Yellowspike - Dr. Guichet, Internal Femurs, Late 2014

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Quote from: ItsMyLife on February 25, 2015, 08:49:43 PMWhen do you start work?

I do not think throwing in additional clicks will impede your progress much. This is because consolidation is happening even when you are lengthening (I have quite a dense bone bridge... almost connected to the other end).

Good luck!

Hope so bro! I took a few days off too, and I'm lengthening such small amounts (because I'm so damn anal, lol). I can't see how it would set me back much.

I'm working from home now, but hoping to be back in the office within 3ish or so weeks (preferably without crutches, but if I have to, I'll go in with crutches, whatever).

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For a considerable part of his lengthening, Apotheosis clicked under half a millimeter per day until his tibiae consolidated and had no soft tissue problems throughout his lengthening. He did 11CM on the tibiae alone that way and worked almost the whole time. If you do like 0.01 CM per day, or close to that, then your soft tissue recovery, and general recovery, shouldn't be affected much and you'll get 7CM eventually.

If not getting to 7CM is going to drive you crazy, and it looks like it will, the you might as well man up and go to 7CM, or your height neurosis will never be completely gone and you'll live life with some element of regret, something you can't settle for considering what you've sacrificed to get to this point.

Just be smart about how you get to 7CM. You've got months until complete consolidation anyways, so lengthen as slowly as possible in order to not affect your recovery. You've got at least a month until the clicking device stops working to lengthen a fraction of a centimeter. Just break it up into very, very small lengths each day and your soft tissue won't even detect the clicks.


Or, better yet, you could find a way to not be so worked up about a fraction of a centimeter, but that doesn't seem to be working out for you and it would suck to be regretful for the rest of your life.

Sorry if that came off as harsh. It was intended as a tough love post.

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Quote from: Taller on February 26, 2015, 01:07:08 AMApotheosis clicked under half a millimeter per day until his tibiae consolidated and had no soft tissue problems throughout his lengthening. He did 11CM on the tibiae alone that way and worked almost the whole time. If you do like 0.01 CM per day, or close to that, then your soft tissue recovery, and general recovery, shouldn't be affected much and you'll get 7CM eventually.

If not getting to 7CM is going to drive you crazy, and it looks like it will, the you might as well man up and go to 7CM, or your height neurosis will never be completely gone and you'll live life with some element of regret, something you can't settle for considering what you've sacrificed to get to this point.

Just be smart about how you get to 7CM. You've got months until complete consolidation anyways so lengthen as slowly as possible in order to not affect your recovery.


Or, better yet, you could find a way to not be so worked up about a fraction of a centimeter, but that doesn't seem to be working out for you and it would suck to be regretful for the rest of your life.

Sorry if that came off as harsh. It was intended as a tough love post.

No, your post was EXACTLY what I needed. Thanks a lot bro. I'm ALMOST at peace with this. I think what really helped today was starting to work again, and having friends who I haven't heard from reach out to me. I feel like my life is calling me back. And I need to get back to it. I'm at 6.85cm+ right now. 1.5mm isn't visible, and I can always get it in the future (if it REALLY bothers me, and once I have a life again, I don't think it will) from yoga or (apparently) gluco supplements.

I'm stopping now, most likely. I really would like to be walking without crutches (even stiffly/funny) within the next 2-3 weeks. If I have to go back to the office on crutches, so be it, but I'd prefer not to.

Once again, thanks for the tough love post

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Would there be a noticeable difference in terms of recovery and biomechanics between lengthening 6 or 7Cm anyway?

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Quote from: Uppland on February 26, 2015, 01:18:53 AMWould there be a noticeable difference in terms of recovery and biomechanics between lengthening 6 or 7Cm anyway?

Not between 6.85 and 7... There's no noticeable difference between these two amounts in any aspect, save for the psychological difference.


YellowSpike, I'm glad to hear that my post was well received. How was your experience going back to work three inches taller?

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Quote from: Taller on February 26, 2015, 01:25:25 AMNot between 6.85 and 7... There's no noticeable difference between these two amounts in any aspect, save for the psychological difference.


YellowSpike, I'm glad to hear that my post was well received. How was your experience going back to work three inches taller?

Haven't gone back into the office yet. Working from home for the next 2-3 weeks. I really want to get back in there as soon as possible. With my job, working from home isn't ideal and I feel like I need to be back there.

So I'm just gonna focus on recovery now in order to speed up to when I'm able to walk.

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Have lengthened around 6.9cm (click file says 6.86cm, but I know it's more because it's not counting some clicks we did in the hospital and some others that I know weren't tracked). Haven't clicked in the last day and a half because my left leg has quite a bit of pain with certain movements and when I weight bear on it (although it seems to go away after walking a lot). I think I'm going to stop here and focus on recovery. Dr. Guichet told me that patients generally gain a little more than what they click (because 15 clicks isn't EXACTLY 1mm), and based on what I understood of his response, the natural angle of our femurs has very little effect on total stature gain. If it weren't for my left leg pain and time constraints (needing to get back to my life), I'd possibly go on a bit more...but my body I think is really telling me it's time to stop. I don't want to risk any long-term damage moreso than I already have.

Had x-rays on Saturday and waiting to hear back from Dr. G his thoughts on them. The right leg seems to be healing better than the left leg. I'm going to start taking more supplements (in addition to my calcium supplements and multi-vitamins) to try and help them heal faster. I've also been making sure to get as much protein as I can. It's hard to walk a lot now since I'm working again (I have a home office), but I try to after work every night (despite the horrible weather we've been having here).

I only hope that I've reached my goal of 5'8"...if I did, I have no regrets whatsoever. I'm the kind of person who doesn't mind putting in the hard work...but can't stand not achieving my goals. I'm actually terrified to be measured ever again. I know it doesn't really make a difference in the long run if I'm a tiny fraction under...it's just the principle of the matter. Might sound crazy to others, but it's just the way I feel right now. Especially given all the pain, time and money I have invested in this process.

I think I will feel better about all of this once I'm at least "walking" (aka limping) again without crutches. Very nervous to actually return to the office.

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I'm feeling a lot better now. It's around 5:30PM where I live, and I was just measured 3 times...each time a bit over 5'8" (even as much as 5'8.5", but after that, it was more like 5'8.25"/5'8.15"). I stood against the wall barefoot (and still fairly significant duckass/curvature of my back), and a relative (who wants me to stop obsessing over this lol) and he measured me 3 times. I told him to be as conservative as possible and not to add anything (and to account for my thick head of my hair by using a flat book to mark the wall lol). And I'm happy that these measurements were taken in the evening after being hunched and sitting near my computer screen all day. I know that even these measurements may not be EXACT, and we have a range of heights...I may be 5'7.85" at 10PM, lol. But whatever....it's still so much better than where I was before LL.

So for me, this is closure on my height itself. Time to stop obsessing. Time to stop clicking (thank GOD). Time to start healing and getting on with my life. Now I honestly feel like I've realized an impossible dream...but I only hope and pray that I recover fully in due time

I have to do my part. Even though the weather blows where I live, and it's night, I'm going to a nice long walk tonight. Gotta get on dat weight-bearing time to get dem bones healed. lol

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Ñow you can walk unaided?

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Hey Yellow, do you mind posting pictures of your legs? scars, proportions, duck-ass, etc.

We'd love to see them.

Btw, I'm sure you'll recover great.