Big D is Growing - PRECICE 2 Internal Femurs - Dr. Paley

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BD, haha, sorry, I completely forgot about that message.. Yes, I received it

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good luck. I will be watching this diary as I am planning on doing LL with precice in future too.

It doesnt really matter if its precice 1 or 2 as I dont think i'll go over 6.5 cm in femur

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Chris,

That would be awesome to see you.  And you'll be towering over me then.

View,

A minimum time gap (recommended by 3 separate doctors) was 1 year.  It's pretty amazing to me to imagine I can have the whole process of two different surgeries and lengthenings done within 2 years!
I haven't seen enough results from people who have done excessive amounts of stretching and leg muscle building to see its value IMO.  I'd love to be proven wrong with studies etc. so that way I know what to do beforehand.  But otherwise, to me it seems like the only doctor to take pre-op seriously is Dr. Guichet.  Regardless, I've already started stretching and doing squats at the gym now.  It's better to be safe than sorry!


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I made a couple of videos today, one at the gym and one with me talking about how Dr. Birkholtz wants to insert the PRECICE nail and why he wants to insert it this way.  The gym video is of me leg pressing and was made to show how much I can leg press pre-surgery (also it's shot on my iPhone, promise future vids will be high quality on my DSLR camera).  Having before and afters with video proof should be a great way to track progress!

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Quote from: BilateralDamage on January 11, 2014, 06:45:27 AMI made a couple of videos today, one at the gym and one with me talking about how Dr. Birkholtz wants to insert the PRECICE nail and why he wants to insert it this way.  The gym video is of me leg pressing and was made to show how much I can leg press pre-surgery (also it's shot on my iPhone, promise future vids will be high quality on my DSLR camera).  Having before and afters with video proof should be a great way to track progress!

Thanks for sharing the video.

I'm impressed by the detail examination that your doc gone through with you... unlike my Indian who only gave me a 2 seconds examination and then surgery date. That makes me wonder how much time did he put into my life-changing surgery.

And btw, you definitely needs to focus on the stretching, like touching your finger with your toes, buttock stretch and quadriceps stretch. I heard countless cases of duck leg with femur lengthening and ballerina with tibiae. Keep updating!

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Hi Big D

Just to clarify is it one year between the surgeries or stopping lengthening that the 3 doctors recommended ?

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Quote from: Smallguy on January 11, 2014, 08:46:36 AMThanks for sharing the video.

I'm impressed by the detail examination that your doc gone through with you... unlike my Indian who only gave me a 2 seconds examination and then surgery date. That makes me wonder how much time did he put into my life-changing surgery.

And btw, you definitely needs to focus on the stretching, like touching your finger with your toes, buttock stretch and quadriceps stretch. I heard countless cases of duck leg with femur lengthening and ballerina with tibiae. Keep updating!

I don't think I could ever go to India for LL for reasons like this... it's just too much of a risk to put your lives in the hands of someone who might not truly care about anything besides money!

Quote from: The View on January 11, 2014, 12:50:43 PMHi Big D

Just to clarify is it one year between the surgeries or stopping lengthening that the 3 doctors recommended ?

1 year between the surgeries.  The 3 doctors expected my bones to be fully consolidated by this point, and able to handle the second procedure as well as removal of the PRECICE nail.

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Hey BD, I was wondering if you would be kind enough to post pictures of CLL patients who have had surgery with Dr. B? He mentioned hat he used truelok external frames for LON.

Thanks!

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I haven't any pictures of Dr. B's patients but I'll reach out to him to see if he can share any.  I found an interesting vlog by somebody who had bowleg reconstruction surgery using ex-fixers.  Search "Franz Birkholtz" on YouTube.

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Quote from: BilateralDamage on January 18, 2014, 12:15:02 AMI haven't any pictures of Dr. B's patients but I'll reach out to him to see if he can share any.  I found an interesting vlog by somebody who had bowleg reconstruction surgery using ex-fixers.  Search "Franz Birkholtz" on YouTube.

Nice. Dr. Birkholtz is an angel. That's why he will be my 2nd option for femur LL later this year! Thanks for the video!

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Hey BD I read that doctor birkholtz had a height limit of 165cm. Did he mention to you if this was
set in stone. For example would he operate on someone who was 171cm.