Incredibly helpful. This accounting should be required reading for anyone that undergoes this procedure (modulo, perhaps, the vibrator bit, which I'm having a hard time parsing 
).
I arrive in London on September 11, and meet with Dr. Guichet on September 12 or September 13. Will you still be in the hospital at that time? Would love to meet you and your merry band of financiers .
J+16
Height Gained : 2.79cm / 161.29cm
Mini update. Started crutching today, mighty scary, makes the damned walker a freaking Aston Martin. After doing 2 hours of crutch laps around the gym, my body went on strike. Sharp electrical pain from knees to hips. Excruciating when standing, my entire lower body was trembling uncontrollably. Succumbed to codeine this afternoon. Will try to figure a way to get into my bathtub with epsom salt. That should do plenty of good. I'm not tired of lengthening yet, I'm inspired by the height I'm attaining, it's unimaginable even if I don't feel any taller at all.
On a brighter note, yet another cab driver voluntarily dropped his pants to show us his femur scar. What's with men and the slightest excuse to flash themselves? Jokes aside, he's plagued with a brittle bone disease and has passed it on to his 2 kids. His son broke his leg at 2 and now at 7, has broken his bones over 10 times. The things we take for granted really 
. He was showing me scars all over his arms, elbows, legs etc, he said he's so used to it. He even calls himself an X-men mutant, the Glass Man.
I am overwhelmed by how cheerful and positive he is, especially in light of the fact that his entire family suffers from the same fragile condition. He said, they all have a high threshold of pain, and yet I cannot take comfort in his considerate reassurance nor fathom what it's like to be a child who shatters easily and is always wearing a cast 
But he says, they're all champion swimmers 
Next, I had the pleasure to change my bandages for the first time. It's UNBELIEVABLE, the length of my scar is 3cm. How the hell did he insert the rod? I was telling a friend... "Doc G must have shoved it up my ass" and my naive and gullible friend replied, "wow, today's technology is amazing!" 
Doc G should lengthen her cerebral cortex.
Yesterday, was my first post 'growth' x-ray. I could see the GAP on each leg and the jagged edges and soft tissue 'filling' where it's "Under Construction". Can't tell if my bone is fusing fast or slow, will have to wait to see Doc G next week to interpret. Whatever it is, it's quite counter intuitive for those of you who are new. At first, you actually don't want your bones to heal too efficiently because you want to be able to click/distract with relative ease. As you approach your desired height or post lengthening, that's when expedient bone healing is much welcomed.
That's why there is confusion where, if clicking becomes painful post 4cm, Doc G might instruct increasing clicks, to slow down bone fusion and ease pain (counter intuitive, right?). And there are previous patients I've met whose bones took longer than normal to fuse after they stopped clicking. Or another who's bone fused completely within 2 weeks after stopping clicking He was literally able to jump for joy!
I agree with Takanori, the worst is not over after the first 2 weeks. I think you just get used to the discomfort, pain, impatience, helplessness, emotional vulnerability, lack of sleep and appetite, mood swings and unexpected pains in places you never knew existed on your body. That's why my whole paranoia about every new unrecognisable ache/pain/condition. It's like when I climbed Kilimanjaro, getting a foot blister might send you home because you can no longer climb/track without worsening your condition, then health/infections, then group safety etc. Similarly, I can't afford to fall/injure/abrade/sprain my shoulders, arms, wrist, back, ankle etc. as any of these otherwise minor incidents might mean no crutching for me. No independence, hampered mobility and physio, slowed lengthening, bone fusing etc. It's ALL a vicious cycle...
I just want to sleep after physio, wake up to click, sleep until dinner/click and then sleep 'til morning. It would be so ideal. Fidgeting around every 5 minutes is dreadfully annoying otherwise, it's achy sore legs nonstop and I can't think of anything else.
Anyway, here I am, an old chicken, who will soon be an old ostrich thanks to LL! 
I seem to have underestimated LL pain. Congratulations on the extra inch+ gained!
Why isn't there a sleeping medication that puts you out for 6-8 hours? 3 seems like a cruel joke.
Quote from: Unicorn888 on August 11, 2016, 06:31:53 PMJ+16
Height Gained : 2.79cm / 161.29cm
I'm not tired of lengthening yet, I'm inspired by the height I'm attaining, it's unimaginable even if I don't feel any taller at all.
So almost half of your lengthening gj.
You don't feel taller because you don't gain 6cm at once but small amount in a period of time don't worry.
Quote from: Penguinn on August 11, 2016, 08:38:23 PMI seem to have underestimated LL pain.
It depends on a person.
I have personaly seen 9 year old kid with ilizarov frame on his femur(he got it like 1-2 weeks ago) and he barely cared at all.
Quote from: YourSpaceBoyfriend on August 11, 2016, 09:39:08 PMI have personaly seen 9 year old kid with ilizarov frame on his femur(he got it like 1-2 weeks ago) and he barely cared at all.
On the femurs that too? That kid must have adult size balls. No way that didn't hurt.
Quote from: Penguinn on August 11, 2016, 08:38:23 PMWhy isn't there a sleeping medication that puts you out for 6-8 hours? 3 seems like a cruel joke.
Even if they shot me with an elephant tranquilliser, I'd still be awake when the painkiller expires.
However, if that elephant didn't sit on my legs and have a grand picnic in the first place, there would have been no need for tranquillisers or painkillers 
QuoteIt's UNBELIEVABLE, the length of my scar is 3cm. How the hell did he insert the rod? I was telling a friend... "Doc G must have shoved it up my ass" and my naive and gullible friend replied, "wow, today's technology is amazing!" Doc G should lengthen her cerebral cortex.
Lolabetes! Your gullible friend is? "Alice Springs Horton" from "The Vicar of Dibley"
Keep it up. I so hope Dr G is reading this...
I tried this and I felt a huge relief.
Wow! Thanks Jessie Believer. Coincidentally, I just got both my deep muscle tissue massager and muscle pain stimulator electrodes today. They're are just incredible. I feel like I'm living in a permanent spa treatment.
I'm going to list all the silly paraphernalia I've bought so far and rank them by usefulness. Hopefully, this might help others out there looking for ideas for make their lives easier or to relief discomfort
Goodnight!
Hey unicorn. Hope you're doing well.
I wanted to ask you....are you lengthening continously or are there breaks in between ? If you take breaks, how many days do these breaks last and why did you have to take them?
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