Yellowspike - Dr. Guichet, Internal Femurs, Late 2014

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Quote from: YellowSpike on April 17, 2015, 01:33:24 PMI've just been trying to walk as much as I can. Right now, that just basically means I'm full-time off crutches around my apartment. I imagine I still have at least a few weeks of funny walking left, but it is getting better. My legs are starting to feel stronger, like their old selves. I've also been taking fully-standing showers for weeks now (I had safety bar installed that I hold onto just to be safe).

Das it mane. A common theme among patients is that there is a strong correllation between walking and recovering.

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Quote from: YellowSpike on April 17, 2015, 01:33:24 PMI've just been trying to walk as much as I can. Right now, that just basically means I'm full-time off crutches around my apartment. I imagine I still have at least a few weeks of funny walking left, but it is getting better. My legs are starting to feel stronger, like their old selves. I've also been taking fully-standing showers for weeks now (I had safety bar installed that I hold onto just to be safe).

How were you taking showers in the beginning phase of LL? Were you sitting?

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Quote from: sadboy on April 17, 2015, 04:18:33 PMHow were you taking showers in the beginning phase of LL? Were you sitting?

Yes, I was sitting until about 6 weeks ago when I stopped clicking. I probably could have stood, but was afraid to. My legs actually feel stronger now, so I'm less scared, plus I had the safety bar installed anyway.

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I see you're well on the way to recovery, Yellowspike! Well done!

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Walking is improving. I still waddle, but less so. Have bad hip pain on right side due to one of the screws, but I can deal with that. X-rays last night showed great progress...I believe my right leg is fused, my left leg not too far behind. It kinda explains why the left leg has so much pain towards the end...it was excruciating, when clicking for me was perviously pain-free!

Here are my proportions after ~7cm of lengthening. I have thick legs, which is good, because it hides the somewhat longer femurs. And they'll get even thicker as I recover more. I'm actually strongly considering doing a femur re-break next year and adding on another inch (the rods inside have another 2.5-3cm or so). I want an extra inch as a buffer because we shrink as we get older...so 5'9" to me is safer. Tibias are not likely an option for me. I really don't want to do another full-blown LL, and tibias just take way, way too long (even 1 inch would take like 5 months I hear). If I did the femur re-break for another inch, I think I'd be walking like a month after surgery (rods are weight bearing), and I should consolidate quicker for an inch I would think/hope. Gotta love how my cat photo-bombed the second pic, she's such a ham 

My femurs will probably look pretty long and somewhat out of proportion after another inch, but I feel like that would only be visible if I were nked with a girl and she REALLY fixated on it. I don't plan on telling future women about LL, so if they ever commented, I would always joke that I'm some kind of mutant with super long femurs lol

Depending on the cost, I think it would be worth it. When I wake up at almost 5'9" in the morning, I definitely appear taller even to myself. I do believe it will be noticeable.

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Looks really good and amazingly natural. I swear, unless you told me, based on the pics of your legs, I would have no idea you did CLL

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Quote from: NewHeights on April 30, 2015, 04:40:17 PMLooks really good and amazingly natural. I swear, unless you told me, based on the pics of your legs, I would have no idea you did CLL

Thanks. I think my proportions now are fine. With another inch, it would probably look a little weird. But as long as I keep my legs filled out (my legs are thick naturally), I don't see how another inch would throw them off so much. And then I'd be a solid 5'9," which to me is enough where I think I'd be set. I'm happy with 5'8", but it's still a little too borderline for me. I worry about shrinking below it.

The idea of tibias is appealing, but externals take too long, and even if I want to risk knee pain with internals, they are SO...expensive.

Also wondering if anyone leaves the rods in permanently. I think Sweden said he was gonna, but those were for tibias (not sure if femurs would be any different). I can actually afford to do an internal tibia LL with even Dr Paley right now...but I'm looking to buy property in the next 2-3 years, so I'm trying to bargain by maybe doing the femur rebreak but then leave the rods in to save money? I don't know how safe that is...sucks the damn removal surgery is like 15K or something...such bs.

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hey yellow i think that your proportions look fine right now , one inch more is pushing it but maybe you could do it if you accept to have very long femurs.
I think that you could go to a cheaper doctor to do the nail removal and you could earn money .

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Quote from: KirP1 on April 30, 2015, 05:50:29 PMhey yellow i think that your proportions look fine right now , one inch more is pushing it but maybe you could do it if you accept to have very long femurs.
I think that you could go to a cheaper doctor to do the nail removal and you could earn money .

Yeah I think another inch is pushing it...I have to think about it. It's just sooo much easier and faster than doing tibias. Plus, when I think about it, some people who are really short have done like 10cm with Guichet or Betz...I would have done around 9cm in total...yeah my femurs would look long, but I don't think ridiculously so (where they're perfectly fine right now).

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Pretty sure people in US can get the nails out using insurance through Dr. R in NY.

I'm confused, are you considering more ll? Your proportions could certainly handle it fine.