I am taking Vitamin D supplements now, so my Vit D levels should be okay. I'll update you guys on my x-rays when I get them 2-3 months from now. I really hope I don't have to get another surgery other than rod removal. Not looking forward to more scars, pain, loss of time/money, and complications.
Hey DIFM, thanks for the update and information on the recovery timeline. Good to see you're noticing return to functionality, that's great to hear!
Considering that you've been busy under the sheets and all (you sly dog), have girls ever mentioned your long legs or anything of that matter? Both under the sheets and just around in life, seeing as how you're returning to regular life
Lastly, if you can, how far do your knees go up when you bend your legs close to your body? Like as if you're gonna do a cannon ball in a swimming pool. I guess I'm just trying to see how long might be too long for me, since my brain as gone into a spiral about how I might look after around 8 CM.
Yes. A girl said that I look disproportional. I have mentioned this before that my knees look oddly too low on where they should be, even though prior to LL, I had a .8 shin to thigh ratio (which is normal according to Paley). With pants/shorts on, I look fine, because they hide my legs proportions. But nked, I look weird. This is one of the main reasons why I wouldn't recommend this surgery especially if your plan is to be physically more attractive to the opposite sex.
My knees go to where nose is if I do a cannonball pose. But what's more ugly/deformed looking is that when I bend my knees, my heel is touching the middle of my thigh when before it touched my butt.
I also want to mention that my sex drive is diminished after the surgery. I've noticed this in other diaries as well. This is another reason why I wouldn't recommend this surgery. I'm not sure if it's psychological or physical. Most likely physical, as my stamina is significantly worse than before.
Anyway, it's approaching a year since I had this surgery. Looking back, I'd say that I don't recommend this surgery. Yes, girls are less dismissive of me because of my height now. In fact, a lot of people have called me "tall" in the past few months. I've never been described as "tall" before in my life. But these girls are no better or worse than the girls who dated me who didn't care about my height. Yes, my height neurosis is gone now, but I've replaced it with other things I'm dissatisfied with myself, such as my lack of athleticism caused by this surgery. Sports stop being enjoyable when you suck at it. My friends don't treat me any differently. Even girls from the past who dismissed me for my height don't treat me any differently. So in other words, there are not many benefits to this surgery. I still have minor aches and pain in my legs while walking and doing other leg-related activities. For me, it's a fair trade off, because it fixed what I hated the most about myself. But for others, I'd say the amount of time/money you have to put into this surgery to get that is far more valuable spent elsewhere. I happen to have a lot of time/money, so that part of the surgery doesn't bother me. I don't regret this surgery, because I don't regret anything I do. But I can see why someone would regret this surgery.
My recommendation for anyone looking into LL is to surround yourself with people who don't care about your height and to get away from people who do. For example, if you're an Asian, don't surround yourself with people who think of Asians as second-class citizens. They will put you down and make you feel less of a person. In the same vein, if you surround yourself with people who hate short people or surround yourself with short people who complain about being hated for being short, you will feel less of a person. I made this mistake by browsing these LL forums and short self-help groups. A lot of the posts that point out discrimination against short people only made me feel worse about being short.
The only time I didn't think about LL and was okay with being short was when I stopped browsing these forums and stopped looking at how being short is disadvantaged. Being short is disadvantageous, but so are many other things. You can still live a great life without LL. I did just that prior to LL. Don't discount yourself so much just because some other people do.
On a lighter note, there IS one benefit to LL that I think is hard to achieve while being short. And it's that I now can see over people in a crowd.
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