Limb Lengthening Forum

I think the main reason for our palpitations is the nervous tension that occurs as our legs grow longer, our nervous system has become very sensitive. Another possibility may be that it occurs due to the lengthening and narrowing of the veins, I have seen these complaints in 5-6 other people on the forum, I definitely want you to know this, gentlemen! This is definitely not a coincidence


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I'm sure I'm having palpitations because of the surgery, my heart is contracting and relaxing harder now.I have more palpitations, especially after waking up from sleep. Gentlemen, I think we may have shortened our lives a little with this surgery.For about a year after surgery, I seriously worried about my heart rate and saw 2 or 3 cardiologists, none of whom could find any meaning.

The lengthening of the veins while stretching the legs may be disrupting the autonomic nervous system. I can no longer sleep as I used to, my sleep is constantly disturbed and I cannot sleep efficiently.As our leg lengthens, our veins lengthen and the elongated veins actually narrow. Maybe the increase in our heart rate may have something to do with this. I have been complaining about the increase in my heart rate for almost a year. It occurs especially in the morning after waking up from sleep. When I stand up, my pulse rate increases significantly.

I did 8 cm femur lengthening with the LON method. After the surgery, my heart beats faster for every action I do, smoking, walking, getting excited, eating, etc.

Just updating, I had my follow - up last Friday, but forgot to take a picture on my phone of X-rays. I’ll upload once medical records sends me them.

I’ve lengthened close to a centimeter now, it’s still very early on. Assayag said everything looks good at this stage, but it’s so early on that he can’t really see much.
The second x-ray is the most important as you can see the regeneration and make an opinion on it. Most of the time I don’t have above minor pain, but I had a pinsite infection that was very painful for a couple days until the antibiotics kicked in. When I wake up I have inflammation especially by knees that is somewhat painful but once I take medicine it mostly goes away. Inflammation is what presses on the muscles/joints and gives you those weird/sharp pains, so I try to keep it at a minimum, also by walking assisted. The worst part about all this is not being comfortable when trying to go to sleep. It compounds day after day and makes you anxious, like being a passenger on a long road trip. No matter how you toss and turn you can’t get comfortable.

I walk with crutches, and for longer distance I use an electric scooter. The first 2 weeks of tibias give you balloon feet from the swelling, once that goes away it’s much easier to walk.

Good luck to all those planning to or undergoing this procedure! Please, stretch before ,during and after..

Helo there and thank you for your interaction. Both Doctors did suggest to stop at 6cm ,considering all factors that have been there and those that has came up during lengthening such as strong pain and at my left knee as lengthening brought femur bone head closer to tibia. I also felt that I can't tolerate going to 7cm which has become my goal, after i started lengthening and feeling what it is like and the toll it takes on the body.
So basically, if my doctors did not advise me to stop at 6cm ,I was going to do that anyway. One more centimeter is not going to make a world of difference regarding my height, but it would have created many complications. I am very happy with what I got.

Just out of curiosity, did you decide to stop lengthening or did your doctor's advise you to stop lengthening? Congrats on the new height gain

I think wingspan to height ratio is more important than tibia to femur ratio in general.

That being said, the only people who will micro-analyze your proportions like that are on this forum lol. The average person is never going to notice or comment on these proportions unless you do an extreme amount.