Bilateral Internal Femurs - Dr. Monegal

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I would do more but slowly, as I think 4 cm in 1 month is more dangerous than 6 cm in 4 months.
Also, when I was 60% done with lengthening, I started going to the office normally, and during work breaks I would take my lengthening device to do some clicks.

Important to remember: You cannot accelerate recovery by lengthening faster. In fact the opposite is true. THE SLOWER YOU LENGTHEN THE FASTER YOUR OVERALL RECOVERY.

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Hi HelloWorld. May I ask if you have done the IT band cut surgery? Do you know what is Dr Monegal idea about it? May I know how much you lengthen and if you had duck ass complication?

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Quote from: wishadream on April 08, 2018, 01:28:47 PMHi Mars. I personally think going to full 8cm is the best option. You can always get another job. But this is the last time you probably go for this surgery. Offcourse if you see your body condition is tolerating. But stopping the process because of the career, I don't think is a good idea. Especially such a one-lifetime chance. But finally, it is your body and choice. We all wish you the best result and recovery and happiness in future. Now my question:
The crucial part, which can be relevant to you, or anybody who wants to do femur lengthening, is the last part, about cutting IT band, which apparently can avoid having duck ass complication even when somebody lengthens to 8cm. Can you please ask Dr Monegal idea about cutting IT band?


I will lengthen my shorter leg up to 6 cm and my longer leg up to 5.5 cm, but no more. I have read too many diaries on here from people who did 8 cm and had many problems and a very long recovery, and it is not worth it to me. I asked Dr. Monegal after my surgery about IT band release since he did a release on my adductor muscles, and it is something he sometimes does depending on how tight the IT bands feel and the lengthening goal.

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Quote from: helloworld on April 09, 2018, 09:43:22 AMI would do more but slowly, as I think 4 cm in 1 month is more dangerous than 6 cm in 4 months.
Also, when I was 60% done with lengthening, I started going to the office normally, and during work breaks I would take my lengthening device to do some clicks.

Important to remember: You cannot accelerate recovery by lengthening faster. In fact the opposite is true. THE SLOWER YOU LENGTHEN THE FASTER YOUR OVERALL RECOVERY.

I am at about 3 cm now, and still no pain. I agree that slower lengthening is better. I was lengthening my shorter leg at 0.99 mm/day and my longer leg at 0.81 mm/day, but now I will reduce to 0.81 mm/day and 0.69 mm/day, respectively. It will only add a few more days to my lengthening and hopefully help with the tightness that's slowly building up. I should finish lengthening on May 19 for total gains of 5.3 cm and 5.9 cm.

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Hi Mars, I wish everything is still going well with your recovery. Could you please help me when you find a little spare time, I did like to ask you how much does  physio, medications and accommodation cost in Spain? Many thanks indeed. I wish you very best of luck.

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Quote from: Andy on April 15, 2018, 07:53:43 AMHi Mars, I wish everything is still going well with your recovery. Could you please help me when you find a little spare time, I did like to ask you how much does  physio, medications and accommodation cost in Spain? Many thanks indeed. I wish you very best of luck.

Physio is 30€ per session, and I'll do about 20 of them during my time here.
Accommodation is 1380€ per month, which does not include food.
Medications have cost me about 115€ so far, and about 100€ of that was 20 days of heparin shots. The rest are inexpensive.

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Hi Mars how are you?
Any updates

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Quote from: Bushguy on April 22, 2018, 05:45:56 PMHi Mars how are you?
Any updates

Hey, I am doing well and currently at 3.5 cm. In the past couple days it has become noticeably harder to lock my knees straight. I've started working on this by having my legs out with my feet resting on the edge of the bed while I'm in my wheelchair, and putting a belt across my knees with a kettlebell weight attached underneath to pull my knees down and straighten them. Also, I'm starting to have more frequent mild aches in my legs, but nothing serious since I haven't even needed to take pain medication in the past couple days.

Less than a month of lengthening to go for 5.5 cm!

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Wow keep on it dude!

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Hello mars,

How long did you have to stay in the hospital and I'm Barcelona?