I will update this more later. Apologies
I debated a lot about posting this video of me walking completely unaided below. Out of spite for my doctor who has never replied to me personally since I left the country basically leaving me on my own entirely to figure out what to do. I hate him a lot to be honest and the whole experience with how I was dealt. Till now I feel like I'm doing this journey on all my own and my doctor has abandoned me
But here you go. Im at like 2.2cm now doing 1mm/day distraction. No problems so far, I dislike sleeping in these things mainly. I dont take pain killers or anything.
The video:
https://imgur.com/kksuOwA
Leg lengthening in Turkey with Dr.Serkan Gurcan
Also there should be a modification edit available. I want to change my bio but it seems Im unable to :/
Quote from: sopranos on February 13, 2019, 11:12:42 PMHello friend. I am from Turkey. You're in a hard battle and you are in tough time. I wish you success.
Which limb were you operated on tibia or femur? Pictures are not visible. You can ask the admin to share your photos.
I am in the research stage. I know Serkan Gürcan from social media and his patients. What are your reasons to choose Turkey and Dr. Gürcan? There arent many diaries from Turkey. You're one of those rare ones.
How is your health now? Can you express your pain levels on 1 to 10 numbers?
Which fixators did you prefer? Can you give me some detail? And if it's not special, can you tell us your first height, age and gender. In fact, it would be better if you write these at the top of your post. I really asked you a lot of questions. I am sorry for this but i hope you answer.
Good luck and best wishes.
I am doing Tibia
I initially wanted to do this procedure in Russia but for other reasons (hurry) I decided to leave that out and pursue Turkey. Dr Serkan seems one of the best in Turkey, though turkey is not the most popular place to do leg lengthening. It would be better for you to get it from him than me as you can speak Turkish and the Doctor cannot speak in English. Communication barrier was not very easy to solve, even with the help of translator because they aren't exactly proficient in the details about the surgery/devices. I found the Doctor and the option of Turkey through wannabetaller.com though. Their phone number should be on the website
The fixators I have are basically monorails. I have a total of 7 pins attached (4 on upper tibs, 3 on lower). Monorails tend to be riskier than standard ilazarov but different doctor say different things about this. The inventor of the device Im using told me that misalignment is a common issue on cosmetic patients using it and they'd have to use another fixator (its basically the same thing but it looks curved) to correct the misalingment and that involves another surgery but my Doctor (dr.Serkan) said it would be okay. In the end I did it anyway
Im 175cm tall. Im an adolescent and male.
Its really cool walking unaided. I dont swing my hips either.. I walk normal, just slower... cool huh boyos 
And still, fk the doctor. I dont recommend lol
Hi Makeme6ft,
You're walking good. Keep up the good work! Have you searched for other local orthopedic doctors? Although, most orthopedic surgeons will not perform CLL, they do LL all the time for deformities. They will likely be happy to provide professional support and guidance for you now that surgery is done. Good luck! I'll follow your diary.
I will try to narrow down the details of why I hate my doctor in an honest way since I imagine loads of ya folks are probably confused
To start with, I loved the hospital and the Doctor spent his time answering all my questions during our first consultation. I visited him a few times after that and he always let me ask away and share various xrays about his different cases with me. I have no doubt he is an experienced surgeon. This is why I chose him mainly. I booked my surgery date with him and began the preparation. I was dreading catheters and whatnot lol but I will say the first 3 days post surgery were a 10/10 to be honest. Despite all the pain on the first and second day which can easily make the entire day hell. He and his assistant was attentive, visited me often, and I was looked well after. After that though it was basically sailing on a solo boat.
1) He performed the surgery well which is a huge plus +. Or so I think. I have uploaded my post surgery xrays here of the left leg that was taken when the reversal occured (see 2).
2) His assistant distracted and reversed my left leg by 0.5mm 4 days post op. This fked me up badly, both mentally and physically. His other staffs even made excuses like 'so what if he did? what expert has said you can't distract 4 days post op' I was raging on texts because its an external fixator. I got sharp pains and muscle spasms trying to walk that day and I was so upset but I still refused pain killers. The next 3 days I had a lot of discharge and it wasn't blood which I first thought it was, just a colorless fluid constantly oozing out if I sit down or use even light force on left leg.
3) On the day of hospital discharge which is when he promised to give me my xray and file report he did not even see me. The taxi driver kept waiting for me and they made excuses like 'he got into another surgery bla bla' but basically didnt see me the whole day when he was supposed to, and also give me my xray documents.
4) I asked my documents to be mailed to me since I was not given them on the day of discharge as promised. I really wanted my intial xrays which I paid a lot for cuz they were with measurements and to this day I have not been mailed them. I will say though the hospital stay and surgery info documents were sent to me on text. But I mainly wanted all my xrays
5) He doesnt speak English. I was thinking communication would be okay with a translator throughout the journey but boy it doesnt work like that. Because of this he's never replied to me personally since I have contacted him, even if I show him xray pics. If he cant speak English I expect him to use his translator that works in his hospital office to do his job but he never bothered. Even if I got my friend to translate my message in Turkish to him, he would not reply. fk him so much for that
As you can see from here, he isn't the worst guy in the world but my experience with him wasnt good even if IM doing extremely well at the moment and walking completely unaided.
Quote from: InFullStryde on March 04, 2019, 02:20:28 AMHi Makeme6ft,
You're walking good. Keep up the good work! Have you searched for other local orthopedic doctors? Although, most orthopedic surgeons will not perform CLL, they do LL all the time for deformities. They will likely be happy to provide professional support and guidance for you now that surgery is done. Good luck! I'll follow your diary.
Thank you IFS. It is an honor to have you read my dairy
I have one that is a neighbor LOL and he treats me much like his son which is great. However he informed me he isn't an expert on leg lengthening but to call him/let him know if any complication arises. I also asked him to judge my pin site cleaning and he was nice enough to provide me some extra supplies to last two months.
So far I have not had any complication . I initially was not at all expecting my recovery to be smooth but now Im feeling quite confident. I will get my xray soon and send it to Dr.Serkan which Im really hoping he spends his time to judge my progress and get his fckn translator to give me feedback.
How is it going?
Quote from: makeme6ft on March 04, 2019, 02:34:46 AMThank you IFS. It is an honor to have you read my dairy
I have one that is a neighbor LOL and he treats me much like his son which is great. However he informed me he isn't an expert on leg lengthening but to call him/let him know if any complication arises. I also asked him to judge my pin site cleaning and he was nice enough to provide me some extra supplies to last two months.
So far I have not had any complication . I initially was not at all expecting my recovery to be smooth but now Im feeling quite confident. I will get my xray soon and send it to Dr.Serkan which Im really hoping he spends his time to judge my progress and get his fkn translator to give me feedback.
I will thinking of you Makeme6ft. Take care of yourself the best you can with stretching. I think you will do well despite the lack of attention from your doctor. Hopefully the doctor becomes more responsive. I cannot believe that is has gone quite. That is awful. Either way, it is likely that your surgery went fine and you will be fine. We will see how it goes. How are you x-ray's looking?
Here's some xrays close to 3cm now
Right leg
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Left leg
Slight misalignment on left leg? Doc told me not to worry.
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