Yellowspike - Dr. Guichet, Internal Femurs, Late 2014

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Well I won't say what the price is for the femur rebreak, but it's much cheaper than that. And as I said, I'm not entirely sure about this yet. Maybe I'll feel differently down the road. I think part of it is knowing that the very rods in my legs now have the potential for more (relatively easy, in theory) cm to get.

Tibias likely aren't on the table for me because I don't have the time to devote to super long recovery they entail.

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Oh I understand you now, I didn't realize he offered that service.

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Yeah the Gnail can go up to 10.5cm. I did about 7cm, maybe a little over (since we get more than what we click apparently)...so I have about 3cm left on the nail. Based on my discussions with Dr. G, the femur rebreak would be significantly easier and less painful. The rods are already in there, and since I'd only do an inch, he says I'd have less side effects (duckass and funny walking) and would consolidate faster. He said it is possible to do the whole thing about 6 weeks to be walking decently.

If I can get the time off at a new job (somehow), I might do it. It all depends on where my life is next summer.

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Walked into a house party last night...and two girls I hadn't seen in a while almost blew my cover. One pointed and looked at me with squinted eyes (I saw her through the corner of my eyes)...and another said (pretty damn loudly) "Yellowspike, you look so tall!" I played it cool and just said "I lost weight and grew my hair out." Phew.

Not gonna lie, it kinda made my night. I was only in sandals too

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Quote from: YellowSpike on June 28, 2015, 04:32:25 PMWalked into a house party last night...and two girls I hadn't seen in a while almost blew my cover. One pointed and looked at me with squinted eyes (I saw her through the corner of my eyes)...and another said (pretty damn loudly) "Yellowspike, you look so tall!" I played it cool and just said "I lost weight and grew my hair out." Phew.

Not gonna lie, it kinda made my night. I was only in sandals too

Nice makes me want to get 7CM done as well, tough perhaps 6CM to ensure better proportions and recovery is the way to go?

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I mean, you're already a good height...so I don't see why you'd need to go beyond 6cm. I think recovery time starts getting longer once you pass around 6cm. 6-7 is moderate, beyond 7 I think it gets pretty long. It's been just over 6 months post-op for me, and my walking is only now starting to get semi-normal (still have a bit of funny gait, but much better than it was). I may not be ShyShy or OBD, but I feel like my recovery has been quite good all things considered (espeically since I've been working since 2.5 months post-op).

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I've been talking with other LL patients and have read some of the threads on here about various topics such as future complications, biomechanics, proportions, etc. While I understand that anyone has the right to do LL no matter what their height is and what their reasons are for wanting it...I'm starting to feel that (for me, anyway) it may be best to just accept it for what it is now and call it a day. Yeah, I'm still short, but I don't think anyone's life should be surgeries and then the long subsequent recoveries. Not to mention that I'm in my very early 30s and want to enjoy my relative youth. Another guy on here said something to the effect of "I feel great when I'm just standing around at my new height, but don't feel that great when I have to move." That kinda sums up how I feel sometimes. I may feel differently down the road, but I'm not sure a future LL is in the cards for me, as much as I'd like just another inch or two.

I hope people really think long and hard about this process and don't think they'll be able to have an epic recovery like some on here have had. This takes a lot longer that you think, I don't care how young or great shape you are in. Dr. Guichet has even said things to the effect that it actually takes years to really get truly 100% back to normal in every possible way (and I imagine I won't feel normal or close to normal until the nails are taken out). I'd love some more height, but the more I think about it all, I may just try to tolerate the situation and stop here, as much as I don't want to. All the time, money, pain, inconveniences etc. are a very high cost. The height increase is great, but this is why I personally can't wrap my head around people of certain already-solid heights (even though they're all perfectly entitled to their own feelings) wanting to actually do this. This sh*t is no joke folks.

Don't get me wrong. This was basically a necessity for me at my starting height and I don't actually regret it. It's mostly been worth it. Nevertheless, I still sometimes wonder if it's truly worth the astronomical costs (again - money, time, pain, logistics, etc.).

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yeah christ i wouldn't have paid the money you payed for it almost being £50 grand, maybe you come from a very rich background where people spend that kind of money on things but i haven't known anyone to spend that kind of money on anything.

but thankfully there is serbia and russia for the more affordable doctors, my whole trip will cost me about £9 grand.

but at the end of the day it is the height you can accept for yourself, if you can accept bieng 5 8 then great, it would have been a far better experience for you had you been ging from 168 - 173 as 5cm is the ideal gain for things like recovery and propotions nad what not.

its just a shame you were much below that target and had to endure quite a bit to go from that 5 to 7cm gain.

im doing my op in a week or two going for 5 myself and looking forward to accepting my height as well at 169.5

its all relative however i think most men can accept being 169- 173, even though it isn't the tallest of heights is no where near the true shortness of 164-167 say.

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Actually the financial cost is the least of my issues. The peace of mind I had going in to break my legs and have nails put in with a reputable surgeon was worth it.

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Yeah, it's rough feeling like you can't accept your natural height, I mean what are you supposed to do then?

It's either living the rest of your life being unhappy with yourself or to go through this  . Talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place.

How is your movement yellowspike, do you feel like a cripple or something?

Noticing any progress?