Hello
so this is "clear" or " Alpen Rose" from old forum , I got banned but I don't know why?!!
I was really happy that I can share and get some info from LL patients
but hopefully I'll be able to do that here...
so lets start my diaries
Who am I?
Gender : Female
AGE: under 25
Height: 5 feet
Weight: 56-58kg
Country: UAE- Dubai
Why DO I want to do LL ?
obviously, because I'm short, I didn't face any problem with my height like it was hard to me to date or smth..
actually many men think that my short height is giving me extra bonus since they can feel more manly with my petite size
But I hate being short ..!
Where?
I was thinking to do this surgery in several places :-
Firstly, I thought of Germany since I was promise to be 2nd secretory in my Embassy over there, and in this way I can afford living in Germany and the surgery's cost too, also, I love European countries so living there for more than year is not consider an issue for me. BUT, getting this job will take time around (3-6months) , and I want to do the surgery RIGHT NOW,so I chose another country, since I cant afford living in Germany nor the cost of the surgery.
Secondly, China, it is a good choice, but my friend have been in china for more than 3 months and she told me that is so hard to communicate with ppl over there, cuz they are not speaking English.
Thirdly, Russia , Despite my tries to contact many hospitals but I got no replay
Fourthly, Thailand, I love this country, moreover, the hospital over there are very great and the doctors too. However, I found just one hospital that perform LL, so I changed my mind and I chose...
Finally, India, there are many hospitals that offer to do this pressure, and the cost of living in India is so low.. so I decided to go and find the hospital and the doctors by myself .. ( I'll write later about what I found in India about ppl/cost/etc)...
The journey to find hospital ...
I found over 15 hospitals that offer to do LL ( using different methods) across India, however I Just met with tow doctors in tow different hospital ..
The first hospital: Forti hospital
The name of the doctor : Dr. Vivek Mittal
The technique: Ilizarov
My impression about the doctor: he is very realistic, and he thinks more about patient's health than money
he was against doing this surgery for both my tibia and femur. Also, he was explained me and warning me about the pain that I may carry..
The cost: the surgery is 6000USD include the investigation tests and so on, staying in the hospital is cheap too (750INR/night) and I spent tow night over there and it is a good hospital..
Note: I found cheaper hospital in Mumbai,..but money it should not be the first priority when it comes to your life and health...
Second Hospital : Nova Hospital
The Dr name : Dr. Anil Raheja
I met Dr Rehaja and he explained for me about the external fixator which he will use and its called monorail fixator .. For me this fixator it looks more comfy than illizrov method ..
I told him my true tension to get lengthening both my femur and tibia and he advised me to do just my tibia...
but for me I think I can stand the pain (i guess) and technically lengthening both femur and tibia is possible and I shouldn't get trouble with lengthening both parts..
the cost of the surgery included (7days) in hospital and 2.5months physio therapy is 11000$
(I'll write about the accommodation later )
VERY FERST STEP - INDIA - Dr. Anil Raheja
Medium Drink Of Water
so they banned me because of bicycle thing?
Russianblues
Actually I did it ... I just didn't got time to post about the details..
I'm on day 30 or 31
Russianblues
about the taxi.. I think I had the same experience few days ago when I went to hospital
but to be honest I didn't suffer a lot .. cuz I got some ppl who carried me 
however , I have to say moving out isn't easy too, so next time I think I let them to come and have the x-ray here in hotel with these portable devices, the quality of x-ray want be so good,, but it will do the job..
Diameon
about the doctors I'll say he is well known as a good orthopedic doctor "he did many knee replacement surgeries"
BUT for LL he "claimed" that he did 20 LL surgeries ...
thanks
DayZero ..
I was waiting to shift into my room about 3-4hours and when I shifted (at 8pm) I felt very comfy the room is big and nice, and nurses are so friendly (note in India they called nurse by sister )
They asked me to have shower , shave my private area, and wear the gown... after that I did several tests which include x-ray, blood test, and 2 or 3 other tests.. they asked me million questions too.. and then..
they put the cannula and told me to not eat any thing 10hours before the surgery .. Oh I forget to mention the surgery will be tmw at 12:00pm, 24th-Sep
was it a hard day?
I don't know !but it was cold I hope that those "warm inches" that I read about will break this feeling and make me warm sooner or later..
I really I had no idea what kind of thoughts were in mind or maybe I don't have any of them.. ... but I wanted the surgery to be done and these 8 months to pass quickly..
then? yeah I knew what will happen next not exactly but at least I'll be taller.. and that's what I want, that's what I always want to.. no need to google the height of actress to see if they are as same height as am I anymore.. and no need to wear high heel when I know that I can rest my feet now" after LL" by wearing flat... what else? I dunno..
how could I describe my feeling ? exciting ?sad ? afraid? what? I dunno again
but I know that I wasn't sad that I'm alone cuz I chose that, however there are few ppl or may be certain person you need him/her to be with you.. not to do any thing just to be with you and tell you that you'll gonna be fine and you're strong enough just to come to this place alone , he should say it via phone, email, or whatever !!!
