Hey DIFM, Wanna thank you so much for all of your updates. I read every post of yours, learned so much, and appreciate the time you're taking to help the rest of us
You're welcome. Another update is that there actually is signs of bruising in that TFL area now. I didn't notice it at first, because my nail scars are darker than the bruise and distracted my eyes. But now that I look carefully at it, my TFL really is bruised. It's probably because I kept poking at it to see where the pain was coming from. Hopefully the bruise will heal and I'll be back to normal.
I hope you will do better after rod removal.
Would you still get this surgery if you were couple(3-4) cms taller?Like 170-171.And of course im including your wealth.
170-171 is still short. If I were in the same position that I was in before where I thought that I'd be running and back to normal after 6 months, I'd probably still get LL. But now that I have no idea when I'll run again or if this pain in my left TFL will ever go away, I'm not very sure. My guess is that at the rate that I'm recovering, I should be back to normal after one year post-op or 4 more months from today.
However, had I known that my long term girlfriend would break up with me over this surgery, I probably wouldn't have done it. Had I known that I'd be missing out on some critical events in my life because of my lack of ability to walk, I probably wouldn't have done it.
However, if this surgery leads me to meeting my future wife. Perhaps she's 5'8" and taller than my old self, then maybe LL was worth it. Because maybe if I didn't get this surgery, then she wouldn't have dated me, etc. etc.
So I don't know. There's a lot of "what ifs" and gambles here. There are pros and cons to either side. Right now, it's too early for me to say whether I screwed myself over or I created an opportunity for myself to live a better life.
Right now, none of that matters and it's not worth thinking about, because I already did the surgery. What I can say definitively is that I'm glad that I'm not short anymore. That was bugging the heck out of me. My height neurosis has been gone for quite a long time, and it's a huge burden off my shoulders. I wish every short person could get LL if LL didn't have so many potential downsides. I understand your pain. I really do.