VERY FERST STEP - INDIA - Dr. Anil Raheja

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I would not worry very much about the scars right now. Are you back home yet or are you still in India?

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ForcedPuberty

yeah, I think I'm hard to please after all ..

BullSurfer

ah..! it must be because of the new scar lol 

galaxy1

yeah I think I'll leave sometime around my BD next month

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I missed out on your diary due to time constraints, but I hope your progress and health are in excellent shape. If you only had one decision between lengthening tibias/femurs, which would you choose and why?

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Quote from: Disobedient on November 12, 2014, 01:13:45 PM
I'm really angry and disappointed , I measured my height again and it's 159-158cm !!! 
I thought I'd be at least 161cm , since my duckass improved
YEAH I HAVE DUCKASS, AND YES MY I CANT STRAIGHT MY KNEE FULLY WHILE I"M STANDING
BUT 158-159cm REALLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE !! I WAS 5ft ~153cm
AND I GAINED 11CM SAY 10CM, THAT'S PUT ME AT 163CM (-2CM BECAUSE OF DUCKASS )= 161CM!
HOW IN THE EARTH I'M JUST 158!!!!!
DOES THAT MEAN I GAINED 5 OR 6CM !!!!
THE XRAY SHOWED I GAINED 11CM .. BUT IN THE REALITY I JUST GAINED 5CM ! 

This is normal. You don't get the height you lengthen.

I lost 2cm myself.

Just read your story up until now. Doesn't look good sorry to see.

Try to work hard and do lots of cycling if you can. Look in to your diet. You still look like you need to loose weight. It's easier for your body if you weigh less.

Best of luck.

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Quote from: Sweden on February 17, 2015, 09:00:43 AMThis is normal. You don't get the height you lengthen.

I lost 2cm myself.

Just read your story up until now. Doesn't look good sorry to see.

Try to work hard and do lots of cycling if you can. Look in to your diet. You still look like you need to loose weight. It's easier for your body if you weigh less.

Best of luck.

why would someone lose 2 cm off their height vs x-ray? is it due to the angulation of the femur?
will there be such a problem with tibia cos I have not heard of such things

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Women have much more angled femurs than men.

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I think it is a combination of 3 factors.

1) a lot of people incorrectly measure themselves pre LL.

2) as taller said women have much more angled femurs than men.

3) post from yellow spike.

QuoteI can already answer this because Dr G already told me. He said in some (not all) patients, after lengthening, you lose 20mm in height that you gained due to compression. That's the number he told me. That's partially why I clicked to 6.65cm on his file (though I still think I gained a bit more). I don't really care because 20mm is very negligible my goal was 2.5 inches (6.35cm).

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I noticed something odd during my lengthening also.

my friend who lengthened never walked. he lengthened 3 cm and gained 3 cm.

I lengthened 3cm (at that time) and only lengthened 2.5cm, I walked all the time. at each turn of the device it can probably move slightly allowing for compression as you lengthen if you walk. so at the end I expect my callous to be much better compression as I think it was getting small compressions during the lengthening period as the callous was formed.

but if you don't walk then when the devices come off and the bone finally has pressure it might get compression then instead of during lengthening.

ps I have monorails so my pins cant bend. if they did I would get anatomical misalignment, which I do not have.

don't take this as gospel, it is indeed speculation. it is a hypothesis. even I don't know if it is accurate. as for gitchets patients, they seem to lengthen very fast. so even if you walk you would get minimal callous collapse(and density formation)(during lengthening) because callous can only form at such a rate, and the device moves along the lengthening plane to fast to allow the same thing to happen.

again I repeat I don't know if this is indeed happening. it is a hypothesis.

callous could become more dense if you walk and spend more time in the lengthening period, as apposed to fast lengthening and/or no weight bearing followed by frame removal.

also bear in mind kilokahns post where he stated that lack of exercise caused callous density to change where it had pockets/gaps in the callous or something, which indicate lack of callous density. (correct me if I have made a mistake im going on memory here).

a theory is better than bewilderment. could be completely different reason but at least im attempting to understand what is happening.

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LL is not an exact science, just happy that nature gives you a second and/or third chance to grow taller. Losing a few cm is acceptable.

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Quote from: BullSurfer on February 17, 2015, 02:53:39 PMLL is not an exact science, just happy that nature gives you a second and/or third chance to grow taller. Losing a few cm is acceptable.

I agree!

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accidental double-post.