Leechlet Internal Femur 2014 Dr Guichet

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Quote from: leechlet on February 01, 2014, 12:27:20 PMHi Tall,

My goal innitially is 10cm. It still is. I choose this bc I want to do 10cm again on my tibia a few years later after I start my own company and is able to pay for it. That was before I got the surgery...

Right after the surgery, I was suffering so much I seriusly thought about going back to America right away and just letting my 1cm that I've gotten during the surgery heal up and call it quits, maybe take out the nail a few month later.

Now, at almost 3cm, I am much more calm and have yet another view. I want to go to 10cm still, but I am much less certain about the 10cm on tibia in the future. Honestly, i dont' even think about my "goal" anymore. There r so many hard days that the last thing I want to do during my hrs of suffering and no sleep is to think "s**t, I still sighed up for much MORE of this stuff..."

i take one step at a time now, but thinking of the past or the future is sooo stressful and counterproductive. it's like grinding online poker. u don't set out to build a huge bankroll. u improve ur game and play each hand as perfectly as a hand could be played. and then pretty soon u have a bankroll.

Hey Leechlet, what is Dr. Guichet's opinion regarding proportions. Does he believe adding 20 cm of height will keep one within proportion? How about 10 cm in total? Thanks!

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I would like to do LL with Dr Guichet could you please give me his email?

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Leechlet,

I think you're very brave for speaking your mind about your doctor and clearly telling about all the problems you are facing at the moment. Dr. Guichet is a very good doctor, but his attitude of "I know it best", I'm afraid, makes people think that he's the best doctor one can possibly go. Before they do LL, one should keep in mind that there is no such thing as "best doctor". Every doctor can be the "best" for one patient while being the "worst" for another. I admired Dr. Guichet thoroughly examining my legs for more than an hour in his office when I visited him in Milano, but unlike Dr. Paley (who made me take an EOS scan) or Dr. Inan (who made me take on Orthoroentgenogram), basically X-rays of the legs, all Dr. Guichet did was get my muscle power and endurance tested at the Isokinetic Center. He didn't ask for X-rays. He looked at the angle at which I could bend my legs, and concluded, "You can't lengthen more than 3,5 cm's". "Come back when you're ready". He told me that I could go to France and train with his physiotherapist for a couple months there to increase my leg muscle mass by at least thirty percent.

Now at the time I found this logical and went to Pilates for a while to increase my flexibility. However, when I contacted Dr. Paley about my meeting with Dr. Guichet, this is what he told me.

At that time, I recall saying "Wow.. So two of the greatest LL doctors don't agree with each other?" I was naive - Apparently, this happens quite often in the world of medicine. There is no single "Right answer" or "Wrong answer", and doctors might disagree.

Now close to 3 cm at my lengthening with Dr. Inan in Istanbul, I know what Dr. Guichet told me was bull , and Paley was right. I don't mean to be harsh, as I still respect Guichet a lot, but I'm a bit frustrated of having visited him in Milan, he made me dwell a month with unnecessary pre-op training and lost me precious time.

I'm finally posting this email after many months because I'm sick of people thinking "Overly cautious doctor is the best". It's not necessarily so.

I hope I didn't lower your morale by sharing this. You'll be fine, Leechlet, trust me. Your complication sounds like a minor issue. Maybe it's a consequence of using a ratcheting mechanism. I met a Guichet patient while I was in Milan, he's back in France now and in very good condition. You'll be in superb condition as well. Patience for all of us LL patients.. Good luck.

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Thanks for sharing that Chris.  I always felt that Guichet's pre-OP training and requirements were a hack, and it's pretty obvious that other doctors would agree.  You should visit him when you're 8 cm taller and say "look at me now bitch!" 

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Quote from: BilateralDamage on February 02, 2014, 08:57:53 PMThanks for sharing that Chris.  I always felt that Guichet's pre-OP training and requirements were a hack, and it's pretty obvious that other doctors would agree.  You should visit him when you're 8 cm taller and say "look at me now bitch!" 

Look me at me now Guichet
Look at me now
I'm gettin papeeer
 

Lol..

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Hi, after skyping with some of his old patients and viewing their xrays, I realized that dr guichet was right. This problem will get better over time and not impede on lengthening.

I was angry earlier and angry dialed him like 15 times, and then sent a bunch of fkK YOU emails to him. I even made some angry vids about how i hated him and how he's incompetent.

But, as I calmed down and started skyping with his old patients, I realized that this problem isnt really as bad as I thought.

I think I am going to stop posting on this forum for a while. It's rlly stressful having to explain what I am doing every step of the way especially since I am rlly emotinally unstable right now. I am physically stable now, but my mood is still stabilizing.

I am still going to continue making vids. But I don't want any feedback from the community at this time.

Thank you for understanding. I dont want to make something out of nothing again. I feel like an idiot. I am going to email him and apologize now.

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Best of luck. Take your time man. We can always Skype whenever you feel like talking to someone.

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Wow sending those F*** YOU are kind of harsh.

I hope you're feeling better emotionally now.

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Thanks for the video.

It's quite a different experience reading a comment about pain than it is to actually watch it on video and to be able to experience the moment. I wouldn't know that the clicking would bring that much pain have I not watch your video!

Not sure why the Dr. decided to go with the extra long screw on your right. Could it be a publicity stunt? Like everything will work out in the end?

And I don't think Dr. Guichet would mind your F* you email. I'm pretty sure he has received like this type of email before from his patients and he could understand what his patients are going through.

I think I'm pretty good at telling ppl not to give up. Feel free to give me a call whenever you feel like giving up at 1 206 866 5950 or PM your facebook id. Cool, take-care.