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

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Do you know if amount lengthened is the same as amount gained??If thats the case how many mm?

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Quote from: yyes on February 01, 2017, 05:34:18 PMI know alot of us here see this surgery as a risk and it is risky. But it is freaking amazing how far technology has come and what we are able to do in the 21st century. I can only imagine the technology that will come out 50 years from today
Yes, this surgery is risky. In my case, I've been following the doctor's advices and everything seems to go perfect. I'm not really amazed by the techonoly though, I still think there is room for improvement in every nail in market.

Quote from: notimportant on February 01, 2017, 11:27:51 PMSeems good callus.
You look impressed 

Quote from: AlwaysRoomForImprovement on February 02, 2017, 05:59:40 AMLooking good. What's the worst pain you've had in your journey so far? And what do you do during the day? It must be pretty boring lol Hopefully Monegal doesn't raise his prices by the time I can get my surgery done.

The worst pain was surely at night when I hit 2cm (I wasn't very flexible to begin with). I had to ice my leg quite a few times before falling asleep. Thats when when I begun to lengthen at a lower pace and it worked like a charm. During the day I usualy work on my thesis, go to the gym to do my daily exercises twice a day, sometimes I go to the pool, hang out with other patients out of mic, etc.

Quote from: onemorefoot on February 02, 2017, 07:31:08 AMDo you know if amount lengthened is the same as amount gained??If thats the case how many mm?
Right now I've a discrepancy so it's hard to tell my accurate height but during the consultation Dr. Monegal did tell me that I should expect a slightly lower gain in height compared to the amount lengthened. Not too much though.

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Last saturday I whatsapped Dr. Monegal saying I was stopping to lengthen in that same day at 4.8cm. He was surprised as most of the patients I hang out with. The reason why I stopped so early is because I feel confortable with both my height and proportions right now. If you followed my diary I said that my proportions looked at their best at 3cm of lengthening so, from that day on it was all about gaining height without damaging my proportions too much.

Why 4.8cm and not 5cm?

Simply because I was never chasing a number to begin with. It's not like im walking around with a number above my head. I feel that I should stop at my current proportions and I did so.

X rays on 15th feb

Dr. Monegal asked me to go the clinic to do X rays and go through my proportions to make sure I wouldn't regret it later. We did X rays and had a look at my leg, he said I could easly do another cm as my proportions looked great. Even though I can still click, my decision still stands.





These x rays were taken on the 15th of february in the morning.

So right now it's all about recovery for my left leg! The doc told me to start walking with 1 crutch and I will do so.

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Be sure man. There is no going back afterwards

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on February 16, 2017, 04:44:57 PMBe sure man. There is no going back afterwards
Yup, that's why I've stopped now.

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how tall are you now? Were you measured?

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Yes, I was measured at 176cm but I do have a bad posture and a hard time standing fully straight on my operated leg. My guess is that I will only reach my peek (as of real height) 1 month after stopping the lengthening phase on my 2nd leg. I measured myself a while ago standing on my good leg and it was 172cm, dead on.

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Auron, I'm very impressed with your restraint in not over lengthening when you personally know it's time to stop. This appears to be difficult as many who undergo the surgery find the temptation of 'just 1 more CM' to tempting to pass and believe they should with the pain, time and money invested. Here's to a speedy recovery.

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Quote from: 682 on February 16, 2017, 05:30:04 PMAuron, I'm very impressed with your restraint in not over lengthening when you personally know it's time to stop. This appears to be difficult as many who undergo the surgery find the temptation of 'just 1 more CM' to tempting to pass and believe they should with the pain, time and money invested. Here's to a speedy recovery.
Thank you very much 

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Auron, I think the x-rays should be 10 per cent more than real height, your gap shows 4.8, however I think in real life it should be 4.2-4.3, I hope you can confirm you peak height in the afternoon. Have a great recovery.