Quote from: DreamOf180cm on December 22, 2016, 09:08:28 AMGood luck man! Looking forward to this! 
Thanks!
Quote from: TrueSpartan on December 22, 2016, 09:33:28 AMI am glad you decided against doing both segments at the same time.
Good luck!
Yea, I'm somewhat desperate and I wanted too much.
Possibly dying from FES is one thing, but going through all this s*it, just to end up crippled afterwards would be a waste.
I can see it now.
Quote from: IwannaBeTaller on December 22, 2016, 11:13:13 AMGood luck man! Take the journey with German stoicism! 
Haha, I'm far from that stereotype 
First my appointment got canceled while I was on my flight to India, then my plane almost had to land in Mumbai instead of Delhi, then India's currency reform left me with almost no available cash and finally my bank refused to transfer the money without any legal basis. I really wonder what will come next 
But I won't brake for anything put on my road to the first surgery now 
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Hey mate, awesome to hear you've started your journey! I've been looking at the same place as well and best of all I want to do the same procedure. Are you lengthening 4cms on each segment? and how long to do you think it will take to recover in order to return home? because I'm currently trying to figure out how long I will be away from home in order to complete LL.
Thanks
Hype88
Quote from: hype88 on December 30, 2016, 03:14:02 PMHey mate, awesome to hear you've started your journey! I've been looking at the same place as well and best of all I want to do the same procedure. Are you lengthening 4cms on each segment? and how long to do you think it will take to recover in order to return home? because I'm currently trying to figure out how long I will be away from home in order to complete LL.
Thanks
Hype88
Hello Hype
After the first surgery, I will lengthen my femurs 4,5cm. And after the second surgery, I will lengthen my right tibia 4cm and my left one 4.5cm which is shorter by 5mm.
Approx. 5 days after each surgery I will leave the hospital and fly home for the time of lengthening and go to a local clinic where I can have my weekly checkups and the final locking of the nails in my tibias.
I'm having a multiple entry visa for 6 month so I can enter and leave the country as I please.
If I had to stay in India, I would plan for 173 days, which is almost 6 month and takes into account very slow lengthening and complications.
I just hope that I won't run out of time, because after some legal fight with my bank at home, my money finally got transferred to the State Bank of India (I know it's there), but now the ISIC has emailed me back and told me that they have "some problem getting confirmation" from their bank and that they will contact me again asap 
I assume this is because of the holidays and new year, or just because it is India, I don't know. Everything seems so incredibly slow here.
Nice man! sounds like you've got a lot planned, must be super exciting haha. If you don't mind me asking, where is home for you? That's handy having one of those visa's, I actually didn't know you could get something like that. So roughly 6 months away is a long time to be away especially being a foreigner and have your own business arghh...
Yeah, I read that! it's such an inconvenience when your on a visa! I've had similar circumstances dealing with overseas trading but I'm your probably right because it's the end of the year.
What's the facilities like where your staying? have you met any other LL patients over there?
Quote from: hype88 on December 31, 2016, 05:05:00 AMNice man! sounds like you've got a lot planned, must be super exciting haha. If you don't mind me asking, where is home for you? That's handy having one of those visa's, I actually didn't know you could get something like that. So roughly 6 months away is a long time to be away especially being a foreigner and have your own business arghh...
Yeah, I read that! it's such an inconvenience when your on a visa! I've had similar circumstances dealing with overseas trading but I'm your probably right because it's the end of the year.
What's the facilities like where your staying? have you met any other LL patients over there?
I live in Europe. Every European citizen - and many more nationalities as I remember - can have a long term visa, which makes India a bit more easy to get into for LL than Russia.
But you might have to show the Immigration Office some travel plans first if you ask for more than 2 entries.
The facilities are very clean. The look and the sizes of the rooms are below western standards of course, but it's still okay to be in there.
I had been admitted for half a day before I realized that my bank didn't transfer the money, so I can tell.
I haven't seen the operation theater yet, but it is supposed to be top notch (by western standards).
And no, I haven't met any LLers at the ISIC and I probably won't. They offered me to meet one of their two former patients who are both Indians, which I kindly refused. I'll be their first international LL-patient.
Two LLers doesn't sound like much experience at first, but according to them, they are doing it quite often, just on one leg.
That's handy then! To you need to have travel plans? I would have thought the Dr would write a letter or something in regards to your reason for visiting?
Oh, it's better than nothing though...Good to hear! I'm excited to follow your journey.
Really? I thought you would have been interested in meeting people you've gone a head of you, maybe get some tips & advice from them? what was your reasoning for turning down the chance to meet them? mmm...That doesn't sound a lot at all...
Quote from: hype88 on January 02, 2017, 05:17:15 AMThat's handy then! To you need to have travel plans? I would have thought the Dr would write a letter or something in regards to your reason for visiting?
Oh, it's better than nothing though...Good to hear! I'm excited to follow your journey.
Really? I thought you would have been interested in meeting people you've gone a head of you, maybe get some tips & advice from them? what was your reasoning for turning down the chance to meet them? mmm...That doesn't sound a lot at all...
Some clinics do not write invitation letters for medical visa. So a long-term visa for tourists (preferably for multiple entries) is the only option.
The Immigration Office didn't want any travel plans from me, but I know that they requested travel plans from someone I personally know (US citizenship) after he had applied for "3 times entry" visa.
And regarding meeting former patients of the ISIC: It was a very kind offer - no question about it, but I already know enough to pull trough (I even know how to solve the underwear issue )
Plus privacy is important to me and I don't want anyone to visit me after LL, so it would be unfair to take advantage of it.
It's not a lot because Dr. Deepak doesn't really like to do cosmetic LL surgeries for ethical reasons. However, he and his team have been performing a lot of leg lengthening for non-cosmetic reasons. They really seem to know what they are doing. I trust them enough to have my surgery with Dr. Deepak and in addition, I have a great doctor at home who will look after me too
Oh yeah I know what you mean now man! let me know how you get because I might see you over there in a couple of months depending on who I choose. In saying that do you have the Dr's direct email? ill swing him an email and see whats up
Quote from: hype88 on January 04, 2017, 01:15:43 PMOh yeah I know what you mean now man! let me know how you get because I might see you over there in a couple of months depending on who I choose. In saying that do you have the Dr's direct email? ill swing him an email and see whats up
There are no direct email addresses (that I'm aware of), they somehow prefer to call everyone.
But you can email the Front Office and ask them to forward questions or to schedule an appointment. That's what I did.
Chris, hows the doc's & staff english? also would u do me a favor and ask what cm max they would do on tib and femur? Thx
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