Hi, my name is Michael and I am a 25 year old male living in London. I'm 5ft3 and soon want to have LL surgery with Guichet. I've been in contact with Guichet, he has sent me the questionnaire form which I am in the process of filling out and soon will be scheduling a consultation with him at the Princess Grace Hospital in London.
I've been going through a lot of stress, anxiety, depression and also excitement and happiness in my research and my decision to go forward to do this surgery. Obviously I haven't meet Dr Guichet yet and had the consultation, but the surgery is something I want more than anything in the world.
I have the money to do this, my family is really supportive in my decision to do this and the fact that I live in London and don't have to fly overseas is a amazing bonus. I was really depressed when I thought this was not an option in the UK, but once I found out it was that was an incredible feeling of relief.
This is a huge life changing decision, I have a lot of anxiety and nervousness about meeting Guichet and hearing what he has to say. All I want in my life is to be happy, and this surgery which I hope I can grow 3 + inches with is going to give me that happiness.
Anyway any info and support you guys can give me would be so much appreciated, this is the start of a big journey for me and all I want is for it be successful. I'm scared, excited and happy to begin this journey, and to whoever reads this I hope you can help and support me in anyway possible. I'm gonna try my best to offer other people support going through this incredible decision on this forum as much as I can.
Well that's my story, I want you guys to be a part of it. To anyone here doing the same, good luck and I'll try my best to help.
I really hope we all make it.
I am going to have LL surgery ( guichet )
Hi Michael,thanks for choosing to share your experience here on forum with us
Good luck and keep us tunned
Best of luck to you.
Be sure to check the section Patients' Experiences here in the forum, so you can have some idea what to expect. Everyone's experience is unique, however.
For now, try doing stretching exercises for your legs and feet during the pre-surgery period. Here are a few examples from another user's diary (he did tibias, but I believe these exercises also apply). Every little bit that you do will help in your LL journey.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask here or post them as new threads; I'm sure the LL vets here will be happy to answer you.
Hey, I am also 5'3 and am maybe planning to have limb lengthening with Dr. Guichet and also want 3+ inches.
I will use your journey to shape mine! lol
Guichet is definitely the worts doctor for the money he wants.
I really wonder why so much people choose am overpriced doctor with an obsolete nail who has done a lot of mistakes and recommends some crazy things like taking an aspirin everyday (which prevents bone union as all antiinflammatory drugs) as Unicorn said to us.
Clearly Guichet, although he is experienced, is not a good choice for all the above reasons, especially when with about the same money you can go to Rozbruch who is the best in the world.
Anyway, I wish you good luck but be very cautious for non-unions and also try not to lengthen as fast as that doctor recommends.
Go to the experiences section & read every single word of Unicorn's diary so you can make an informed decision.
Quote from: Body Builder on November 24, 2017, 06:25:12 PM
Clearly Guichet, although he is experienced, is not a good choice for all the above reasons, especially when with about the same money you can go to Rozbruch who is the best in the world.
Anyway, I wish you good luck but be very cautious for non-unions and also try not to lengthen as fast as that doctor recommends.
Very true, you might as well go to a USA doctor for that money TS. But I don't think Rozbruch allows 3+ inches in one segment like how Guichet does so I can see the appeal. And I also understand TS's need of wanting in-conservative inches in one segment since he is quite shorter than most starting heights and will still be quite below average even after doing one segment.
Quote from: 0184946 on November 25, 2017, 04:05:57 AMVery true, you might as well go to a USA doctor for that money TS. But I don't think Rozbruch allows 3+ inches in one segment like how Guichet does so I can see the appeal. And I also understand TS's need of wanting in-conservative inches in one segment since he is quite shorter than most starting heights and will still be quite below average even after doing one segment.
Rozbruch as all doctors that have precise 2, can do lengthenings up to 8cm because this is how much that device can lengthen.
However, even if precise could lengthen 20cm it is completely crazy to lengthen more than 8cm even in femurs as the biomechanic change and the soft tissue damage will be enough to bet let you walk normally ever again.
So going to a bad, overpriced and careless doctor as Guichet to lengthen more than 8cm is a recipe for disaster. If someone is so stupid then yes, Guichet is the best doctor for him.
I saw one American dr on YouTube called Shabab M, he did external ll on a guy who was my height and he got 3.5. He started at 5ft 3 and it worked out well for him. Videos on YouTube called Alex's story. This gave me hope. Flying overseas however is more money and more complicated for me.
Anyway with Guichet he works here in London at the Princess Grace hospital which from what I can tell is a fantastic hospital, especially compared to NHS hospitals. I get that unicorn had fked up results and she ended up having scoliosis ( I'm going to read the whole diary, haven't read all of it yet ) and her legs are in bad shape. She was correct me if I'm wrong a 40 year old woman, I'm 25 and male and obviously males have more muscle mass so my thinking is my body is going to be stronger then hers and therefore my chances for success with surgery are better then unicorns. It is tragic that it did not work out for her, but should her story stop me from doing this with Guichet?
Also if Guichet has had multiple patients with fked up results would he not be struck of his British doctors license, I mean the U.K. must have like strict and rigorous procedures that come with practicing surgery like this.
My point is that compared to places like India and China where I'm sure doctors can get away with being bad at their job due to corruption, lack of regulations and things like that then here in the
U.K. were things a more strict I can't imagine that Guichet is a crook/dangerous doctor. If he was wouldn't he have had his doctors license struck off?
You will find horror stories in all things in life, I'm confident that Guichet is my best choice. I'm still in the early stages of this whole thing, i just want it be successful.
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