Dear fellow forum members,
my operation with Dr. Betz will start next week.
Therefore I thought of writing a little diary.
I plan to stay one month in germany at his clinic, because the physiotherapists there are specialised in limb legnthening and I am very unflexible.
Here are some general informations about me:
sxx: male
Age:28
Height: 176cm
Target: 182cm
Wingpan: 178cm
Girlfriends height: 179cm
Flexibility: Very unflexible
Pain tolerance: Mel Gibson
2 Years ago I thought about limb lenghtening. I have a 6f 3,5 brother and a 5ft 10 sister. My father it 6ft 2.
Both of my parents are doctors. My father is a dermatologist and my mother an accident surgeon.
They have both there own clinic and there judgement has an important influence on my decission.
Due to prior experience in there field of work and the good reputation of german clinics, we decided that Germany would be the best option for such a complicated surgery.
We visited several clinics who offered limg leghtening. Dr. Baumgart and Dr. Betz were in the closer selection.
In our opinion Dr. Betz had following advantages:
The secretary office gave us better information, thus they where more symapthic.
Dr. Betz spend over 4 hours time with us and answered every question in detail.
Both doctors told us about the pros and cons of all nails, but the Betzbone has in our opinion several advantages over the Fitbone.
Dr. Betz as a good reputation in his country and it seems he is a luminary in his field.
Of course there are also some disadvantages with Dr. Betz.
Since I am not a very sportiv guy, I dont care about a lack in athleticism.
I also dont have extrem long legs but rather long arms.
With 182cm I would be slitly above the average of Western european male. Althoug the statistical surveys are quite old and I am sure the younger generation is already taller.
If anybody has some questions please be free to contact me.
Femur lenghtening with Dr Betz 01.09.2017
I come from Brussels.
My sister is 10 years younger. Could be due to better nutrition. I loved chocolate as a kid.
On the other hand, my sister and brother where a lot heavier when my mum gave birth to them.
And I came a bit early.
Since 2 years I could convince my gf for some reason to delay the meeting with her parents. 
In there Family everybody except for the mother are giants. 
So they will get to know me after the Operation.
Advantages of betzbone over fitbone:
Less technology:
Due to the fact that the betzbone is lengthening mechanically via clicking, and the fitbone has an internal motor, the probability of malfunction is higher when more technology is involved.
Weight bearing and quick recovery:
The betzbone is weight bearing, so I can immediately walk on crutches and after the lengthening I can walk normal. (I saw patients walking on crutches one day after their surgery)
I can operate both of my femurs at once:
Doing one leg after the other and walking with shoe implants is complicated, the duration of lengthening is longer and it leads to an unsecure gait pattern.
The fact that the Betzbone has more lengthening capacity does not affect me.
Disadvantages:
Clicking:
The biggest disadvantage is the clicking for me. I am not very flexible, and bending my legs to a certain angle a couple of times every day do gain my weight frightens the hell out of me.
The doctor showed me the exact angle and it was pretty easy but that was with a healthy leg.
I talked to some other patients and one woman told me, that by accident she clicked one time and it’s very easy. I assume she is very flexible and after 5 cm it won’t be that easy.
I read in a forum that there are rumors that some patients had to click in anesthesia, because the pain was to strong.
I confronted the doctor and his mate during our session with this topic. And they told me that these persons don’t do their physio.
According to Dr. Betz 30 percent of the lengthening process has to do with the operation. The rest is the physiotherapy and how you do your exercises.
He told me that he had some patients, who took every think very serious and they did not had any pain at all. And some spoiled rich Arabic people think every think goes after the operation for it self.
He also told me that woman can deal better with the pain.
Location:
The Betz institute might be more near to my home but the location of the ZEM institute of Baumgart is amazing. Direct in munich, it has a lot of variety.
Where the clinic of Betz is literally in no mans land.
The cost of the surgery is almost 50.000 €
The first 4 days stay are included.
I will pay 140 euro for accomodation and pysiotherapie for one month extra.
The cost for my first appointment and xrays etc... were 400 euro with Dr Betz,
and with Dr. Baumgart 1000 euro.
He showed me 5 different kinds of nails.
But only one kind of Betzbone. My consultation was on the 02.15.2017. They talked about upgrading the Betzbone. I will ask what the current situtation is.
Best regards
Thank you Cloudo,
you are right. My Gf is deeply in love with me and accepts me the way I am. Same goes for me. 
She thinks of me like I am a greek god.
I do the sugery because I feel my self umcomfortable with my height.
Yesterday I used the subway and I wore lifts with 2 Inches. I use the lifts rarley. Most of the time at family events or parties.
In the subway I realised how comfortable I fell. also most of the People were pretty short.
In the environment I work, People are way taller.
I deal with a lot of managers and good situated People.
Sometimes I feel I am just ouf of place and People dont take me serious.
Hey fellow Forum members.
I had my operation on Wednesday the 06.09.17
the operation was going very well. I had no pain at all.
Even till now no pain. I did not need to take all my painkillers.
The operation was starting at 8:30 in the morning. During the evening Dr. Betz and a physiotherapist helped me to do my first steps.
And guess what. I fainted haha.
They tried it again and I fainted again for a few seconds.
I was dreaming and in my dreams I was talking with my mother in the past about doing limb lengthening.
As soon as I opened my eyes I saw Dr. Betz and I thought: "oh I already did it there is no way back.
