Yellowspike - Dr. Guichet, Internal Femurs, Late 2014

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Quote from: Purushrottam on October 16, 2018, 05:21:15 AMCongratulations!

I looked at your May 30th entry. I saw that confused look so many times when I met people who used to be taller than me (and were now my height). I think I'll never forget that. I have traveled a lot in the past year and have met most of my friends/family from before LL. I can't wait to meet he last group of friends who haven't seen me after LL to see their reactions.

The people who were taller than me before and who are still taller didn't notice anything. The dudes who were my height/are my height now noticed and were confused. The ladies DEFINITELY noticed.

Did you have your rods removed by Dr. Rozbruch? I'm thinking of doing the same. I have really good insurance. How much did it cost you (with and without insurance)?

Thanks man! Yeah it was weird that women of all heights in my life (those that were already shorter than me, those the same height as me, or those that used to be taller or are still taller than me) ALL noticed the height increase. Most of my male buddies didn't unless I passed them from LL. Just goes to show that ALL women, even if they are ok with dating me that are short, at the very least NOTICE a man's height. They may value it at different levels, but they ALL notice.

Yes, Dr. R took my rods out. I don't have the numbers yet as my insurance is still doing the claim as we speak. PM me in a few weeks and I should know (I'd rather not post it on here). The cost without any insurance is $10,000 (not including hospital fees, but those are 90% covered, so not worried about those).

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Quote from: YellowSpike on October 16, 2018, 09:42:20 PMThanks man! Yeah it was weird that women of all heights in my life (those that were already shorter than me, those the same height as me, or those that used to be taller or are still taller than me) ALL noticed the height increase. Most of my male buddies didn't unless I passed them from LL. Just goes to show that ALL women, even if they are ok with dating me that are short, at the very least NOTICE a man's height. They may value it at different levels, but they ALL notice.

Yes, Dr. R took my rods out. I don't have the numbers yet as my insurance is still doing the claim as we speak. PM me in a few weeks and I should know (I'd rather not post it on here). The cost without any insurance is $10,000 (not including hospital fees, but those are 90% covered, so not worried about those).

That’s so true. Height is always a positive (to a certain point) for dating, regardless of what people say. That being said, since most people are in the 5’8” to 5’11” range it’s hard to tell the difference.

That’s incredible. The cost even without insurance is a lot lower than what I expected. Still this makes my budgeting way easier and speeds up my rod removal timeline.

I would be extra careful though. I think ProgramDude also had his rods removed with him and his femur snapped. I would take it easy with the stretching. Please keep us updated with your recovery as there are very few post rod removal entries.

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Quote from: Purushrottam on October 16, 2018, 11:08:14 PMThat’s so true. Height is always a positive (to a certain point) for dating, regardless of what people say. That being said, since most people are in the 5’8” to 5’11” range it’s hard to tell the difference.

That’s incredible. The cost even without insurance is a lot lower than what I expected. Still this makes my budgeting way easier and speeds up my rod removal timeline.

I would be extra careful though. I think ProgramDude also had his rods removed with him and his femur snapped. I would take it easy with the stretching. Please keep us updated with your recovery as there are very few post rod removal entries.

I'll be taking it easy. No heavy DLs or squats for me for a while. I will get x-rays to make sure holes from screws have all filled back up before I let myself go at it again.

But I do wanna get back to doing something for glutes asap. Maybe lightly weighted hip-thrusts at least, since those all put pressure entirely on your glutes (if you're doing it properly). My butt, even after just a few days of relative inactivity (my walking is now fine - just hurts when I have to do stairs because of the stitches), is somewhat flatter! Don't want to have pancake butt again, took me so long to build it back up! Really kinda concerned about this lol...

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Can't wait to see if there's a big difference in athleticism after you have your rods removed. I know for sure that the screws are holding me back physically. I think when I get my nails removed, 3.5 years post op, I will be safe from my femur snapping.

Take it easy dude. I had the pancake butt thing too, I miss my natural cushion, but it isn't worth breaking anything.

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Quote from: Penguinn on October 18, 2018, 06:40:08 PMCan't wait to see if there's a big difference in athleticism after you have your rods removed. I know for sure that the screws are holding me back physically. I think when I get my nails removed, 3.5 years post op, I will be safe from my femur snapping.

Take it easy dude. I had the pancake butt thing too, I miss my natural cushion, but it isn't worth breaking anything.

Holding you back...please explain how?

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Quote from: Penguinn on October 18, 2018, 06:40:08 PMCan't wait to see if there's a big difference in athleticism after you have your rods removed. I know for sure that the screws are holding me back physically. I think when I get my nails removed, 3.5 years post op, I will be safe from my femur snapping.

Take it easy dude. I had the pancake butt thing too, I miss my natural cushion, but it isn't worth breaking anything.

Penguinn, I did LL exactly a year after you. I am ready for rod removal and was also thinking of going to Parihar. Do you know how much he was charging for rod removal?

Also, why not do the removal now?

Sorry maybe I should ask on your diary but since we are already discussing the topic here I thought it would be useful.

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I wanted to get rid of the rods last year, but the timing wasn't right, as I had just switched jobs and my surgery date fell right during the time my insurance lapsed. And then, I didn't want to do it in late winter/early spring, as I wanted a peaceful spring/summer. So I pushed it back to this fall. I also had delayed consolidation in my left femur - I didn't get the confirm that my left leg had finally healed completely until about a year ago.

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Quote from: totallyred on October 18, 2018, 08:54:22 PMHolding you back...please explain how?

I can feel the screws causing some tension. It's not an alarming or serious feeling, but it's definitely holding me back. I don't know how else to explain it.
Also the WEIRD, weird thing is that it's always just 1 leg. Either the right leg feels totally fine, or the left feels totally fine and any tension or slight lingering LL effects only affect 1 leg. I don't know if this is the body's way of healing, or life is just weird

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Quote from: Purushrottam on October 18, 2018, 09:59:51 PMPenguinn, I did LL exactly a year after you. I am ready for rod removal and was also thinking of going to Parihar. Do you know how much he was charging for rod removal?

Also, why not do the removal now?

Sorry maybe I should ask on your diary but since we are already discussing the topic here I thought it would be useful.

I don't have the time. College, internships etc. I know you guys will say "well just make time" but I can't. I'd get my life ruined if I took a month out. It just won't be possible for me until early 2020, and that's that. And anyway, seeing what happened to programdude, I don't mind removing my nails 3.5 years post-op. I hope they don't fuse or sh*t. I'll get an xray soon.

I don't know how much Parihar charges for nail removal yet, sorry.

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Quote from: Penguinn on October 19, 2018, 01:00:51 PMI can feel the screws causing some tension. It's not an alarming or serious feeling, but it's definitely holding me back. I don't know how else to explain it.
Also the WEIRD, weird thing is that it's always just 1 leg. Either the right leg feels totally fine, or the left feels totally fine and any tension or slight lingering LL effects only affect 1 leg. I don't know if this is the body's way of healing, or life is just weird

I had the SAME exact experience. The screw near my left hip was super painful, hence why I had just that screw taken out 2 years ago. So annoying.

And then whenever I traveled via airplane, it was only my right leg that (I'd say, about 7 out of 10 times) had what I refer to as "high altitude air pressure bone pain." Both Dr. G and Dr. R said removing the rod should get rid of that altogether.

I know some people leave the rods in. I was thinking about it. I didn't want to have more/new scars, pay the money, go through another surgery, etc. - but I think in the long run, we should always get the hardware removed. Everyone I know who has done LL has said they felt so much better with the hardware removed (even if we all sort of get used to having them in).