Topic: Excuses to give friends (Read 6299 times)

Penguinn · « **on:** August 27, 2015, 01:16:37 PM »

I'm planning on telling just one friend about LL. I'll tell others I had surgery, but for a different reason.

What reason can I give for operating on femurs? Like for tibias you can say "correcting cross legs".

Cartman · « **Reply #1 on:** August 27, 2015, 01:42:54 PM »

Yes, that's a nice lie

If I'll do it I'll say that's for my flat feet

Penguinn · « **Reply #2 on:** August 27, 2015, 09:52:01 PM »

How could tibia or femur surgery correct flat feet? Obviously they'll notice the scars and wonder how it was for flat feet.

Still wondering what excuse to give for femurs. Somebody help meh plz

Samuimw · « **Reply #3 on:** August 28, 2015, 12:37:18 PM »

How about telling them that you had an accident that causes your bones to fracture. That is what I have planned to say . My friend will not have an idea.

Penguinn · « **Reply #4 on:** August 28, 2015, 01:11:03 PM »

Quote from: Samuimw on August 28, 2015, 12:37:18 PM

How about telling them that you had an accident that causes your bones to fracture. That is what I have planned to say . My friend will not have an idea.

Hmm, what kind of accident would injure both femur bones? I need to find some minor deformity to make up.

Like I said, for tibia you can say to correct bow legs.

Alittletooshort · « **Reply #5 on:** August 28, 2015, 01:16:07 PM »

Just say you torn your liagments. This would explain your walking and the scars. It's hard to explain the height gain, but there is no legit explaination besides LL.

G-Man · « **Reply #6 on:** August 28, 2015, 03:17:51 PM »

You could say that you had a small length discrepancy and at the same time they corrected the femur/tibs ratio on both femurs to get the proper 0.8. You gained a few cm in the process.
They won't think you had LL, just that you had a small discrepancy and in the process of fixing it you ended up a bit taller.

Nightwish · « **Reply #7 on:** August 28, 2015, 03:21:48 PM »

If I do it with Dr Monegal I will firstly be going to Spain to teach English as a foreign language, which I may well do over Skype, I'll probably come back with one busted leg and say I was playing football, skidded into the post and goalkeeper and bust my hip.

If I do bilateral, it's I was run over, 4x4, metal grid, both femurs. Ouchies.

Penguinn · « **Reply #8 on:** August 28, 2015, 04:44:08 PM »

Quote from: G-Man on August 28, 2015, 03:17:51 PM

You could say that you had a small length discrepancy and at the same time they corrected the femur/tibs ratio on both femurs to get the proper 0.8. You gained a few cm in the process.

I like this. But aren't the discrepancies for tibias only and not femurs? Never heard of it.

G-Man · « **Reply #9 on:** August 28, 2015, 04:58:06 PM »

"Because many cases of LLD are due to decreased rate of growth, the femoral or tibial epiphyses are commonly affected regions."

It goes either way.

Iamready · « **Reply #10 on:** August 28, 2015, 05:23:05 PM »

Personally, I have told my friends already and nobody has given me for it. I'm 5 foot 5. I told them life is short, I think this is going to improve my life and i'm going for it. This isn't something to be ashamed of guys and were talking about friends here.

Iamready · « **Reply #11 on:** August 28, 2015, 05:27:02 PM »

One thing I forgot to add, I'm 31 so I understand that your friends may not be as understanding. I really can't help you here.

Descreteuser · « **Reply #12 on:** August 28, 2015, 06:23:05 PM »

dont say anything.. noone will think u did anything.... prob only 1/100000 people even would ever consider doing something like this.. ive spoken to people that were about my height before.. andi dont feel much taller.. its only when i look in the mirror i can notice

Penguinn · « **Reply #13 on:** August 29, 2015, 10:30:30 AM »

Quote from: G-Man on August 28, 2015, 04:58:06 PM

"Because many cases of LLD are due to decreased rate of growth, the femoral or tibial epiphyses are commonly affected regions."

