Diary: Femur LON - Dr Halil Buldu - May 2021

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Hi all!

A little bit about me: 30 year old US Male, 5'7" (a hair over 170cm to be exact). Athletic, works out x5 a week, etc. Very tired of being short as hell. Where I live and work the majority of the men are at least 5'11. I am hoping this experience will at least set me to 177-178cm. My ticket is booked for May 14th, will be arriving on the 15th. Will spend about three weeks in Istanbul to recover and begin rehab, I aim to finish lengthening at home and returning to Turkey early August to pull off the exteriors. 

I have a high pain tolerance and am used to hospitalization (broken arm when I was young, came down with a lot of sicknesses) so I don't anticipate this being super scary. A little pain is ok.   

My surgeon will be Dr Halil Buldu. Does anybody have any personal experience with him?

If anything I'm more excited to start this started. I will update this on arrival, and subsequently.

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Thanks Stretch. So there are two things I've noticed:
1. My wingspan is well over 5'9"
2. My tibia is way longer than my femur.
Both of these lead my to conclude that my femur is disproportionately short. I've also had somebody tell me that when we were nked. Of course, femurs also give us 1-2 inches over tibia lengthening, so I'm going to shoot for the moon.

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Update.
Flight is on Wednesday, May 12th. Surgery is on Friday, May 15th (if everything goes accordingly).

I have packed multiple types of proteins for muscle recovery (casein, whey), stretching equipment, work stuff, etc for the lengthening and recovery phases. During the day I am extremely excited. At night I get very strong pangs of doubt - I begin to question my motivation and if this is right for me. The doubt was super hard to sit with the first few nights after I bought the ticket, but I remember my present experience and how much I dislike my circumstance. My life's good - pretty great actually! But my height sets me back sooooo much in my interpersonal interactions and development with other people. It sucks living like a ghost, or worse, somebody nobody wants to have around.

Why Buldu? I've followed his practice very closely via social media - from the hospital he chose to the aftercare. Everything looks very professionally done and well operated (no pun intended). It looks like he has a great team, and I really really like the community of patients he's made in recovery. There's always like 10-20 patients hanging out and chilling, all supporting one another. That's what I need more than anything during this - a support network. I look forward to spending time with these guys.

Anyways, I'll update once I've spoken to the man himself. I have a ton of questions for Dr Halil Buldu on his practice, as well as surgery theory and recovery. I'll document the responses after our meeting.
Cheers all.

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Quote from: Serilium on May 10, 2021, 12:53:19 AMgood luck 
Thanks man!   

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Quote from: wnr on May 10, 2021, 01:10:01 PMGood luck, wish you all the best!
Quote from: ab96 on May 10, 2021, 03:41:03 AMGood luck PerfectBody! I'm sure it'll go smoothly. Excited for you!

Thank you both!! 

Quote from: Future Skycraper on May 10, 2021, 11:57:15 PM4 days until surgery! How are you feeling?
Hey man thanks for asking! In general, so excited! Not going to lie though, during the day I feel great about it but at night my mood swings to worried+concerned ("why am I doing this/am I REALLY doing this??"). The worry is always remedied when I go outside or look at myself in the mirror. I don't want to keep living like this, so I'm ready to do everything it takes for those 2-3 inches. So yeah, 90% ready and excited, 10% worried. No looking back now baby

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I’m on the plane now. Scared, restless. I spent the last few days with my ex. She doesn’t know about it. Nobody does.

My ex and I are on strange terms. I wonder if things would be different if I were a few inches taller. I guess we’ll find out soon.

This is such a fking crazy surgery. I might do 6-7cm, and not push it past that. I want to heal as safely as possible, and return to my runs and weight lifting sessions.

My mind is racing, but my heart is set on this procedure. I need the reset, almost like my life depends on it.

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Met the doctor, asked questions, in my pre-op hotel room. Im enjoying it so far. Very comfortable with the situation.
I forgot a converter 🤪 so I’m on my phone until Monday (religious holiday prevents non essential business from opening). Man, I’m not a fan of religions.  I’ll post everything in more details when I get computer access. I brought three laptops and not a single converter. I deserve forum award for dumbest bastrd.


My surgery is tomorrow at 9am. It’s 3:10pm right now. Cheers


Edit: I always measured myself at 170-171cm. The doctor measured me at 173.8cm 🤔 huh

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Quote from: Stretch on May 14, 2021, 01:17:27 PMEdit: I always measured myself at 170-171cm. The doctor measured me at 173.8cm 🤔 huh



Good news as you can reach your LL goal earlier!
Haha hell nooo 😂 I’m doing +7-8cm no matter what. Numbers don’t matter; it’s about how tall you look compared to others

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😂😂
Yeah yeah you got me. It’s all about perception

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Here’s the money shot
https://imgur.com/a/0iYNZgF

Yeah I’m not as short as I thought - my huge fking forehead gives me those extra CMs 😭