Yellowspike - Dr. Guichet, Internal Femurs, Late 2014

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but when must you decide, surely you will have to make a decition before he takes the nail out, can you do tibias while the femur nail is in place?

if you do tibia which doctor will you go with.

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Quote from: microman on November 18, 2015, 03:39:04 PMbut when must you decide, surely you will have to make a decition before he takes the nail out, can you do tibias while the femur nail is in place?

if you do tibia which doctor will you go with.

If I do tibs, the only choice for me is Dr. Monegal as far as I'm concerned. And by the time I'm ready for tibias, the screws might be out. The sucky part is that I just started a new job...so while I'll get a bonus this year it's gonna be lower than what I would normally get. And I'm still only about 60% recouped from what I spent on Dr. G. I want to at least get my cash savings to what they were before I potentially lose this job for tibias (although based on new information, that might not be necessary, but I'd need to be working here longer to earn some more clout). 

At some point soon I'll post a picture of my proportions. I know everyone's gonna rip me to shreds (I think the people on here are bit more Nazi-ish when it comes to proportions than I am), but I feel like I'm so borderline. I even toy with the idea of doing 1.5cm more so I'm at least a super strong 5'8", because it would be super fast...I just don't know...

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you already did post a picture of your proportions.

oh right so it will be internal tibia, cool stuff.

5 8 to 5 9 is a big percentile jump for sure.

so when then, in the next few months.

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Quote from: microman on November 18, 2015, 04:29:27 PMyou already did post a picture of your proportions.

oh right so it will be internal tibia, cool stuff.

5 8 to 5 9 is a big percentile jump for sure.

so when then, in the next few months.

Yup, sure is. Every inch below 5'10" counts for a lot. Men 5'10" and above simply cannot appreciate this. They simply do not realize how good they have it. Any woman (or anyone, really) who refers to someone 5'10" and above as "short" is a c**t/a**hole and needs to get their head and eyesight examined.

I did, but I have a much better (and truer) pic, also showing both scenarios (femurs vs. tibias).

It wouldn't be for at least another year. Which kinda sucks that it's gonna be hanging over my head until then. But at least I know there's hope and that someday, this will be over once and for all and nothing will be holding me back anymore.

Anyway, I've ranted enough for now

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If you're doing this again, I'd do it soon instead of being miserable for a year or more before the pain pain even starts. Life is too short to be miserable between LL's and then take the long time to do LL. if money is such an issue, maybe consider LON or LATN. Same price as externals more or less, but you get a weight bearing nail in each of your legs that expedites walking and recovery a whole lot.

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Quote from: YellowSpike on November 18, 2015, 04:36:22 PMYup, sure is. Every inch below 5'10" counts for a lot. Men 5'10" and above simply cannot appreciate this. They simply do not realize how good they have it.

why not go for 5' 10" then, or are you worried about being more than 5cm taller than wingspan?

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Quote from: Taller on November 18, 2015, 04:45:35 PMIf you're doing this again, I'd do it soon instead of being miserable for a year or more before the pain pain even starts. Life is too short to be miserable between LL's and then take the long time to do LL. if money is such an issue, maybe consider LON or LATN. Same price as externals more or less, but you get a weight bearing nail in each of your legs that expedites walking and recovery a whole lot.

You're absolutely right, but I just can't swing it until next summer at the earliest I don't think. So it just is what it is for now, even though it sucks (and I'm still pissed that I have to do it, and yes, I have to do it, no question).

Quote from: microman on November 18, 2015, 04:55:54 PMwhy not go for 5' 10" then, or are you worried about being more than 5cm taller than wingspan?

Nope, 5'9-5'9.5" is fine. Tibias take an eternity to heal, and I'm still kinda even scared to do them (but I got over my fear the first time and was fine), so I want to keep the risks in check as much as possible. So I'm only looking for another 1-1.5 inches more max on tibs.

Thank you guys for hearing me out. I know I rant a lot. But you don't know how it feels to put all your resources on the line, do this, and still be objectively short. I know I have to do another LL in order to be fully happy with my body, but I am PISSED (in case you haven't noticed) that this is the case. I want nothing more than to get the f*ck on with my life, find a wife, etc. but that can't happen until I'm fully happy with myself.

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The biggest thing man is you don't trade one neurosis for another (proportional).

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Quote from: YellowSpike on November 18, 2015, 01:54:57 PM
The two things that make recovery from femurs (as far as normal walking) take forever are bone consolidation and soft tissue, but the soft tissue is much worse. My bones consolidated faster (although slow per Dr. G's high standards), but to give you an example...my left leg (the evil leg) had this scary pain at the end of clicking. It was this freaky, worrying pain that would literally shoot down my entire leg when I moved it certain ways, and only just stopped about 2.5-3 months ago (fairly recently). I think that my left leg's soft tissue had been stretched to its limit at the time, but has recovered nicely.

If I were you, I would now focus on stretching your hip flexors and strengthening your gluteus medius. Hip swaying is caused by weak glute medius muscles as well as hip flexor tightness (and to a lesser extent, duckass is kinda involved too).

sounds more like nerve damage? shooting pains...

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Quote from: YellowSpike on November 18, 2015, 05:00:03 PMI want nothing more than to get the f*ck on with my life, find a wife, etc. but that can't happen until I'm fully happy with myself.

Why not try to find a wife now? I was super serious about LL 3 years ago. But having a loving girlfriend who made me happy and who didn't care about my height was what stopped me from getting LL for the past 3 years. Perhaps you should try finding the wife first, and then maybe you wouldn't care about your height so much anymore. Unless you're specifically into girls who are 5'9", I don't see how being 5'9 vs 5'8 could be that much of a difference to a girl. I honestly can't tell much difference between someone who's 5'8" and 5'10" while I'm 5'9", unless I'm purposefully standing shoulder to shoulder with them and comparing heights. At that point, the types of shoes we wear will eliminate the difference.