UNICORN - Dr. Guichet Internal Femurs 8cm - Summer 2016

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Poor Fujitora. Both of you keep strong. You don't deserve being treated like  . None of us deserve this. Cheers

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Quote from: helloworld on March 09, 2017, 06:21:08 PMUnicorn,
So sorry that you are still waiting for your leg to be resolved. Hope you have stuff to keep you busy and that you are not in pain.

Bodybuilder,
Are you not too harsh on Dr. Guichet? Every doctor can have such a fracture as the femur is always slightly bent. Even Dr. Monegal has a similar case with Musicmaker. In fact, it was that case that made him realize that it was better to insert the nail from the knee rather than from the hip to avoid too much curvature of the bone.

About fixing: I kind of think the best doctor to fix it is Guichet himself, even though I know that Dr. Monegal has also "fixed" complications of Guichet patients.
I'm harsh not for the complication but for Guichet's dealing with that.
It is unacceptable for a doctor (epsecially a highly paid one) to have this behavior to his patients and don't help them overcome their complications.

After all, if Guichet's patients has complications (and more frequent than most respectable doctor's patients) and he doesn't care to help them as fast and good as he can, then why is he considered a top doctor?
Imo Guichet is just an experienced doctor and nothing more. Almost any other doctor in his price class or even slight more is a better choice for me.
And I know that I sound harsh but I can accept such behaviours in fellow LL'ers.
LL is a hard procedure and doctors should support their patients at max. Anything else makes the doctor irresponsible and a bad choice for me.

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Bodybuilder, Dr Monegal did the same with Musicmaker. If Dr Guichet deserves bashing Dr Monegal deserves bashing too. Both seem dishonest persons but I would say Dr Guichet is better as a surgeon because he is more experienced.

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Notimportant I wrote my opinion about Guichet here, not Monegal.
Your obsession with Monegal starts to seem ridiculous.
Also, don't forget that I am a veteran LL'er and I can judge with my own eyes doctors's work from xrays of their patients and most Monegal's patients seems to do great except they post fake xrays which I don't believe.

And finally almost any of Monegal's patients write good things about him while for Guichet and especially his personality even his own patients (and many of them that have good outcomes) write bad things which is very important for a doctor together with his abilities.

So don't try to do this thread a Guichet vs Monegal match.
Unicorn wrote about her bad experience with Guichet and her complication that this doctor doesn't seem to care to solve, at least presently, and this must be taken very seriously by any future LL'er who considers Guichet dor this surgery.
 

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It's not a Monegal vs Guichet match. My case here is most LL doctors are dishonest. Perhaps Unicorn should see a trauma surgeon to fix her problems, not a greedy LL surgeon who turned to cosmetic to make money. Most of them are similarly dishonest but among dishonest people there are different degrees of dishonesty and different degrees of experience. Dr Guichet beats Dr Monegal in experience and I would say that also in honesty. Don't bash him and praise Dr Monegal because it's not fair. Look. Don't trust the patients' words, look at their actions. Look at their weird reactions and read the posts by the doctor himself behaves like a madman with a bad tantrum. All my respect to victims of these greedy doctors, Unicorn, Musicmaker, Cooper and many others.

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How the hell do you know if  Guichet is dishonest , terrible of whatever? You only know one side and without any details. I love how those Internet warriors pretend to know everything after reading  5 post on this forum...

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Quote from: doomsday on March 10, 2017, 12:19:40 AMHow the hell do you know if  Guichet is dishonest , terrible of whatever? You only know one side and without any details. I love how those Internet warriors pretend to know everything after reading  5 post on this forum...

yup. For all we know they can both be dishonest. Or they can both be great with a few bad patients. The more I read in the patient diaries section, the more I can see that this is no minor surgery. More likely than not, you will have complications doing this surgery, even if you choose Paley or Rozbruch.

This is an intense surgery and you have to prepare for the worst and assume the potential risks . I agree with one thing though.

When you pay upwards of 50k, it is a doctors ethical duty to care for their patients. Thats when patients need them the most and to simply dismiss a patient because you already did the surgery and you were already paid is so unethical that its not even funny. This goes for any doctor not just Monegal or Guichet.

From an unbiased point of view, its clear that both doctors have had complications and thats ok. Complications can happen to anyone, especially in limb lengthening. But it is how the doctor reacts when complications arise that would concern me. Some doctors view this simply as a business, whereas some really do care for their patients.

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I had a nail inserted by Monegal. I have zero knee pain. Maybe I wouldn't have pain even if I had the rod inserted another way. I can't know for sure, but I definitely   do not have any knee issues

Quote from: notimportant on March 09, 2017, 10:36:23 PMHelloworld inserting the nail by the knee doesn't solve the problem because you get permanent knee pain. You're saying Dr Monegal offers a miraculous solution Dr Paley, Dr Rozbruch and Dr Guichet couldn't think about? Come on! These world good surgeons avoid knee insertion for a reason and that reason is permanent knee pain. Many patients complain of knee pain 2 years after surgery. Hip insertion can cause problems in some cases as Unicorn or Musicmaker but they are one among one thousand and they have happened with women always. In general knee insertion is WORSE for men and women.

If I were Unicorn I would sue Dr Guichet for greed. If I were you and Musicmaker I would sue Dr Monegal and Fitbone. You've got them by the balls.

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Like Yourspace wrote " tibias is Catagni and for femurs a few too".

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Hi Unicorn,

I'm a current Femur patient doing Precise II. I just went through your diary and my heart is broken for the tough experience you're having. You were extremely prepared and you have a strong & positive attitude that should've led you to become a successful case. I cannot judge Dr.Guitchet but from reading your diary, I really think Dr.Guitchet should have given much more attention and care for your left Femur that was damaged in the process of 1st surgery. It seems like he carelessly pushed you and treated you the same way he would for patients with no damaged bone, and I think this caused the unfortunate fracture. As a fellow LLer, it is disappointing to see a doctor who doesn't take the full responsibility for a patient with such complication, but turns to potential patients for more monetary gains.

I wish you best of luck onwards. Stay strong and you'll get through this, eventually.