UPTADE : NEW X RAYS LEFT SIDE 11.MONTH & RIGHT SIDE 6.MONTH
Hello Everyone !
I was yesterday in Barcelona to get new X-Rays and get myself checked by Dr. Monegal. Everything is allright. Good callus, good alignment, no structural problem, everything is getting better. Strength, Range of Motion. For the first time, I went to Barcelona without crutches, This time there was no Passenger Boarding Bridge, the tunnel you go through to get on plane, I had to go down stairs then get on mini airport bus and again go up aircraft stairs. of course I was not quick ( the reason of that right leg was not enough strong and before I saw new x ray, I didn't want to put all of weight on it) but was able to do it on my own and I was there at morning 09:00,i got back home the same day at 23:00 pm. I didn't take any painkiller.
my sport watch showed that I made 8000 step yesterday. normally I was making step daily average 3000-4000 step. I think I should increase my distance walking. because Right leg is also enough consolidated, I don't think anything will happen to right leg.
so meanwhile I had said I have some pain on right leg, we found that is tension muscle pain, iliopsoas and iliotibial are tight, this is L.L, everyone can have more less pain because everyone has a different musculoskeletal system. I need time, will continue doing my plan , but especially I will work on iliotibal and psoas stretch.
I heard from Monegal that he can do STRYDE soon. I don't know any details. you can contact him directly.
KEY POINTS
- NOTICE! finishing lengthening is just a small part of LL. you have to continue doing strict plan. MASSAGE-STRETCH-MOBILITY. Don't forget this! Recovery is really depends on your routine, if you don't do anything , it may heal but it takes really so much time, I had made mistake during tibia. after finished lengthening, I thought that it s over but NOT!
PUSH PUSH PUSH!
- this is critical for someone who wants to regain athletic ability asap. dont forget to build your muscle memory in every Range of Motion. because you are losing muscle, strength quickly and forget movement patterns during process. with 7-8 cm growing, you have new muscle length, new tissues, new structure, your muscles contract due to your brain and nervous system. For movements, requires your brain to get exact sequence and strength of contraction of a large numbers of muscles.
-Mentally , yeah I feel good, I m taller than %99 most of women , but of course I m not a giant in my country. but as I said height is very very important but not everything, Build muscle, create your style, improve yourself in every way, being proud of yourself, Never give up, if you have a dream, fight for it.
STAY STRONG
Two Stage Internal Femur / Dr. Monegal /
UPTADE : 1 YEAR
everything is getting better, I had a some minor pain on right side that disappeared in last two weeks. body is a amazing system that can heal itself at the end of the day. At least in my case , it s so. I want to mention shortly about my daily life, first of all I m walking normal and fast %100 without any limping like normal people but haven't tried to run or jogging, I think I will wait until completely removal. climbing up stairs is easy , im careful about climbing down stairs. Driving car is not a problem. in terms of movement , I can swear, i went to bowling with my friend last week , I could do one time strike and played 20 round then we played table tennis, problem was that taking the pingpong ball every time from ground lol, it was tiring. I wished I had a ball boy during game.
although I did two stage lengthening and got full 7-8 cm , it s amazing feeling to do daily things in one year.
I started to do much more lower body weight strength exercises like squat, lunge, leg kicks etc and use more often bosu ball to regain balance coordination etc. as I said, everything is starting now , especially recovery phase is very important for me. doing daily things is not enough for me. I have to regain my pre ope athletic ability so I will work work very hard on it. we will see it. im going on holiday , really need to relax. meanwhile remember, at the beginning of journey , I had wrotten Rocky Balboa motivation words " you're gonna have to go through hell , worse than any nightmare you've ever dreamed " it s was really like that. I wrote you my experience , being sport coach brought me a lot advantage but don't think about it , it s like walk in park. LL is fking really hard thing, very very big decision, im still middle of the road. I had many obstacle not structure, in related to life, family, mental. I m still fighting for this. do I regret to do this operation ? Never! it is fantastic feeling to be tall.
take care of you and
STAY STRONG!
Congratulations brother!!! Its very nice knowing you completed the journey. This journey for me has sometimes felt tough mentally, its because i haven't told anyone and spending a lot of time indoors after work and weekends.
when I read your whole journal, knowing you started where I did and you came out happy and finished strong. Makes it easier for me and gives me motivation. I Wish you all the best luck, I will reach out to you privately as I do need some tips on doing exercises. Not just for my leg but overall fitness.
UPTADE: (7,5 CM-8 CM) 15 MONTH AFTER FIRST LEG AND 10 MONTHS AFTER SECOND LEG OP.
After a long time( holiday etc), I got new X-rays a few days ago. I think im almost there before removal D. Bone are very very good consolidated ( left is almost in fire and for right leg: It takes a little bit longer). Everything is fine. Minor problems are gone like a some pain, I don't use any pain killer etc and 'm more active, this is a good signal that body adapts to new height slowly and progressively however it will take time to recover fully. I must work on mobility, stability , strength etc. the most important for me in first stage is that I get over it with minimum risk. walking is %100 but I will try to run firstly on soft surface(on Sand or Treadmill). Monegal allowed me to do everything jump, run or any other activities. Let's see what will happen, I think the point that I focus on in this stage is more stretching and using soft surfaces to minimise stress on tendons, joints.
Meanwhile most of my friends noticed my new height , my reaction was fking smile with proud and told them that you are getting smaller (only half in jest). maybe you can say doing Pilates Yoga etc giving better body posture which makes you a little bit taller, I don't care what people think of that, I just want to enjoy my life, I lost time, money etc in this period, I have to get it back.
By the way, I stayed again one night in Mic , there I met with newcomers and was suprised that one of them had Styrde. I heard that Dr Monegal has been started to do STYRDE. I don't know about details, you can ask him.
wish you best of Luck with everything.
STAY STRONG
Hi ,
i hope you are enjoying your new height American football!
I loved reading through your diary, idk why dr monegal got so many haters on this forum. i think it is a great idea to do one leg first then the other one if you have no one to take care of you and you dont wanna lose all of your mobility.
how is your recovery nowadays? have you regained all of your athletic abilities?
If not, what are you struggling on nowadays?
Tao
Well done to you!
how are you
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