Quote from: deaddog on August 16, 2020, 10:01:51 AMMany congratulations Sunshine!! 
Whenever things get tough, just remember to keep your eyes on the prize... Your dedication to fitness is impressive and that same dedication will serve you well as you lengthen to your goal height and during consolidation...
I look forward to keeping up with your great diary... Stay strong, you got this!! 
Thanks deaddog,
This dedication to fitness was at the same a painful life since age 7! I always strived to push my body to the limit in sports, I'm just addicted to that endorphines high effect. Every time I ran my daily morning 10km I gave it all finishing the run with nothing left in the tank! Some days I was sick my legs were sore or my body didn't feel like getting out there and run again, but I always overcame my pain and found the energy to get out of my house and run that 10km. I did it again and again and again throughout the years and eventually the pain and the long distance run just became a routine in my life. Even the weather couldn't stop me from running, whether it rains snows, the wind freezing temperatures thunderstorms heat wave in the desert, nothing would stop me from running lol.
So when that day has finally come when I got to meet Doctor Buldu for the consultation I felt like all those years of painful work outs and runs will be my biggest asset in this journey! When Doctor Buldu saw my legs he said I can see you have good and healthy legs. Then he tested my legs flexibility and was impressed lol. He rolled his eyes and said Wow you are REALLY VERY flexible lol. He asked me You really stretched a lot those last months huh, I replied Yes Doctor I've been stretching my whole life 😂.
So yes my fitness will be my biggest ally in this long and painful journey. I've been dreaming about that utopian height my entire life. Now this dream is within reach, I can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel. Doctor Buldu already warned me fitness won't do it all in recovery and bone generation. I'll have to keep up with PT, keep stretching all those leg muscles hamstrings quads IT Band etc...I already have a taste of what's laying ahead. Keeping my leg muscles up with distraction will be the biggest challenge I've ever encountered in my life. This is the worst physical pain I've ever felt in my life. The PT sessions and moving the legs are so hard and painful as of today August 16th, 11 days post-surgery and on my 5th day distraction!
As you say whenever it gets tough, when PT and walking hurt like hell I remember why I'm doing this, I remember all those years of frustration where I almost lost hope of ever being tall or at least being at a decent height! Yeah when it gets tough I think about that dream that is now within reach!
Regarding consolidation, by body's ability to generate new bone is a big unknown due to my age! Oh well, we'll see...
Quote from: Frederico86 on August 16, 2020, 12:16:42 PMHey Sunshine
I saw your pics and I am following your diary . Im 172.5 cm and I would like to do LON method with Dr Buldu hopefully to reach 1,80 cm
I have a good feeling about Dr Buldu keep us updated about your recovery !
Cheers Frederico
Hey Frederico,
Looks like we have something in common too! I haven't heard bad reviews about Dr. Buldu when deciding on my choice for the surgeon. And my initial interaction and contact with him convinced me I can trust him for this surgery. If you choose Dr. Buldu, make sure to get in touch only with him or his only patient coordinator Murat Ekinci. If it's someone else claiming to be Buldu's representative or patient coordinator or working for him then he's a scammer and will get you another surgeon than Dr Buldu for your surgery! Those scammers just use Buldu's name and reputation to lure customers!
There are couple people doing LON right now here with Buldu and I think they're happy with their choice.
Indeed there are scammers who uses DrHalil's name, please contact only with me by WhatsApp if you wish to have surgery by Dr Halil BULDU. WhatsApp: +905330164562
Quote from: MuratEkinci on August 16, 2020, 04:56:30 PMIndeed there are scammers who uses DrHalil's name, please contact only with me by WhatsApp if you wish to have surgery by Dr Halil BULDU. WhatsApp: +905330164562
How that legal to use Dr. Buldu name never hear that before. In my country doctor can sue.
Quote from: taller2023 on August 16, 2020, 08:21:43 PMHow that legal to use Dr. Buldu name never hear that before. In my country doctor can sue.
We took legal action but the servers are not in Turkey thats why we are warning people in both here and in social media about this issue.
