Yellowspike - Dr. Guichet, Internal Femurs, Late 2014

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Quote from: ouroboros on January 29, 2016, 05:34:14 PMDude, this might actually be a blessing in disguise.   With enough pain killers and excessive stretching, you could have reached your goal of 8cm or even more..... the difference is that right now you might have been bedridden or really walking like a 5'9" fck tard cursing this surgery.  Guichet was wise to get you to stop. 

Don't worry, you will still get your chance to reach your dream height.  At least you are still in the game, and wiser than ever.

Thanks man I know. That's what I tell myself every day. I just hate not fully achieving goals, but this is different, because it's our health. It's not like working out at the gym or running a marathon, unfortunately (at least if they fail, they can keep trying until they achieve it).

This might be it for me. I don't know how the hell I'm going to find the time to do another surgery. At least it's an improvement from what I was. It still sucks...and I'm still not resolved on this...but it might have to be it. I'm trying to wrap my mind around that very real unfortunate possibility.

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Yellowspike you're a smart guy. You will be OK

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Quote from: LLuser1 on January 31, 2016, 01:13:12 AMYellowspike you're a smart guy. You will be OK

Thanks buddy.

Well...Dr. Guichet said something to me last year. He said "About a year after your surgery, you will look in the mirror one day, and see that your proportions have greatly improved. Right now your proportions will be like jello, but they will get better." I didn't know what he meant then, but I see it now. A girl I've been seeing just left, and I was getting dressed, and saw my legs totally nked...and my proportions are looking much better. Now that my ass, quads, and hamstrings are much more beefed up, they look how they did before the surgery. It does give a tad more credence to the possibility of doing an inch (max, maybe even more like 2cm) more on femurs. My proportions wouldn't look great by any means, but I think they'd be passable. I feel like it would only be something I would notice (or anyone who's a proportion nazi, like many on here).

And another doctor I spoke to (Catagini) said an inch on tibias would take 3-4 months to walk unaided. Not terrible, although that's a large chunk of time for just an inch...but not totally atrocious time-wise (my biggest issue). So that's an option too. The only issue for me is time if I do tibias (but femurs, I'd be able to bang out with just a vacation from work and barely miss a beat, I think).

There's hope. Totally annoyed that I have to do this again in some form, but I refuse to be unhappy with my body in the end. I'm in the best shape now I've ever been in...muscular, lean, almost have a 6 pack (very close to it), V-shape from larger shoulders...but I refuse to let the height bring me down.

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Hey Yellowspike, would you say your recovery so far was worse than the average Guichet patient or about the same?

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Quote from: DragonTurtle on February 13, 2016, 04:43:22 AMHey Yellowspike, would you say your recovery so far was worse than the average Guichet patient or about the same?

From what I've seen and heard of Dr G's patients, I'd say average. What held me back are the facts that I had to work right as I was ending clicking (too much sitting way too soon - it was that, or lose my job) and the left hip screw (this issue happens to like 50% of his patients). Dr G has said he is satisfied with my recovery. I mostly am too. Would have liked some more height, but maybe it's good I stopped at 7cm (for now).

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I think I might need a hiatus from this forum based on conversations with my therapist. I'm on here too much.

However...I intend to eventually post a video of myself running, since everyone is dissing my recovery. My recovery has been quite good...just not as great or as fast as ShyShy's. If it weren't for that left screw, I'd do it now. Once I get the screw adjust and/or the rods out, I'll do it. I'm doing better (physically) than my diary might seem.

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I think that's absolute best dude. This forum is an echo-chamber and I realized that the longer I was away from it the past two weeks (Man nothing makes you forget about your height then a possible STD scare huh) the more I was living life and being happy.

In sense I was in my ignorant little hole, that wasn't so bad.

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YellowSpike, I hope you leave and never come back--I'm planning to do very much the same when I finish. Maybe a post or two in several years to update us on your recovery.

Aside from reading patient diaries and educating yourself on LL concepts, I'm afraid theres little positivity or value that one can derive from hanging around the forum.

Thanks for your diary and contributions

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Quote from: PatientZero on February 20, 2016, 02:34:07 AMYellowSpike, I hope you leave and never come back--I'm planning to do very much the same when I finish. Maybe a post or two in several years to update us on your recovery.

Aside from reading patient diaries and educating yourself on LL concepts, I'm afraid theres little positivity or value that one can derive from hanging around the forum.

Thanks for your diary and contributions

Yeah. I need to get off of here. Nothing on the people on here. But there is a lot of negativity (which I know I sometimes feed into, and that's on me and my own neurosis), and it makes height neurosis worse. But it's still been a great source of information.

I'll eventually come back and post a video of me running one I fix the left screw issue.

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Thanks for posting Yellowspike. Have just a question for you: do you think you would have better mobility and overall recovery if you had lengthened a smaller amount? For example 3.5cm instead of your 7cm. Thanks always