I remembered in that day too that I was listening to ROAR it's a good song indeed...also I remembered that I received my new clothes that I made here in India ..so the night passed while I was trying my new clothes... I'm looking good with these clothes..but I'll be Goddess after LL..
yes I'm doing my tibia and femur with external fixator.."monorail fixator" in the pic below
sorry for the low quality of the pic
and about the nerves issue I already spoke to the dr.Anil Raheja and he said, if anything happen to nerves we can compress the bone since the bone tissue is so soft
and he wasn't fully agreed to go for both tibia and femur at the same time but I told him that I can stand the pain so he did it..
I'm Engineer, and I have been deal with numbers mostly in my life and this surgery to me is like mathematical problems that deals with many numerical value..
For me I thought gaining 7cm in 6months by doing just tibia is not good as gaining the double amount at the same period of time...
I may take few months more so I may take 8 or9 months but it's not bad too
cuz I'll suffer just for one time, I do the surgery just for one time ,,,and then I'll be taller 15cm ..
it may the dumbest decision I ever made but any problem I would face it seems to be manageable 
,,,
Hi all
I know that "first" is with i not e, but I didn't notice that I wrote it with e!
can I change it 
Disclaimer
I said this to someone in the msg and I'll say it here again
Dr Raheja is a good doctor and Dr vivak too, and until now I didn't face any serious problem with the surgery, so do I recommend the Dr Raheja?
NO I'M NOT, cuz I still don't know if every things will gonna be fine till the end of my journey !
and how could I know if he is good or bad in this short time seriously !!!!
I know that the cost of surgery would attract the attention of some ppl since it's low, but please think about other staff don't make your decision based on my diary cuz I'm still in the very beginning of this journey, who knows what will happen next ! !! I may regret doing this surgery later !!!
Dameon
I mentioned my Dr name many times
Dr Anil Raheja
this one
http://www.novaspecialtysurgery.com/dr-anil-raheja
Blackhawk
thanks, I'm still not sure, but beyond 1 cm
Kilokahn
thanks .and good luck too in your LL journey
did you decide the method and with whom dr you gonna have LL ?
Sweden
yes I'm that girl except that I'm not confused girl 
anyway, about the 15cm it is my target, but if I'll face any serious problem I'll stop, actually I'm lengthening 2mm/day right and so far no problem or unbearable pain..
about the method, I think you're right about the weight bearing, however I think I could mange this by special exercises with my PT doctors, but if you know anything else would help, please share it here... cuz I do need these kind of advices so badly
right now my major concern is about my knee since I still can't bend it 90 deg.. although I'm doing my best in exercising
about the pic, I don't have good cam I'm using my laptop's cam that why the quality will remain low until I'll buy smart phone or new cam 
and thanks for supporting me
Leonardo2013
I just met with two doctors in two different hospitals, but I was contacting many, as far as I remember one of the hospital offer to do internal method with 8000USD, but I don't remember the name of hospital nor the doctor..
Adriano
Actually I think I have 8 fractions on my bones!
Body Builder did monorail too and I read his diary, but I have to read Crazy+6's diary too
thanks
NBW
it wasn't just about the cost, I mentioned that I found cheaper hospital in Mumbai
and right now, I'm lengthening 2mm/day following my doctor advice..
Russianblues
hi, how you doin?
I read about the pain tolerance thing before and there is big debate on that, But thanks God that I'm girl anyway 
Also the type gender is just one factor there are many other factors that affect the pain tolerance
But I like the conclusion in the first article "Men of the world, you have no idea. Leave it to the women. Forget the whole pain-threshold debate. We have nothing. Women win, men don't. The end. " 
Hi all
I have to jump to today since I need your advise
few days ago I had several mosquito bites all over my body, and today in the morning I had fever. sweats and chills "shaking" and muscle pains and after I took my regular medicine "one of them is pain killer and treated fever as will" the fever disappear and I was very fine ..
However, at 6pm I had the same symptoms again, ...
its important to mention that b4 the surgery my immunity was so strong (FX: I'll have fever or flue every three or four years), but after the surgery I had fever at least 5 times ! although it does not last for more than 12 h..
when my PT doctor came for the exercising he told me that I may have Malaria !
I don't know if he is exaggerated or not because for me I used to have all of these symptoms whenever I have a fever..
and I really wont to avoid going to hospital as much as I can..
Do you guys experienced the same symptoms after one month of the surgery?
any suggestions ?
maybe I should do that since it is india ! although I'm still thinking that I'm fine, my temp is 100.5 F but I'm feeling so good..
for the medicine I'm taking
PANTOCID " once ,prevent stomach pain since I'm taking 3 types of medicine"
vizylac "twice"
chymoral forte "for the inflammation and healing of wound" twice
aceclofenac and paracetamol "pain killer & treating fever" twice
and ULTRACET " I used it only when I have pain,
Adriano
no, I didn't thought about these staff actually before I come to India
Shorty
I'll write it down
Kilokahn
today I went to hospital, but you're right about India..I'll ask the doctor about the vaccinations that I have to get
So what happened to me ?
