Readrothbard,
From what I've read this doctor seems very conservative and his rational is that if lengthening both legs at the same time the patient would be wheel-chair bound during the distraction period, and that's why he prefers one leg at a time. I've e-mailed him with other questions I had, and he's pretty good at answering. His e-mail: [email protected]
Hi Dr. Monegal
Assuming you lengthened the “second leg after the first one is fully recovered”
Can you please explain how soon (months) can I get both femurs lengthened?
Do I pay in full before the 1st femur operation or separately after the 2nd femur operation ?
Thank you,
drew
hello, i had an appointment with Dr Monegal one week ago in Barcelona. The clinic is really big and modern, doctor Monegal told me that it has only 2 years.
I have been talking with Dr Monegal around 2 hours about lengthening methods and my personal options for treatment.
He took some photos of me to look my proportions and do a mock up of how i will look with the elongation. he measures me at 165.5cm tall.i have done some X-Rays of my legs and he told me that i have good bones for the surgery. We have been talking more about LON metod because Fitbone is out of my Budget. I have seen the monorails he uses for this propose and them look pretty well, he told me that he could do corrections with them, them are triaxx monorails.
He says that with LON method we could do both tibias or both femurs at the same time, because the risk of fat embolism is less than with internal metods.
Dr Monegal seems like a nice guy, when our appointment finished it was 22.00 hours so he approached me to my hotel in his car.
What did he quote you for LON on either the tibias or femurs?
Quote from: ShortyMcShort on December 11, 2014, 09:56:15 AMWhat did he quote you for LON on either the tibias or femurs?
We have been talking about femurs. Because my tibias are 37cm long and femurs 42cm
Quote from: KirP1 on December 11, 2014, 11:20:38 AMWe have been talking about femurs. Because my tibias are 37cm long and femurs 42cm
Did he give you a price for the procedure to do both femurs with LON?
At first it seems bizarre to have one leg lengthened 4 to 6 inches doing 1 femur and 1 tib .
My first thought was hopping around with this dangling leg too big for me , but then I realized that all I had to do was to wear increasing elevator shoes. As my other leg grew, I add on for my short leg to even it out.
When I first was introduced to LL, it was on old forum and I told all the guys there I was so excited about it I went and built 6 inch blocks out of 1x4 wood . I made boxes six inches high by 5 inches wide and then attached a rope through it and tied my feet to it.
I stomped around my house and it was quite strange. The world was really built for short folks. The toilet was now way too small. So was the sink. The fridge. Everything. Being over 6ft gets some getting used to.
As for the lengthening, with all the troubles with ballerina and wandering around in a wheel chair for months on end, why not just use a professional prosthesis and crutches to help strengthen the healing leg?
Makes a hell of a lot of sense to me.
Quote from: TomD on December 11, 2014, 12:03:30 PMDid he give you a price for the procedure to do both femurs with LON?
we have not detailed the exact Price
Way beyond my budget, but this doctor prefers to lengthen one leg at a time, both the tibia and femur, and the benefits of this is you have one pain free leg. Less chance of embolism and better mobility since this is for the fistbone method. He prefers not to use external fixators for cosmetic, but for trauma.
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