Hey Unicorn,
Congrats to you. I'm a former Guichet patient myself. 5'6'' is sexy for a female! I would love to date you! I'm only 5'9'' though.
Be honest ... is that too short for you now? haha 
-M
Quote from: assa13ssin on January 30, 2017, 06:19:03 PMhi unicorn, also you recommend the PREGNANCY PILLOW £24.50 - U-Shape Body Support Pillow.... but is it ok for Dr Guichet to have his patients sleep in that position?? I mean on the side??
Hi Assa13ssin,
In the first 2-3 weeks, you cannot really turn on your side or sleep on your tummy. But after that, if that's your normal way of sleeping, you would want to try 
Just because sleeping is soooo difficult and you have your established habits.
The pregnancy pillow is not worth it. It's too high and too bulky, so you can forget it
I've always slept on my side. So trying to sleep on my back with the bed lifted on one end to drain, was really difficult. What helped a lot was a heat pad to alleviate back and shoulder pains, from strain and overcompensation.
If you've always slept on your back, then you should be GOLD 
)
Quote from: assa13ssin on January 30, 2017, 10:16:35 AMhi unicorn!!
really hope this is the end of the tunnel for you!!!
how long will be your LL this time?
I'm doing my left leg this time and Guichet wants to go very slow, so that perhaps the bones will fuse better. So I think my lengthening will last about 2-3 months.
During my right leg lengthening, because I was the only one without any stretching pains, I got to 7.2cm in about 55 days. But maybe it was a tad too fast.
2-3 month means around 72 days, which means 1mm per day!
That seems really fast! I know Guichet likes to legthen quickly, and I know you have very little muscle pain, but all the patients that I have personally met and myself have experienced better bone healing and much less pain, and overall not more time till full recovery by going 0,5-0,8 mm per day.
Maybe you could ask Guichet if lengthening 0,6 over 120 days, iE 4 months would be OK.
Hi Unicorn,
Just dropping by to say that I share the same opinion as Helloworld. I started off by doing 0,81mm a day and once I hit 2cm I dropped to 0,54mm a day. Now, I'm no doctor but by doing so, your consolidation can only get better, right? Besides, we feel less pain by lengthening at a lower pace.
Good luck
At first I was pushing the doctor to try to do more like 1,1 mm per day. But then I understood, that not only do complications go up, but that by lengthening faster I am not generating more bone, nor tendons or muscles and that the total time until I am able to walk would be less by lengthening faster.
I know there are many different opinions, but I think usually it is the patients trying to push the speed, thinking they will be done faster.
This is what they say at the Beijing clinic:
http://www.leg-lengthening.com/More%20FAQ.pdf
Q: How long does it take?
For an increase of 5cm, healthy adult should expect the whole process to take about 3-4 months
from operation, to being able to walk again. Some people will take longer. For those who are
particularly fit, healthy and who can tolerate pain better, it may be possible to recover much more
quickly. Whilst the bone can regenerate at a rate of 1 mm per day, muscles, blood vessels, nerves
and tendons grow more slowly, and so a lengthening rate of 0.5 mm per day is recommended as the
maximum for a normal, healthy adult. Some doctors allow 1.00mm per day lengthening, but at this
pace of lengthening, muscle and tendon problems are common, especially with the knees and ankles.
(Opinion: We strongly advises against lengthening any faster than 0.6 mm per day).
Quote from: helloworld on January 31, 2017, 10:22:14 PMAt first I was pushing the doctor to try to do more like 1,1 mm per day. But then I understood, that not only do complications go up, but that by lengthening faster I am not generating more bone, nor tendons or muscles and that the total time until I am able to walk would be less by lengthening faster.
I know there are many different opinions, but I think usually it is the patients trying to push the speed, thinking they will be done faster.
This is what they say at the Beijing clinic:
http://www.leg-lengthening.com/More%20FAQ.pdf
Q: How long does it take?
