€12500 for surgery and 3 months hospital stay, includes medical care and food and room - clinic €1000 a month, hotel €25 a night (roubles) - yes another patient had a laptop, then i used hotel business room for comp access, sleep not great at first but u get by - i was 175 and did 4 cm - quality of life was great, was lonely leaving...
Quote from: th on February 02, 2021, 11:36:27 PM€12500 for surgery and 3 months hospital stay, includes medical care and food and room - clinic €1000 a month, hotel €25 a night (roubles) - yes another patient had a laptop, then i used hotel business room for comp access, sleep not great at first but u get by - i was 175 and did 4 cm - quality of life was great, was lonely leaving...
That’s crazy 175->179 is above average man you should take it and be happy
That’s like 5’11 lol that’s great
yes it is fine - my main point was to go and enjoy russia 🇷🇺
Quote from: th on February 03, 2021, 03:09:19 AMyes it is fine - my main point was to go and enjoy russia 🇷🇺
Very cool. Do you have a diary from your time there? I guess with only 4cm you didn't have any issues with ballerina feet or anything? Did you have bow legs straightened as well or just the 4cm?
Did you take a year off from your job or do you work online? Sounds like an interesting experience.
i didn't do a diary (not really my thing) tho another lad there did on old forum (2014/5) - i got an infection that took a month or so to clear up which delayed things - no other issues, had slight ballerina but put weight across the knee with feet on a chair which worked after a week or so - yes took 9 months off work, got this agreed before i left - was good mentally to have work to go back to - in fussia the patient has to takd alot if te responsibility to progress and follow doctors instructions 
Quote from: th on February 03, 2021, 10:13:45 PMi didn't do a diary (not really my thing) tho another lad there did on old forum (2014/5) - i got an infection that took a month or so to clear up which delayed things - no other issues, had slight ballerina but put weight across the knee with feet on a chair which worked after a week or so - yes took 9 months off work, got this agreed before i left - was good mentally to have work to go back to - in fussia the patient has to takd alot if te responsibility to progress and follow doctors instructions
Are you a physically active person? If so, how long did it take till you could get back to playing sports, hitting the gym etc, without worrying about your legs? (You wrote earlier you were running after 1 year: is that 1 year after the surgery, 1 year after frame removal...?) And is it true that your calf muscles hypertrophy (become naturally bigger, thicker and stronger) after tibia lengthening?
Thanks again for all the useful info
well i was 39 when i had it done so i had finished playing football by then - v physically active, i was able to use the hotel gym when there, leg presses low weight with the frames on - on return home i continued to build up strength, seated leg presses and leg extensions as well as upper body obviously - i would still be catious gor a further 6 months no squats till then - running 1 year after surgery, another year till reaching old times, 4 & 8 miles and then surpassing previous times - doctor vonfirmed takes 3 years till everything, ligaments tendons as well as bone is healed - calf do seem bigger tho covering larger area - only 4cm mind, was advised to stop
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That's cool. It does seem like fully external tibias, as old as it is, is the least likely to create problems down the line because there is no nail inserted.
About the height gain, some people reported their actual increase in height is less than the amount that the bone was claimed to be distracted. I guess you distracted to 4cm? Now that everything is healed and stable, how much actual height increase do you have from before the surgery?
4cm
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