Yellowspike - Dr. Guichet, Internal Femurs, Late 2014

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Quote from: sadboy on August 10, 2015, 07:50:28 PMIt's very understandable why you want more height and 5'8" is not satisfactory. You started your life as a short man and you just want to be tall or at least average. You've been through a lot about your height. If you started life at 5'8" maybe you wouldn't be seeking for LL because you would have definitely had different views about life and your height itself. It all makes sense and I can understand you because I'm goin through the same thing...

Thanks. 5'8" isn't terrible, but it's funny how I don't think I would have done LL (or felt the need to do LL) if I were 5'8" naturally. It's not an ideal height, but it's passable. Problem is I'm kind of a perfectionist. It's both a blessing and a curse, since I'm always striving for improvement.


Quote from: Joel on August 10, 2015, 08:50:38 PMHope the duck ass goes away >_< your recovery is quite fast imo.  keep going brother

I'm not too worried about it. I wasn't diligent enough early on after clicking with walking and stretching, hence why it's still there. But I am working more on addressing it now. My personal trainer noticed this past weekend that I had "anterior pelvic tilt." I think it's gotten better, but obviously he noticed it, so it's still there a fair amount. Will work on it.

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Quote from: YellowSpike on June 26, 2015, 05:26:14 PM5'8" is short, but it's passable, at least.

I don't want to do tibias, I've heard even for an inch, external tibias take like 5 or 6 months. I don't have that kind of time. So I might do another inch in femurs and hope that my femur/tibia proportions aren't horrible. I've been told that some guys started at like 164 and did 10cm with the Gnail and still looked ok. So maybe I will go that route.

5'8 is a descent height. I achieved much more at 5'8 than being 5'11.

10cm never looks good, ever. Yes, you can get away with it with certain clothes but try to sit on your knees and you'll see that your heels are on the middle of your ass muscles - SO UNNATURAL!!
Running will also look totaly weird with the worlds smallest tibias!
But walking down the street with normal clothes I don't think many people will notice.

Keep fighting the duckass. Cheers!

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Quote from: Sweden on August 10, 2015, 10:11:16 PM5'8 is a descent height. I achieved much more at 5'8 than being 5'11.

10cm never looks good, ever. Yes, you can get away with it with certain clothes but try to sit on your knees and you'll see that your heels are on the middle of your ass muscles - SO UNNATURAL!!
Running will also look totaly weird with the worlds smallest tibias!
But walking down the street with normal clothes I don't think many people will notice.

Keep fighting the duckass. Cheers!

Sweden! I'm honored to have you post in my diary man!

Yeah...I'm very torn with where I'm going next. Dr. Guichet has been insisting that I could do 2-3cm more, but I have my doubts. He sent me a picture of a patient who apparently went started from 162 and did I think like 16 or 18cm in just femurs!!!! In clothes he actually looked ok! But nked, or kneeling, who the hell knows. And I just landed a new job, so who knows where I can do round 2.

5'8" is ok...much friggin better than where I was, that's for damn sure. But...I'm always wanting more and wanting to improve. I feel like if I did tibias, I'd have that feeling of "I've officially done ALL that I could on the height issue." Not that that means I OUGHT to do LL for solely that reason, but I think you get what I mean.

Yeah...heading to the gym to work on the duckass right now. Stiff leg deadlifts, here I come lol

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If I were you I'd do tibs for better biomechanics, even tho it really sux since you have all the proper gear already in your femurs to lengthen more.  If you can lengthen your tibs to match your pre-ll ratios that would be ideal but any amount will help alleviate the difference.
Also you can lengthen a bit more than what's left in the nail, every cm counts!

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Quote from: G-Man on August 10, 2015, 11:08:26 PMIf I were you I'd do tibs for better biomechanics, even tho it really sux since you have all the proper gear already in your femurs to lengthen more.  If you can lengthen your tibs to match your pre-ll ratios that would be ideal but any amount will help alleviate the difference.
Also you can lengthen a bit more than what's left in the nail, every cm counts!

Thanks man. Yeah, that's the dilemma...a bit more on femurs would be much faster and cheaper and less traumatic (hardware is already there, like you said). But yea, tibias would be ideal. We'll see. I just accepted a new job, so I wouldn't be able to do another LL for at least another year. Femurs I know I could pull off faster, but proportions worry me, even though Dr. G is insisting 2-3cm more won't make my proportions terrible (they're fine now, though a tad borderline)

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Yelowspike, could you post a picture of yourself as you are now?

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Quote from: lumiere on August 11, 2015, 02:01:57 PMYelowspike, could you post a picture of yourself as you are now?

Oh sorry, I just saw that you already posted it in past

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Quote from: YellowSpike on August 10, 2015, 10:30:47 PMSweden! I'm honored to have you post in my diary man!

Yeah...I'm very torn with where I'm going next. Dr. Guichet has been insisting that I could do 2-3cm more, but I have my doubts. He sent me a picture of a patient who apparently went started from 162 and did I think like 16 or 18cm in just femurs!!!! In clothes he actually looked ok! But nked, or kneeling, who the hell knows. And I just landed a new job, so who knows where I can do round 2.

5'8" is ok...much friggin better than where I was, that's for damn sure. But...I'm always wanting more and wanting to improve. I feel like if I did tibias, I'd have that feeling of "I've officially done ALL that I could on the height issue." Not that that means I OUGHT to do LL for solely that reason, but I think you get what I mean.

Yeah...heading to the gym to work on the duckass right now. Stiff leg deadlifts, here I come lol

A guy who was 1,62 did 18 cms?? Now he is 1,80 (5'11") that is crazy!! Did you see him with his boxers or was he covering his whole body? And what type of clothing was he wearing? Maybe his shirt was too long an it made his torso appear bigger?

Maybe the guy had really short femurs, to begin with, but still... 18cms is crazy! I still don't blame the guy though :p

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dont your hands, since theyre on the ground, take away some of the stress?

Quote from: YellowSpike on May 28, 2015, 05:53:31 PMAppreciate it bud. I'm more or less happy with the result. And I feel much closer to average, even though I'm still obviously under average. Maybe the duckass will help a bit, but I'm not counting on it at all. I have more than a year to decide if I want that last inch. This one's tough. This is such a long, hard and frustrating process, where I don't know if I could face it again. However, if it will be significantly easier and faster (including the recovery period) for that last inch, I might have to do it for full closure on this. I've suffered too much because of my height to go on not being completely satisfied with it. Shrinking slightly below 5'8" at night (not on all days, though) is just very annoying to me. Perhaps I'll learn to live with it, perhaps not. We will see. I take my life one day at a time.

I have some knee numbness in my left knee when I kneel. I feel it during doggystyle and doing lunges, for instance. It's annoying...hoping it goes away with time. If not, I think it's something I can live with, relatively minor.

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Quote from: crimsontide on August 11, 2015, 11:51:28 PMdont your hands, since theyre on the ground, take away some of the stress?

Nicely played crimsontide. Nicely played!