Quote from: goingtall on April 09, 2023, 05:41:23 AMThanks everyone for the replies.
Had another talk with my Doctor last week and he suggested I did one femur at a time, so I can have a "good" leg during the stretch process. He said that by doing both legs I wouldn't be able to walk at all during the first 3 months of leg-lengthening... Kinda find that weird since you all said that by being light weight and by having the inside nail I could walk... but hey, Im no Doctor.
Of course, this would double the time needed for recovery, but given your reports of so much pain I've been reading around this forum, I'm thinking that maybe it's better...
Also I just remembered he recommended stretching only only 0.75cm per day (not 1cm as I thought), divided into 3 turns of the device per day.
Sounds sketch. Which doctor are you talking to? You should be able to walk, and in fact, encouraged to. You just have to use a walker to offload half hour weight when you’re taking a step. But you should be able to stand on both legs without any support.
Also lengthening 1mm early on is pretty standard. Slowing down towards the end based off of how individual body reacts is normal but, early on 1mm is standard practice to almost all doctors. I’m not a doctor, but I’ve talked to many top surgeons.
Quote from: ballsackoffury123 on April 09, 2023, 06:21:15 AMSounds sketch. Which doctor are you talking to? You should be able to walk, and in fact, encouraged to. You just have to use a walker to offload half hour weight when you’re taking a step. But you should be able to stand on both legs without any support.
Also lengthening 1mm early on is pretty standard. Slowing down towards the end based off of how individual body reacts is normal but, early on 1mm is standard practice to almost all doctors. I’m not a doctor, but I’ve talked to many top surgeons.
I've consulted with 3 doctors and I'm pretty much set on one.
They are doctors from Brazil, where I live. I don't intend to leave the country for this type of surgery, for 3 good reasons: 1. Here I have a good health plan. 2. here I have family and legal assistance and 3. the doctors here are good, contrary to what one might imagine
The thing is PRECISE is not widespread here and the 3 that I talked to suggested LON. Id pay for precise but apparently the doctors here don't have the know-how yet.
Im gonna ask him again about the walking stuff and im pretty sure he suggested lengthening only 0.75mm a day
Quote from: goingtall on April 09, 2023, 10:17:22 PMI've consulted with 3 doctors and I'm pretty much set on one.
They are doctors from Brazil, where I live. I don't intend to leave the country for this type of surgery, for 3 good reasons: 1. Here I have a good health plan. 2. here I have family and legal assistance and 3. the doctors here are good, contrary to what one might imagine
The thing is PRECISE is not widespread here and the 3 that I talked to suggested LON. Id pay for precise but apparently the doctors here don't have the know-how yet.
Im gonna ask him again about the walking stuff and im pretty sure he suggested lengthening only 0.75mm a day
That’s fair, I think logistics plays a bit part, and I wouldn’t leave my country to do this surgery as well. But I’m also blessed to be in the safest country for this, the USA. Please just make sure you do the research for LON. I think LON in general has a lot of higher complications, especially LON femurs. But I’m not gonna be able to change your mind. Do know the doctors that convinces you HAS something to gain from you so they will tell you what you want to hear. I have nothing to gain if you decide to go with it, not go with it. Quite frankly you living or dying doesn’t even impact my life so I am just telling you what I know from over 1 year of research. If you do decide to go with LON, main main complication is infections. Research it as much as you can and how to best prevent it.
Omg that’s scary 
Thanks for the links
Also doctors prob convince you to do 1 leg at a time because they get more money? whats the price tag total of doing 1 leg at at time vs 2 leg at a time.
Tip here is, some doctors are sketch, and they are just trying to get money and not giving you the best decisions for what you need. Don't be naive and think all doctors are good people and you should listen to them 100% of the time. DO YOUR RESEARCH. The community here is full of people who has went to prestigious doctors like Dr. Paley and just offering you what they know with nothing in return. Their opinions have helped me and I just wish to pay it forward.
Quote from: ballsackoffury123 on April 12, 2023, 09:02:53 PMAlso doctors prob convince you to do 1 leg at a time because they get more money? whats the price tag total of doing 1 leg at at time vs 2 leg at a time.
Tip here is, some doctors are sketch, and they are just trying to get money and not giving you the best decisions for what you need. Don't be naive and think all doctors are good people and you should listen to them 100% of the time. DO YOUR RESEARCH. The community here is full of people who has went to prestigious doctors like Dr. Paley and just offering you what they know with nothing in return. Their opinions have helped me and I just wish to pay it forward.
He suggested doing 1 leg at a time because I would stay with one 'good' leg and that I'd be fine by myself doing every day stuff. He wouldnt get more money out of it.
I just found out one of Dr. Paleys doctors is gonna be in Brazil next week - dr. Craig Robbins. Along with Dr. S. Robert Rozbruch. Link: https://asamifix.com.br/
Doctors I consulted are just not familiar with precise. Would the pain with precise be inferior to LON? Or the only issue is embolism and scarring?
Quote from: goingtall on April 14, 2023, 01:37:46 PMHe suggested doing 1 leg at a time because I would stay with one 'good' leg and that I'd be fine by myself doing every day stuff. He wouldnt get more money out of it.
I just found out one of Dr. Paleys doctors is gonna be in Brazil next week - dr. Craig Robbins. Along with Dr. S. Robert Rozbruch. Link: https://asamifix.com.br/
Doctors I consulted are just not familiar with precise. Would the pain with precise be inferior to LON? Or the only issue is embolism and scarring?
Not many people have done both LON and precice so it's hard to compare. Precice does seem to be less painful, and also a lot more comfortable. Walking with those things for months isn't fun, not to mention sleeping. And most people do LON tibias, femurs are supposed to be even harder and more painful since there is more muscle to go through etc.
What about LON tibias? Was that an option?
Still..would you rather get this over with in 6-8 months or double that time period doing 1 leg at a time. How would 2 surgeries not be more expensive than 1? Just booking the hospital OR room and hospital stay twice is money.
But fine, I’m not an expert on LON. So I don’t wanna comment out of my ass. But I recommend you bite the bullet and do it at once rather than twice the tkme
A new fake profile? Trueman and James Bond, whatever your name is...
I have never written that all that I write is speculation, look at my eairler posts if you don't believe me... You just posted a bunch of nonsense. Pretty much everytime I post something here I have evidence to back it up, not like you and the wolf guy. I only claim what has already been proven to be correct not like you guys argumenting with zero facts and your personal opinion. I don't choose Dr Giotikas and Greece over everything. If you look at my earlier post I actually tell people to go with Paley in US if they have the money, but most people don't have that amount. So no your interpretation of me being bias towards Dr G is not accurate and hey if you want to avoid all western surgeons advice of avoiding LON, then go ahead and do it. But their is a high chance of you ending up cripled, getting Deep infection or something third compared to an internal method with Femurs... We have seen it many times people ending up butchered by LON and their turkish/indian surgeons.
http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=78209.0
http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=79700.0
http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=78387.0
I can find more evidence if you want but is this enough for you? 
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