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Limb Lengthening Surgery => Limb Lengthening Patients Experiences => Topic started by: sopranos on October 05, 2019, 12:30:31 AM
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Hello friends. I'il have surgery soon. I can't give you the surgery date now, but it's coming soon. I will share all the details with you when I have surgery. I've been thinking surgery for two years. I am ready now and waiting surgery. I will update continuously throughout and after the process. This diary will be updated frequently for 2 years. I promise in advance. I may not be able to write often if I get better, but I'm still going to update. I'll share lots of photos and videos. My English is not good. Please write simple English sentences. I may not understand idioms, acronyms and humorous words ;D
Guys, some of you think maybe i am crazy but sometimes you have to make choices and endure the consequences. I really did a lot of research. I thought a lot and made a decision. We will see the results together. Time will tell if my decision is right or wrong. Unfortunately, despite having 170 cm peak height, I am short in many social environments I enter :'( The situation is worse, especially when I am in the young Turkish population. The list of average height according to the countries you see on the internet is not real. Currently, two different endochronology doctors measured 176cm and 176.5cm on 1000 Turkish men in 2018. Moreover, this average includes the elderly population. Believe me, men between 18-30 years of age in Turkey is the average minimum 177 cm in Turkey. For example so far I went to about 6-7 educational institutions. Usually I was among the top 5 shortest in classrooms. I wasn't the shortest, but I was always one of the next. Even though I didn't mind at first but this always came up to me. Unfortunately, People care a lot about physical appearance. It didn't take me long to realize that. Especially the effect on the opposite gender is really tremendous. This is perhaps an evolutionary choice. But I'm sure that If the genetics of short people still survive, we have different abilities that keep us alive so far. I'm sure of that. Anyways, i noticed that 177-178 cm limit heights for men. After that, there is not much height trouble for +177cm.
I've met many patients in Turkey. I've seen many good results. The first thing that gave me courage was the Bluebarbie Doll diary. I never met her but she thinks exactly like me. She likes to share her experiences. Of course, i have read bad diaries and i think they were also helpful to see other side of Cll process. Guys don't worry, you can be sure that i will tell you the pain in all its details and everything i have experienced. I'm not under the influence of Polyanna. I'm quite realistic. I'm just a little more aggressive about taking risks. I'il explain all kinds of bad things. My doctor's name is Ozgur Karakoyun. He is associate professor. He has many scientific studies about LL and other orthopedic issues. You can check out his medical articles on internet. There were a few reasons why I chose him. I'm not going to tell you this now, but I can easily say that there are valid reasons for me.I have to say, if I was rich, I'd go to florida and prefer Precice Stryde. Unfortunately, my budget is extremely inadequate. Even if I had that much budget, I think I'd invest in something else. I'm not writing for advertising. I am waiting for your help and support messages. If it passes well, this diary will stay here on a nice thing.
I made my accommodation plan. I looked at real estate sites for this. This problem was solved in a short time. . Rents are a bit expensive for me but much more affordable than foreign countries. During the extension, I wanted to be in the city where the doctor was. That's why I'm going to rent a house in Tekirdag.
I repeat my method of surgery is LON with Monolateral Fixators. This fixator is a lot like Orthofix LRS and it is made of Turkey. Many doctors are using it in here. I witnessed that. My target is at least 7.5 cm. I want to reach 8.5-9 cm. I hope i reach my minimum goal.
People who have this surgery are not only what you see on the Internet forums. There are so much more. But they don't write diaries. I've met seven people who have had this surgery with LON Femur. They had been recently. I followed the processes of 3 people from the beginning to the end. There are 10 other people I don't have detailed information about. Many of these patients belong to different Turkish doctors.You may be wondering why I chose Turkey. The first reason for choosing Turkey is my homeland. The medical sector is also advanced from many countries. However, costs are not high. Turkey's health sector and health insurance has a humanitarian system like the former Soviet countries. Indeed, this country is a social state. My country owes it to its founder. Even though many right-wing parties wanted to make the system as expensive as in the USA, they failed to do so. That's not the point, but I'm really very lucky about it. In addition, there is no medicinr education for money in this country. Students take difficult exams to study at university. Only those who score the best are eligible to study Medicine. This is similar to natural selection. Only recently, many paid universities(private) were established in Turkey but students still need high scores to study medicine because the chamber of medicine forced the ruling party to maintain quality.
I met recently with 2 patients having surgery in Turkey. One of them lengthened to 8.5 cm and the other lengthened to 9.5 cm. Both femur with Lon and both went well. Of course the pain is reality but one of these patients did not use any very efficient painkillers for the first 3 months. He only use Parol. You may not believe this. His doctor didn't feel the need to prescribe Lyrica. But the other one used a Lyrica every day for 3 months. I think pain is very variable. It depends on the doctor, the method and the person's pain tolerance. In this forum, LON femur has been discredited. People claims that painful and failed but i ooked at the research. It is still the most used method in many countries due to costs. It has advantages over mechanical nails. Of course i can say easily the most perfect nail is Precice 2.2 but Lon method's results were not bad. I forgot to say this. I know many Lon Tibia patient from Turkey and from forum. I have seen that femoral results are better in the long term. More cm, better appearance, faster bone union. As for the pain, I didn't see any difference about Lon Femur vs Lon Tibia. I've seen LON tibia patients who report more pain.