Quote from: Sunshine on August 16, 2020, 04:46:58 PMHey Frederico,
Looks like we have something in common too! I haven't heard bad reviews about Dr. Buldu when deciding on my choice for the surgeon. And my initial interaction and contact with him convinced me I can trust him for this surgery. If you choose Dr. Buldu, make sure to get in touch only with him or his only patient coordinator Murat Ekinci. If it's someone else claiming to be Buldu's representative or patient coordinator or working for him then he's a scammer and will get you another surgeon than Dr Buldu for your surgery! Those scammers just use Buldu's name and reputation to lure customers!
There are couple people doing LON right now here with Buldu and I think they're happy with their choice.
I dot think it all correct. I like you writing on how you doing and dairy stuff.
Isn’t that illegal for scammers to that do. I will look up. Dr. Buldu is on my list of doctors.
Keep on with dairy and stay strong.
Quote from: MuratEkinci on August 16, 2020, 08:29:04 PMWe took legal action but the servers are not in Turkey thats why we are warning people in both here and in social media about this issue.
Good. But why they use his name and not other doctors.
I will look up. Something no right here
Quote from: taller2023 on August 16, 2020, 08:32:51 PMI dot think it all correct. I like you writing on how you doing and dairy stuff.
Isn’t that illegal for scammers to that do. I will look up. Dr. Buldu is on my list of doctors.
Keep on with dairy and stay strong.
Thanks taller2023,
This is the warning I got from Murat regarding those scams in Turkey which are apparently common here.
Some updates on my journey:
August 17th
12th day post-surgery and 5th day of distraction
I just woke up and tonight I'll be 0.5 cm taller lol. Something I noticed about my body's reaction to lengthening: when I wake up in the morning my leg muscles are super sore and stiff. I think it's due to the PT session the day before! Getting out of my bed to walk to the toilets is such a struggle cuz I can barely bend my knees in the morning, all my leg muscles quads hamstrings IT Band are sore and hurt. I have to use all my upper body and arms strength to creep slowly towards the edge of the bed. Walking to the toilets with the walker is so painful, I can barely lift the feet so it takes forever to walk just 7 meters to the bathroom! Then the way back to the bed, same struggle. I now need to get back on the bed and it's even harder!! I'm lengthening and spending the 10 days here alone without any one to assist me during my stay at the hotel. I then have breakfast on my bed with the courtesy room service then rest watch tv and playing on my phone until late afternoon when the physiotherapist comes around 4pm. Oh and I distract in the morning afternoon and evening. By the time the physiotherapist arrives my legs have rested all day and feel much better with less pain. The PT sessions are hard but I always push my leg muscles and always try to bend the knees as far as I can. At the end of PT session the physiotherapist put ice on my knees to releave them before she leaves. For the rest of the day my legs don't hurt as much as they did in the morning. I go to the bathroom in the evening without too much pain and difficulty, although walking to the bathroom is still super slow it's not as painful as it was in the morning. I sleep pretty late around midnight and the same cycle repeats again. The next morning when I wake up my legs are super sore and moving bending the knees is such a struggle and so painful.
So I think this is how my body reacts to lengthening! I'm not sure if it's due to my age. Despite all my fitness PT sessions is no walk in the park for me. I lengthened just 4 mm so far and I already feel all these pains daily. The journey to reach my dream is gonna be tough painful and long...the result is not even guaranteed cuz I don't know how far my body can tolerate this lengthening. I will of course push my body to the limit as I always did...
Hye sunshine
Did you contact doctor or use Murat. I like to talk to doctor and ask some questions. Can you give number. Than
Quote from: taller2023 on August 17, 2020, 06:05:52 AMHye sunshine
Did you contact doctor or use Murat. I like to talk to doctor and ask some questions. Can you give number. Than
taller2023,
I contacted Dr. Buldu website and the WhatsApp number +905330164562 listed there is his patient coordinator's Murat who responded directly to me. Then I asked him Dr. Buldu's personal number so I can talk directly to Buldu. That's how you get Dr. Buldu's personal number, he's not listing his personal number on his website! His office/patient coordinator responds to your questions first. I talked to both of them before my surgery, they answer pretty fast as long as you send them WhatsApp messages during daytime in Turkey! Dr. Buldu answers most of the times by direct voice message, I guess it's faster and more convenient for him with his schedule here.
My still swollen legs and feet 12 days post-surgery
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