Hey all, thought i'd pay it forward as i am on my way to walking if it continues to go the right path. I wish I started this diary when lengthening but there was so much drama and wanted to focus on lengthening instead
I excuse in advance about my horrific english and that it's not as good written as some others diaries here (some diaries here are just incredible and i read them like books, thanks for the tremendous effort it must've taken).
Short info about me:
20-30 year range, very athletic pre-op, my pure mindset has always been to work my hardest like there are some chinese on amphetamine competing with you 24/7/365
![Tongue :P](http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/Smileys/default/tongue.gif)
The world is cutthroat if you are trying to be in the 1%, instead of complaining...be happy that you are alive and use the effort on succeeding in life instead? Life is a beautiful thing if you have time & cash (which is essentially the same thing) AND is content with how you look in every scenario. Now that is something I was not, and as soon I knew about this operation I started making plans for it. What is also important to mention is that I traveled to every country and crossed almost everything on my bucket list before, preparing for the worst outcome.
Working for 18 hrs a day was not an impossibility for years pre-op, so work wise I felt very well prepared for what was to come
![Cool 8)](http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/Smileys/default/cool.gif)
In regards of my appearance. I loved my upper body, very broad shoulders for my height and I wouldn't change anything about my face. Now the lower body is a completely different story, feels like it is two different bodies. I don't know my exact metrics but sitting height i have never really felt short...lower body though.. trying out pants was just a pure joke pre-op. It just got me so discouraged after a while to try and look nice, I had to wear 3 inch lifts in every situation in order for me to be content enough...and wearing lifts brought me to 180 cm + which is not amazing height where I am but a bit lower than average. I was finally in the same height as the 173 cm + girls in my country when they would wear heels, which helped me notice the big difference. Not only how you are perceived but what's MOST important, how you perceive yourself! I finally felt like the young and non worrisome kid again..and that is when it all started, I started to get girls i could never dream of. Some amazing years and girlfriends after to not go in to much detail.
I am now here...6 cm lengthened (6.2 to be exact) and laughing at my penguin walk 4 months after surgery. Maybe it is not the fastest recovery, but believe me when i say this. It's probably one of the laziest things I've done in my life, sure the hospital part was probably worse for me than the majority of LL'ers (had to have a second surgery due to unimaginable headache, supposedly this can happen to women giving birth too with the anesthesia).