My doctor told me all the risks in the first. He said that if my bone have non-union, he could give me a treatment called PRP. He said it wasn't the definitive solution, but it worked. If some does not go well, he will support me. He won't ask for extra money. He also told me that he realized nin-union in early time. Otherhand family support is very important. Without them, I wouldn't have found the money and the courage. I'm going to share with you the photos of myself. We'il go through the process together.
Respects you all...
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Thanks for your sharing! :)
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Hello guys. I had surgery on October 9, 2019. The doctor had epidural anesthesia. They give me an injection in my back. My legs was starting to numb. Then I got up and listened to the sounds of surgery. I remember everything. They offered me a sleeping medicine . I did not want it, and i wanted to listen all sounds. I was taken to a private room at the hospital. I was fine. The pain started slowly. It's coming up from the bottom. In total, the pain peaked for 3-4 hours on night, but i didn't cry. It was possible to endure it. There was pain until 7 am.I can compare this pain. I've dropped a kidney stone 2 years ago. Its peak pain value hurts much more but kidney pain lasts less time. But as I said, especially the painkillers at night benefited. On the first day I was able to sleep for about 5-6 hours. Today is second day and i havent pain. I'm just worried about my knees. I can't bend them. It bothers me. I stood up three times today. I went to the bathroom with a walker. But I can't get out of bed without help. My knees are blocking to my mobility. There's still swelling in the surgical site. My doctor said it would pass over time. I hope he's right.
Please tell me how the picture is shared on LL forum.
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I go end of this month in Turkey, LON method i hope will be fine
dr Halil Duldu will made operation i have 165 and i hope with 2 operation i get 180 tibia and femur, i will have one and after 6 month second
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https://pasteboard.co/IBs3OwY.jpg
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Can you explain please , about all now , is pain?
and who did surgey? is LON ?
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6 days after first surgery .
Hello guys i am fine and i started lengthening. I use L type allen wrench to turn fixator. I turn 4 times dailly and every turn is about 0.25 mm(90degree rotate). My doctor said me start to lengthening on 14 October.(just 5 days after surgery)
So i have been lengthening for three days.
I left the hospital on October 14. My plans have changed. My doctor told me you don't have to stay here. He said if you feel better, you can go. I was feeling good, too and I decided to do a 10-hour car ride to go Antalya city.(Tekirdag-Antalya between 800 km) I chose car because i came to Terkidag by my car and i couldn't leave the car in another city. My father drove car. I traveled in the back seat of the car. Later I sat in the front seat because when I took a break I got used to sitting in a restaurant chair. That gave me courage. I sat in the front seat in the car. Of course, the seats were in the lying position. The end of the journey was difficult. Because my knees hurt when the car suddenly breakes (this pain about 3/10). I came to my family's house. It will do me good during the lengthening. This city is a calm and sunny Mediterranean city.
It's not hard to lie on your back for sleep. I got used to. Sometimes I change position in bed. I don't lie on your back for more than six hours. I walk 15 minutes four times a day. It's hard getting stand postion from bed. I've done it twice, but I usually want help from family.
What's the hardest thing for me? The first thing that pushed me was when I first sat on the closet. I'm used to it now, but it's still hard.
Maybe I told you. I met a cll friend in hoslital. He was operated on October 8th(1 day before me) Our doctor is the same and our target is the same. He preferred Lon Femur like as me. I talk to his all the time. We've already visited our rooms everyday in hospital. Talking to his makes me feel better. But he's stronger than me. Maybe it's because he's more fit than me He is 165 cm tall and 68 kilograms. The second day he sat alone on the toilet seat and got up. The nurses said that the first day he suffered more than me, but the next days we both had very little pain. I am absolutely certain that the pain depends on several reasons:
Doctor, technique, method, personal pain tolerance. I can add psychology to this. Also which anesthesia method was used? This is really important. Because general anesthesia is more painful for cll patients. Because after surgery you wake up with great pain. Epudral is not like that. I was very comfortable because i controlled the surgery pain the first day.
There hasn't been a major pain in both of us since the morning of the second day. I'm not on painkillers right now. I only take 1 Volteren pill after night time. The real reason is not pain. i want to guarantee myself and to sleep more comfortably at night. I am 79.5 kilograms with 2 fixators. My appetite is always high. I hope my weight stays stable or decreases. I don't want to be overweight. I never smoked after surgery. Normally I smoke 20 cigarettes everyday. Maybe that's why my appetite increased. My target is a minimum of 8 cm. I hope I will. My only problem right now is my knees. They are very hardened. It hurts if I want to break my knee. So I pay attention to my actions. Otherhand there were bruises on the back of my femurs' back 2 days ago. These are gone today.
Everything's going well for now. I'm gonna get an x-ray film on October 24th. I will give you information.I took a lot of pictures and videos. How do I upload to forum without uploading site?
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i uploaded 6 images to imgur. You should click ' i am over +18" button to see photos.
https://imgur.com/a/LGCiU3A
I will upload 2 videos.
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Can you explain please , about all now , is pain?
and who did surgey? is LON ?