For an increase of 5cm, healthy adult should expect the whole process to take about 3-4 months
from operation, to being able to walk again. Some people will take longer. For those who are
particularly fit, healthy and who can tolerate pain better, it may be possible to recover much more
quickly. Whilst the bone can regenerate at a rate of 1 mm per day, muscles, blood vessels, nerves
and tendons grow more slowly, and so a lengthening rate of 0.5 mm per day is recommended as the
maximum for a normal, healthy adult. Some doctors allow 1.00mm per day lengthening, but at this
pace of lengthening, muscle and tendon problems are common, especially with the knees and ankles.
(Opinion: We strongly advises against lengthening any faster than 0.6 mm per day).
Yup, agree with you both and Beijing statement. And it also really depends on the individual.
From knowing Guichet patients, I think if you're young and male, chances are you'll fuse quite quickly. So Guichet will lengthen quite fast to stop the fusion so that it becomes less painful. I know, counter intuitive, but I've seen it work perfectly.
In my case, because I'm old and female, in hindsight, me not suffering any pain at all was a sure sign that I wasn't forming bone and my soft tissues were not generating as fast or are stretched too thin. So going fast was not at all ideal, especially for females.
Also, I've seen in Guichet's patients, the ones who lengthened no more than 5cm healed very quickly/had full consolidation. They even recovered normal walking in a very short time (as little as 2 weeks). So my conclusion is, don't get too greedy with speed and length because the lengthened gap might not heal/consolidate later.
Anyway, my surgery got cancelled today, I cannot be more sad. I don't know when the next date is. I really thought I could get started on my last leg of this journey.
Have to focus on positive thoughts. Have just bought a place in London yesterday. Will spend all my time renovating/decorating house.
In the meantime, as usual, I love my lengthened leg and glutes. Totally Swimsuit Illustrated... just need to finish up this process
For scar healing, I found those Hansaplast, Cica-care scar gel silicone patches work like a dream. All my keloids and bumpy scars have disappeared and there's just some discoloring left which is fading every day. So that's a blessing.
Anyway, my surgery got cancelled today, I cannot be more sad. I don't know when the next date is. I really thought I could get started on my last leg of this journey.
That really sucks! I could imagine how badly you want to finalize the process, and now you have to wait again!
Hope your new home keeps you busy, so not to think about the unfinished leg.
Unicorn888 is more a case of Musicmaker II than you Helloworld!
Quote from: Unicorn888 on February 01, 2017, 10:07:29 AMYup, agree with you both and Beijing statement. And it also really depends on the individual.
From knowing Guichet patients, I think if you're young and male, chances are you'll fuse quite quickly. So Guichet will lengthen quite fast to stop the fusion so that it becomes less painful. I know, counter intuitive, but I've seen it work perfectly.
In my case, because I'm old and female, in hindsight, me not suffering any pain at all was a sure sign that I wasn't forming bone and my soft tissues were not generating as fast or are stretched too thin. So going fast was not at all ideal, especially for females.
Also, I've seen in Guichet's patients, the ones who lengthened no more than 5cm healed very quickly/had full consolidation. They even recovered normal walking in a very short time (as little as 2 weeks). So my conclusion is, don't get too greedy with speed and length because the lengthened gap might not heal/consolidate later.
Anyway, my surgery got cancelled today, I cannot be more sad. I don't know when the next date is. I really thought I could get started on my last leg of this journey.
Have to focus on positive thoughts. Have just bought a place in London yesterday. Will spend all my time renovating/decorating house.
In the meantime, as usual, I love my lengthened leg and glutes. Totally Swimsuit Illustrated... just need to finish up this process
For scar healing, I found those Hansaplast, Cica-care scar gel silicone patches work like a dream. All my keloids and bumpy scars have disappeared and there's just some discoloring left which is fading every day. So that's a blessing.
When you say young how old do you mean between what to what?
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