I wanted to try a third time to walk but Dr. Betz said my circulation is down.
So I stayed in bed and slept till morning.
next morning, I got a massage which decreased the tension in my legs and after my breakfast two physiotherapists did work with me.
They were very astonished how flexible i could bend my knees and move my legs.
I tried to sit down and I felt again a bit dizzy so they put me into bed.
in the late afternoon Dr Betz and the other physiotherapist came and he told me I Need to start to walk. bed exercise is not enough.
So they took me in their arms and I walked with them without feeling dizzy anymore.
Dr. Betz told me to sit on the cardio bike. Then I used it 20 minutes. at the beginning, it felt a bit weared to bent my legs but after a while it worked out perfectly.
the Dr was so happy and filmed me and send a Video to my parents. He told me to stop and not over do it otherwise I might have difficulties to sleep.
After dinner I went to toilet by using the crunches for the first time.
Before I had to use a bottle to urinate in. fortunately only my height is small 
After brushing my teeth I went for a walk around the clinic with crunches. I set on a chair and made some stretching exercise and then I walked back to my bed.
Since a long time I did not sleep so good. I used to have sleeping Problems due to my work. but my legs felt relax and I did not move around.
Today in the morning I got my breakfast and the massage woman came to massage my legs.
Before I was walking with the crunches and now I walked to the balkony after another toilette trip.
I am sitting here relaxed while tipping on the Laptop and enjoing the fresh air. By accident I did already some clicks but Dr. Betz told me to start the clicks after the 5th day I think.
Now I walked with the physiotherapist to another place. She can’t believe how fast I recovered. and that I don’t have any pain.
She explained to me how to get out of my bed, and some other stretching exercises. I told her that I find alone the way to my room. While I was walking, I found my mother and together we were heading to Dr. Betz office. We did not find him so we went to the cafeteria.
We walked back to my room and waited for him. He explained some things about the operation and was happy with the results.
He told me that it does not happen that often that patients faint. But I had the biggest nail (13mm) with an increase possibility of 13cm in my legs. Now I am laying in my bed and I think of doing some stretching exercises.
I keep u updated
08-09-17
hi fellow members,
Thank you for your support.
I am now 0,4cm higher without doing any clicking.
U must stay a minimum of 4 nights in the hospital.
But as I understood Dr Betz charges the same price if u stay for two weeks.
Till now I spend around 50.000 euro all included.
after two weeks, I will stay another two weeks at Elkes place.
The food is very delicious for German circumstances. The nurses are very friendly and bring whatever you need. Wifi is also very fast.
With me there is another Betz Patient from Sri Lanka who wants to ad 8cm to his current 162cm height.
he had his operation 3 days earlier then me and both of us did not need any wheelchair.
Today I went to a hair salon across the hospital. I got a fresh haircut and they shaved my beard. It was a nice experience. But I have problems to sit down when the chairs are too low.
I also went for an hour on the cardio machine to help my circulation.
I cut the painkillers now. Since I am not used to them and they influence my circulation.
I will do now some stretching exercises while watching a movie.
Talk to u soon.
Hi guys,
We have the 10.09.17.
4th Day after operation.
I took for the first time after the Operation a shower. I renewed all the bandages and the nurses gave me fresh socks. It felt good to put warm water on my legs.
While I was going for a walk and a short cardio workout, Dr. Betz past by me.
Even on Sunday he is visiting his patients.
He showed me how to click and we did 4 clicks with every leg and It did not hurt at all. He also gave me a clicking list and explained in detail all variations of clicking.
It is really easy to do the clicks. Hopefully it will be also easy when I gain some inches.
I am so happy I will take a short nap now. And try do to some cardio and some stretching later.
Wish you guys all the best
Hi guys,
I am able to walk without crunches now.
But to perfect my walking style, I use them on any occasion.
Before the lengthening process I used to stoop, walked with short steps and my feet where not straight. I see this as a chance to get rid of my wrong walking habits
I am taking some pain killers on a low dose. Since my left tight is hurting sometimes. Especially when I use the bike. I prefer to climb the stairs now. And focus more on stretching. One the 6th and 7th day I did 20 clicks. but I reduced it now to 15, to give my body the chance to keep up with the stretching.
A Duck ass is the last thing I want to have.
On Wednesday, I will leave the hospital to stay at Elkes house.
Cant wait to see some more LL patients and all the tips from the physiotherapists. After all it was a great experience till now. I will have much more respect for People on crunches. 
My initial goal was a 6 cm height increase. But if the clicking and stretching phase will be without complication, I will go for a minimum of 8cm.
16.09.2017
Hey guys,
We have the 18.09.2017
and I will stay two more nights in the hospital, before I Go to Elke.
I can go now the stairs up and down smooth like a cat. But I have to train my ass muscles. If I walk without crunches, it looks like a retarded penguin. Haha
Since the Dr. and the physiotherapists told me not to do too much exercise, I will focus more on stretching.
I also got yesterday a friendly neighbor, who did his operation today at 9:40.
He feels all right and sleeps now. He did also femur.
Till now this Op was absolutely worth it. I am curious how the situation will be after one month. We had to adjust the crunches, cuz I growth already a bit. Hehe
Some friends of mine I will see during Silvester time again. Cant wait if they see me 8 cm taller. And usually I don’t wear elevator shoes in front of them. If I have some shoes which push me another 4 cm. Then it will be really funny haha.
And of course I am curious to see all the other patients at Elkes house.
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