The pain was less than I thought. Because many people were saying pain is about 8/10 in first week. I know your doctor Halil Buldu. He's a good doctor but i chose Ozgur Karakoyun. I think he was better.. Good luck with that, but you have to give time between 2 cll surgery. I think it should be at least a year. By the way, I know 2 stage patients . They rushed to second cll surgery. They are recovering late. They just removed the fixators. I can introduce you to them.
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Thx for you share , you are really hope to me, i will travel in next few days , now i thinking about that 2 doctor which is better , i will also have LON method femur ,goal about 8cm in the first stage , i just hope will be all ok
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Some photos and videos, in hospital(9-14 october)
https://imgur.com/a/Vr9S7t0
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walking video, 17 October at home
https://streamable.com/iuvt3
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It's today 00:10 and it is lengthening time for me.
90 degree turning=0.25 mm
only 30 minutes ago
https://streamable.com/5vygp
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Ty for sharing you are doing great man!!
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Thank you very much for sharing your journey, i’m 22 year old male and i have 170CM like you, my goal is to gain at least 7cm, i really want to do this surgery, but for now i’m a student and i dont have alot of money, you are very lucky to have a supportive family, i’m very happy for you, may i ask you how much did it coast you,
And after the surgery can you do sports like football, or run, I’m looking forward to hear from you, until then, take care of yourself.
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Thank you very much for sharing your journey, i’m 22 year old male and i have 170CM like you, my goal is to gain at least 7cm, i really want to do this surgery, but for now i’m a student and i dont have alot of money, you are very lucky to have a supportive family, i’m very happy for you, may i ask you how much did it coast you,
And after the surgery can you do sports like football, or run, I’m looking forward to hear from you, until then, take care of yourself.
Thank you. We can make contact. I texted your mail.
I had a lot of doubts about this surgery. But I met many patient who had the surgery in Turkey. I learned the doctors, the methods, the techniques, the devices. All of these factors are very effective on results. I saw the results and I had the chance to compare them. My doubts have diminished and I have decided. The hardest thing was to convince yourself. I tried to be objective. I made the best choices based on my budget. I set everything up. I decided. But family support is very important. The patient in my next room underwent surgery without his family. He was lucky. His mobility was better than me. He was alone. He must pray to the nurses. Angel nurses helped him. But I suggest you come with a family member. There is already a patient companion system and the hospital is very comfortable. return to the country or stay in Turkey's your choice. Accommodation costs are not expensive in Turkey. The decision belongs entirely to the patient.
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How you doing now?
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Hello Guys.
My two fixators show 3.5 cm lenghening but my gap is less than 3.5cm. I know this is normal situation for External Lengthening but i am worried to not reach my target cuz my fixators allows maximum 9cm lengthening. I want to reach minumum 8cm bone gap. If I lose more than 1cm from technical reasons, I may not reach my target. I asked to my doctor about my worries. He told me not to worry. and he said me you will reach your goal.
I have taken X-rays three times. I will share it all. Good news. Both legs have equally gap space. Bad news I have early union issue. So last 10days, i turned 1.5 mm dailly. Cuz My last xrays show my callus tends to union and my doctor said 6*0.25mm daily tuening for just 10 days . Today is the last day for 1.5 mm turning dailly and I will turn only 1mm daily next day.
Tomorrow is very important to me. Because I'm going to take x-ray. I drove my car my to the hospital 10 days ago to take xray. Maybe I'il drive my car tomorrow. I drove 30 km in total 10 days ago. You may be wondering why did i drive? My father drove the car the first xray time. My father is old and unfortunatly he is driving badly. My car is diesel engine and manuel gear. He doesn't know how to drive a diesel car. He also brakes very abruptly and does not pay attention to those pits. I promised myself that day, next time I said I'd drive and I made it.
Although my car had a clutch pedal, but I wasn't tired.
My doctor told me in second day after surgery "You can drive car after three weeks." I thought he wanted to give me a morale. Because the first days of my knees were very stiff. I couldn't sit in back seat of the car without help in first weak.
Now I'm going to tell you about the pain. I didn't have much pain until the last week. But I started lengthening 1.5 mm daily, my body react this. In last weak, the pain visited me night. It continues from 22:00 to 02:00 but it is not continuous. Also i used to fight it without painkillers but last weaks pain has increased. Probably this is due to 1.5 mm daily turning. Last 1 weak, i take 75 mg Volteren(diclofenac) pill every night. Also last 2 days, i took Volteren in afternoon. This pain is not hell. Its level is 5-6/10. It decreases when i change position. But it is preventing night sleep.I sleep at least 6 hours every day. Otherhand second problem is pin site pain. It is not a deep pain. You know when it's gonna be. It visit when i standing, sitting or hips moving in bed. But It's just a moment. If you have not pin site infections, it doesn't hurt too much. I had infections on left fixator top pin site and it hurted me a lot when i first moving moments. but now, it gone cuz i took anti-biotics. My pin site pain is normal level now.
The weather in my city is still sunny. My house is 23-24 degrees today without heater. It makes me so happy. I'm a Mediterranean man. Cold weather will depress me. I walk around the garden every day. And I've been using crutches for last 15 days. My walker retired. Crutches are more usefull and it will improve you. My doctor said "you can use crutches after 2 weeks" in hospita but I juat thought you give a morale. but i can not believe this. I've been with crutches a lot.
