either when under going orthopedic surgery.

2. you should try your best to be as fit as possible prior to surgery. This means lower body fat. This will not only help you during recovery and weight bearing, but also it reduces the chances of fat embolism in research studies.

3. I believe you can opt for epidural anesthesia if it is a concern for the physician operating on you

4. idk about this one. You should try to be as fit and healthy as possible prior to surgery though.

5. idk what you are asking here. But this ties back to #4. You need to make sure you are as fit and healthy prior to surgery and this means you should not be sleep deprived. Your body recovers when you are sleeping.

6. Unilateral surgery cuts down the chances of you developing fat embolism drastically. Even dr. paley has seen 4 cases of fat embolism syndrome when doing cll on the femurs.  If I undergo internal femurs, it would be unilateral spread one month apart.

7. I don't think Paley would make you get validation from your parents if you are over 18.

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I'm not sure anymore he mentions that stretching isn't that important before LL(unlike Guichet)
concerning muscle mass I don't really remember anymore but he mentions that also
Paley doesn't accept patients who smoke

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Quote from: Great321 on May 10, 2018, 09:55:24 PMI think somewhere in this video Dr. Paley says that having muscled legs before is not an advantage for recovery

I believe you are referring to the point in the video he talks about Guichet. It's because Guichet gets his patients to muscle up before surgery. Paley essentially called that worthless.

Whether it's a positive, a negative, or even completely irrelevant how built your legs are, I can't tell. I haven't looked up any published material on this subject.

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Yes, at 51minutes he talks about it

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You do wear down the cartilage in your bones/joints with high-intensity exercise, though, don't you? Any fact-checked replies would be much appreciated.

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Flexibility is by far the best thing you can do. It wont help you lengthen additional centimeters. It will only make the process more bearable and less painful day to day. Stretching for a few months before surgery is worthless. Spend 8-12 months prior to surgery doing serious yoga, pilates or mixed martial arts.

Spending time and money to build muscle before limb lengthening surgery is beyond worthless.

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Quote from: justaveragedude on May 10, 2018, 09:28:22 PMMy thoughts based on observations:
1. Eat healthy. Exclude junk food and soft drinks. It is always better to be in good shape when it comes to CLL. Take vitamins during your lenghtening and recovery phases.
2. Yes, well at least try for these 3 years, pretty sure it will help you in the long run.
3. (JUST SPECULATING!) If they give you the general anesthesia it can be a little problematic if you ask me, sure not a great risk but better safe than sorry, tell Paley just in case.
4. Actually for external it is better if you do not have build muscles in the legs. I assume that is also the case with internals.
5. No.
6. He is one of the best, if he can tell you he can do it, you have nothing to fear.
7. Well here I am not sure. He may agree to not tell your parents, but I am pretty sure you have to write who he has to contact if something gets complicated/wrong with you, but like I said Paley is worth the money. Also try to tell your family, it will be much better for both you and your close ones, instead of making them worrying about you and you lying to them. 100% not worth it.

Hey man, thank you for your answer. Actually I meant to say that I'm gonna do the surgery in 3 years from now so it's about these 3 years of preparation. Do you think it's necessary to start eating healthy as you described and stop consuming sugar from now on?

Paley said that unilateral is nonsense. But I still think that it minimizes the chance of fat embolism and I will have one healthy leg.

I most certainly will not tell my parents because they will be against it without doubt.

Quote from: MirinHeight on May 10, 2018, 09:29:19 PM1. consume your normal dietary needs of calcium and vitamin d. obviously you don't want to be low in either when under going orthopedic surgery.

2. you should try your best to be as fit as possible prior to surgery. This means lower body fat. This will not only help you during recovery and weight bearing, but also it reduces the chances of fat embolism in research studies.

3. I believe you can opt for epidural anesthesia if it is a concern for the physician operating on you

4. idk about this one. You should try to be as fit and healthy as possible prior to surgery though.

5. idk what you are asking here. But this ties back to #4. You need to make sure you are as fit and healthy prior to surgery and this means you should not be sleep deprived. Your body recovers when you are sleeping.

6. Unilateral surgery cuts down the chances of you developing fat embolism drastically. Even dr. paley has seen 4 cases of fat embolism syndrome when doing cll on the femurs.  If I undergo internal femurs, it would be unilateral spread one month apart.

7. I don't think Paley would make you get validation from your parents if you are over 18.

Hi, thanks for answering. Actually I'm gonna do the surgery in 3 years from now so it's about these 3 years of preparation.

I've never been fat in my life. But do you mean that the lower the fat is the lower the chance of FE? In that case, I shall not eat much.

How does epidural anesthesia favor my nose condition?

Regarding the unilateral, Paley actually said that it's nonsense and he charges 30-40 extra k for 2-stage which means 1/3 of the original price. How difference do you think between unilateral spread one month apart and 6 months apart?

Quote from: Oh So Arrogant on May 10, 2018, 10:23:09 PMFlexibility is by far the best thing you can do. It wont help you lengthen additional centimeters. It will only make the process more bearable and less painful day to day. Stretching for a few months before surgery is worthless. Spend 8-12 months prior to surgery doing serious yoga, pilates or mixed martial arts.

Spending time and money to build muscle before limb lengthening surgery is beyond worthless.

What do yoga, pilates or mixed martial arts have to do with LL again? I am actually talking about 2-3 years prior to surgery.

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Quote from: Bruce Wayne on May 10, 2018, 10:37:47 PMHey man, thank you for your answer. Actually I meant to say that I'm gonna do the surgery in 3 years from now so it's about these 3 years of preparation. Do you think it's necessary to start eating healthy as you described and stop consuming sugar from now on?

Paley said that unilateral is nonsense. But I still think that it minimizes the chance of fat embolism and I will have one healthy leg.

Regarding the unilateral, Paley actually said that it's nonsense and he charges 30-40 extra k for 2-stage which means 1/3 of the original price. How difference do you think between unilateral spread one month apart and 6 months apart?

By the time you do LL, Stryde/Precice 3 will have had some good years of experience under its belt.

So theoretically you'd have "good legs" soon. We shall see how Stryde actually fares.