crimsontide,
You did't get the point of my post. I never said that the surgery should be an easy process. You see, the problem with you is you always have someone else as a scapegoat. All I am asking you is to self-reflect and see what you did wrong on your part. I walked you through some of your decisions because I wanted you to see their consequences and not make the same mistake. Sure, we have advanced prosthesis but not unless we have some Full Metal Alchemist sh!!t, then nothing can be better at replacing your leg.
Yes. I am thinking of getting this surgery. But I am not very optimistic about it. I inquire my local doctors to help my decision making. I weight the pros and cons. I read diaries--good and bad. I never expect this process to be easy.
Just keep on fighting. Don't make impulsive decisions anymore. If Dr. Monegal believes that you'll get better, you gotta trust him. I hope you get better soon.
Tiny
FINALLY FIXING MY LEFT LEG WITH DR. MONEGAL IN BARCELONA- JULY 2,2015
What the fk dude, don't amputate your leg 
I know exactly what you're talking about the walking issue - I had two periods after lengthening when I had to relearn how to walk. At first it's very tiring to walk, I think it is because the muscles that are responsible for stabilizing the gait are atrophied after LL because you don't get to use them fully. I had to put a lot of strenght at first to walk 'normally' and my muscles would fill with blood really fast I couldn't walk anymore but it gets better with time. When I did my 'walking excercises', at first I could barely do 1 km, after each 'walking session' I felt the atrophied muscles in pain (same feeling when you workout hard), and each time after they recovered I could walk more and more up to 10 kms and that's only in a few months. Imagine what you can get in an year or more. Just give it some time, it should get better eventually.
I received a message from someone on board... can't say who it is
but we have been talking lately... he agrees with me about bagirov... good surgeon, but aftercare,not so good
I also received some good news
I will see a therapist, do ultrasound,etc... but if i have to get a correction for my achilles, it can be done
Dr Shah lengthened my achilles by sliding the tendon... which means i still have all of my tendon... but one part is slid downward.... it means its much less thick now, but easily correctable.... in worst case scenario
if the z lengthening was used in my case, I would have had very few options... as that involves actually removing some of the tendon
My biggest issue is my push off strength... which is almost 100% due to my achlles being weaker because it is significantly thinner due to the sliding
bagirov just changed his tune again
One of his patients contacted me
look, here's the deal
do not get this surgery, unless you have a minimum of a hundred thousand $ saved up, and even then, better to not get it
do not get it in india, or russia
dr shah who is supposedly one o the top 3 drs in india for this, is simply a liar.
the guy just flat out lies... when i saw him, i asked him very directly.." will this weken my leg" his reply was no,.
After I had surgery done, he tells me my achilles will be weakened at least a grade... At that time, didn't think too much of t, as I didn't realize t how much weaker it could be
He took my frames off... put me in a cast... I asked him before the surgery..." can my left leg bend?" his reply was no chance
few months later, leg has 2 deformities... I email him, and his reply is " we expected this, come in, we will correct it"
Correct it not for free btw, but at a price greater than the original surgery
Dr Shah would not have a license in the United States.. there is no doubt about that
now my situation is this.... I can barely do a heel raise, and can't really walk anywhere... I have very little push off power, and that is 100% due to shah
He tells me only way to strengthen achilles is through augmentation... that is a not very specific.... can mean a million things
I wish I could walk 10 kms, but if I did, it would take an enormous amount of time because to walk at a even a normal pace, I have to expend a great eeal of energy... I'm basically expending twice the amount of energy as a man with 2 ty old school prosthesis
I have amost given up on the left leg, since that has nerve damage, and resigned myself to the fact I'll have to eventually get a lower leg prosthesis to walk normally
I'm hoping to make the right stronger, to 90 or 95%, but not sure... Almost certainly will have to shorten the tendon and see if that works
if you look at the tendon, and what happens when it's lengthened with the slide technique, you realize there's no ay the tendon can be nearly as strong... it's much thinner and longer... it's impossible... only way is to slide it back, and fix i that way
it's simple mechanics.... much thinner and longer tendon vs shorter and much thicker tendon
no amount of therapy or muscle building is going to change that fact
bagirov... this guy is another one... decent dr though, bt aftercare is nonexistent... I've had a few messages from people saying they regret going to him
at this point, i'm gonna stick with Monegal, and do what I need to do.....
Do not go to Russia, or India
trust me on this
dozer,im gonna try more
and will back in spain to do similar treatments
but I need to be realistic here... I fked up by going to to Shah... That was my huge error
I just do not see how muscle therapy alone is gonna fix my issue... my achilles tendon is much thinner and longer now.. can't be nearly as strong... Only way to get it back is to reverse the procedure
I'll post a pic later.....
Hey crimson.
Listen, I have seen in other posts that you are extremely against people doing LL because it is still not a "safe procedure". But how can you know that going to doctors such as Catagni or guichet will not give good results? I mean without critisizing you, you went to an Indian doctor (and you know what that means in terms of the level of expertize).
The only thing that I learned from you experience is to never set foot in india or in any other third world country in order to get such a procedure done.
i don't say it's impossible
I just say that the risk is still too high
every dr you mention has had bad cases.... we like to think we wont be one, but we dont know
Quote from: crimsontide on January 25, 2016, 03:17:00 PMi don't say it's impossible
I just say that the risk is still too high
every dr you mention has had bad cases.... we like to think we wont be one, but we dont know
I dont know about guichet or catagniand bad cases. That's why I also asked my family friend which is the head orthopedic surgeron of Hadassa hospital in Jerusalem. He knew Catagni before I even finished to say his name.
theres always bad cases
ive heard of a few from guichet
have heard very little about catagni... but tye chances of 0 bad cases are very low
no one comes out of this 100%
Quote from: crimsontide on January 25, 2016, 03:38:37 PMtheres always bad cases
ive heard of a few from guichet
have heard very little about catagni... but tye chances of 0 bad cases are very low
no one comes out of this 100%
What did you hear from guichet? You can PM me if you prefer
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