My journey to become taller with Indian Spinal Injuries Centre

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Thanks for your info, fujitora.

My German doctor said they have a special tool for cutting callus and it should be just a small outpatient surgery.
I'm still waiting for the estimate and hope it won't cost me a fortune.
I don't want to fly back to India.

@egocentrical
Stay away from the ISIC !
I can't prove it, but I just know that each of my legs where done by different people.
I think that Dr. Deepak did my good leg and someone else of his team did the messed-up one.
This will be a gamble if you go there and you won't know who will operate on you.
And they can very well mess up your femurs. They could make a poor osteotomy which will result in early consolidation (like it happened to me).
They could twist one of your femurs which would rotate your entire leg in- or outwards, not just the foot (similar to what happened to me). And the monorail on one of your femurs could later turn out to be too short, as it also happened to me.

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did you have only early consolidation on one leg then?

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Man, this is terrible. What did Dr. Deepak have to say about this?


Good luck and stay strong. It will be worth it in the end.

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Man, this is terrible. What did Dr. Deepak have to say about this?


Good luck and stay strong. It will be worth it in the end.

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Quote from: egocentrical on February 28, 2017, 05:50:31 PMdid you have only early consolidation on one leg then?

Yes, only in my left leg.
My right leg is totally fine (apart from the mysterious cracks and pain) and my left leg is f*cked up and has probably every complication known to mankind.

Quote from: Penguinn on February 28, 2017, 05:55:07 PMMan, this is terrible. What did Dr. Deepak have to say about this?

Good luck and stay strong. It will be worth it in the end.


Thanks, and I haven't contacted him yet. I wanted to but there was a lot to work out first.
But I think now I have a list: 

• twisted tibia leading to foot pointing inwards
• 3cm of fibula cut out; still no callus as of now
• fibula in left leg has misalignment (in both legs no screws used)
• poor osteotomy in left leg
• very early and inevitable consolidation because of the poor osteotomy
• bending in the monorail, because of unknowingly lengthening to 1,7cm while having consolidation at just 7mm
• 1.5cm discrepancy in leg length (and slowly getting more)
• because of the pin bending the angle of the monorail has changed and now I will have to turn more mm for less mm of lengthening
• too short monorail, only allows lengthening to 4cm instead of 4,5cm; maybe confused left and right leg
• the compression-distraction units from Pitkar have 40mm written on it but can only be distracted to max 35mm
• 10mm of the rail wasted because of the consolidation and bending
• max. 25mm possible now (only left leg)
• Pitkar can't be bought where I live

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Quote from: egocentrical on February 28, 2017, 05:50:31 PMdid you have only early consolidation on one leg then?

Yes, only in my left leg.
My right leg is totally fine (apart from the mysterious cracks and pain) and my left leg is f*cked up and has probably every complication known to mankind.

Quote from: Penguinn on February 28, 2017, 05:55:07 PMMan, this is terrible. What did Dr. Deepak have to say about this?

Good luck and stay strong. It will be worth it in the end.


Thanks, and I haven't contacted him yet. I wanted to but there was a lot to work out first.
But I think now I have a list: 

• twisted tibia leading to foot pointing inwards
• 3cm of fibula cut out; still no callus as of now
• fibula in left leg has misalignment (in both legs no screws used)
• poor osteotomy in left leg
• very early and inevitable consolidation because of the poor osteotomy
• bending in the monorail, because of unknowingly lengthening to 1,7cm while having consolidation at just 7mm
• 1.5cm discrepancy in leg length (and slowly getting more)
• because of the pin bending the angle of the monorail has changed and now I will have to turn more mm for less mm of lengthening
• too short monorail, only allows lengthening to 4cm instead of 4,5cm; maybe confused left and right leg
• the compression-distraction units from Pitkar have 40mm written on it but can only be distracted to max 35mm
• 10mm of the rail wasted because of the consolidation and bending
• max. 25mm possible now (only left leg)
• Pitkar can't be bought where I live

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Quote from: Chris on February 28, 2017, 06:23:28 PMYes, only in my left leg.
My right leg is totally fine (apart from the mysterious cracks and pain) and my left leg is f*cked up and has probably every complication known to mankind.

Thanks, and I haven't contacted him yet. I wanted to but there was a lot to work out first.
But I think now I have a list: 

• twisted tibia leading to foot pointing inwards
• 3cm of fibula cut out; still no callus as of now
• fibula in left leg has misalignment (in both legs no screws used)
• poor osteotomy in left leg
• very early and inevitable consolidation because of the poor osteotomy
• bending in the monorail, because of unknowingly lengthening to 1,7cm while having consolidation at just 7mm
• because of the pin bending the angle of the monorail has changed and now I will have to turn more mm for less mm of lengthening
• too short monorail, only allows lengthening to 4cm instead of 4,5cm; maybe confused left and right leg
• the compression-distraction units from Pitkar have 40mm written on it but can only be distracted to max 35mm
• 10mm of the rail wasted because of the bending
• max. 25mm possible now
• Pitkar can't be bought where I live

I don't even know what to say Chris. The countless mistakes and error made from the beginning alongside the astounding incompetence of those at ISIC in the way they have treated you actually disgusts me, it's gone from bad to worse as I have been following this diary and ended up at this point. They are dealing with peoples lives and in the process ruining them, ISIC should be permanently shut down and never allowed to operate again or at the very least convinces those here not to make the same mistake. It further convinces me that undergoing this very serious and dangerous procedure anywhere other than a developed Western country is playing with fire, there are a few good results but the vast majority have been riddled with complications and there is little recourse for recompense if something does go wrong. I'm so sorry you have had to go through this and I hope you somehow resolve all of these issues, you are a very strong person.

Please keep us updated, best of luck and try to remain positive, your complications can and will be solved in the end.

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Isn't the "don't go to India" message that is being told for years not being clear enough?

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on February 28, 2017, 06:38:51 PMIsn't the "don't go to India" message that is being told for years not being clear enough?

It's more you get what you pay for.

Parihar has a good reputation

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on February 28, 2017, 06:38:51 PMIsn't the "don't go to India" message that is being told for years not being clear enough?

Where should you go to then if you don't have a hundred thousands dollars/Euros? Stay short forever?