Note: Guys, in first weeks after surgery, you will have bruises on your back of femur. This looks a little scary, but it's natural. These are all temporary. Don't be afraid. Your pin locations may also be infected. This is natural. Increases sensitivity and causes more pain. This is also temporary. But be sure to tell your doctor. The color of the current gives information about bacteria type. The doctor prescribes antibiotics accordingly.
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How you doing now?
Fine thank you mate. Do you remember me? I asked to you about surgery. That was 1.5-2 years ago in forum and you always answered me. I really did not know anything about cll surgery. I love everyone who shares information like you. This operation is not an cia or kgb operation. I have nothing to hide. :) :)
Mate , i found out you're okay. I saw your photos with your family in Disneyland. I was really happy for you. I hope I will be as good as you are.
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These are some photos and videos. There are my car driving videos, my knee degree and walking videos without crurches:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=17xUWmSs1OjsllhJJXhbmkELyopZ7hkZk
car driving videos on November 1, 2019
walking video without crutches October 29, 2019
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Guys good news today. I took xray and my gap 2.85 cm and my fixators show me 3.5 cm. My two legs' gap are same and it is about 2.85 cm. I went to hospital wiht my car and i drove it again but today little hard. Probably i cant drive after +4cm but i will try.
Xrays and my videos today coming soon
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I took xray today. This is my fourth xray after surgery.
My all xrays from start to today:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=19ysHE9zqlz8NDzDhE3-g9XxwiUREvnk2
I took a video today while I was driving and i shared a photo about my morning routine walking:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=19zgYlDUD69CLn772vdxIHB4B3-IGcJcl
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Guys i reach 4.2 cm on both legs. Everything is going well. i can still bend my knees about 90 degree. My family noticed my growing yesterday. First time my mom said you look more taller now :) Today I went outside of house on my own and walked alone with crutches.
Those who want to see me can video call me on wp. I can answer all question about LON femur. As I've always said, This diaries won't be like other diaries. I share photos, videos and wp video call number. Everything here is real.
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Thanks for this awesome post! If you don't mind me asking, how much did the surgery cost?
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Hello guys, i am fine. I went to the xray yesterday. I have reached 5.3 cm for both leg. Everything is okey but i had a fever recently. This happened during different 2 times. That's why I stopped lengthening twice untill i heal. Lengthening is very difficult when you have a fever. If you have fever, Every painfull zones of body hurt a lot more about up to 4 times in fever times. Now I feel good and i started to lengthening again for 1 week. My patient days lasted a maximum of 8-9 days totaly. Other than these days, my pain was very low.Pain is usually in night time. It's like growing pains when you were little. But recently i feel pain more times in day. The pain visit me midday times after 5cm but it is not too hard.
My only technical problem is pin bending. My pins have bending, but that didn't bend my bones. My right fixator shows 7.1 cm but my righ leg's real gap is 5.38 cm and My left fixator show 6.8 cm but my right leg's ral gap is 5.42 cm. Especially my right leg's low schanz screws bending. I'm getting too careful now. I don't stand up if it's not necessary. I've walked a lot before(reach until 6cm) But now I even pay attention bending when I'm lying. The femoral muscles are very strong and they can bend even if you do not bear weight. I think the best for my is 3 + 2 schanz screws. I think 2+2 schanz is avaible for -65 kilos people. Really i didnt see bending for -65 kilos people if the fixators is properly fixed.
I take many photos, xray and videos. I have a lot of stories :) My X-rays are also beautiful. I will share all of them. I hope i reach 8cm without problems.
See you soon, take care.
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Hi Sopranos, please check your message
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Hi Sopranos, please check your message
Okey man :)
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Hi friends.
I want to make a statement. I'm giving my phone number to everyone. I'm saying my real name, also my name seen on my wp profile. I have my own picture on my site profile and wp profile. My face is visible on whatsapp. I'm as clear as I can be. Many people write to me on wp. Some of them have no profile photo, no name. Naturally I would like to video chat after meeting chapter. 2 minutes video chat is enough. I want to know who I'm talking to. I want to see his physique and looking. This is my natural right. Of course I have other reasons.
Because I can't trust many of people on internet without confirmafion. It happened several times. Some of them know this surgery as well as a doctor. Maybe he is a doctor, doctor's assistant or staff. These guys ask me strange questions.They have different purposes. I'm not generalizing. What I'm saying is not for every knowledgeable guys about surgery. But if we're talking on the phone, I have to know who are you?
For example i talked with a guy on whatsapp and i offered video chat. He rejected my video chat offer with an excuse but i still talked him. Than It's happening another time. I offered video chat again, they reject me again. I asked why reject. He talks about personal privacy. The excuses was over and the importance of personel privacy started. It was funny.
If you think I'm wrong, don't write me on whatsapp. I am not child and i don't have time for your commercial networks or your privacy agent life. If you've had so much privacy paranoid, your first problem isn't about the short height, it's mental at first. We are not in James Bond movie filming or Pentagon office. We are just one of the seven billion ordinary people in the world.
Cuz i know very well, many of these secret people aren't short and they don't plan on having this surgery. Their purpose is different. Please these guys should not talk to me.
