Fitbone Stage Right Tibia Lenghtening (Dr. Monegal), Barcelona, Spain

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Thank you for your reply Cooper. You are right. I am absorbing all the information I am finding here. Reading/re reading and hopefully I plan to undergo this in 2 years; right after my graduation. I have started saving for it from now. Doctor Monegal seems promising in terms of results however i fear the timeline with Dr. Monegal may be too long to keep this surgery secret. Family/friends will start wondering what you are doing and such. I wonder if it would be possible to do one leg LON and other Fitbone. Anyhow, thanks cooper for keeping us filled with all this valuable information.

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Why do not consider Dr. Guichet .

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What a well written diary Cooper, good luck.

Aren't you worried about lengthening both segments though, I imagine it'll be harder on your recovery and how will you look afterwards?

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Hi Cooper,

Thank you for answering all our questions, including mine. Hope you will enjoy your stay at MSJ. I will be  seeing Dr. Monegal next month, such a shame we won't be able to meet.

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Thank you musicmaker.

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Quote from: theuprising on July 20, 2015, 09:38:04 AMHey cooper as you've been on the forum for ages I'm sure your aware of all the studies relating internal tibial nailing and permanent knee pain what made you decide to go with this option?
Not all patient with tibia has knee issues. All of the dr. paley patient are fine. Trailblazer with dr. Inan has no complain on knee pain. It really depends on doctor. Most patients complaining are of dr. Sarin and dr. Srinagri in India. Based on my knowledge either of the doctor are NOT limb lengthening specialist. Orthopedic doctor generally are not suited well for CLL IMO. Pick a doctor who specialize in LL.

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Quote from: Alittletooshort on July 20, 2015, 10:14:28 AMDidn't Dr. Monegal say something about a different way of cutting the bone below patella?
I don't want to quote him wrong but he was pretty confident that the knee pain is avoidable this way and that his patients don't suffer from this. At least that's what I remember him saying.

He uses super patellar approach which completely avoids tendon. The insertion is done few cm top of knee. It is amazing!

My flexibility is superb and zero knee pain. I heard his say dr. Baumgart was impressed with this technique and now they want to standardize this technique for tibia lengthening. I recommended dr. monegal to present a case in seminars so other LL doctors can use this method.

Knee pain is tough. I have ACL done few years ago and finally I am forgetting the knee pain from that surgery.

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Quote from: glenn on July 20, 2015, 04:09:17 PMHi Cooper,

Thank you for answering all our questions, including mine. Hope you will enjoy your stay at MSJ. I will be  seeing Dr. Monegal next month, such a shame we won't be able to meet.

You are welcome Glenn. I also wanted to tell you that you can bring AMEX traveler checks. It is much safer than brining cash. If you do make sure you jot down the check number some safer place. They will reissue new check if checks are lost. Not sure about the stolen check but there should be some recourse.

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Quote from: TrueSpartan on July 20, 2015, 11:57:07 AMThank you for your reply Cooper. You are right. I am absorbing all the information I am finding here. Reading/re reading and hopefully I plan to undergo this in 2 years; right after my graduation. I have started saving for it from now. Doctor Monegal seems promising in terms of results however i fear the timeline with Dr. Monegal may be too long to keep this surgery secret. Family/friends will start wondering what you are doing and such. I wonder if it would be possible to do one leg LON and other Fitbone. Anyhow, thanks cooper for keeping us filled with all this valuable information.

I recommend doing internal if possible. But if the budget issue than LON will be fine. The hardest part of this surgery is keeping secret and not telling anyone. I need to make up story when I get home so folks does not flip out when they see me in crutches. In addition, I need to come back here 3 months and do another leg. I am looking for compelling story so I can shut everyone with one story. If you guys have any idea please pitch in.

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Quote from: JourneyToTheEast on July 20, 2015, 11:34:16 AMAnother favor to ask of you Cooper: once you are at MIC, please let us know how reliable and speedy the internet connecion is (especially with VPN).

The internet is pretty strong and I concur with musicmaker. I am working from MIC with VPN connection as well. If I cannot do VPN than won't be able to survive  .

 I worked few hours this morning already via VPN so no worries.