Quote from: Jim_dabarber on December 03, 2017, 05:00:31 PMhttps://imgur.com/gallery/2Cirl
These should work
Those link don't work,at least for me
It says:"Ops,couldn't find the page"
Quote from: The Dreamer on December 06, 2017, 06:58:12 PMThose link don't work,at least for me
It says:"Ops,couldn't find the page"
They work for me as long as I open it in a new tab.
Wow. Thank you for this thorough response.
Quote from: Jim_dabarber on December 06, 2017, 02:35:28 PM-Yes i had the option to choose between either one but obviously Dr Solomins price was way higher than Dr Kulesh and so i decided to go along with Kulesh and i was confindent since hes been working along side Solomin for 10+ years that hes highly trained.
How much was this price difference in your case?
Quote from: Jim_dabarber on December 06, 2017, 02:35:28 PMThe doctors are good. They all speak english so if you have any questions or concerns you can can always reach out to them. Dr Kulesh is always an email away and responds fairly quickly.
Based on patient's feedback, Dr. Kulesh seems to be going the extra mile all the time. That's good to hear!
Quote from: Jim_dabarber on December 06, 2017, 02:35:28 PM- i actually decided on getting operated at the municipal clinic which is st elizabeth as the cost was way lower and they had availailable spots. Dr kulesh sent out an asstant to pick me up from my hotel that morning and he was in charge of translating and helping me get around the hospital. After i got situated he left and the aenesthesia guy came in along with the gp doctor who both understand good english and explained the rest for me. The nurses and other staff have no idea how to speak english but im getting along just fine with a translating app that i downloaded before coming and if any qs i just call Dr kulesh and he speaks for them.
Wait. I thought you had your surgery at MEDEM as written in your earlier entries. 
You may want to clarify that up for the other readers. Anyway, since you were able to visit both hospitals, what can you say about the quality difference between them? And how do you compare them to hospitals in North America? (Although I know that MEDEM is top notch. Hence it's semi-ridiculous prices.)
Quote from: Jim_dabarber on December 06, 2017, 02:35:28 PM- The visa process took aproximately 3 weeks in total but i had everything expidited and paid extra just incase. Im sure the regular time frame for visa is around 5-6 weeks. It was actually really easy to aquire with the agency that Dr Kulesh recomended me with.
How much did this process cost you in total?
Quote from: Jim_dabarber on December 06, 2017, 02:35:28 PM- I honestly just brought $5k cash and hid it in my pants the whole time here. Omce here i just simply went to a local bank and changed currencies although Dr Kulesh did say i could wire the money but then you would have to have somebody from your country doing all that for you and to me it was just too much of a hassle. I believe he doesnt accept credit card payments. Never really ask him. But i could if yould like?
Nah, I think I'm good. I'm going to start talking to them in 2 weeks anyway (after exams). I guess I could just bring cash. My only concern is pickpockets. It's a huge thing in Europe, let alone Eastern Europe. No disrespect, just want to take the necessary precautions. 
Again, thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. Take care.
Quote from: Jim_dabarber on December 02, 2017, 07:24:11 AMI had surgery at the medem clinic for those wondering.
Sorry guys my surgery was at the municipal clinic and not MEDEM
Quote from: Body Builder on December 06, 2017, 12:17:50 PMWhy do you think there is such a pain difference between femurs and tibias.
Are the pins causing the trouble (because femurs are encircled with much bigger muscles than tibias) or the cut causes more pain on femurs compared to tibias?
My tibia LL was almost painless as you described but most LLers with internal on femurs didn't described much pain too. Thats why I wonder if the Ilizarov is what gives you pains in femurs.
Honestly now on day 2 the pain has gone down to like a 2/10 for femurs. Walking hurts tibia and femur regardless and i think alot of that has to do with the pins. The most discomfort from the femur frame is at the top where the big bolts go into the side of my hip. Dr kulesh calls those my favorite pins 😭 very uncomfortable but the pain has gone down alot. Ive managed to finally find my sleeping position as that was another problem. Any little movement to those top bolts at night and i would wake up imeddiately and going back to sleep was almlst impossible.
Quote from: Tiny on December 07, 2017, 01:15:49 AMWow. Thank you for this thorough response.
How much was this price difference in your case?
Based on patient's feedback, Dr. Kulesh seems to be going the extra mile all the time. That's good to hear!
Wait. I thought you had your surgery at MEDEM as written in your earlier entries. You may want to clarify that up for the other readers. Anyway, since you were able to visit both hospitals, what can you say about the quality difference between them? And how do you compare them to hospitals in North America? (Although I know that MEDEM is top notch. Hence it's semi-ridiculous prices.)
How much did this process cost you in total?
Nah, I think I'm good. I'm going to start talking to them in 2 weeks anyway (after exams). I guess I could just bring cash. My only concern is pickpockets. It's a huge thing in Europe, let alone Eastern Europe. No disrespect, just want to take the necessary precautions.
Again, thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. Take care.
- Price difference between Doctors was about 300000 rubles and since Dr kulesh would write back to my responces faster i just decided to go with him.
- Total for 8 hospital days and the surgery and the nail on my femur, transport to airport , and walker came to exactly 263.710 rubles. My flight ticket was $800 usd roundtrip. My visa i ended up paying about $500 usd for the whole process.
- Medem hospital is obvioulsy of way higher standards and i probly wouldve got better after care but for the time i was staying in russia i didnt feel like that would be a good investment afterall whichever clinic i wouldve picked i wouldve got the same surgery done by the same Drs.
- pick pocketting was my biggest fear. I had a little pouch that wrapped around the inside of my thigh under 2 pairs of pants so i felt a little safer that way.
does DR Dr kulesh do LON with monorails for tibias? If he does, do you know how much does he charge?
How is it goin? 
Updating here since Jim posted this elsewhere:
Quote from: Jim_dabarber on January 14, 2018, 07:12:34 PMIm currently doing cross lengthening with dr kulesh and i just reached 3.5cm and ive been lengthening for about 35 days. I can be honest with you external femur is not the easiest but its managable. The first 2-3 weeks are gonna be extremely tough not because of the pain but the discomfort of the frame and not being able to sleep comfortable. I was only sleeping max 2 hours before i would have to wake up and stretch and finally go back to sleep. Overdozer managed to do 7.5cm on his femurs externally but me personlly i think i would only be able to reach 5cm tops just because im really tired of wearing the fixator although im only shooting for 4cm maybe 4.5cm. I already have my set date in a couple weeks to remove my fixator so well see how much more i can achieve by then.
https://imgur.com/gallery/PwObh
Current xray update
Sorry for not updating guys just been really busy lately and not in the mood to post any updates as this whole process has been wearing me down. LL is deffinately not for the weak!
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