I know its been a while since ive updated and im sorry i just dont really have anything new to say. Im waiting for my bones to fully consolidate. After frame removal bone consolidation slowed down in my tibia. Maybe since i had the rod inserted that must of had something to do with it but its slowly healing again. Balerina is gone. I can walk with my feet flat on the ground again. I feel pain at the front of my shin when walking fast but doctor thinks its because of the screws from the rod where left not flush with the bone so when i flex my foot to take a step they rub on the soft tissue and thats whats causing the pain. I still have nerve pain but its slowly getting better. I take 400mg of gabapentin at night so i can sleep during the day its not really an issue. Next xrays will be taken may 18 so hopefully the bones are fully healed by then so they can remove the bottom screws and hopefully the pain will go away.
Cross lengthening in st petersburg russia
Quote from: myloginacct on March 22, 2018, 12:04:03 PMBy the way, I searched far and wide on this forum and the old one, but I believe you're going to be the first person 165cm and over to do less than 5cm in a segment, much less both of them. I'm really looking forward to see how good your recovery is going to be two years from now.
All the cases I've seen of <5cm were in shorter people who had trouble with lengthening more than that.
Everyone who undergoes LL tries going for the most they can, for obvious reasons, but since there's so few cases of people doing smaller amounts, we can't know for sure if it isn't much better.
Im really hoping that my decision to do less in each segment greatly benefits me in the long run. I will definately keep you guys posted through my journey and after also. Hopefully this helps future lengtheners as well.
Quote from: AchieveYourGoals on March 24, 2018, 03:25:27 AMHi man, important things first: thanks a lot for your diary. A lot of fresh and very useful informations. It's nice to feel in a sort of mini guys family who share these very bad, and often overwhelming feelings. Most people will say to you JUST learn to accept yourself, but only short people know how it feels going over every day comments about your height, as if for us it's a joke, an easy thing, or anything to make constantly jokes about. Now I would want to ask to you: you've spent in st petersburg a bit of time at this point, on a purely yours personal estimation, how much do you think it would cost 1) to do a cross lateral lengthening, in st elizabeth, (all surgeries related costs) and 2) rent a house once you're able to with people cooking and taking care of you for the whole process? And how long would it take at its fastest yet properly done? I plan to do the same things as you did, I'm 21 and started working one month ago, if everything goes well I should be able to afford it in 1-2 years 
23 would still be a decent age I suppose... wish you all the best my friend, looking forward to hearing from you. Take care!!
1. All surgeries around $18000 for all 4 segments if your doing lon and that includes about 5 days hospital stay per surgery.
2. You can rent an 1 bedroom apartment for around $800 usd a month maybe cheaper. Im not sure about caregiver you would have to ask dr kulesh about that but i do know that they can deliver months worth of food for around $600 a month. The whole process would take around 1 year so honestly it can get very expensive if you are trying to stay in st petersburg the whole lengthening and consolidation.
I wanted to do each section back to back but dr kulesh refused to do it. He insisted i take a 4-6 month break in between just so my body could recover and also i went from 145 pounds to 110 pounds in just 2 months so he wanted me to regain most of my weight back for health reasons. I was in the hospital for around 20 days and thats when i lost most of my weight. The food they give you is just not enough calories that your body needs especially when dealing with 2 broken bones.
Quote from: AchieveYourGoals on March 24, 2018, 03:25:27 AMHi man, important things first: thanks a lot for your diary. A lot of fresh and very useful informations. It's nice to feel in a sort of mini guys family who share these very bad, and often overwhelming feelings. Most people will say to you JUST learn to accept yourself, but only short people know how it feels going over every day comments about your height, as if for us it's a joke, an easy thing, or anything to make constantly jokes about. Now I would want to ask to you: you've spent in st petersburg a bit of time at this point, on a purely yours personal estimation, how much do you think it would cost 1) to do a cross lateral lengthening, in st elizabeth, (all surgeries related costs) and 2) rent a house once you're able to with people cooking and taking care of you for the whole process? And how long would it take at its fastest yet properly done? I plan to do the same things as you did, I'm 21 and started working one month ago, if everything goes well I should be able to afford it in 1-2 years 23 would still be a decent age I suppose... wish you all the best my friend, looking forward to hearing from you. Take care!!
1. All surgeries around $18000 for all 4 segments if your doing lon and that includes about 5 days hospital stay per surgery.
2. You can rent an 1 bedroom apartment for around $800 usd a month maybe cheaper. Im not sure about caregiver you would have to ask dr kulesh about that but i do know that they can deliver months worth of food for around $600 a month. The whole process would take around 1 year so honestly it can get very expensive if you are trying to stay in st petersburg the whole lengthening and consolidation.
I wanted to do each section back to back but dr kulesh refused to do it. He insisted i take a 4-6 month break in between just so my body could recover and also i went from 145 pounds to 110 pounds in just 2 months so he wanted me to regain most of my weight back for health reasons. I was in the hospital for around 20 days and thats when i lost most of my weight. The food they give you is just not enough calories that your body needs especially when dealing with 2 broken bones.
Glad to hear that your complications are either minor or going away.
To combat unwanted weight loss, maybe you can take bulking supplements like this one.
Glad to hear that your complications are either minor or going away.
To combat unwanted weight loss, maybe you can take bulking supplements like this one.
Oh, I didnt realise that he insited on surgeries back to back. So I guess if you were to lengthen the femur then he would require you to take a long break begore the next surgery?
Quote from: Hamiltonzac on April 25, 2018, 09:59:26 PMOh, I didnt realise that he insited on surgeries back to back. So I guess if you were to lengthen the femur then he would require you to take a long break begore the next surgery?
Dr Kulesh /Solomin don't recommend and let you to lengthen both femur at the same time because it is too uncomfortable having 2 big frames around your femur.
Quote from: Tiger9898 on April 25, 2018, 10:18:56 PMDr Kulesh /Solomin don't recommend and let you to lengthen both femur at the same time because it is too uncomfortable having 2 big frames around your femur.
Yep, bilateral femurs should be avoided for externals. Funny anecdote in Overdozer's diary:
QuoteDr. Kulesh actually had a patient who lengthened 5-6 cm bilaterally on femurs from Germany. I think he was talking about how fun it is taking a crap while standing? Not sure.
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