Bro I am the guy who has met with Doctors in India, I admit that I should have been more clear, but if a person does pure externals illizarov method (NOT TSF frames) then 5k is roughly the price for JUST the surgery. AND these are the prices of reputable Limb Lengthening doctors in India. The same ones mentioned on this site. The price you are seeing where the surgery is 10k and 15k are packaged deals usually. But if you go to India, and JUST get ONE surgery done, AND that surgery is the easy old fashion illizarov method then the cost for JUST the ONE surgery is roughly 5K.
Does that make more sense now?
I was not advising people to go meet quack, no named drs. My best advice for people going to India is to consult with many Doctors, and get advice from all of them. If you don't like what one is saying then simply use another. Doctors in India, in my mind, are no doubt skiLL Forumul. Even my Orthopedic doctor in the US was saying that my procedure was done well. I just trust 1st world countries for follow up care.
Quote from: Big Daddy on September 04, 2016, 07:38:50 AM"Find a surgeon in India for $5,000..."
What kind of advice is this?
*facepalm*
How to get the surgery done the absolute cheapest way, and the most safe.
Quote from: OregonMade on September 05, 2016, 05:30:05 PMI can see you are trying to occupy the moral high ground, but you are doing so in vain because you are not cheating your health insurance company hahaha by law they have to cover those surgeries if you have a state funded insurance. I told every doctor the truth that I had limb lengthening done in India, and they are still being covered. You can't lie to Ortho's because they already know.
Let me know how your journey goes. Once you go to India and see the level of care that is given, something tells me that if you have an opportunity to make your circumstances better by coming back to the US to have better treatment you will do it. It is really easy to sound and say moral things, until you are in a 3rd country sleeping next to ck roaches, lizards, ants, taking care of yourself everyday, cooking, cleaning, wound care, because none of the helpers speak English, and worrying everyday if you will every walk again. Thoughts of not being able to run, climb, jump starts entering your head. You constantly have 2nd thoughts. Not to mention opiod with drawls where your skin is crawling and you are having cold sweats, and shaking constantly, and you haven't showered in over 5 months, and you have seen anyone in a few days. That feeling of being and feeling absolutely disconnected from humanity, not having anyone around that cares about you.
All I am saying is to keep an open mind. You don't know what you are about to experience once you get to India, so you really don't know what you would and would not do once met with adversity.
A little tip about India:
Everyone tries to deceive and trick foreigners. People are going to try to steal from you, which they will. They will try to deceive you, which they will. It will hurt your feelings, which it did mine. Good luck.
I can help you as much as I can with contacts to help you, and introduce you to trustful doctors. Plus I have girl friend who likes Americans and whom lives in Delhi.... just sayin lol haha
I'm European 
We have an universal multi-payer health care system, so I would definitively cheat my insurance company if I pulled this off.
Never thought about other forms of insurance like your state funded one though.
And I don't think there will be any ckroaches in the ISIC 
If you can't take a shower, you can still use a washcloth. I'm planning to stay in the clinic for 3.5 protected and boring month and then I'll fly home and have my follow up.
And it's way cheaper than most ppl think because it's not a place for medical tourism where everyone is running to.
Most of the doctors won't agree to let you go before lengthening phase ends and i agree with them.
Don't go cheap with your own health.
Yes, is better to saty near you surgeon during the procedure, I am very scared of fractures, but with a good doctor that usually doesnt happen.
Quote from: onemorefoot on September 05, 2016, 10:27:53 PMI am very scared of fractures, but with a good doctor that usually doesnt happen.
It's not a good LL doctor, if the fracture doesn't happen 
Edit: Oh, you meant being scared. I'll take myself out to the trash now 
Well, the second fracture just happen with the best.
Quote from: YourSpaceBoyfriend on September 05, 2016, 10:10:27 PMMost of the doctors won't agree to let you go before lengthening phase ends and i agree with them.
Don't go cheap with your own health.
No one is saying to go cheap. Again roughly 5k is the cost the just externals, which is what I am refering too. 5K is not cheap to Indians. There are a lot of Indians that read this website.
Also, a doctor couldn't stop you if you want to leave the country.
Quote from: OregonMade on September 06, 2016, 11:41:39 PMNo one is saying to go cheap. Again roughly 5k is the cost the just externals, which is what I am refering too. 5K is not cheap to Indians. There are a lot of Indians that read this website.
Also, a doctor couldn't stop you if you want to leave the country.
I wasn't pointing going to a cheap doctor but leaving your surgeon as fast as you can just to save few bucks.
You don't know what kind of complications you can face tomorrow so it's best to sit with your limb lengthening specialist that knows your case fully.
Quote from: Big Daddy on September 04, 2016, 07:38:50 AM"Find a surgeon in India for $5,000..."
What kind of advice is this?
*facepalm*
5000 for surgery is that possible in India? really?
Quote from: YourSpaceBoyfriend on September 07, 2016, 12:27:12 AMI wasn't pointing going to a cheap doctor but leaving your surgeon as fast as you can just to save few bucks.
You don't know what kind of complications you can face tomorrow so it's best to sit with your limb lengthening specialist that knows your case fully.
Well then I guess we should agree to disagree.
Have you done Limb Lengthening before? Have you dealt with Indian doctors before? If you have you would know that they can be hard to deal with because the constantly use deception, anger, and manipulation to get out of doing any kind of extra work for you. I just got done lengthening and just got done dealing with 4 to 5 different specialists in India. I hate to break it to you but Limb Lengthening in the world of Orthopedic surgeries, are not that difficult. Once the hard part of the initial surgery is done then most Orthopedic doctors IN THE US would be able to manage the rest of the lengthening phase. Plus in 1st world countries they have better methods, and technology for handeling complications. Case in point: if I would of stayed in India one of my Orthopedic surgeons was telling me to keep frames on until more tibia bone grows in. I came back to the US, and the Ortho told me "lets get these things off you because I know that they suck, oh and by the way lets give you a stem cell bone marrow shot that will fill in the bone and speed up the recovery process by 4 times faster."
The point of the example is that you aren't degrading your level of care at all by going back to your 1st world country for medical care, on the contrary you are actually getting way way better care by people who have far better access to technology.
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