Quote from: mtall on September 13, 2016, 07:08:43 PM
After how much lengthening did they give up? At what length does the pain start becoming that bad?
To preserve privacy, it's not LL but initial health issues that contributed. Not enough fat. And another was more psychological, missing children/being in a foreign town/hotel all alone for so long.
Pain starts at different times for everyone depending on your muscle/soft tissue flexibility, usually as everyone in this forum quotes 4cm on. I didn't get mine until 6cm and now it's real stiff, tight and uncomfortable (and frankly scary as hell! I keep thinking I'll end up paralysed 
seeing how inflexible I've become). So I do salute those who endure it to the very end and cross their finishing line - it takes a lot!
As I'd emphasize over and over again, it's 90% mental willpower. Don't EVER take this lightly!
UNICORN - Dr. Guichet Internal Femurs 8cm - Summer 2016
Pure curiosity: Why 7cm?
Quote from: YourSpaceBoyfriend on September 13, 2016, 07:56:17 PMPure curiosity: Why 7cm?
Because my G-nail was clicked to 3cm before I got my bone fracture (it was like a tyre puncturing, I lost the 3cm length gained). So the G-nail has only 7cm more to click (it comes at 10cm max). So I'll match my good leg to 7cm and be happy.
The other alternative was, doc removes the G-nail and inserts a new one with a new 10cm length. But it's a more complicated, invasive surgery than I want to handle.
And I saw the xray of the shaved bone and new nailing - it's perfect! He actually corrected my curved femur for free. Like LL comes with free bow leg or pigeon toe or limb difference correction 
I was more about stopping at 6cm but whatever.
Just be careful, listen to your body and know the limits. Good luck.
Quote from: Unicorn888 on September 13, 2016, 07:30:19 PMTo preserve privacy, it's not LL but initial health issues that contributed. Not enough fat.
I'm really thin too, so I'm quite concerned now. How does not enough fat affect you? Do you think I could make it to 5.5-6?
Quote from: YourSpaceBoyfriend on September 13, 2016, 08:30:18 PMI was more about stopping at 6cm but whatever.
Just be careful, listen to your body and know the limits. Good luck.
You're absolutely right! I cannot agree more. EVERYONE has their very individual health issues, I realise because of our lifestyles, genes, body type, habits etc.
I'm listening very closely right now because I'm happy with 6cm too Thanks for the warning!
Quote from: mtall on September 13, 2016, 08:47:48 PMI'm really thin too, so I'm quite concerned now. How does not enough fat affect you? Do you think I could make it to 5.5-6?
Again, to cite a hypothetical example, the nails might touch the nerves and it's a whole different type of pain altogether. Electric jolts. Also, because you're on your butt all the time, if you don't have enough fat there, your butt bone starts to hurt a lot and sitting becomes a painful ordeal. And then your coccyx starts to protrude. And before you realise, you can no longer sit, only on a donut but with the donut and inflexible legs, you can't even butt crawl anywhere. And when you're needed to do xrays (tons of them), it hurts so much you could cry as you've to lie flat and still at some oddly suspicious erotic pose. And then spine problems start too.
I'm just saying... these are some of those real examples that people don't even fathom, and none of these has anything to do with your legs. Another example is that I'm still unable to lie flat as my spine would curve upwards and hurt like hell. I need more something something muscles, I was told. So I sleep like in Premium Economy every night.
Or I sprained my wrist from all that framing but I have no choice but to continue because I cannot stay immobile. You just find ways to get around discomfort.
You've time to bulk up, just fatten up for your surgery and you'll lose the weight anyway because you do lose appetite because of the pain and medicines and you're pulled taller. So, no loss there. And worse comes to worse, ie. moi, I'll exercise off my excess weight if needed as running a marathon nked on hot coals would be a piece of cake after all that I've been through.
hi unicorn sorry to hear about your complication, but glad to hear you are ok! you're a tough cookie and stick to your goals as long as the doctor says it's safe to do so. hopefully it will just be a small setback for a lifetime of height gain when you look back on it later. hang in there!
Good to hear from you again. It seems that you're back on track and have overcome your setback. Hang in there, you're almost reaching the finish line.
Quote from: petite on September 17, 2016, 08:48:22 PMGood to hear from you again. It seems that you're back on track and have overcome your setback. Hang in there, you're almost reaching the finish line.
Thanks Petite! Really can't wait, counting the days Am working out really hard, need a lot of strength to graduate from crutches...........
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