Yellowspike - Dr. Guichet, Internal Femurs, Late 2014

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you shouldnt read  diaRies and get discouraged
 the process is long for most people. give it up to 12 months total to sort of feel normal.

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Quote from: crimsontide on May 29, 2015, 05:05:15 PMyou shouldnt read  diaRies and get discouraged
 the process is long for most people. give it up to 12 months total to sort of feel normal.

Oh I know. The major mistake I made while researching LL was reading some of the more epic diaries and thinking I could pull that off. I certainly commend them, but they are not the norm. Far from it. My recovery, as long as it's taking (at least, to me) is actually fairly average for 7cm.

I can totally deal with other weird side effects. For instance, I still have hip pain on my sides (sometimes pretty bad too, but nothing too crazy for the most part), and I have numbness on my left knee area. Those are fine, I'm tough, I can handle pain. I just want to be walking decently and not feel ashamed just to walk down the street. Maybe it's not as bad as I think it is, but it's to the point where I sometimes will stop walking and let people pass me (where there's a lull in the crowd) so as few people as possible see me.

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I understand, and it's definitely normal to not filly recover for 1-2 years

The numbness is something I have too, bit weird, but might go away when I get left leg corrected

If you're like me, you can technically walk, but it's not the same as before, and  you don't wanna go out for a walk because it's srange... also takes a lot longer

I'm thinking I'll be  good after correction, but tightness,etc,  are things that take a while to really feel good about

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Yeah technically I've been pretty much crutch free at least a month now. So that's fine. Walking is just an embarrassment for me at this point, and that's what sucks.

It's just frustrating. I really would like to do a bit more...but now I'm having doubts about how "easy" another inch would be. Dr. G said I'd only have to click for like 2 weeks...but would recovery take another 12 months? LOL...

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The idea that neither yellowspike nor clarence is satisfied with their new height is discouraging. Would you say it was worth it so far yellowspike?

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I wouldn't say I'm not satisfied...just not as satisfied as I would like to feel. But then again, I haven't fully recovered yet. It's hard to tell. In terms of the gain, it's a big improvement. But I feel like I'm now annoyingly close to average but not quite. Based on being back at the gym and seeing a lot of familiar faces, I feel closer to average. If I had another inch under my belt, I think I'd be fully satisfied. Just blows to think I gotta do this sh*t again, but one day at a time.

Keep in mind my starting height was objectively bad. So those of you who are already at least 5'7" will probably more than likely be happy with one surgery.

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My starting height is worse at 164.

I'll be going from 164 to 169, I have walked around the world at 170 via lifts and I'd be happy post op. to be 169 w/ 4cm lifts to 173.

I'm surprised your not happy with your new height, i walked out today at 170 and the first guy i walked past was 168, then next guy 172, overall i felt pretty normal at 170.

so you say you are 174, here in uk that is merely 3cm below the male average.

have you considered a 3cm lift?

http://www.tallmenshoes.com/elevator-shoes-fy003.html

this is currently the best one and only one that is low top as well, this is likely the shoe i will be wearing post op.

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Quote from: microman on May 29, 2015, 08:32:30 PMI'll be going from 164 to 169, I have walked around the world at 170 via lifts and I'd be happy post op. to be 169 w/ 3cm lifts to 172.

I'm surprised your not happy with your new height, i walked out today at 170 and the first guy i walked past was 168, then next guy 172, overall i felt pretty normal at 170.

so you say you are 174, here in uk that is merely 3cm below the male average.

I'm close to 5'9" in the morning (like 174.7), at night I shrink down to right around 5'8" or slightly above/below it sometimes (like 172.4?). I'm HAPPIER...it's a big improvement, as I have said. I'm just not entirely satisfied, right now. This might very well change. We'll see. I'd love another inch. I think I'd be done with the height thing forever at that point.

I hate lifts. They must make me feel that much worse about my height. I've used them in the past...and they become addictive. And then when they come off, you feel horrible about yourself. So no lifts for me.

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fair enough then, I love 4cm lifts and under as they feel like flats, I hate the 6cm ones as they feel like high heels, the 6cm ones are the ones I wear at the moment to judge my height post op.

my height barely changes in the morning or night, strange how your changes by a whopping 2cm!

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Quote from: microman on May 29, 2015, 08:56:38 PMfair enough then, I love 4cm lifts and under as they feel like flats, I hate the 6cm ones as they feel like high heels, the 6cm ones are the ones I wear at the moment to judge my height post op.

my height barely changes in the morning or night, strange how your changes by a whopping 2cm!

Yeah, I lose like .75 inches sometimes...I thought that was about the norm? I read somewhere that most people lose .5-.75 inches throughout the day. Whatever!

Yeah lifts aren't my things for reasons I've already explained. If anything, I'll just wear a shoe/sneaker with a decent heel.