Quote from: SirStretchAlot on August 09, 2021, 12:38:46 AMI have a feeling the last 2cm will be much harder, even at 0.5mm/day.
Congrats on 3 inches! We started around the same time and you have an inch on me.
Holy though are you doing 9cm?
First of all, congrats on reaching the last mile of the lengthening journey.
I am glad that you are doing good overall.
Btw, did you request a prescription from Dr. Betz for the painkillers for the nerve pain you mentioned earlier?
@Perfect Body
Yeah, I'm going for 9cm. I met a Betz patient in the hospital who did it with minimal complications. The recovery will be a bit slower though.
@chasing_higher_dream
Yeah I did. Betz said he would only prescribe those in emergencies so he's not prescribing me those for now. I found that adequate sleep is the best way to fight muscle weakness and nerve pains. I only use the pills before I sleep.
Not long to go mate you are in the home stretch!
@RB
Thanks! 1.5cm more to go 
78.58/75.46mm
Good and bad developments have occured in the past weeks
1) I found a sleeping position which removes pain/sores/discomforts almost entirely. Essentially you need to let your legs bend as if you're sitting a chair. The back then needs to slope upwards or your back will hurt due to inflexible hip flexors. I achieved the prior by hanging my legs off of a bed edge, and the latter by stuffing a thick duvet in shape of a slope below my back. I have received 9 hours of uninterrupted sleep consistantly for the past week.
2) Pain during clicking for me has returned. More bothersome than the pain is the amount of force I have to put into twisting my leg. This is likely due to the hardening callus as it has already been 106 days post-op. I will get an x-ray in 2 weeks to confirm, but I am still lengthening as planned.
3) The main reason I'm gunning for 9cm is illogical but more emotional. Having suffered from clicking pain on Betzbone, I'd like to at least get 1cm more than Precise so I can justify the suffering. And of course to be close to the 180cm goal. I am still asessing whether I should go for 10cm. Many Betz patients have, but they seem to have started from a higher height, and I don't want any complications from overstretched muscles/tendons.
Regardless, 28 days more until 9cm
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Congrats, you are almost at 8 cm.
- When I was in Sankt Ingbert, Daniela did tell me that, in case if the clicking is becoming harder/resistant then they advise patients to click 21 to 23 clicks per day (a bit above 1 mm) for 3 consecutive days. Post this, the clicking again becomes easier and then the rate of clicking can be reduced back to 15 (0.78 mm).
- Last time I checked your X-rays post, your callus looked quite good and dense. Maybe after doing X-rays, you will get a clear picture of how fast your callus is consolidating.
- Once you reach 8 cm and if your function is good, then surely you can proceed further to 9 cm. Maybe 10 cm too, if you really want it.
Initially, my goal too was 10 cm, but then I reduced my goal to 8 cm after talking to few past Betz patients on this forum. They all had the opinion that 10 cm is quite a high amount of lengthening.
Currently, I am at 6 cm and I can see my femurs are longer. At 10 cm, I guess, it can be easy to spot on the longer femurs and will not be subtle anymore. More than this, I am worried about the function in long run (eg. sitting down, getting up, etc). Due to longer femurs, it will tend to put more force on the knees while bending down and up. I would be very much interested to know how patients are doing who have performed 8 cm or more amount of lengthening in a longer run (> 3 years). Though, I can agree, it is very tempting to lengthen more
Yeah, I think you're on point with the resistance. My right callus may be consolidating, since I've been on 0.5mm for quite some time. Glad we got mechanical nails.
I have talked to Betz patients who have done 10cm near our height, and their ratios are still satisfactory. However, I think the knee pressure is a concern.
For me it's 9cm for sure, but 10cm only if my body tells me so.
Quote from: SirStretchAlot on August 17, 2021, 11:20:17 AM
1) I found a sleeping position which removes pain/sores/discomforts almost entirely. Essentially you need to let your legs bend as if you're sitting a chair. The back then needs to slope upwards or your back will hurt due to inflexible hip flexors. I achieved the prior by hanging my legs off of a bed edge, and the latter by stuffing a thick duvet in shape of a slope below my back. I have received 9 hours of uninterrupted sleep consistantly for the past week.
You're so close! You can do it!!!!
Quick question about this sleeping position. For you it probably won't do much due to being so close to finishing your lengthening, but do you think that this sleeping position could produce shortening of the hamstrings over months of sleeping in this position? I'd also be concerned with the chance of Deep Vein Thrombosis. Not to try and scare or deter you from it, just wondering what your experience and thoughts has been with it over this past week+.
@slender
I believe all comfortable sleeping positions might result in shortening of the tendons. However, we need quality sleep to recover and work.
Thrombosis is a completely different beast. It's a problem mainly with non-weightbearing nails because you're seated much longer. If you're getting weight-bearing nails like G-nail/Betzbone, there is very little possibility of getting blood clots as long as you're hydrated.
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