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Posted on Mar 22, 2014, 9:36 am
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Hello board, been planning this a while.  I'm going to Moscow next week to get my tibias lengthened with Dr Bagirov.. The process and communication so far has been excellent with his assistant Anna.  I have some concerns reading wannabe giant's thread, mainly regarding availability of Dr after surgery, but otherwise feel pretty confident. I'm not sure if I'll stay the whole time in Moscow or return home. I wanna do at least 6 cm, so might go home during lengthening. I was also considering Dr Mitkovic.

 The reason I chose Bagirov is because Dr Mitkovic just stopped replying. I'm not looking forward to being awake during surgery, but I'm sure it'll be fine. . I chose Moscow over baku for 2 reasons.The assistants in Moscow are significantly better at replying, and their English is far superior. I also received the invitation letter needed for visa within  an hour of speaking with Anna. I was also not charged  for it. The assistants in Baku wanted $300 before sending the invitation.

If you have any questions or suggestions, let me know.

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Posted on Mar 22, 2014, 11:30 am
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ty wannabe... btw, how does the Dr. measure you? Standing up???. Jerry, I'll be at the hospital as wannabe was

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Posted on Mar 25, 2014, 5:53 pm
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just picked up my passport with visa. Planning on going to Russia tomorrow. I have to admit, I'm a bit nervous.  Going to a foreign nation to get my legs broken is a bit extreme, but I have confidence that I'll be be okay. I'll try to update daily

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Posted on Mar 26, 2014, 5:28 pm
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wannabegiant,  are the frames you're wearing the same as the frames in the video  of bagirov that you posted?

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Posted on Mar 27, 2014, 11:25 am
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ty wannabe... Those can be pretty easily concealed under pants then.    I'm flying to moscow in a few hours.   Nervous, but also ready to get this done

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Posted on Mar 28, 2014, 6:32 pm
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Ty Jerry.  I'm at the clinic now.  Anna is great,  everyone is nice though. .. They Have a very nice pretty girl from Bulgaria but she's leaving Monday. . She Had the Surgery on Tuesday and is walking already. .. They had a girl that was 180 cm that lengthened 7 or 8 cm but she  already left.  The fixator is very small.  It's a half ring,  and does not stick out much.   I don't think there's a smaller fixator than this, including salamehs device.   

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Posted on Mar 29, 2014, 3:20 pm
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Yes. .. it's tiny. .. A girl here was wearing pajama pants today and could not tell she was wearing fixator. .. I was wrong about girl though. .. One girl lengthened 10 cm and  they say she will be okay but she's still recovering. ... but I'm not sure she exercised enough and 10 cm is a lot

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Posted on Mar 30, 2014, 7:04 pm
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Having surgery on Tuesday or Wednesday. . Met the Dr today..He asked me how much I wanted to leng1.5 yearsn. . He said there wer6-7  different lengthening  intervals, from 3-6 cm,6-9 and 9-11 cm.  He recommended 5 or 6 cm as the ideal so Was happy when I said 6 cm.   I asked him about complications. He is very confident that as long as I follow his instructions, everything will be fine. . He wants me to lengthen    .6 mm a day.  I won't start lengthening until I go home though. Patients here are walking (With walker) The day after surgery.  He is very upfront about total  recovery time. .. From 8 months total to 1.5 years. . This is for 6-7 cm. Ultimately it is up to the patient.  I agree with him btw that there is no need to stay in hospital while lengthening. One can do the exercises by themselves and the patient of course lengthens  himself. . He does say that after lengthening, we need to come back for a checkup and then of course at the end of consolidation to remove frames. .  If you have questions, feel free to ask

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Posted on Mar 30, 2014, 9:33 pm
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Dont see how I can lose 1 cm with external. ....  Once you lengthen a certain amount I don't understand how it is possible to shrink.    I think that maybe  patients think they have lengthened let's say 6 cm but in reality only lengthened 5 cm, but I can't see how you shrink to 5 cm  if you actually  lengthen 6 cm. Jerry. The Dr said ballerina is caused by 2 things.  The first is the  fault of the surgeon. The second is if you don't do the exercises that are prescribed. ,He says it won't be an issue if I simply follow his instructions.  The thing he emphasized most was keeping the  legs straight and not bending the knees.  Pin site infections are very minor and easily taken care of.

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Posted on Mar 30, 2014, 10:27 pm
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As far as I know, Dr Bagirov does not offer lon or latn.

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