J+64 TERMINUS
Height Gained : 7.1cm / 166cmOk, done! Today's the last day of clicking and I got to my 166cm goal
Am really happy, pain has subsided, clicking was easy, little stretching pain. It's been kind except for the stiffness and soreness. I was able to sleep well throughout this entire process too.
I'm in full consolidation mode, lots of bone growth supplements, bone marrow broth etc etc etc. Walking a lot as well (still with frame/crutches) due to my other fractured leg. No more legs on fire when crutching everywhere and my arms are strong. It now takes little effort when 2 months ago, I would melt over the zimmer frame when I had to crawl more than 10 metres.
I'm not out of danger yet, there's always occupational hazard. Just the other day, we booked a taxi and a taxi van showed up. As I was slowly hopping up the side seat and swinging my legs into the van, the automatic door started to slide shut. It crushed my left (recently repaired) leg to my chest. I was screaming murder (as one does, if under a bus), but thank goodness, I'm flexible enough that nothing happened. I had an xray taken immediately after, all good. Bone formation and callouses can be seen, fractures healing.
Am working out a lot (by walking) and detoxing my body with dandelion root tea (cleanses liver) and rubbing castor oil on my liver at night and putting a heat pad on it (I'm probably mistaking my boob for liver... as I found 2). Also, learnt how to do lymphatic drainage on my legs and diligently rub and massage legs with argan oil all day long (as the chiro says, "just massage everything back to the groin...now what ever does she mean by this?!"). Can I just start straight at the groin?
First surgery scars are all healed now. It is ONE LINE, and currently discolouring turning darker (knowing my skin) which will fade in 2-3 months. Then will see if I need laser scar removal (if I'm not removing G-nail). Uh oh, I've seen that movie before, it's called REPO MEN... it'll be Guichet after me as his nails are merely 'on loan' (read the fine print fellas). If I don't yield, would he break both my legs (for free?).
Have 60 more days to learn how to walk without crutches so that I may spend xmas with my parents looking 'normal'. Went out for the first time yesterday socially, and immediately both guy friends remarked that I could be a model being so tall on flat shoes... uh oh! Back to rock climbing 'Vertical Limit' horror story (
sans dad falling to his death), but now have to elaborate with straightening of bent femurs, etc. and gaining height whereas other leg got re-broken, and will need bone grafting in Jan'17 (I'm digging myself into a massive crater, aren't I?)
And I forget on what planet this crater is in.
Guichet sends me to a chiropractor who (without warning) jumps on me, full body WWF side-ways style, and scares me crapless. But somehow, she manages to fix my tilted pelvis. She says my duck ass is practically gone thanks to flexibility. Otherwise, this yoga superhero pose is good for fixing duck ass!
This Was My 17cm Leg Disparity due to Pelvis Tilt
Clicking until 7cm, I didn't have clicking pains nor was it violent, but my leg felt like a very very taut balloon about to burst. How do people continue further? I salute them! I was going at 10 clicks/day (0.66mm) vs 1mm per day. I noticed Guichet slows it down even more for people who suffer from stretching pains. So I think I was able to keep a quick pace.
I'm still sorry that I still need another surgery for my left leg once bones are consolidated, but it is what it is. Hopefully, this time around, it would be easier due to one fully healed leg. And I kind of summarise that the lengthening process (at least for me) wasn't all too painful from my legs, it was more all the side effects of surgery, the fatigue, the physio, lots of pee-poo trauma, the stress from daily transportation, the stiffness, the lack of sleep for some, the overdosing of meds. I'm off painkillers and sleeping pills, so the side effects are slowly vanishing.
Actual Meds Each AM
Will keep you updated, and if you've any questions, please don't hesitate. I'm continuing PT for another 2 months while one leg learns how to walk crutch free and the other heals completely to be re-broken again