I'm very transparent. Short people are my fate partners. My purpose is to give information to short people. I want to help to all short people in this forum. Otherhand i would like to ask question and recieve information from old veterans if i have trouble about my lengthening process.
In summary, don't get me wrong if I offer you a video call when talk on whatsapp. I wrote all my reasons here. It's also good for you to see me in the video call. Which patient did this to you? :)
Take care
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Hi m8, you offline on what's up? I reach for now 5.8cm, my goal now is 10cm femur i hope i will get it, also now for me after 10days lengthening pain start like crazy i have feel my legs will broken i stop one day and is better than i continue
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Guys, my both femurs reached 9.4 cm on xray films but every x-ray devices not fully calibrated and so i controlled from my fixators meauserement on xray film. cuz i know my fixators span's length in real and i can measure on xray films. I calculated my real gap from using this mathematical proportion. my both gaps are very close to reality. my left gap is 9.08 cm and my right gap is 9.09 cm. I stopped lengthening and i wait for removel device. If i have free time, i do big edit my diary. I will send all xray and photos step by tep, day by day. I have a lot of pictures and xray in my phone.
I don't want to indirectly share with Google drive. I want the pictures to appear directly in the forum. Does anyone know how to do this? Please a friend tell me how to add my photos directly on forum.
I have a lot of story of my mind to tell you :) Actually my target was minimum 8 and maximum 8.4 cm but but I turned a few milimeters my fixators to reach my dream height. This was 178 cm and now I measure my height, it's net 178 cm. I stood upright whenever possible with crutches. i changed high elavation to my crutches' spans.
I havent misaligment and nerve pain. So i reach 9.08 cm but my knee Rom really bad. i did not physiotherapy support and i did not do physiotherapy movements. My doctor said a few movements but I have not practiced most of the time. Because i had doubts about my schanz screw's strength. Cuz my old fixators only it barely let me go 6.5 cm. Cuz my old fixators' maximum span was 9cm. .Although my two legs' gaps were equal but my old system also had centimeters losses. So i didnt want to stop on 6.5 cm. My doctor adviced me fixator changed.
I went to Tekirdag city 4 days later. I came to the hospital. I didnt take anesthetized. I just took a painkiller and sleeping drug from my arm. I was put to sleep. it took 45 minutes and I woke up when i was carried to the room on stretcher. My new fixture is again the same brand. It was the same as everything. But it has only difference. Its fixators body span has 2.7 cm more longer than my old fixators. But both of fixators have 9 cm lenghening span but only difference body span length. We used this length to reach more cm. I have moved and walked very little for the last 1.5 months. So i had lost many knee ROM. My knee ROM decreased every day. I have only 30 degree now both legs(maybe right is much more) and my quadriceps muscles are tight. But this hardness not blocked my walking or not give pain me.
I stopped my lengthening a few days ago(probably 6 days ago) Therefore, the pain decreased. But I still need muscle relaxants drugs. Otherhand sometimes I still use 50mg tramadol to sleep comfortably in night.
Summary everything is good for me. My device removal date is probably 18-20 February.
Take care. I wait your comments.
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https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1IJ5K9QaXQgwImaxbHSO-mGqtEKcTRWxT
You can find my real size by establishing proportion. I will upload all my xrays and photo soon in good quality.
Note: I lost 12 kilograms 4 months after firat surgery date :) i had 79 kg with fixators 1 week after first surgery date and now i have 67 kg with fixators.
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https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1IJ5K9QaXQgwImaxbHSO-mGqtEKcTRWxT
You can find my real size by establishing proportion. I will upload all my xrays and photo soon in good quality.
Note: I lost 12 kilograms 4 months after firat surgery date :) i had 79 kg with fixators 1 week after first surgery date and now i have 67 kg with fixators.
how tall are you now? do you plan on lengthening more? and do you have any proportion imbalance of your legs compared to your upper body? or does it look natural?
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Thank you for sharing your experience.
Congratulations to achieve your goal. How is your condition now? When does you can walk normal or without crutches?
Do you mind you can give me your email? I probably want to do LON femur in the future.
Since Precice and Stryde is too expensive for me.
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I am waiting to remove the device. It is getting better every day. I got a new x-ray. My callus has increased significantly in 22 days, but I'm still waiting. Because this is the safest way. By the way, do not believe in the measures said in the forum. Many of the x-ray devices are not calibrated. Many patients don't have the mathematical intelligence to understand this.
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Glad to hear you are better and better. Does your doctor told you how long you can remove external device? Who help you calibrate your X-ray increasing height? Is your surgery doctor or local doctor?
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Hello Guys. Sorry for being late This will be BIG UPDATE
First Surgery Date: 9 October 2019
Lengthenig finish day: 2 February 2020
My Last X-Ray after stop legnthening: 25 February 2020
Fixator Removed Surgery: 26 February 2020
First steps with single crutch: 16 March 2020
First steps without crutches Fully Time: 25 march 2020
BIG UPDATE ABOUT STORY of MY LAST TIMES:
My Last Days with fixators
I started to relax after the lengthenig was over. Many pain ended 8-9 days after the lengthening.Sometimes there was only the pain of schanz screw(pin sites) locations. Sometimes the device was uncomfortable, especially during sleep time. I was using less painkillers after 10 days of finishing lengthening.(sometimes I used just for more comfortable sleep) My mobility had decreased in the last days of lengthening. My walking speed was slow. My knee flexion angle was 35 degrees but It was 45 degrees after 25 days of stoping lengthening. My walking speed and walking time increased day by day after the lengthening was over. Before the device removed, I started walking a total of 1.3 km a day.(the last few days).
