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Re: Femur Journey with Dr. Paley 11/9/2021
« Reply #124 on: February 05, 2022, 11:56:30 PM »

Day 86: I have gained 71.5mm, which is more than I need. I plan to finish the distraction phase in about a week then leave Florida.
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Re: Femur Journey with Dr. Paley 11/9/2021
« Reply #125 on: February 06, 2022, 02:23:40 AM »

How's your flexibility?
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Re: Femur Journey with Dr. Paley 11/9/2021
« Reply #126 on: February 06, 2022, 04:21:00 AM »

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Re: Femur Journey with Dr. Paley 11/9/2021
« Reply #127 on: February 16, 2022, 08:58:09 PM »

TakingAction, so, did you experienced nerve pain or took gabapentin at all during your femur journey?
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Re: Femur Journey with Dr. Paley 11/9/2021
« Reply #128 on: February 28, 2022, 07:24:31 PM »

Hi TakingAction! How was your flexibility pre-lengthening? Were your hamstrings really flexible? Has any muscle been more of a challenge during lengthening?
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Re: Femur Journey with Dr. Paley 11/9/2021
« Reply #129 on: February 03, 2023, 05:46:40 AM »

Sorry.I’m going to answer your question soon.
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Re: Femur Journey with Dr. Paley 11/9/2021
« Reply #130 on: February 03, 2023, 05:48:42 AM »

Hi TakingAction! How was your flexibility pre-lengthening? Were your hamstrings really flexible? Has any muscle been more of a challenge during lengthening?

They’re all pretty flexible. Not very challenging during lengthening.
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Re: Femur Journey with Dr. Paley 11/9/2021
« Reply #131 on: February 03, 2023, 05:51:13 AM »

TakingAction, so, did you experienced nerve pain or took gabapentin at all during your femur journey?

Yes I had some nerve pain but i didn’t take any pain medicine for that nerve pain because the pain is not too bad.
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Re: Femur Journey with Dr. Paley 11/9/2021
« Reply #132 on: February 03, 2023, 06:00:10 AM »

Hey all, I’m going to write the final update of my limb lengthening journey so everyone knows the end result of my experience after I had the surgery more than one year ago. The short summary: everything is not too bad. Now let me tell you the long story. Some patients only write journal of their experiences for half year or 1 year then they just disappeared because there is no big change. This disappearance without giving a final update after their nail removal can cause some concern for some readers because some readers thought those patients had problem or something. I’m now going to be one of the patients who tell you the story of my real ending result after I had the surgery More than 1 year ago as well as after I finished the nail removal process (the final chapter of the limb lengthening journey) more than 3 months ago. My nail removal date: October 26, 2022. I was told by medical doctor that I’m in the safe zone for all activities. I can walk, run, jump, lift weight, and do everything normally just like I do before I had the surgery more than one year ago. The only bad or slightly embarrassing thing might be the surgery scars on my legs, which are noticed by one of the girls I have been seeing. I have been working on the scar reduction/removal at a beauty clinic with fractional laser which has reduced the appearance of scars. Thankfully, I do Not have any bad symptom that affects my life. My life feels normal. But this healthy condition does not 100% mean that I won’t have any symptom in 30 years or in 20 years or earlier. My current healthy condition means that I’ll have a lower probability of having symptoms in the future. I probably won’t have any bad symptom in the future because most symptoms such as nerve damage appear within the first year of the limb lengthening surgery. I have never had any fracture / nail breakage since the start of limb lengthening journey. Now let me tell you how my life has changed positively since the surgery. I feel that I have a higher value than most men because my height is objectively higher than those of most men. It’s literally a bone-deep confidence that has helped me in all kinds of social life including but not limited to dating, business, and even some friendship. I wish I can quantify the improvement but it’s hard to give an improvement percentage. If moving from a small city of 200,000 people to a major cities like New York City can improve your dating life by 40%, this limb lengthening surgery can potentially improve your dating life by around 50%-70%. It’s not magic that makes you as attractive as celebrity, but the taller height has helped my dating life and other social life. I’m thankful for these life improvements. Knowing all the info I know so far, I’d do the surgery again if time machine let me go back to more than one year ago when I was deciding the surgery. I have been so busy with my life that I don’t have much time on responding message on the website. Sorry. I probably won’t answer any new question anymore unless you send me some really really good/important question to my inbox.
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Re: Femur Journey with Dr. Paley 11/9/2021
« Reply #133 on: February 06, 2023, 05:27:13 PM »

Thank you very much, that is really , really helpful!
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Re: Femur Journey with Dr. Paley 11/9/2021
« Reply #134 on: May 20, 2023, 04:01:14 PM »

If you have recent imaging data please put it at this thread. Redact any information that could be used to dox you.
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