Last night , was a very horrible night I started shaking I couldn't even say a word.. after few min I tried my best to reach the phone and call the room service to turn off the AC ..
I don't remember what happen next except that I was in a real pain ...when I wake up I found myself holding 2 tablet one for the fever and the other is the pain killer it seems that I was trying to take them when I was in this shaking thing.. , but I really didn't remember when did this happen
I measured my temp and it was 104.2 so I msg my doc if I can take the tablet again (I'm suppose to taking it just 2 times)..
the fever decreased gradually and in the morning my temp was 100.2 however I couldn't move my body not even for one inch
I had muscular pain and back pain actually I felt the pain all over my body..
at 3 pm I felt much better so I had shower, then immediately to the hospital, I got my x-ray and I was happy to know that I grow 1.2cm in my left tibia , however this number is not fixed for the other parts
my right tibia is 9.2mm
my left femur 4.7mm
my right femur 4.2mm
however the bad news is that there is a beginning of a reunion in my right femur...Dr Rah wasn't there "since I was supposed to see him at 12" so I met with another Dr..
I asked him why these number is not fixed! and why did I got just 4mm in my femur while I'm suppose to gain 1cm...
He told me that these things is happen and no need to worry about, he also assumed that I'm not doing the turning in the right way" for me I'm 100% sure that I'm doing it in right way" ... but in general I'm happy that I'm almost 1.5 cm taller
After that I told him about the fever so I got blood test , and they asked to have urine test, although that I drunk 1L of water but nothing came out.. so I told them I'll send the urine sample in the morning...
and that's what happened today.. I am 1.5cm taller
Good Evening everyone ...
So today I received my blood test result and it stated that I'm not infected with malaria
but it shows that my hemoglobin levels was low "9" although I had blood test two weeks before the surgery and it was 12 !!!!
Anyway,the fever disappeared and I'm feeling much better today...
Thank you all for your support, I do really appreciate it..
An_Apple_A_Day
Yes I'm so brave..
Can you even weight-bear with both femur and tibia in a fixator?
my dr. is not recommend that in the distraction period, but after the distraction I think I could do it.
and thanks for your wishes
LiveLife
Yes, I'm so independent
Thanks for your support, and I'll keep you update
orlandoflorida
I mentioned in the beginning of this post that I'm brave so ... So I can't say to you anything but I'm so brave 
thanks
Goodnews
Hello Goodnews,
right now I'm feeling well, and actually I do have PT who is coming everyday for about an hour and I have caretaker as well ,who is coming everyday "from 9to9",however I cant afford 24 hours caretaker..
Also, since I don't have fever right now so I don't think I have bone infection, but I'll go on your advise and I'll take the medicine for preventing malaria ..
You mentioned that your read some stories of people doing both and they succeed , do you have any link?? I really need to read such a thing ..
Thanks a lot for your support
Sweden
Hi Sweden
I read your post in old forum about the garlic and I tried some garlic with chicken soup, however after I read Russianblues's post I think I'll just take Allicin supplementation
You do have regular physical therapy for at least 2 hours right?
No, for one hour.. and he is concentrate in making mr do bending exercises more than any thing else right now,,
But how could I know if the device malfunctioned? I'm trying to pay attention in any change as much as I can, However I'm still don't know how could I determine whether the device is malfunctioned or not !
My doctor told me to do just one turn and he'll do x-ray after a week to check the bone again, but I'm doing 2 turns and I'll see after a week what will happen ..
about the intramedullary nails and the plates, I don't think I got it ! what should I do intramedullary nails AFTER I done lengthening!! my surgeon never mention such a thing before !
I think my eating habit is quite healthy
I drink 1-2 glass of skim milk daily, and 1-1.5 L of water
Morning ( I choose one of these )
* Muesli Cereal with milk
*whole grain toast with peanut butter/ cheese/ egg
* Few pcs of Digestive biscuit with milk
Lunch
* salad Chef "similar to subway but with more healthy options like soup and salad"
*subway
and once a week I tried one of Indian dishes
Dinner "this is fixed "
* yogurt with cucumber sometimes with soup
snack (one of these)
*apple
*banana
*Digestive biscuits
However, when I had the fever I didn't eat any things except one biscuit before the medicine, and even today when I ate slice of toast I felt so sick ... but I'll try from tmw to return to my old regime although I think it will take me few days to do this ...
short_and_depressed
hey you
hummm well I guess 5'5 is excellent..
about the pic I wanted to upload my x-ray but I don't have scanner and I tried to capture pic for my feet to show Sweden that I still don't suffer from ballerina, however the Q is low since I took it "my maid did that actually" with my laptop's cam
Blackhawk
yeah don't worry I'll keep continue my my diary
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