9 centimeters on tibias with Dr. Barinov, Volgograd-Russia

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Hey Rgkey, how old were you when you first underwent this surgery and how did you overcome all of the psychological anxiety/turmoil that ad up to and during the surgery e.g. what will I tell family/friends (where and why I'm a going away for so long?, job/school put on hold, and of course the hardest of them all .....what will I tell family and friends that noticed my marked height increase when i get back home?  These are the kind of tough questions I ask myself now as I'm a prospective LL patient and I still am ambivalent when it comes to an answer lol.     Anyways take care.

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hi,
Thanks for a classic diary.
so, i read that you were friends with oksana, so i am aware of that, but since you are so active on the forum:
have you heard that there are financial problems for patients in the clinic?
that incomptent director oksana created all of the problems because she chose to not tell anybody about prices changing majorly and not telling patient until day before surgery?
she knew about hospital prices changing for 5 months and told nobody.
she knew about nails changing mid-july and told nobody.
Patients are extremely angry right now and the potential patients that bought flight tickets and got visas and bought everything else they need? they were not told about price changes that oksana withheld. if they dont have the extra budget they are gonna get f*** too.
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incompetency should not hurt others

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Quote from: femoral_indecency on August 01, 2015, 02:06:25 PMHey Rgkey, how old were you when you first underwent this surgery and how did you overcome all of the psychological anxiety/turmoil that ad up to and during the surgery e.g. what will I tell family/friends (where and why I'm a going away for so long?, job/school put on hold, and of course the hardest of them all .....what will I tell family and friends that noticed my marked height increase when i get back home?  These are the kind of tough questions I ask myself now as I'm a prospective LL patient and I still am ambivalent when it comes to an answer lol.     Anyways take care.

I was 29.
Read all my diary i made videos about ur concerns.  Told everyone i just decided it to adventure in Russiax which was actually true, everyone thought it was because of a girl, or sonething like it. My height gains? No one really question it too much, some noticed it but not a big deal.

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Involgograd:

That is crazy, i did not know, hopefully there is a good explanation.  I don't know since im not there anymore. Yes im friends with Oxana big time, i love that woman.

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on January 20, 2015, 10:27:44 AM7.5cm affected my balance, agility, and endurance permanently.  Not much, but some.

The more you do, the more it affects you.  I don't think there really is a magic number.  It's all a matter of degree.

sorry to qoute such an old post, but isn't that based purely on your bone length anyway, like someone could do 7cm and it wont affect anything if they had super short tibia, but yeah i know your tib and femur were the same post op. that is obviously not a normal ratio but i understand it is acceptable if you care more about height.

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Quote from: RGKEY on November 09, 2014, 03:01:00 AMwith my 9cms boots, working out at the gym, they feel comfortable but i had them cuz i forgot my sneakers, i though i make a video to look how they look witht he mirrors in the gym

great to see  you with long tibia and lifts, as we know lifts make yoru tibia appear even longer!

we are both in the same boat, i plan to wear lifts post op. as well.

i consider myself a shoe lift expert, i think your estimation on the height you get out of them is incorrect, not your fault, the advertised gain isn't the actual height gain, it is just the measured heal.

usually the most you'd get out of a big elevator shoe like that is 6cm compared to the floor, but in comparson to a regular shoe it would be 4cm as a standard shoe gives 2cm anyway.

so i would estimate you go from 172.5 to 176.5 via the shoe lift, if you were to state your barefoot height, which you should.

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i know you've been asked this a few times as well but could you reveal your wingspan, i just want to see how my arms would look after my LL and 4cm lifts.

this will help me decide if i do 4.5, 5.5 or 6.5cm.

overall i think your short arms are acceptable when you are in your lifts, my lifts wil give 4cm so i need to take that in account when doign my LL.

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Quoteare you planning to fix your bowed leg?

what was the cause for this?

why wasn't it fixed when you had frames on?

I actually wanted to know about this too.

On a side note, how is your athletic life nowadays?

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Hey man, could you post a clip of you walking??

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I FINALLY GOT XRAYS, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIX MY LEG IN THE STATES. MY INSURANCE MIGHT COVER IT. THE DOCTOR SAID THIS MIGHT BE USE AS A STUDY CASE LOL