On the other hand, my appetite was increasing. Because I almost didn't use tramadol drugs(contramal, zardial etc.)
Fixators Removed Surgery and Schanz nails locked surgery
On 26 Februrary, i entered the hospital in morning. My operation started in afternoon times. Epidural Anesthesia was preferred for me. I was completely awake during surgery. The doctor aligned measurment between of my both legs.Then the nails locked and removed the device.This surgery took approximately 1 hour. Then I was carried to my room. The effect of anesthesia passed in the evening and i felt to pain. This didn't take too long. It took 3 hours and according to my pain scales, it is 6-7 out of 10.
During 15 days After Removed Surgery
I had a headache for about 10 days. The reason for this is epirudal anesthesia.You should drink more water and you should use or drink caffeine( drink coffee and cola or some pain killers contain caffeine) I hadn't had this headache in my first surgery. It was really bad. In addition, my knee flexion decreased very much after removed fixator surgery. I had 45 degrees before surgery, 30-35 degrees after surgery(Also maybe less). It's normal. The doctor said that this would pass in 10-15 days. The reason for this is the accumulation of blood collected in that area as a result of the surgical procedure. I asked this to the patients of other doctors. They confirmed this. Indeed, my knee flexion was restored 15 days later. i reached 45 degrees again. I forgot to say, after the first days, i was trying to walk minimum 800-900 meters. I paid attention to measuring these. Also, in the first days, you should clean your wounds with baticon. You should bandage them. But leave it alone after 10 days. No need for bandaging or anythings .
1 months after Fixator Removed Surgery
In the first days, I preferred to lie on my back to avoid injuring the wounds.(pin sites locations) Then my wounds were closed. I started to sleep on different positions. I was walking 1.5 km a day with a crutches.(both left and right)
My Last Days (15 march-5 match 2020)
First steps with a single crutch:
in the middle of March, I started walking with a single crutch. (So now I used it like a wand) I started to climb the stairs with a single crutch. Actually I could have done walking with a single crutch before, but I didn't want to take risks.
First Steps without any help:
Just 1 week after the first steps with single crutch, I started walking without any help from crutches. I had no balance problems.Some patients swing like a ship while walking.This was too little for me. I think this was because I walked a lot with crutches and i keept to maintain my posture. Many times I adjusted the crutches to the longest position. Because I could only stand upright when I was in this longest position. After March 25, I started walking without a stick. In this way, I even went out onto the street in front of my house. The only problem is stairs without handrails in out of my house. But i didnt take a risk and i used single crutch when on stairs.
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My actual problems:
1-I managed to increase my knee flexion. It now reaches 65-70 degrees. But its development is not fast.
2-There is a feeling of pressure on the left inner side of my right tibia, close to the knee. This does not always happen. There is a strange pain in this area, especially when I force my knee to break and after climbing the stairs. This is not a great pain, but a sense of pinching. Maybe it's tension. The doctor told me to stretch.
MY WARNING:
1- This post is not a doctor's ad. It is a guide for my short height brothers. There are patients who have problems with my doctor. For example, one of them has a diary here. That patient had surgery with precice stryde. He had big problems with doctor Özgür. He started a diary here. His diary name is "Almost cripled". Read this too. I think this patient is right to be angry with the doctor. In addition, another CLL Lon fermur patient of him had problems with a leg (Lon femur patient). There was no lengthening in one foot of him. He had to have 2 extra surgeries from one foot. He was not happy with Ozgur. He has arrived his lengthening target now, but he is angry with him because of he did extra surgeries. But I have to be honest. Doctor Özgür has been successful in me and has completed a good leg lengthening.(at least it looks like that). I compared to the patients of other Lon Femur doctors, I suffered less and it was good to heal. There was no problem with my x-rays. He answered my questions on whatsapp during the day. But these do not prove that he was a professional. My budget was low. That's why it was the best choice for me. I gamble and it has been good. I think CLL is a gamble in itself, but mine was another gamble. My budget was low, I had no economic security, and I turned a lot cm. If you prefer doctors like Dr Paley, Dr Betz and Dr. Rozbruch or like them, you are more likely to win this gamble without problems. Of course you need to pay more. Also be aware of the process. Learn everything from veterans and articles read. You should learn side effects of medications and what you should not do. You should know how are a x-ray film examined? What is nerve pain? What equipment will I need during process? What is a bed wound? In which period, how will I be? It is important to know them. If you find out the problems of veterans before you chronologically, your process will be more comfortable.
2-Many doctors are unrealistic about their patient gap measurement. Saying the centimeters more often results in a placebo effect in patients. Therefor, the patient is more easily satisfied. But in really, most of patient don't know x-ray device is not caliber.
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Advices:
Please to buy an inflatable seating bagel to lie down without coccyx pain. Those bagel producted for hemorrhoids patient to seat. you can use it by reducing the air. Because going to bed constantly causes painful sores on the tail and heels. Otherhand you should protect your heels. You can put a soft sponge under heel or take heel out into space.
