Limb Lengthening-Internal Femurs-Dr Rozbruch 2017

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Great thnx.... I have same insurance as you and would love to know the final cost was

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Quote from: Rod Thick on January 26, 2017, 04:54:39 PMCongrats man! Please keep this experience updated throughout lengthening and after. Don't just fade away on us.

Will you be awake during surgery since they use spinal anesthesia? That's pretty bad ass if you are!

I like the no formal PT with Rozbruch. I think formal PT is overrated when it comes to internal femur lengthening. As long as you are sincerely doing the exercises every single day, multiple times a day, on your own. That's one of the reasons I switched away from Dr. Guichet. His whole pre op and post op training with professional trainers is a waste of money in my opinion.

I'm with tinytim on being very anxious to know the final cost numbers from your insurance. Good for Dr. Rozbruch in getting some of these costs to be covered by insurance companies. We already pay an insane amount for health insurance and then they try to reject every claim they can. Its about time they started to pay up!

I'll be asleep, just breathing on my own.
I will definitely keep posting. There isn't a single rozbruch patient experience diary on here (start to finish), so i think it'll be extremely valuable for the forum.

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Looking forward to seeing how you go, man. All the best!

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First of all, good luck with the surgery!

Can you do me a favor and post a post-surgery picture of just your scars or can you PM them to me? It will not give away your identity, but will help me decide whether to choose Dr. Rozbruch for my rod removal. His rod removal fees are less than Paley's, and I'm considering getting him to do it, even though Programdude rebroke his femur after getting his rods removed by Dr. Rozbruch. I am curious to see how Dr. R's scars compare to Paley's.

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Pre-op! Will post sporadically.
First thing i didnt know but think is super cool is that your guests can visit you 24 hours while you're an inpatient.

http://imgur.com/Ju2UiCo

 HSS looks like fkin NASA space station. Extremely high tech and very efficient. There are more employees here than patients!

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Excited to see how this diary goes. Dr Rozbruch appears to be in the upper echelon of doctors performing limb lengthening. If you can take pictures of the hospital that would be awesome - best of luck.

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A little light reading before bed for us:

http://imgur.com/7nUFcZy

Its really neat to have a handful of doctors on your case though. You feel like you're the only patient they are taking care of. In addition to Rozbruch, you've got the rheumatologist who will focus on your joints to make sure your recovery (as far as range of motion is concerned) is smooth. You've got a second orthopedic surgeon, anesthesiologist, the chief nurse, nurses assistant. All of whom you get to meet. Super friendly group.

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Quote from: 6FeetSoon on February 28, 2017, 12:10:37 AMA little light reading before bed for us:

http://imgur.com/7nUFcZy

Its really neat to have a handful of doctors on your case though. You feel like you're the only patient they are taking care of. In addition to Rozbruch, you've got the rheumatologist who will focus on your joints to make sure your recovery (as far as range of motion is concerned) is smooth. You've got a second orthopedic surgeon, anesthesiologist, the chief nurse, nurses assistant. All of whom you get to meet. Super friendly group.

Wow. It all looks so professional and standardized, medically sound and above board. It's treated as a complex medical procedure (which it is) in the same way reconstructive or deformity correcting surgery would be by an elite, qualified team compared to the often less glamorous side we see of doctors who should not be offering this surgery in 3rd world countries who are performing this surgery as if it were a science project or an experiment where anything could occur. After seeing this and hopefully good results in your diary - I believe Rozbruch will be held in the same regard as Paley, from everything I have seen he is an absolute professional and possibly one of the best qualified in the world for this surgery.

Best of luck my friend - you have made the decision so no need to be afraid as you have chosen to undergo this procedure in the absolute best circumstances possible, you deserve this! Just concentrate on your recovery and in extension, your future.  This diary will be invaluable to prospective patients in the future so in advance, thank you for providing it.

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Does the psychologist have to be one he recommends or can it be one that I have been using for a decade? (In relation to the insurance thing)

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Quote from: Megamuffin on February 28, 2017, 11:14:19 PMDoes the psychologist have to be one he recommends or can it be one that I have been using for a decade? (In relation to the insurance thing)

You have to see Dr. Westrich, no questions asked.