Yellowspike - Dr. Guichet, Internal Femurs, Late 2014

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Yellowspike is the boss.

@chsn I'm 178-9CM

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lol I am very far from being a "hero" or "the boss" lol but I'm glad to hear some of you guys appreciate my diary. I think my diary is kinda a mess at times. But then again...LL is brutal, physical and emotionally. So I guess it's good for people to see that.

I finally got to resume the gym today. Dr. G still hasn't cleared me for leg workouts yet (but I think he will when I send him new X-rays this week, pretty sure both legs are fused now), so I did a full upper body workout just to get my feet wet. My size looks about the same, but I lost a little bit of strength. No biggie because I tend to put on muscle very quickly. It was really nice being back, and no one seems to stare at my walking anymore. I feel like my walking is very, very close to normal at this point. It's amazing how fast it's improved the past few weeks from serious walking. I wish I was more serious about walking earlier on, but now I know for the future.

And it was cool to be slightly bigger than or the same size as some of my gym buddies who used to be taller. They were all like "where the hell have you been?" I just said "Oh, I had a back injury, so couldn't come for a while." No one batted an eye, although one of the shorter guys (I'm guessing 5'4"?) was kinda looking at me funny lol.

I don't care....I love it.

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Quote from: YellowSpike on May 23, 2015, 05:34:05 PMlol I am very far from being a "hero" or "the boss" lol but I'm glad to hear some of you guys appreciate my diary. I think my diary is kinda a mess at times. But then again...LL is brutal, physical and emotionally. So I guess it's good for people to see that.

I finally got to resume the gym today. Dr. G still hasn't cleared me for leg workouts yet (but I think he will when I send him new X-rays this week, pretty sure both legs are fused now), so I did a full upper body workout just to get my feet wet. My size looks about the same, but I lost a little bit of strength. No biggie because I tend to put on muscle very quickly. It was really nice being back, and no one seems to stare at my walking anymore. I feel like my walking is very, very close to normal at this point. It's amazing how fast it's improved the past few weeks from serious walking. I wish I was more serious about walking earlier on, but now I know for the future.

And it was cool to be slightly bigger than or the same size as some of my gym buddies who used to be taller. They were all like "where the hell have you been?" I just said "Oh, I had a back injury, so couldn't come for a while." No one batted an eye, although one of the shorter guys (I'm guessing 5'4"?) was kinda looking at me funny lol.

I don't care....I love it.

Glad to hear that.
Now ll pain was your distance memoru

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Quote from: goodlucktomylegs on May 23, 2015, 06:00:50 PMGlad to hear that.
Now ll pain was your distance memoru

The only pain I have now (be warned if you guys go with Dr. G) is slight hip pain thanks to the HUGE screws he uses. It's not as bad as it was...but if I didn't have a memory foam mattress, I'm not sure I could sleep on my side. I can because I have a Tempur Pedic mattress.

For me personally, even as I slowly get back to my normal, the only issue remaining is that I don't feel 100% closure just yet. Perhaps it will come down the road (new job, new women, etc.), or perhaps I will do that last inch next year (strongly leaning towards it at the moment). I feel at this point, an inch more I could do in my sleep lol. My proportions now look great...I frankly don't care much if my femurs will appear long. Even as an LL patient, I don't look at/notice other peoples' proportions lol

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Hello Yellowspike

I did LL with Dr G in Milan first week of July 2014 , Stayed there for 6 weeks until I reached Aprox 5,5 cms Then I Had to go back to my home country because of work. Looking back I can say I had a pretty much smooth journey. Maybe because I wanted this so much.. that I putted all my effort to  success. My only complain was this numb/burning skin sensation I developed in the lateral side of my right leg.. which is not completely gone but I got used to. When reading part of your Experience I remember the weeks right after Lengthening phase were very annoying because you are pretty much disabled and don't see much improvement on your condition as the days go by..But suddenly you begin to get normal again.. It took me about 1 month after Lenghthening to go back to work walking funny but unaided. I walk almost normal now, as many  ex-LL state explosiveness is lost for good…I can Jogg 1 or 2 miles and dance with no problem. Consider Im not very sporty guy. My actual height is about 172.5-173. I feel much better in every aspect of my life. this really cure me of Height neurosis. But as you I have the feeling Im not over with this yet, considering I have the potential  in the nail for a couple of cms that theoreticaly can be reached easily. Maybe we can get in touch with Dr G to inquire him about the details and his requirements  to do the 2nd Femur Lenghthening.



Cheers!

