Dr guichet sure knows how a the mind of LLer works. They say surgeons are only as good as their post-op aftercare.
Mind thing is probably the toughest thing during LL.
Omg, u r one of the few ppl who can actually see that. That's what i always tell ppl on skype. The pain and stuff is nothing compared to the stress on the mind. ur crippled and day after day u wonder why u did this to urself. that's like 3823475938759384 times harder than the pain, which although bad, passes rather quickly and is now nothing more than a distant memory, something to be giggle at while watching my old vids in the hospital
Maybe next time we'll need mental stretching on top of physical stretching prior to LL.
You're not only gaining height Leechlet, but also mental toughness. You can now face whatever life's curveball you'll face from hereon.
Leechlet's advice is gold, folks. I've never seen anyone else express the realities of LL so neatly. Before LL, you picture yourself as if you're going to war, you prepare yourself for a physical pain you don't know where and how it's going to come from, so you expect and prepare for the worst. You prepare for physical torture. You do LL, there's some pain during the first week post-op, then you can't believe everything works so painless and all your expectations didn't reflect reality. True, there are some mild annoyances, like the nerve pain I have on my right foot at the moment around 6 cm of lengthening, but it's not painful; it's just very, very annoying because it won't go away. It starts to ache when I sit for a long time, so I usually try to stay in bed, and arrange business meetings carefully to make sure I get enough rest. Leechlet is right; LL isn't physical torture, it's mental torture, when your friends dress nicely and head out to the nightlife scene, LL is realizing that you've crippled yourself and won't be able to join them. It's that disgusting sad look people give you when they see you in a wheelchair, assuming that you're handicapped for life, and rushing to help even though you're still capable of doing everything on your own. I did LL to break a mental barrier that other people have towards short people, but I realized that there's also a mental barrier against handicapped people, and I can really emphatise with them now. I have decided to be an advocate of the rights of disabled people for all my life once I recover from this.
I am very, and I mean very accustomed and used to loneliness and taking care of myself, if I did LL 3 years ago when I didn't have these skills, I'd never make it. There are about 15 days left for my lengthening phase to end, and I already feel I'm losing patience of being bedridden all day. Words can't express how boring and difficult it really is.
amen to that brother
Hey guys, here are the vids to show my 5cm flexibility and mobility:
Is this level of mobility expected at this stage of LL from Dr Guichet?
Or you're behind? Advanced?
Quote from: leechlet on February 28, 2014, 02:16:07 PMamen to that brother
Hey guys, here are the vids to show my 5cm flexibility and mobility:
Have you recovered from that Karate Chop, brother? 
Nice.
Quote from: ChrisIsaak on March 01, 2014, 12:47:01 PMHave you recovered from that Karate Chop, brother?
damn, that does look kinda shady. i am gonna ask him about it and try to get him to explain it on camera
This guy is in a nutshell .......naive, impulsive, sheltered, spoiled, psychologically unstable and immature.
How did this guy pass any psychological screening?
Quote from: leechlet on December 16, 2013, 05:08:52 AMHey guys!
After chatting a bit on fb about LL, listening to dubstep, and then reading other doctors, i came to the same conclusion i came to a long time ago. There's plenty of good doctors out there, and many ppl have succeeded with dr guichet as many more will surely in the future too.
He came to a conclusion. Go and watch how he flip flop a million time later about Guichet.
Quote from: leechlet on January 20, 2014, 12:59:27 PM But the truth is this limb lengthening is so hard Had I known how hard it was I don't think I would've came here
Dr. G pushes me way too hard. I just want to go home. I just want to wake up and realize that this is all just a bad dream. this lengthening is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life by far.
Imagine this guy if he did external in some third world country. The hardest thing outside of playing video games maybe for you.
Quote from: leechlet on February 02, 2014, 10:56:46 PMHi, 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.
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.
Here goes the crazy patient harassing the Doctor.
Quote from: leechlet on January 21, 2014, 12:55:00 AMHi guys,
Thanks for all the honest suggestions. You are absolutely right. I realized tonight that Dr Guichet was completely right. My fear was holding me back a lot. I was afraid of too many "what ifs". I wanted to stay in the hospital, specifically on the bed getting served because I was afraid of the uncertainty of living at home.
