Even 5 cm makes a significant difference on your legs' appearance. Being bedridden for two months, one thing I did for fun was keeping a ruler by my side at all times. I would place the ruler vertically to the ground and imagine standing on a box at 5 cm, 6 cm, 7 etc. on my former height to imagine how the difference would be.
Quote from: ChrisIsaak on March 18, 2014, 04:40:42 AMThanks for sharing this. I have observed the same thing with Turkish doctors, they are usually conservative and don't allow you to bear weight with Precice, even though it's technically possible. May I ask what level of weightbearing are you referring to? Were you on a wheelchair like me during your lengthening phase, or were you able to use crutches, at least for making transfers? Wish you a quick recovery.
By the end of the month, full weightbearing (standing without crutches, taking first steps) should happen for me.
During lengthening and right now I am exactly like you are, on a wheelchair almost all the time. Dr. Lee only recently cleared me to stand with a walker and walk in place. I can't stand totally normally yet (I still have a bit of duck ass) but it felt amazing. Even though my eye level is only 3-3.5 cm taller than before (the rest will come as my back straightens), it is a huge difference in your perspective.
Quote from: Smallguy on March 19, 2014, 12:35:04 AMHey sadboy,
Just read your message. My surgery was screw up but I can walk/run. You can check my video from my diary.
My orthopaedic said the work that was done to my legs were actually an insult. The plates were all bent to begin with. My knee axis are way off causing x-leg or knock knee as they call it here. I was luckly to have no pain and to be able to walk/run again. But having x-leg kind of make it arkward to run with. I would need to wait another year for Canada to operate on me again. They will fix my x-legs and bent plate. My ortho will break one leg at a time and align it back straight again.
My dream for +6 femur in early 2015 has to be postpone now. I wonder what I will do with all the money I save up.
Thanks for replying and I'm so sorry to hear that your surgery was a screw up, after all this surgery isn't easy. Do you think 7 cm on the femurs will be ok and safe?
QuoteHard to say so far, but based on patients I met who have done 6 or less cm lengthenings here (most Koreans are very conservative in how much they lengthen in comparison to Westerners, very rarely does anyone lengthen over 6.5cm here), they say they've regained all or pretty close to their previous athletic ability, although I have noticed that the femur patients as a whole recovered better than the tibia patients. One patient here who did 6 cm on tibias say his sprint speed for a certain distance I don't remember went from 12.0 seconds to 12.8 after two years post surgery, which I consider a pretty good recovery. Talking to a lot the patients made one trend stick out to me - stick to 6 cm or less if you want to recover very close to your pre-op athletic level. This is the main reason I decided to stick in the 5-6 cm range rather than go for my original target of 7.5 cm.
4-6cm is the safe zone for athletic function. only go beyond that 4-6cm range if you think that the extra height is worth having, in exchange for an athletic function of 60-70% your current level.
your daily life function becomes affected at a higher cm level than this safe zone.
Quote those who chose to lengthen between 6 and 7 centimeters recovered 100% in performing daily functions, BUT only recovered about 60-70% of their pre-LL athleticism when engaging in serious sports/strenuous activities
and above 7cm is an even greater decrease in function.
it is almost like after 5cm each additional cm is a new level of impairment. of course their are exceptions to the rule.
I would disagree that 5cm on the femurs and/or tibias is necessarily the limit. I would go with what Dr. Paley says: 7 cm (or maybe slightly more) on the tibias and 8 cm on the femurs.
ok. I look forward to your diary proving this claim. I hope you don't end up like Sweden RR.
I will pray for you. 
Quote from: ReadRothbard on November 15, 2014, 08:03:35 PMI would disagree that 5cm on the femurs and/or tibias is necessarily the limit. I would go with what Dr. Paley says: 7 cm (or maybe slightly more) on the tibias and 8 cm on the femurs.
I know you really want to get to 6'1" but if your going to do that much, you really would probably need 2 surgerys on each section (if that is possible). Your sitting height is the same to mine but it still would probably be best to go that route. I'm thinking of doing 4cms on my tibias and maybe 3-4 on my femurs which would put me in the 6'3.5-6'4" range (ideal height for footballer!)
Quote from: Ajax2thousand20 on December 06, 2014, 09:46:00 AMI know you really want to get to 6'1" but if your going to do that much, you really would probably need 2 surgerys on each section (if that is possible). Your sitting height is the same to mine but it still would probably be best to go that route. I'm thinking of doing 4cms on my tibias and maybe 3-4 on my femurs which would put me in the 6'3.5-6'4" range (ideal height for footballer!)
ideal height for footballer?? look at Lionel Messi , Maradona , etc... the tallest is Christiano CRonnie7 that is 184 or 6,1
Quote from: KirP1 on December 06, 2014, 11:27:41 AMideal height for footballer?? look at Lionel Messi , Maradona , etc... the tallest is Christiano CRonnie7 that is 184 or 6,1
He's american (notice how he says 6'3.5 instead of 192) so he means american football. Also I think CRonnie7 is 186CM not that I know much about sports.
Quote from: KirP1 on December 06, 2014, 11:27:41 AMideal height for footballer?? look at Lionel Messi , Maradona , etc... the tallest is Christiano CRonnie7 that is 184 or 6,1
Typical misunderstanding between football and American "football". Lol
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