FINALLY FIXING MY LEFT LEG WITH DR. MONEGAL IN BARCELONA- JULY 2,2015

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prosthesis are paid for by insurance

especially at my young age

my uncle was 74 and insurance paid for his

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From what I have been reading in over the past 2 years when my time comes I will be 100% conservative and play safe (europe).

When it comes to which segment to lengthen would you recommend tibia or femur? It allways seems to me that tibias, besides the recovery time being much higher, also cause more problems.

I am 1.65m and was planning to lengthen my femurs by 5cm and then use 2cm insoles to balance the tibia to femur ratio. Does someone know if it would smooth walking? +5cm femur and +2cm insoles... Would insoles improve the tibia/femur ratio and be like tibia lenghten or if it wouldn't help at all (biomechanic point of view not aesthetic)?

Many years after and depending on recovery I could consider doing tibias for 3-4cm 

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Quote from: crimsontide on March 01, 2016, 08:01:09 PM

can you guys see where im coming from???    i can just get lower left leg removed, and get a very modern prosthesis which has electronic propulsion  thats pretty much guaranteed to work, and be walking fine with it in 6 months


Grass is always greener on the other side. From my experience this hold very true. So there is no guarantee on the other side unless you are successful here, so just hold on I am sure with right care and fixing your problems you will be ok in 2 years.

Just post your consultations with any docs who are advising on amputation and had ruled out all other possibilities. Until then your first priority should be to get as many opinions from doctors as possible than taking your own hasty decisions.

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2 years...  thats a 4 year recovery

how am i gonna get better?  my left  leg is just as bad as it was last year... not even a little better


the arthritis isnt going away no matter the length  of time... achilles isnt getting stronger, and nerve damage almost never  gets better after a year

this isbt going to change in 2 years... neither is the length discrepancy... ive seen people use below the knee prosthesis such as the biom... their walking is 100000x better than me


i need to be able to walk without psyching myself up like im about to bench press 600 lbs

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Just do amputation asap. Get it over with.

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yea man nerve messed up achilis tendon just grt your foot amputated and grt one of those modern prosthesis foot 

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walking downstairs is such an ordeal

my quality of life now has plummetted. my function is greatly reduced

not sure how good right leg can become ,which is depressing me


walking downstairs is so difficult. life is not worth living if it stays like this

no one should get this surgery. its ruined the last 2 years of my life

this site contributes to the problem. id be much better off if i never heard of dr shah

if i cant get back to  normal relatively soon,that's it.. it's just not worth it living like this. others might be ok  being taller, but not being able to move quickly, or not running, or walking downstairs with great difficulty, but not I

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I'm sorry to hear that this site have forced you to make an awful decision. Anyways, I'm looking forward to your amputation. Just get it over with, so you can have a better life already.

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cant blame the site totally


but i still see members here that have this fantasy of being taller, and never think of  what actually will happen


im getting 2 final opinions, but this left leg is is a disaster... the technology is so good today that itlll be ok, but im hoping my right leg will improve a bit

i walk like a clumsy stiff robot when walking downstairs

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Quote from: crimsontide on March 05, 2016, 01:07:28 AMif i cant get back to  normal relatively soon,that's it.. it's just not worth it living like this. others might be ok  being taller, but not being able to move quickly, or not running, or walking downstairs with great difficulty, but not I
I am very sorry to hear your problems but why are you generalising this?Many people can move quickly,run better with time.
Yes this surgery is ver risky.Its a gamble.With 1 litle mistake in the surgery you can just screw your life.And a surgery for only cosmetic reasons.But still,many people doing it and will do.
Im just trying say-hopefully-it shouldnt be so bad and risky for a small amount of lengthening.
My mental pain is really bad right now,i doubt that physcial pain will be worse than mental after lengthening done.