Yellowspike - Dr. Guichet, Internal Femurs, Late 2014

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LL is very trying indeed. You will soon see.

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Thanks.

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I was told that my healing is progressing properly (who hoo), but also told not to click anymore. I suppose it's just as well, as the click motions were starting to become extremely painful. I probably should stop measuring myself, but I seem to come in a tad below 5'8" right before bed time. I'm not sure, I could be measuring myself wrong. If fixing the duckass even gives 3-5mm, it will put me at just about 5'8" at night, which is pretty much all I wanted. I really hope that's the case.

I actually feel like somewhat of a failure if I don't reach my goal. May sound dumb to others, but until you go through this (you will sacrifice a ton of time, money, pain, loneliness, and potentially bad reactions from others), and unless you're a short as I was (many of you start at 5'7 and up, so you CAN lengthen less and still be a good height in the end), you can't begin to understand how I feel. Such is life though.

Guess I'll be re-breaking my femur and doing more next summer lol. In the meantime, I will probably taking some time away from this forum, as it's only making me feel worse.

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Sorry that you feel worse on here, but will you still keep us updated?

Remeber what an inspiration shyshy's videos and photos was for you?
Imagine what you could be for me or anyone else on here.

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The difference is that ShyShy was an immense success all around. I'm not really sure what an inspiration I would be, as I didn't reach my goal. And honestly, being on here with so many of you who are already very solid heights (not trying to imply anyone should or should not get LL, I'm just giving my opinion that many of your heights are already perfectly fine) doesn't help matters. But it is what it is.

But yes, I will keep updates, just not nearly as often. I do want to help others if I can, and I will still reply to PMs. Gotta pay it forward

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I know your feelings bro. We start with real low heights and need a good amount to get into a safe zone. Me my self think that maybe i will need 2 surgeries to feel ok with my self.

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Quote from: KirPi on March 27, 2015, 06:04:31 PMI know your feelings bro. We start with real low heights and need a good amount to get into a safe zone. Me my self think that maybe i will need 2 surgeries to feel ok with my self.

If I were a solid 5'8", I think I'd be fine with that. I'm just doubting (based on evening height) that I am. Even being a pinch under that is just unacceptable to me. And I really REALLY didn't want to have go through this sh*t again, spend more money, more time off from work, hate the idea of externals...but I might have to. I guess I'll see how I feel once I'm fully recovered. Maybe I'll be lucky enough to get a wife as great as Sweden's who would see me through a second LL. Although I doubt that!

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Why fret about some arbitrary number from the old-fashioned English measuring system?

5'8 = 172.72cm.  You're definitely a solid, modern, worldly, metric 172 even at night.

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on March 27, 2015, 06:19:55 PMWhy fret about some arbitrary number from the old-fashioned English measuring system?

5'8 = 172.72cm.  You're definitely a solid, modern, worldly, metric 172 even at night.

I really appreciate this - thank you MDoW It's just that I've had engrained into my head for so long that anything under 5'8" isn't acceptable. Even at my old height...I did pretty well with women. Through all my years of online dating (and pretty successful at it), whether for serious relationships or hookups, I kept seeing the lowest that these women demand is 5'8" (though most want 5'10" and up). But of course, I had to deal with comments from them and my friends on occassion. I'm not so much hung up on these hypothetical women per se, but the number is what got engrained into my head. I also would see many posts on various forums online and Hollywood short male celeb lists where 5'8/5'9 seems to be the "cut off." So that's why it was really important to me to be a solid 5'8". I know I'm thinking too much about it, but given all that I've sacrificed to do this LL (a sh*t ton of money, pain, time, etc), I really wanted this for myself.

But there's always the future. I may be doing external tibs someday, but only 2 inches max (maybe even a bit less) to keep my proportions relatively normal. I have to see how I feel once I'm recovered and fix my posture.

I appreciate you guys trying to cheer me up

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Yellowspike I'm sure you're gonna be a success just like shyshy.

Your recovery is important anyway, what kind of picture will we get if only the luckiest patients update their diaries?