Quote from: Tall on March 01, 2014, 04:17:36 PMYikes. I didn't realize how immobile you are at the moment. Sorry about that.
You take it easy and don't worry about the pics. I must say though, that I do envy your privilege of staying in bed all day 
Look at the bright side. At least you don't have to go to work for a few days!
Good luck,
Tall
No worries man, it feels good to have people to talk to while im here. The pics will come eventually 
also i must tell you.. for most of 2014 i didnt do much other than stay in my room preparing and waiting for this surgery to happen, i decided to postpone my final school term in my university program to do this surgery so i havent been studying or doing anything this year other than in january to finish classes from last term.
I will finish the last term at the end of this year instead, i figured my results would be better if i can study while being happy with myself, so it was the obvious choice for me.
I also avoided meeting with most friends and acquaintances this year, the more time spent before they see me, the less likely they will notice that i changed during this trip. (i lied about going to another country where i have relatives to get work there, since i wouldnt finish school this term, and they bought it)
So its actually less depressing here than i have been the last 2 months in my home kind of 
Wannabegiants tibial lengthening in Moscow, Dr. Bagirov
Congratulations! I wish u all the best.
When u'll have time could u please write those excercises dr told u to do? :-) Thank you!
Have you pre-arranged an orthopod in Sweden to follow you up once you get home?
Quote from: Wannabegiant on March 01, 2014, 04:49:56 PMNo worries man, it feels good to have people to talk to while im here. The pics will come eventually
also i must tell you.. for most of 2014 i didnt do much other than stay in my room preparing and waiting for this surgery to happen, i decided to postpone my final school term in my university program to do this surgery so i havent been studying or doing anything this year other than in january to finish classes from last term.
I will finish the last term at the end of this year instead, i figured my results would be better if i can study while being happy with myself, so it was the obvious choice for me.
I also avoided meeting with most friends and acquaintances this year, the more time spent before they see me, the less likely they will notice that i changed during this trip. (i lied about going to another country where i have relatives to get work there, since i wouldnt finish school this term, and they bought it)
So its actually less depressing here than i have been the last 2 months in my home kind of
I will post all the info here that will be of help for future patients including the exercises for sure.
And now that you mention it I probably should think ahead and make contact with an orthopedic sooner than later..I have lots of time and i dont think it takes very long to get a meeting but still.
i appreciate all the advice 
Gonna finish watching a movie, then its sleepy time. I have barely had any pain today, they gave me an automatic pain killer supplier, its dripping 6 ml every hour into my spine, works wonderful.
good luck wannabegiants.
I am considering doctor salameh, but this doctor it looks like very good. do you know how many patients he has made for cosmetic lengthening?
i am from spain.
cheers
Quote from: paco on March 02, 2014, 09:08:39 AMgood luck wannabegiants.
I am considering doctor salameh, but this doctor it looks like very good. do you know how many patients he has made for cosmetic lengthening?
i am from spain.
cheers
Thank you!
Yeah Dr Salameh is also a very good option i think. The main differences between them imo is that Salameh is considerably more expensive (in Germany) but his external device seems smaller and easier to hide compared to the ones Bagirov uses (I have them, and while they are smaller than average, only a few types of trousers would be able to reliably hide them imo, but i havent tried yet.
In terms of how talented they are as surgeons i dont think there is any easy way to compare, both seem very talented. Dr Bagirov told me not to worry about complications as he has done "many, many surgeries", this he told me straight up with the limited english he knows I didnt want to question his skills as it seemed rude, so i didnt ask specifically how many though.
I've been enjoying reading your diary but I really must ask and I'm sure you've thought about it: "Why only 4cm?" This surgery, lengthening, and consolidation process will be a pretty traumatic part of your life and cost you money and time as well as the fact you won't be able to do many everyday, physical things and will be an invalid for months. 4cm is only 1.57inches which is a nice little gain but in my opinion if you target at least 2 to 2.5 inches, you'll notice a much stronger gain after the surgery and probably look back without regret. It's really your decision but for such an endeavor as limb lengthing, this is something I'd recommend you take time to think deeply about.
Quote from: thetallerman on March 02, 2014, 04:03:01 PMI've been enjoying reading your diary but I really must ask and I'm sure you've thought about it: "Why only 4cm?" This surgery, lengthening, and consolidation process will be a pretty traumatic part of your life and cost you money and time as well as the fact you won't be able to do many everyday, physical things and will be an invalid for months. 4cm is only 1.57inches which is a nice little gain but in my opinion if you target at least 2 to 2.5 inches, you'll notice a much stronger gain after the surgery and probably look back without regret. It's really your decision but for such an endeavor as limb lengthing, this is something I'd recommend you take time to think deeply about.
Ive been asked that a lot. The main reasons is that i know i will be satisfied with myself at that height (178 cm), it will be much easier to hide the truth from my friends with a smaller height gain, and also because i wont have to be hide from them for as long. I dont want to risk getting weird proportions either, and i want to have a higher chance of achieving full recovery.
But i can understand why people think one should get as much as possible from such a huge sacrifice of time, money and effort that is LL.
But from my point of view, with gaining 4 cms, i already will have to wear the frames for a minimun 5 months in total (including lengthening phase) and that means no partying, no sex etc for the entire period. summer will be ruined since i cant swim and wear shorts among other things, and i will always have to be cautious when outside and meeting friends because they might notice the frames under my trousers, or they might bump into me and find out.
I wouldnt want to increase that period with even one month or more just to be maybe 1 cm taller than the 4 cm i planned on.
I also intend to intensively try out taking glucosamine sulphate once i enter the consolidation phase, and probably permanently after im healed. I have heard of people getting as much as 3 cms of height after some months of taking the pills every day. How much you can gain from this probably varies from individuals but it has been confirmed to give some height at least, also it is gained in the spine so it will counter balance the proportions i get from this surgery a bit.
You just got to improvise..
Quote from: Wannabegiant on March 02, 2014, 04:25:37 PMno sex etc for the entire period...
Quote from: mediocre on March 02, 2014, 07:20:55 PMYou just got to improvise..
Haha
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