If you have a lot of money, there are expensive doctors with full load bearing internal nails in Europe who do CLL more professionally. You should prefer them. Because they really have a team and more. Of course, this is a budget issue. Turkey is the most suitable country for me. Because this is my homeland and my budget is low. I know everything about my country well. Many of these are advantages for only native people like me.
Please don't give much money to commission agent. They really demand a lot of money.
Nsaid group drugs harmful for your bone union. Please don't use them and you read all drug's prescriptions carefully. Many pain killer or bone relaxig drug include Nsaid group drugs. I learn this from internet.
Note: My gap is measuring 9.4 cm in the last but one x-ray. But if I calculate by caliber, I clearly lengthening 9 cm but then me and my doctor turn back about 3 mm before locked nails and my both legs were equalized during the surgery. It is fixed and it was measured with the scope device. My gap is clear 8.7 cm after fixed .This is a very high level for cosmatic leg lengthening(CLL). I did not see like me in Turkey(i mean real +8.5 cm) Probably 1 or 2 Cll patients. But I do not recommend these cm, it is so much. Although my first height is good but The muscles of short people are also short. +8 cm lentgening is more difficult for short people. My first height maybe good but i know my main fight will develope my knee rom with exercises. I think 7-8 cm net is enough for them. 7 cm is really healthiest.I take big risk but i fight to turn back old times.
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Why am I late to update?
There are 2 reasons for this. First, i don't have enough energy to write on the forum at the end of the lengthening period. My second reason is that when you start to heal, you don't care about the forum. The only thing you focus on is to go back to your old athleticism with exercise.
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How is this diary different from others?
Of course, Photos, videos and x-ray films.
HERE
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BEFORE AND AFTER (I wore the same shorts.)
https://imgur.com/gdY8PIg (https://imgur.com/gdY8PIg)
https://imgur.com/OzQQ6U7 (https://imgur.com/OzQQ6U7)
MY NEW HEIGHT(178.4)
https://imgur.com/B8ez1hv (https://imgur.com/B8ez1hv)
VIDEO OF MY WALKING WİTHOUT ANY HELPER(03.29.2020)
https://streamable.com/5sp1uw (https://streamable.com/5sp1uw)
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Hi sopranos, what did doctor do about your misalignment?
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Hi sopranos, what did doctor do about your misalignment?
I havent misaligment. I will send the pictures a little later.
These my last x-ray before locked surgery.
LEFT:https://imgur.com/DAnQ7Hu (https://imgur.com/DAnQ7Hu)
RIGHT:https://imgur.com/EtiRij4 (https://imgur.com/EtiRij4)
ORTHO:https://imgur.com/L62Ulhh (https://imgur.com/L62Ulhh)
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I havent misaligment. I will send the pictures a little later.
Ok thanks. Your diary is awesome. I will do LON femur for 8-10cm hopefully in May. I wanted to do turkey however they are out of my budget, so I will go to Russia. After distraction I will come to Turkey for hair transplant and maybe veneers.
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Ok thanks. Your diary is awesome. I will do LON femur for 8-10cm hopefully in May. I wanted to do turkey however they are out of my budget, so I will go to Russia. After distraction I will come to Turkey for hair transplant and maybe veneers.
Good luck with you. Protect yourself from Corona Virus. I think you should not be operated with 178 cm height, even if it is free.
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Good luck with you. Protect yourself from Corona Virus. I think you should not be operated with 178 cm height, even if it is free.
I understand, however I need the extra height to become a professional basketball player which is my dream. Hopefully I find a doctor that will operate on me at 178cm.
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I understand, however I need the extra height to become a professional basketball player which is my dream. Hopefully I find a doctor that will operate on me at 178cm.
Hi hoopdreams
You probably know you will lose athleticism after CLL. The more you lengthen, the more athleticism you will lose. If you want to increase 12cm according to your note, you need to have both femur and tibia lengthened. You just can't perform basketball at the professional level. It is simple and obvious. Please reconsider CLL.
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hey sopranos i am glad you are healing and you dont have serious problems like a few of us who had the same doctor as you.
The thing is with limb lengthening people should know is that a good doctor may come across a few complications with patients but he will be skilful enough to correct them.
If a doctor has to many complications with patients he should be avoided.
However if a doctor is negligent even once! he should not be used again,
sopranos is very lucky. my medical legal team have put forward to my lawyers 7 cases of negligence and my lawyers are now in contact with more patients of doctor ozgar, who are building cases now, Dr ozgur is marketed by wannabe taller
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He pay only 8000USD to doctor to Dr Ozgur and believe me he have big problem to , his fixators broke, and many others crap happen, ask him
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Yo dude sopranos....how much was ur inseam length before limb lengthening and can u please please i request u again plz tell me what is ur inseam and total leg length from hip to floor..and ur arm span too..thank you for ur kind feedback.
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He pay only 8000USD to doctor to Dr Ozgur and believe me he have big problem to , his fixators broke, and many others crap happen, ask him
Hey child spirited man, i have your fixator broken video and i will share your diary. You send me on whatsapp. You couldn't even walk on feet. Because your fixator was broken. Mine is just clogged. I went to change it myself with my own feet to hospital city. Also, I already mentioned my fixators clogged. You did not read what I wrote. Please read my diary at first. I did not hide anything. But you have hidden what you have experienced from people. You need to get psychological treatment.
