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

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This competition is ridiculous. You will break your legs and you will come here crying like a girl. Don't play with your health

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If they are already fused, their bone should be as strong as before! I think we all here need examples of people who have good athleticism after lengthening. If I could I would join them in the race but I'm not a Monegal patient 

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When you had only one leg lengthened, you put all your weight in the good leg? Some Guy here got one screw loose becuase of walking without the insole

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Hello everyone!

Just letting you know I'm doing great. I can run now and its a great feeling. Can't wait to remove my rods and get back to sports! Of course It's still early days but time flies by.

If you have any questions concerning my journy feel free to ask. I will answer them time asap.

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Congrats. You did a conservative amount which was smart as your starting height does not require large lengthening. You are now at completely normal height.

 your diary should set an example.

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Hey Auron,

I'm sure you are busy with your life post LL and probably don't visit the forum very much.

I would like to ask you though if you could give a small update on how you are doing physically but also mentally.

Can you share some experiences you've had regarding the new height?

I am the same height as you pre-op (172~173cm) and if I decide to do LL it would probably be 5 cm femurs like you did.

Are you happy with your new height? Has the height neurosis gone?

Hope you are doing well.

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Quote from: FDR101 on September 19, 2017, 06:51:28 PMHey Auron,

I'm sure you are busy with your life post LL and probably don't visit the forum very much.

I would like to ask you though if you could give a small update on how you are doing physically but also mentally.

Can you share some experiences you've had regarding the new height?

I am the same height as you pre-op (172~173cm) and if I decide to do LL it would probably be 5 cm femurs like you did.

Are you happy with your new height? Has the height neurosis gone?

Hope you are doing well.
Hello FDR,

I'm doing great both mentally and physically. I have been able to play basketball and tennis but not at the same level as before. Infact, as long as the rods are still inside I don't think its possible to feel completly natural. Another thing is that I'vent had anyone mentioning my height, everyone said I looked skinner instead. I never had much of a height neurosis tbh, I decided to do this surgery because I thought it would be cool to feel taller. Doing something many people think it's possible is tempting.
Being 5cm taller is a huge difference though, I was measured by Dr. Monegal last month at 1.77,3 so I guess if you did this surgery you would end up somewhere near my actual height. I say it's worth it but it's a long journy and it might not go as smooth as you'd like. In my case, I'm glad I did the surgery.

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Quote from: Auron on September 21, 2017, 01:22:16 PMHello FDR,

I'm doing great both mentally and physically. I have been able to play basketball and tennis but not at the same level as before. Infact, as long as the rods are still inside I don't think its possible to feel completly natural. Another thing is that I'vent had anyone mentioning my height, everyone said I looked skinner instead. I never had much of a height neurosis tbh, I decided to do this surgery because I thought it would be cool to feel taller. Doing something many people think it's possible is tempting.
Being 5cm taller is a huge difference though, I was measured by Dr. Monegal last month at 1.77,3 so I guess if you did this surgery you would end up somewhere near my actual height. I say it's worth it but it's a long journy and it might not go as smooth as you'd like. In my case, I'm glad I did the surgery.

Thanks for your update Auron, good to hear you are doing great.

Could you try to describe the unnatural feeling? Is it a pain, a lack of balance, a tiredness? Also do you know whether it changes once the rods are removed? I've noticed that Dr. Monegal inserts the device from the knee area and not the hip-area, as I see Paley doing with Precise. How is your knee doing?

Lastly, this is probably too much to ask for, but could you upload an image of your legs standing up? I completely understand if you don't wish to do so, I'm simply curious about how the proportions will look like for a guy like me ~172cm to get femurs lengthened ~5cm.

Hope you continue doing great and wish you the best of luck on your journey.

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Quote from: FDR101 on September 21, 2017, 03:26:28 PMThanks for your update Auron, good to hear you are doing great.

Could you try to describe the unnatural feeling? Is it a pain, a lack of balance, a tiredness? Also do you know whether it changes once the rods are removed? I've noticed that Dr. Monegal inserts the device from the knee area and not the hip-area, as I see Paley doing with Precise. How is your knee doing?

Lastly, this is probably too much to ask for, but could you upload an image of your legs standing up? I completely understand if you don't wish to do so, I'm simply curious about how the proportions will look like for a guy like me ~172cm to get femurs lengthened ~5cm.

Hope you continue doing great and wish you the best of luck on your journey.
Hey FDR101,

It's not pain, its not lack of balance but tiredness sounds like a good word to describe it. I feel like I'm gaining my muscles back at a really slow pace. I've no idea what happens once the rods are removed but my guess is that it can only get better, right? My knee is doing very good, no pain, however, I do feel a bit a of pain if I stand on my knees for a while. I'd rather not post photos of myself but there're many mocks ups in the forum, check them out.

Thank you for your best wishes!

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Any predictions of when you'll have the rods removed?

Glad to hear you have been doing that well.