I am going to have LL surgery ( guichet )

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Hello Mikelondon !
How many centimeters do you want to do?

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Despite what has happened to Unicorn, I do still think that Guichet is a good choice. If you reread Unicorns diary, she did a lot of things wrong. Not saying it's 100% her fault and of course Guichet does not have good bedside manners at all. But is he a good surgeon, yes. Can he be a jerk? yes.

Even if it's a more painful/older nail, you cannot lie with his results. Other than unicorn, look at how soon his patients are back to their old lives, and look how much they can excersise during the whole thing. THAT is what you are paying for. You may say that it is "overpriced" for the nail, but you need to account for the experience of Guichet and how quick you will be back to life compared to other methods

And for the aspirin thing, look at how many patient's have been forced to lengthen fast at 1.25 mm+ just to avoid preconsolidation, and look what it does to your soft tissues. Honestly I am more fearful of preconsolidation than non-union. With the amount of weightbearing that his patients do, im not surprised that he gives something to slow down the consolidation.

Just listen to him but also listen to your body/bones, if you see you are not consolidating well, then take a break from lengthening + help your soft tissues catch up etc etc all of the basic things that you learn from actually researchign the procedure

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Quote from: Zeo on November 25, 2017, 01:51:19 PMDespite what has happened to Unicorn, I do still think that Guichet is a good choice. If you reread Unicorns diary, she did a lot of things wrong. Not saying it's 100% her fault and of course Guichet does not have good bedside manners at all. But is he a good surgeon, yes. Can he be a jerk? yes.

Even if it's a more painful/older nail, you cannot lie with his results. Other than unicorn, look at how soon his patients are back to their old lives, and look how much they can excersise during the whole thing. THAT is what you are paying for. You may say that it is "overpriced" for the nail, but you need to account for the experience of Guichet and how quick you will be back to life compared to other methods

And for the aspirin thing, look at how many patient's have been forced to lengthen fast at 1.25 mm+ just to avoid preconsolidation, and look what it does to your soft tissues. Honestly I am more fearful of preconsolidation than non-union. With the amount of weightbearing that his patients do, im not surprised that he gives something to slow down the consolidation.

Just listen to him but also listen to your body/bones, if you see you are not consolidating well, then take a break from lengthening + help your soft tissues catch up etc etc all of the basic things that you learn from actually researchign the procedure

A 40 yo asian woman does not risk preconsolidation. She risks non union as it happened. And generally speaking, non union is a more usual and bigger problem than preconsolidation, so prescribing aspirin or any other antiinflammatory frug during lengthening is really a very bad idea than neither a doctor in Uganda would have done.

Guichet is a bad choice, especially for the money he wants. If he had the price of Monegal maybe it would have been a choice for someone who is willing to take the risks for a good price but for the price of Rozbruch and Paley he is a ridiculous choice.

Anyway, I wish to LL'ers that go there a good result. But I think that he is a very bad choice so people should avoid him as a doctor.

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for safety:

1. hybrid external fixator device (hexapod etc)
2. precise nail with Dr. Paley or Dr. Rozbruch
3. Two stage internal femur lengthening via fitbone with Dr. Monegal

Dr. Guichet is not listed in my top 3 for safety

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I have to agree with MirinHeight's first 2 options.

Doing LL without a compression/shortening route available is gambling with your legs too much for me. Guichet's nail doesn't allow for compression (afaik), unlike Precice. Mike is in London and I'd really wish for him to be able to achieve his goal with Guichet, but there's no way to overlook this fact. Doing LL with Guichet's nail is an increasingly bigger gamble the older you are. If you smoke, the gamble becomes even worse.

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Quote from: myloginacct on November 27, 2017, 10:10:27 PMI have to agree with MirinHeight's first 2 options.

Doing LL without a compression/shortening route available is gambling with your legs too much for me. Guichet's nail doesn't allow for compression (afaik), unlike Precice. Mike is in London and I'd really wish for him to be able to achieve his goal with Guichet, but there's no way to overlook this fact. Doing LL with Guichet's nail is an increasingly bigger gamble the older you are. If you smoke, the gamble becomes even worse.

Well good news is that I don't smoke so that's a positive thing, I'm 25 and I would say my body is in healthy condition. I agree the older you get the worse it is to have a surgery of this magnitude, so I feel positive about my body being put through this test.

I've never had a bone fracture, both my parents are in good health and all four of my grandparents are still alive. Obviously with height genetics I got dealt a bad hand but other than that my family has a good history of living long healthy lives.

The major bonus I get from doing surgery with Guichet is that he does LL in London. I live in London which means the amount of money and time I save is incredible compared to flying overseas to do this. Also being away from home does make the surgery/recovery time more difficult not just from a practical standpoint but also a emotional one.

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That's awesome that he is so close to you. Remember to stay strong in the head while lengthening. That's what will be important in order to remain positive. Keep your self busy,also. Good luck hope you achieve your goal and move on from this as an experience and get back to your normal happier life.

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If you have any questions go ahead and ask me, i could also meet you up in London if i go there soon. Hopefully without crutches and walking normally within a month... What i personally would do is go with Monegal or Rozburch (as it feels right now) - i met Guichet and decided on the spot to not go with him, i should also mention that money has never been the issue for me but the time and doing the lengthening his way with twisting your leg...I've done 6.1 and finished - similar age to you and haven't had any pain and the fitbone is literally a blessing in comparison to the other ones while lengthening I THINK? I've been in the best shape of my life before this so maybe that helped..but i haven't had the same pain as one other patient here describes and walking around with crutches and on my way to walking at 4 months feel ok? Maybe not the fastest recovery...but i've been lazy af.

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Quote from: InferiorityComplex on November 28, 2017, 09:31:44 PMIf you have any questions go ahead and ask me, i could also meet you up in London if i go there soon. Hopefully without crutches and walking normally within a month... What i personally would do is go with Monegal or Rozburch (as it feels right now) - i met Guichet and decided on the spot to not go with him, i should also mention that money has never been the issue for me but the time and doing the lengthening his way with twisting your leg...I've done 6.1 and finished - similar age to you and haven't had any pain and the fitbone is literally a blessing in comparison to the other ones while lengthening I THINK? I've been in the best shape of my life before this so maybe that helped..but i haven't had the same pain as one other patient here describes and walking around with crutches and on my way to walking at 4 months feel ok? Maybe not the fastest recovery...but i've been lazy af.

Inferiority Complex doesn't know what he's talking about. Height dystopia, he says in his posts. He brags in forum about his looks and his money but he has no clue about LL. You should ask a real veteran like IamReady (Paley), Penguinn (parihar), OldiebutGoldie (Betz) or a Guichet patient like LLSouthAmerica who had terrific results with Guichet.

TO OP, I would never choose Monegal when he has had such horrible results as Cooper or Musicmaker and others. Musicmaker's case is worse than Unicorn's for your information. Guichet may be bad but he has more experience than Monegal. Rozbruch is OK doe.

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I wish you well dear... Can't  wait for your journey to begin