LL Nightmare in Barcelona

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have u recovered

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Good question.  100% recovery.  I have not tried a 50 yard dash but I can run and do everything I did before surgery.  I think he is quite capable.  Practice makes perfect(?) they say.

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how long after lengthening did it take?

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How are you saltedchocolate?

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Quote from: saltedchocolate on July 16, 2023, 10:10:09 PMhow long after lengthening did it take?

Took about 1.5yrs to recover.  The pain is bad.  Malpractice not to give pain medications that work.  He came saw me in pain one night. He did nothing.  He would not order pain meds for me so do factor that into your choice.  He just looked at me when I said I need pain meds and said, "oxycodone"?  I did not care what narcotic pain med since they all work about the same, depends some on the person.  Really, doing this surgery and no pain meds (acetaminophen, Nolotil, and NSAIDS) do not work.   No surgeon I know of will not give narcotic pain meds after LL.  I am quite surprised no one talks about the real pain.

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Quote from: Abbot on June 18, 2023, 02:47:56 AMWhoever 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.


I read this guy’s post and honestly, it’s almost word-for-word what I experienced —if anything, I saw worse.

Some of you keep thinking people exaggerate when they call certain LL surgeons sociopathic. It’s not exaggeration. When someone lies to your face, promises one thing, does another, and then leaves you hanging when you’re vulnerable and in pain —that's not “miscommunication.” That’s a personality type. And not a good one.

My surgeon (no names —those who know, know) fit the exact same profile:

• obsessed with his own “reputation”
  
  talks like he’s top 3 in the world
  
  loves the money and the praise
  
  zero human empathy once surgery is over
  
  disappears the moment complications hit
  
  blames YOU for their technical failure
  
  treats you like an inconvenience, not a patient
  

He promised proper pain management —then I woke up with paracetamol like this was a dental cleaning. Severe postoperative pain dismissed as “normal.” When things got bad, he ghosted —messages ignored, calls unanswered, suddenly “busy” once the bill was paid.

And let’s be clear: this isn’t just “bad bedside manner.”
It’s dangerous medical behavior.

LL isn’t a haircut. It’s controlled bone trauma.
You mess up distraction timing, fixation angle, nerve management, aftercare —people get crippling pain, clots, infections, nerve damage. Some almost die. Some never walk normally again.

This industry hides those cases and calls them “outliers.”
No. They’re not outliers. They’re the patients who trusted the wrong surgeon.

A truly ethical doctor:

• doesn’t lie about pain protocols
  
  doesn’t abandon patients post-op
  
  doesn’t silence criticism
  
  doesn’t rush distraction
  
  doesn’t play God with someone’s legs
  
  doesn’t pretend complications are the patient’s fault

What I saw was someone who liked the power and the money more than the medicine. Someone who treated patients like practice material.

And to anyone planning on doing LL:
If you choose a surgeon like that, it’s not “bad luck.”
It’s walking willingly into a trap.

Do your homework.
If you smell ego, lies, or arrogance... walk away.

Some surgeons will literally smile while you limp for the rest of your life.