Hello Friends
I haven't posted for a while so I wanted to give a quick update same as Helloworld did.
Muscle strength:
I can move my legs but I can't fully bend my knees and I can't lift much weight with my legs. Some girls do better than me at gym. This never happened before surgery.
Speed
I can't run anymore. I'm pissed off about this. I'm not the sporty type but I need running sometimes in my daily life and it's hard not being able to run.
Flexibility
Before surgery I could touch the floor with my entire palm. Now I can't. But I'm taller so I don't care about this
Side Effects
I have described my side effects in this diary. I have knee pain. Some days I can't barely walk. I hear clicks and pops in my knee. During the last few months this hasn't changed.
Was it worth it?
NO! I don't care I'm taller. I can't use my legs as before. I can't travel alone like before. I need help from friends or caretakers. I thought my life would be better when taller but I'm a cripple, I'm half a man. My self esteem is SO LOW.
So is this diary fake or real?? Anyone has any idea?
can anyone tell me what truly happened here?
Quote from: sixfootandhalf on August 24, 2022, 09:01:52 PMcan anyone tell me what truly happened here?
I believe that this is a fake history to discourage people from doing CLL. There aren't pictures or xrays.
Any update?
Quote from: notatroll on May 13, 2018, 01:27:38 PM
Look you don't know who I am. You defend Monegal blindly but you don't know who I am. I can give my surgery date to moderators in private and my xrays to prove I was a patient but I won't publish here because this doctor isn't honest and uses personal information for the bad.
Whoever Auron is, it seems to be a Dr Monegal personality, him. What NOTATROLL says is very accurate in my experience if not worse. I am in the medical biz so feel somewhat able to describe this physician. He is a sociopath in my estimation. Yes. If you read the rest of the comments here you will understand. If you look up the personality of a sociopath he meets all the criteria. He does not a care one iota about you. He cares about him. He is a divorcee with 2 children and has a 21 yr old or near that nurse girl friend. He cares about the initial surgery because he likes the money. After that good freekin luck. I almost died indirectly from him. He promised me narcotic pain medication before I came over as most studies indicate as appropriate for this surgery but gave me Acetaminophen 1000mg and Nolotil only available in Spain and Portugal for broken femurs! Both of these meds are ineffective for this type of pain but he could give a hoot. It got so bad a day out of the hospital I had to go to the local ER for pain control. I was in a wheel chair and getting to the hospital was an incredible journey. He would not give me anything! so I hopped a plane and developed a life threatening clot on the long flight home. He lied to me that he would give me pain medication. Before I came over he told me in an email (which I have) he would give me narcotic pain meds. He never did and could only get some back home which I had to take for around 9 months.
Another of his promises, "I will remove the IM nails at no charge, just the hospital expenses". He would not. He did not. I called him for 12 days to arrange the removal but he would not answer my phone messages or emails. He could give a rats rear end. After I complained to the hospital who must know him well (Diagonal) he miraculously responded to me but he was pissed. He answered me some after that but I decided to pay for a physician here at home and cut my losses with a real human being surgeon. I could not take his lies and promises. He came to my room one day and spent 15 minutes telling me he was in the top 3 in the world for LL. I was very uncomfortable listening to this guy. Illusions of grandeur?
If you think you are getting a deal from this guy, you might get what you pay for or less. I found him to be one of the most despicable persons in the medical business in my lifetime. I work in hospitalsin the U.S. and consult with physicians. (I have a doctorate if interested). In the U.S. we might call him a used car salesman. I do not recommend him. If you go to him, on you.
p.s. his so called physical therapists are a real waste of money. I went to PT here in the U.S.
One more thing, I expect to be attacked for my comments. He does not like criticism. The long story of Spanish man who had the surgery a year or two ago and wrote extensively of his experience is greatly (by Monegal?) exaggerated or untrue. After surgery "you don't take a pain med, ie, Acetaminophen an go to sleep". All LL includes sever pain that is addressed by narcotic pain medications, not Acetam 1000mg or the questionable Nolotil whatever that is.
Quote from: Bushguy on May 15, 2018, 11:13:43 PMI understand you dont want to get in details, but its difficult to trust you if you dont say more specific factsj, i dont say you are fake.
But i think you should give us details.
Believe what you want friend. Notartroll has no motivation to lie. She does not need to discuss personal details. I would not show my xrays. Don't believe her if you prefer. I do understand your skepticism but this is not a court of law. You get what you get.
Quote from: notatroll on May 14, 2018, 11:44:02 PMWhat would you like to know? I posted the facts above
Monegal isn't Hitler but he isn't a good doctor. In my opinion nobody should do elective surgery with such a 'surgeon' but it's my opinion. Mars said the fake PT isn't there anymore. You don't have to worry about him.
Interesting Bushguy come out and defends Monegal. Does Bushguy have personal experience or just trying to help repair the image of Monegal?
Quote from: iwontallow on May 28, 2018, 12:59:14 AMLOOOOOL
Sounds like a fair guess, he definitely is bias!
Quote from: Bushguy on May 14, 2018, 09:26:41 AMI dont know personally monegal, i cant say he is good or bad, but i have read some diaries from him with good succes,and others like Cooper. Its clear that something happen, but people who defend and attack this doctor like this was a yihad doesnt help future patients, facts is the only thing we can trust, so before attack someone or defend someone bring some evidences of what you say,
I think you make a fair point. I went to Guichet a couple of times. Quite arrogant and condescending. They love to do surgery and the money.
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