It goes either way.

Nice, thanks! This'll work if I don't want to be honest with all of 'em.

Cartman · « **Reply #14 on:** August 29, 2015, 11:39:07 AM »

Do LL, find a decent excuse and don't care about your friends/relatives opinions: believe me, people are ABSOLUTELY NOT SMART AS THEY THINK! I'm using lifts in my shoes from 2012 (to look at least a few more than 170 cm) and probably nobody have understood my expedient (and inside me I'm laughing at them because they are sooo stupid

). Obviously, I want to try to do LL a day (as everyone in this forum), but believe me, nobody will understand that you have done this surgery.
And even if they will understand... what's the matter?

I'm just worried about money to do that (I need a job, sigh

) and time to recover my phisical abilities.

Penguinn · « **Reply #15 on:** August 29, 2015, 06:17:07 PM »

Quote from: Cartman on August 29, 2015, 11:39:07 AM

Do LL, find a decent excuse and don't care about your friends/relatives opinions: believe me, people are ABSOLUTELY NOT SMART AS THEY THINK! I'm using lifts in my shoes from 2012 (to look at least a few more than 170 cm) and probably nobody have understood my expedient (and inside me I'm laughing at them because they are sooo stupid ). Obviously, I want to try to do LL a day (as everyone in this forum), but believe me, nobody will understand that you have done this surgery.
And even if they will understand... what's the matter?
I'm just worried about money to do that (I need a job, sigh ) and time to recover my phisical abilities.

Because people are very judgemental and I don't want to be pissed off everywhere by people asking about it. I don't like people as it is. Even if I just tell my close friends(which I'm considering), they will try talking me out of it.

Also what about when my friends ask why I'm not around to hang out for so many months? And they might want to visit me, so keeping as close to the truth (femur surgery) with just lying about the purpose seems very convenient.

G-Man · « **Reply #16 on:** August 29, 2015, 08:11:38 PM »

I can understand that, family and friends I don't mind but I feel that the others don't need to know. People like to talk and I wouldn't want to be the "phony" who got a crazy LL. I would rather enjoy the new height James Bond style, secretly.

Of course your male friends most likely won't see your femur scars, then it's even easier by just saying you corrected a lld, that's why you were incapacited for months and you're taller now.

Penguinn · « **Reply #17 on:** August 29, 2015, 08:59:33 PM »

You got my point. And that's a good excuse

I was going to say I put the rods in to correct it, and you can use them to increase height while you're at it.

Overdozer · « **Reply #18 on:** August 29, 2015, 10:07:57 PM »

Just say you went skiing and hit a tree or something.

Penguinn · « **Reply #19 on:** August 29, 2015, 10:27:39 PM »

Quote from: Dozer on August 29, 2015, 10:07:57 PM

Just say you went skiing and hit a tree or something.

Skiing in India sounds phenomenal brah, try it sometime

Morgenst. · « **Reply #20 on:** August 30, 2015, 09:04:45 AM »

It amazes me people even have this issue. I've told pretty much all of my friends about my plans and they just wished me luck. Regardless of age nobody near decent should ever say anything discouraging or judgemental about it. That said I've always liked the ski accident excuse. For one it's happened before, guys have broken segments of both femurs or tibias and have had to wear illizarov devices until their break healed so it's likely to be a scenario that raises little questions

Penguinn · « **Reply #21 on:** August 30, 2015, 10:53:39 AM »

Quote from: Morgenst. on August 30, 2015, 09:04:45 AM

It amazes me people even have this issue. I've told pretty much all of my friends about my plans and they just wished me luck. Regardless of age nobody near decent should ever say anything discouraging or judgemental about it. That said I've always liked the ski accident excuse. For one it's happened before, guys have broken segments of both femurs or tibias and have had to wear illizarov devices until their break healed so it's likely to be a scenario that raises little questions

I can just see my friends deeming this as unnecessary. I've told one about it and he's somewhat supportive so we'll see.

Also, people talk. Sometime or another.

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