VERY FERST STEP - INDIA - Dr. Anil Raheja

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Hey Disobedient,

Thank you for posting your story here!

I hope all is well with you and you have a successful experience.

How much have you lengthened so far?

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Hi Disobedient,

I remember you from old forum . I'm amazed that you went through with both segments at the same time. You've already seen the reaction from others so I don't need to tell you that you're in for a really rough ride. Good luck with everything. Hopefully you find this place to be a good support group. I'll be in India this December and may do my surgery with a doctor there.

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So it was true. Geeeeez. Alright then, well go from here.

We're you the confused girl who traveled through India looking for a doctor to do LL with on old forum ?

About numbers:

This has been tried before but with disastrous results. Fine, you broke all of your bones in your legs but I hope we can convince you not to lengthen 15cm.
You will never in you life heal up more than just barely walking.
You have your reasons but what life do you expect to have when all of this is done and over?

You're doing it with the most terrible lengthening device and method there is. It is no where near weight bearing nor is it stable at all and can break/bend your femurs any time if you sit on a chair.

It's not my intention to scare you or anything but please understand that what you're doing right now is very dangerous. I strongly advice you to absolutely don't lengthen any mm more than 10cm of total.

I don't know to what higher force I should pray to but I am praying for you to make this as easy as possible.

I have seen and heard of a lot of patients that went with the monorail. NONE of them did it complication free. I really hope you don't get any of the serious kind when they hit you.

I'm thinking about your ballerina. You need to stand every day, but you can't with the monorail. There are so many things I can tell you that you need to do to be able to come back close to normal one day.
Remember, I stayed with Dr Sarins first cross lengthening guy and we became good friends and still are. He was an Indian guy and told me everything about the process. He did 7cm on tibias and 4cm on femurs(it got preconsolidation at 4cm, he aimed at 5). He is doing fine now but was one of the most lucky ones together with me at the guesthouse.

Please update us with more better pictures, tell us which doctor it is, keep posting about what you're doing. You're not alone, remember that.

Best of luck.

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Disobedient,

So, of all the Drs you visited, they did external only? I mean, no Lengthening over nails? I would like to do 6.5cm on tibias but have double thoughts about doing externals only because of the time I will have to have the frames on.

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this very interesting.

I also wanted to break 4 bones at once but apparently its very hard and very risky.
the truth is you can break as many bones as u want because they r separate bones. However, nerves run the whole length of ur leg so it will be very difficult to lengthen them so quickly.

Its been pointed out that lengthening the bones is the easiest part of LL. Muscles and nervous r your major obstacles.

Spend a lot of time reading Crazy+6's femur diary and make sure you do what ever u have to do to avoid the problems he had because of his monorail.

Good Luck. 

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You've made a very risky decision doing femurs and tibs. So I wish you all the best in the process and recovery. Majority of surgeons generally discourage people from doing femurs and tibs at the same time and there are obvious reasons for this. I don't think it's okay for a surgeon to allow this, but what's done is done. I remember reading that females have it better in a way, because their bones are more flexible, etc. So things might turn out fine.

I think you should know that it's not all about the costs and more so about your own body. When doing something like this (femurs and tibs), you should have chosen a well known and reputable doctor.

I recommend that you lengthen a short amount in both segments to prevent major problems from occurring.

Good luck.

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Easier for females due to higher pain tolerance and higher natural estrogen levels which makes soft tissue/joints more flexible. Testosterone also contributes to muscle shortening.

http://www.netplaces.com/krav-maga-for-fitness/developing-flexibility/factors-affecting-flexibility.htm


http://health.ninemsn.com/whatsgoodforyou/factsheets/798263/women-have-a-higher-pain-threshold-than-men


I think men react to pain better though even though an equivalent pain would be felt more by a male. Will find a source later.

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I admire your courage. I already said what I thought of it, but I guess now you've taken the leap there's nothing left to say but know pain is temporary height is forever!


I wish you all the best on your journey and I will be keeping a very keen eye on the progress. Fingers crossed it all goes to plan!

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Quote from: Adriano on October 27, 2013, 07:38:04 AMthis very interesting.

I also wanted to break 4 bones at once but apparently its very hard and very risky.


*6 bones

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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. "