Considering 4 cm femur, what to expect?

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Quote from: YellowSpike on December 21, 2015, 02:06:20 PMI sometimes toy with the idea of a rebreak, but my proportions I don't think will allow it. But supposedly, it's a very simple (relatively, anyway) process.

I'm going to suck it up and do tibias for 1-1.5 inches max (to keep the risks and recovery time under an eternity) in like 2 years. Figure give my body more of a chance to recover from the 7cm I already did on femurs.

Thank you YellowSpike.

Do you know with a rebreak is in the same zona that in the first broken zone or a new one? Is ther first broken zone enough hard to support the forces of a new lengthening?

Many thanks.

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Quote from: YellowSpike on December 21, 2015, 02:04:26 PMIf you're gonna do 4cm with Dr. Guichet, you will absolutely breeze through it. It will be like not even lengthening at all.

You get 2.5cm about 2 weeks post-op, then the clicks will slow down. I believe a month post-op, I was at about 4/4.5cm.

Your recovery will likely be very easy too because you won't have stretched to the point of having super weak gluteus medius and tight hip flexors (you'll of course have it, but not nearly as bad as those of us who did 6.5cm and up). Just focus on stretching your hip flexors as much as you can, and as soon as you recovery enough, strengthen your glute maximus and medius to stabilize your walking.

When did you start to have a really bad time again, was it around the 5 cm mark?

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Quote from: Uppland on December 21, 2015, 03:24:49 PMWhen did you start to have a really bad time again, was it around the 5 cm mark?

Around 5.5-6cm was when it start to get really painful. 6cm-7cm was very rough.

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Quote from: YellowSpike on December 21, 2015, 03:30:59 PMAround 5.5-6cm was when it start to get really painful. 6cm-7cm was very rough.

At what rate were you lengthening Yellowspike? How did you get to 4.5cm in a month without being in extreme agony? 4.5cm in a month is so fast! I never considered Guichet.

Are you aware of his policy on quadrilateral lengthening?

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Quote from: yagen on December 21, 2015, 02:26:08 PMThank you YellowSpike.

Do you know with a rebreak is in the same zona that in the first broken zone or a new one? Is ther first broken zone enough hard to support the forces of a new lengthening?

Many thanks.

Good question. I don't know. I'm not really considering this anymore because my femur/tibia proportions would look bad (they're borderline now, but fine to me, especially since my legs are nice and muscular again).

I tend to think that breaking the bone again (after doing it relatively recently) isn't a good idea. Another reason I'm forced to do tibias now, even though I only want another inch/inch and a half.

Quote from: Deads on December 21, 2015, 03:44:37 PMAt what rate were you lengthening Yellowspike? How did you get to 4.5cm in a month without being in extreme agony? 4.5cm in a month is so fast! I never considered Guichet.

Are you aware of his policy on quadrilateral lengthening?

I believe most Dr. G patients get an inch within the first 2 weeks. After that, it depends on the patient, your pain level, how the bones are healing (per the x-rays), etc. I can't remember exactly, but I believe I was at 5cm 5 ish weeks out, and 4-4.5cm within a month. It took me close to 3 months to get 7cm. Some do it faster, but I was in a lot of pain from about 6cm and up. It wasn't unbearable for the most part, I was able to suck it up...but the last days of clicking were bad.

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4.5cm over 30 days averages out to 1.5mm a day.. So I'm just interested to know how exactly that is achieved.. I'm guessing he lengthens you initially in the surgery before you even start clicking?

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Quote from: Deads on December 21, 2015, 04:44:41 PM4.5cm over 30 days averages out to 1.5mm a day.. So I'm just interested to know how exactly that is achieved.. I'm guessing he lengthens you initially in the surgery before you even start clicking?

Guichet is famous for his very fast program. I don't know how he does it but his patients still seem to recover quite well -better than with most other doctors actually.

At least that's the impression I've gotten, so far I've read of no real complaints from any of his patients.

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Quote from: Uppland on December 21, 2015, 05:20:12 PMGuichet is famous for his very fast program. I don't know how he does it but his patients still seem to recover quite well -better than with most other doctors actually.

At least that's the impression I've gotten, so far I've read of no real complaints from any of his patients.

Obviously my opinion may be a bit biased...but I think Dr. Guichet is the best doctor. In addition to the fact that he is clearly skilled in what he does, I like the fact that he makes you fill out a ton of paperwork and read a bunch of disclosures, and is also honest in how much you can expect to lengthen. I feel it's good for patients to really know what they're getting in for. I have zero complaints about him whatsoever.

Something that I think people underestimate the importance of is how conservative he is. Even if it means you won't reach your lengthening goal, he really puts safety first (and tells you this upfront in the consultation).

If I could afford it, I'd do tibias with him in a heartbeat. I actually could afford it, but I have other goals I want to accomplish, so will have to settle for a lesser doctor if I do tibs.

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I'm also thinking about doing 4cm on femurs(still). 600.000Sek is way too much in my opinion. It'll probably be even more if you count on income loss and physio.

4cm is done in a heartbeat. Safe, looks good and enough(for us).

Just hope greed won't set in and "it's just so easy to click to 6cm" 

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The question for me is...how hard would it be for me to add 3.5-4cm on my tibias (using an internal method)? I'd like to maybe do this in 2017 at some point.