I guess Dr Guichet saw right through me. Wilbert told me that other patients often have heavy bruising on their legs as well as leg flexibility. However, my results were perfectly fine, no bruising or anything. I was just scared out of my mind. Furthermore, the nurses at the hospital who responded to my whining and crying and tantrums made me fell better temporarily, but also positively reinforced my weak psychological state.
After I got discharged from the hospital and realized that I could walk on my own with the walker, I was like "wtf, was this rlly what I was so scared of all this time?"
But I am still amazed at how trapped I was in a psychological prison. I literally felt horrible pain and severe lack of mobility simply bc I thought I was suppose to be like that after two broken legs. Seriously, talk about placebo affect.
Then all is right with the world again.
Quote from: leechlet on January 24, 2014, 11:23:42 PM
the biggest challenge for me is to get through the mountain of exercises dr guichet ordered. also, i am not eating much as i don't have much appetite. finally, walking on a walker is a bitc*.
i literally call dr guichet every single day, sometimes multiple times a day, asking angrily if i can get a wheelchair. but i try to use logic bc i know he's a rational guy. each time, he insist NO. then, i just cry and complain to my helper wilbert
my mood is all over the place. that is perhaps the biggest problem of all. i feel happy and sad and angry and depressed and moved... all within a very short period of time. sometimes, there's a trigger. but most of the time, there's no trigger at all.
i have never had a period since i am a guy, but for u females out there, please let me know if it is similar to that phenomenon.
training is hard. i hate it. i want to skip training every single day, and even when i am there, i think of reasons why i am not able to perform or why i have to leave early.
i just want to be left alone to sleep, and to have someone bring me food and water and listen to why my life sucks.
i find is very hard to concentrate, and i want to change activities a lot. sometimes, i would get bored in the middle of clicking to watch some youtube videos, take a nap, and finish an hr later. i have zero discipline and i hate ppl tell me what to do. i want to rebel against the isokinetic center and to set free all the crippled ppl in there like freeing animals in a zoo. of course, that's ridiculous. but those r whats going on in my find.
More of the same. He's even sort of having a period.
Quote from: leechlet on February 09, 2014, 11:20:22 AM
i am depressed and lack energy all the time. This is partially psychological as I ran out of things to live for and need to make new goals, but it's mostly due to the fact that my body has lost a tremendous amount of mass. Dr Guichet said that if this continues, i am at risk for suicide.
I to be honest, i have been skipping trainning a lot to be in bed all day listening to sad music and contemplating my life and sleep. . i just want to be alone. i feel tired and weak. i am no longer in pain, and stopped pain medication long ago.
Again, self pity.
Quote from: leechlet on January 29, 2014, 12:36:45 PMHey guys
I emailed Dr Guichet today and said I want to quit limb lengthening. My right leg where the femur meets the pelvic is sooo painful that I could only do 5 clicks rather than the 7 that i was supposed to do. I am scared that the nail site is fractured and I was tired and stressed and I just started crying and told my helper that I want to go back to America.
I thought about quitting so many times and cried so many times that if I was to make a vid every time I cried I would have like a gazillion vids on my channel by now.
But for now, i just want to share with you guys what a spiritual and emotinal journey this advanture had been thus far
A spiritual journey and adventure.....via doing a cosmetic surgery. Where have we heard this crap before?
Quote from: leechlet on February 14, 2014, 09:39:12 PMHey guys! f**king Dr Guichet is the coolest f**king doc in the world. Check out this email exchange btwn us. I didn't know he was so compassionate and deep
As my mood stabilized, I realized that a lot of why I am getting LL is to impress and rebel against my parents. I don't feel secure inside because my parents never really approved of me. I didn't get into Harvard and at the ripe old age of 23 I am no where near starting the next Apple. They are disappointed in me and LL is a way for me to empower myself and rebel.
I think for this reason, I was rebellious against you because you are very similar to my dad in personality. I think for this reason also, I went with you right after the consultation. I liked you but at the same time wanted to rebel. It's a weird feeling, but I think the biggest reason for me to get LL is to feel more secure in myself when my parents don't approve of me. This is why I make the channel. I always want to do something unique and special that will change the world. I want to be special. I want approval.
Bipolar Disorder confirmed.
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