Dr. Monegal - Two stage internal Femur - Fitbone - Auron

Age: between 20 and 30 y/o
Height: 171~172cm
Goal: between 5 and 6cm added lenght to my femurs.

I met Dr. Monegal mid October and we had a short and simple conversation. After seeing my X-rays he told me it shouldn't be a problem to lenghten 6cms as my tibia/femur ratio would allow so confortably.

So yesterday I had my first surgery, it all went smooth and it only took 1 and half hours. Today I started to bend my knee 95º using the same machine Yagen used.  I will start walking with crutches tomorrow. I've had no pain at all so far but I still have the catheter on my back.

I'm staying in MIC Sant Jordi after I leave the hospital and planned to do all this alone until my mom decided to tag along. And we were both living in different countries! xd

About the people you will meet if you come over here, they are all very nice. So far I've no complaints.

As you can see I've just started my journey so I don't have much to say. Feel free to ask me anything though.

Why just 5-6 cm?? Are you planning a second round?

Quote from: onemorefoot on November 23, 2016, 07:55:53 PMWhy just 5-6 cm?? Are you planning a second round?

For 3 reasons.

1- Pushing it beyond 6cms may increase the chance of complications.
2- The femur/tibia ratio shouldn't be too affected if I aim to lenghten max 6cm
3- My wingspan is about the same lenght as my height so I don't want my arms to look too short compared to my height.

5'10 is a really good height.

Good luck buddy, hope everything will go just fine.

My best wishes!!!! 

Thank you boyfriend, I hope you can start your journey asap as well.

Thanks Yagen, I'm following yout footsteps :p

I've just woken up for my 3rd day, yay!

The first 2 x-rays after surgery. The gap you see is 3mm, created during the surgery. So far so good 

Where are you from?

Quote from: dade on November 26, 2016, 07:48:52 PMWhere are you from?

Somewhere in europe :p I can tell you that I communicate with most of the nurses in spanish as I am not that bad it xd As for Dr. Monegal we speak in french, english, spanish...

What is your ability to move around right now? Are you going to go back home and lengthen there?

And BTW, if I can ask - how much did this one stage procedure cost you (just procedure and hospital stay) ?

Thanks and keeping my fingers crossed!