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Quote from: Caribe on May 27, 2015, 02:16:53 AMHello Yellowspike

I did LL with Dr G in Milan first week of July 2014 , Stayed there for 6 weeks until I reached Aprox 5,5 cms Then I Had to go back to my home country because of work. Looking back I can say I had a pretty much smooth journey. Maybe because I wanted this so much.. that I putted all my effort to  success. My only complain was this numb/burning skin sensation I developed in the lateral side of my right leg.. which is not completely gone but I got used to. When reading part of your Experience I remember the weeks right after Lengthening phase were very annoying because you are pretty much disabled and don't see much improvement on your condition as the days go by..But suddenly you begin to get normal again.. It took me about 1 month after Lenghthening to go back to work walking funny but unaided. I walk almost normal now, as many  ex-LL state explosiveness is lost for good…I can Jogg 1 or 2 miles and dance with no problem. Consider Im not very sporty guy. My actual height is about 172.5-173. I feel much better in every aspect of my life. this really cure me of Height neurosis. But as you I have the feeling Im not over with this yet, considering I have the potential  in the nail for a couple of cms that theoreticaly can be reached easily. Maybe we can get in touch with Dr G to inquire him about the details and his requirements  to do the 2nd Femur Lenghthening.



Cheers!

What is  your  lengthend amount?
5.5 and done?
My goal is 6 cm to reach 183 cm
I hope i will have a smooth journey as same as u
And ur right leg problen
Do you think it will gone or not?

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Hello Goodlucktomylegs!

My dream height was 1,76 or 1,77. Due to time I knew I could reach at most 7 cm  (1,74) cm as Shy Shy did. In my initial plan I had only 6 weeks to lengthen and then a couple of more weeks to cure enough to be able to go to work.
By the time I reached 5 cm which was my minimum acceptable I begun to face the situation of clicking less and growing fewer mm per day than at the beginning of LL, and when I was back to my country i was stressed by the Idea of not consolidation since my first X-ray by that time showed less consolidation in comparison with other LL fellows. So decided to stop  at about 5,5 cm and heal.. moreover I felt I had reached a respectable height everyone in my circle noticed it and I was denying this keeping it as a secret..
1,72 - 1,73 is not bad but I get greedy knowing I have the potential for more. Reaching 1,75-176 is an idea I have to reach a dream but it is not a must as it was the 1st op.

Have a great journey Goodluck!

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Quote from: Caribe on May 27, 2015, 02:48:07 AMHello Goodlucktomylegs!

My dream height was 1,76 or 1,77. Due to time I knew I could reach at most 7 cm  (1,74) cm as Shy Shy did. In my initial plan I had only 6 weeks to lengthen and then a couple of more weeks to cure enough to be able to go to work.
By the time I reached 5 cm which was my minimum acceptable I begun to face the situation of clicking less and growing fewer mm per day than at the beginning of LL, and when I was back to my country i was stressed by the Idea of not consolidation since my first X-ray by that time showed less consolidation in comparison with other LL fellows. So decided to stop  at about 5,5 cm and heal.. moreover I felt I had reached a respectable height everyone in my circle noticed it and I was denying this keeping it as a secret..
1,72 - 1,73 is not bad but I get greedy knowing I have the potential for more. Reaching 1,75-176 is an idea I have to reach a dream but it is not a must as it was the 1st op.

Have a great journey Goodluck!

I know how you feel Caribe. I think you must've had a better starting height than I did to get to 172.5-173 with only 5.5cm on lengthening. I killed myself to get to around 7cm. My low evening height so far seems to be around 172.4cm (at night, after walking/going to the gym). In the morning, I'm around 174.7 (close to 5'9"). And I still have duckass, too. I was also heavily inspired by ShyShy, who I know did about 7.5cm. But my consolidation wasn't great, particularly with my left leg, and the pain was starting to get REALLY bad on my left leg. So, I had to stop at 7cm. It is what it is. ShyShy like stories are actually very rare, and he is NOT the norm. He is very lucky to have done as well as he did (lengthening and recovery wise).

I have to be careful with my proportions at this point. They look great now...but another inch for me is pushing it (in terms of femur/tibia proportions), though I think it would still look ok. I want to do another inch, but just need to figure out how to get more time off. I'm going to look into this next year and possibly do it next summer. Recovery is going ok right now. My walking is getting better, my stamina is pretty good, but my hips sway a bit. I think it's due to weak gluteus medius, which I have been working on. I've been doing all that I can.

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Caribe could you tell us a little bit about your loss of explosivness?

Also, do you feel like you still have potential to improving or is this as good as you're going to get?

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I'm glad everything is going well Yellowspike! I haven't been here on this site for quite a while since it depresses me...

Either way, how are your legs and ass going? Are they starting to ''fill in'', getting their shape?