Quote from: ShortLivesMatter on September 27, 2017, 06:42:46 PMHi, I just had a checkup at Dr. Rozbruch's office today. I have lengthened 3.5cm so far. Xrays showing good callus formation. I have started to develop a little knee bending although I can still straighten my legs if I put effort into it so I need to work on keeping them as straight as possible. Problem is if I keep my legs straight for too long sometimes I experience a painful tingling/burning sensation in my inner lower leg area . Dr. Rozbruch says that happens from time to time and it's due to the sciatic nerve and should go away on its own. However we decided to slow down the lengthening rate to .66mm a day for a little while to alleviate the problem. I'll keep you guys updated.
Haha i saw you in radiology. You're looking good man!
ShortLivesMatter Internal Femurs w/ Dr. Rozbruch 8/22/17
Quote from: 6FeetSoon on September 29, 2017, 12:24:55 AMHaha i saw you in radiology. You're looking good man!
Haha thanks bro! Your amazing LL thread was actually what led me to looking up and going with Dr. Rozbruch. I read you were pretty flexible to begin with so you probably didn't run into any knee bending issues or pain in the lower legs like I'm going thru right now.
i'm a 5'5.5'' dude scheduled for surgery at the beginning of 2018, i don't remember rozbruch saying anything in particular about my flexibility during the consultation so i assume i'm average... in any case, anything 6feet or shortlives recommend to improve flexibility in a way that'll mitigate pain, or it's something out of my control?
Quote from: lon chaney on September 30, 2017, 03:08:22 AMi'm a 5'5.5'' dude scheduled for surgery at the beginning of 2018, i don't remember rozbruch saying anything in particular about my flexibility during the consultation so i assume i'm average... in any case, anything 6feet or shortlives recommend to improve flexibility in a way that'll mitigate pain, or it's something out of my control?
Congrats man, you will be in excellent hands! I would definitely work on stretching your hamstring as much as possible between now and then.
Thanks for the updates. Keep up the good work. Stretch, stretch, stretch!
Curious if you have any further information on what the total amount your insurance company is going to cover?
Quote from: Rod Thick on October 01, 2017, 08:27:53 PMThanks for the updates. Keep up the good work. Stretch, stretch, stretch!
Curious if you have any further information on what the total amount your insurance company is going to cover?
Yeah it looks my insurance covered most of the hospital fees except a couple hundred dollars. As for the surgery they covered some of it and I'm responsible for 55k.
Quote from: ShortLivesMatter on October 02, 2017, 01:56:25 AMYeah it looks my insurance covered most of the hospital fees except a couple hundred dollars. As for the surgery they covered some of it and I'm responsible for 55k.
Your TOTAL out of pocket expenses for everything including surgery, x-rays, anesthesia, hospital, stay, nails, is $55,000?
Quote from: ShortLivesMatter on September 27, 2017, 06:42:46 PMHi, I just had a checkup at Dr. Rozbruch's office today. I have lengthened 3.5cm so far. Xrays showing good callus formation. I have started to develop a little knee bending although I can still straighten my legs if I put effort into it so I need to work on keeping them as straight as possible. Problem is if I keep my legs straight for too long sometimes I experience a painful tingling/burning sensation in my inner lower leg area . Dr. Rozbruch says that happens from time to time and it's due to the sciatic nerve and should go away on its own. However we decided to slow down the lengthening rate to .66mm a day for a little while to alleviate the problem. I'll keep you guys updated.
Hi SLM,
Glad to hear your doing well. Thanks for the info about cost. $55k is a heck of a deal through Rozbruch.
Can you tell us which insurance you have ?
How is the knee bend coming ? Any improvement since you slowed to .66mm/day?
As always, wishing you well!
Quote from: Rod Thick on October 02, 2017, 03:54:02 AMYour TOTAL out of pocket expenses for everything including surgery, x-rays, anesthesia, hospital, stay, nails, is $55,000?
Yes.
Quote from: LAGrowin on October 02, 2017, 04:04:49 AMHi SLM,
Glad to hear your doing well. Thanks for the info about cost. $55k is a heck of a deal through Rozbruch.
Can you tell us which insurance you have ?
How is the knee bend coming ? Any improvement since you slowed to .66mm/day?
As always, wishing you well!
I have unitedhealthcare. I'm still having knee bend so I'm putting some ankle weights on top of them to help when just laying on my bed. Slowing down to .66mm a day has helped with the pain but I'm supposed to go back to 1mm tomorrow, I'll see if the pain intensifies again
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