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

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I'm 9 months post op, lengthened for about 6 months and now im in consolidation period.
so far this has been the most difficult experience i have ever had.
Im glad the worst is over.

Before doing LL consider all the risks, and specially the fact that this process will almost kill you mentally and sometimes physically

here are some videos of my walking progress:

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SO HERE IS A LINK TO MY YOUTUBE CHANEL, I MADE MANY VIDEOS EXPLAINING MY LL EXPERIENCE AND MY HUMBLE

RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A PATIENT POINT OF VIEW OFCOURSE!

WWW. youtube. com/channel/UCj5WI9i5aTBit4a_NZ_dmnQ


***BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO WRITE MY WHOLE DIARY AGAIN, AND I HOPE THE REAL REASON OF THIS SITE IS TO INFORM PEOPLE AND HELP OTHERS NO MATTER WHERE THE SOURCE IS FROM, HERE THERE IS A LINK OF MY DIARY FROM A DIFFERENT FORUM:

Make Me Taller Diary - Rgkey - External Tibias - Dr. Barinov - 2013 - External Classic Ilizarov   http/www edit

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Quote from: PrettyTall on March 04, 2014, 09:54:23 PMHello hope you are doing good and fine, how tall you were before ?  and how much did you paid for all

Hi) I paid about 15000 us dollars for the surgery and covers 3 months. after that you can either rent an apartment for about 600 or700 dollars or stay in the clinic which cost 1500 us dollars.

i would suggest to have at least 25k if you are planning to do 7cms or more.

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Quote from: mediocre on March 05, 2014, 06:16:02 AMYou have a big and tall torso. Proportion won't be a big issue I suppose.
All the best with consolidation and walking back.

thank you!))
the funny thing is that the doctor didnt recommend me to go over 7cms proportion wise, this just to show that you cant really predict how you will look after lengthening even with the photoshop pictures. You must lengthen and see in real time how you are looking so far)))) movement change the whole picture!!)))

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Quote from: Hanna84 on March 05, 2014, 11:15:36 AMYes, absolutely. My photoshop mock-ups looked a bit strange even with 7cm... when I was at 7cm I decided to lengthen more.

that's the way to go)

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quick update:

today I'm super sore because I started walking with weights on my shoulders, so I am feeling it now))) it's a good feeling thou.
My calfs are sore and so my shoulders, but im sure in few day itll be gone))

Dr. BB was super imprese he even gave me a chocolate))) and reminded me to eat well because I was killing too many calories now coming from him it means a lot!!!! because He will never be satisfy with your amount of exercises, and every time you complain abut something is wrong he would immediately say You must walk more lol so for him to give me such complement it means a lot))))

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Quote from: TheRisingShorty on March 05, 2014, 01:14:57 PMI watched your no guarantees video and I admire your honesty on CLL and the adversity that comes on a day to day basis while lengthening.
I'd recommend your video channel to all future CLL'ers !!
You have been really helpful
 

I see you want to do 6cms on femurs and 4 on tibias)) if you can afford it I think that is the best choice you can make!!! just stick with it!!))
if you do less than 7cms in one part your recovery will be much better!!!! I like your plan and your mindset))

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Quote from: TheRisingShorty on March 05, 2014, 01:29:54 PMThanks man!!
I worked my ass off and thankfully will be able to afford both.
I really do not want to exceed 6 cm on femurs and 5 cm on tibias cause of higher complication risks.
I will be very happy with 9-10 cm gain but not more because I have a small body frame and will look disproportionate. I guess working out after surgery will improve this.

being in a good shape always help))
i recommend you to do internal on femurs and external(ilizarov) on tibias. Regardless of the discomfort of having frames, ilizarov is the safest device out there. And for femurs, if you want to go more than 5cms then do internal.

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so now I walk for about 15-20 minutes 3 times a day with a 20 litters gallon on my shoulder for better consolidation of the bone. And I

must say after doing all my searching and talking to my doctor Im coming to the conclusion that, despite the discomfort and

inconvenience, Ilizarov Apparatus is the safest device out there for tibias))))

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Quote from: Leonardo2013 on March 06, 2014, 09:05:40 PMTo all other former lilizarov lengtheners,

How safe/recommendable is to carry extra weight at this stage while you still got the frames on? Would like to hear some opinions. Thanks!

@Leornardo: it is completely safe))
the worst that can happen is that you will break a pin or two, then just have your doctor replace it)))) each pin supports 120 pounds, and right now I have 6 pins on each leg.

@Mediocre: Yes I asked my doctor if I could do it, my doctor said it is really good for me to do it, specially at the stage of consolidation, it will help the bones a lot more) of course he didn't believe I could do it, but Im all about consolidating my bones and getting my frames off and actually he is the one filming me on this video.