I have never advertised. I just wrote what I experienced. That's what makes me different. You made the wrong choices and you pay. You got ripped off by the agency as a price. You paid 3 times more than it should be. I also warned you about this. Despite everything. I just thought of your goodness. You are ungrateful. But you didn't deserve this.
Why would you fall for me? For telling the facts and warning you. Otherhand I have disclosed you.Finally I have no more tolerance for you.
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hey sopranos i am glad you are healing and you dont have serious problems like a few of us who had the same doctor as you.
The thing is with limb lengthening people should know is that a good doctor may come across a few complications with patients but he will be skilful enough to correct them.
If a doctor has to many complications with patients he should be avoided.
However if a doctor is negligent even once! he should not be used again,
sopranos is very lucky. my medical legal team have put forward to my lawyers 7 cases of negligence and my lawyers are now in contact with more patients of doctor ozgar, who are building cases now, Dr ozgur is marketed by wannabe taller
That's right, my friend. I'm just a patient with a good process. Cll requires great responsibility from doctors. Without these, the job is left to chance.
thank you for your good wishes. I hope we all get better.
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Yo dude sopranos....how much was ur inseam length before limb lengthening and can u please please i request u again plz tell me what is ur inseam and total leg length from hip to floor..and ur arm span too..thank you for ur kind feedback.
I send my fully femur length x-ray before. it said i have 52-53 cm femur length now. You can calculate my initial femur length easily. But i don't know my initial tibia length. I had xray but i didn't meausere.
Otherhand i have 174 cm wingspan. I think it is compatible with my physical appearance.
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7th month update
VIDEOS
Climbing Stairs without any support:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hDdMd2-eoHbUXIpWeZwOHcvc5_BKg-CY
My Knee Bending:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=185c4usBQfZwYO5vrp9_7JNnSq5txm9DZ
My Running Trials:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=12veoMndqXHBV7uz8H7VuM2CsMpFFFLrQ
My Wing Span:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fPjaJZr9sAe4PPXm0td6jYJ9xM3WimP4
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Hey sopranos..i was just wondering what was your inseam length before surgery and what about now..and were you high waisted before means did u had a small torso or a long one..plz reply..eagerly wanna know..pictures look good bro.
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pretty good progress, not bad at all for 8.7 cm lengthening. keep up the stretching and PT. also your proportions looks great actually, i don't notice anything off at all and im deliberately looking for something to be off, can't find it haha
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Hi supranos, Do you mind sharing scar pictures? I am considering the LON femur with monorail also but I am a female so I am also concerned about the scars.
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I understand that LON in the femur= High risk of deep infection. Am I missing something here?
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where do u come from brother? I have almost the same starting height, but it is small in my coutnry (germany) for my age. Most ppl are over 185.
Do you do only 1 surgey or too, because your goal is very tall?
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I havent misaligment. I will send the pictures a little later.
These my last x-ray before locked surgery.
LEFT:https://imgur.com/DAnQ7Hu (https://imgur.com/DAnQ7Hu)
RIGHT:https://imgur.com/EtiRij4 (https://imgur.com/EtiRij4)
ORTHO:https://imgur.com/L62Ulhh (https://imgur.com/L62Ulhh)
How come the gap between the bones and the gab of the monorail is not the same?
If both gaps (bone and monorail) start at approx 0 mm then every millimeter on the monorail should be reflected 1:1 on the bone gap, too?
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I promised that I will update my diary. 1 year has passed now. I will share what can I do physically(or can't). For example what has changed in my social life? Am I still in pain? Have I forgotten the effects of the surgery? I will write all of them.
what can I do:
- I can run but my running speed is not as fast as before.I can try this on a 100-meters running. I can share how many seconds with dm or whatsapp.
-I can have sex for hours. Of course I cannot share this :)
-My walking style was very normal even right after the process, and it improved following days. Penguin steps took a very short time. About 25-40 days after removed fixator.
-People who doesn't know my previous appearance can never tell by looking at my physical movements that I had surgery.
-I can walk 20-25 thousands steps a day. There are days when I walk these distances. There were days when I walked 18 thousands steps 6-7 months after the first surgery date.
-I can kick higher than my height.
-I can touch the ground with my hands without bending my knees.
-I can work in all physical jobs that are not squatting.
-I can climb stairs two or three fast each.
-I can climb stairs quickly in two or three steps.
-I can walk 1.5 kilometers with shopping bags of about 30 kilograms in my hand. Walking uphill is not a problem.
-. Although not as fast as before, I can swim fast. I went swimming more than 30 times after the device came out.
-Every outfit I wear suits me. I can wear long sized t-shirts
and sweatshirts.
-Most of the trousers I wear look great. Especially regular fit trousers.
-Even if I eat more food than before, I am fit. I really eat what I want. I am not gaining weight. In the past, when I ate too much, my appearance in front of the mirror immediately started to look bad. I used to need a diet.
What can't I don't:
-I cannot touch my heels on my hips. This may be because I have never had physiotherapy. I could have worked more to improve it. I believe it will happen if I work. I don't need 100% leg flexion ability. That's why I don't want to force myself.
-I can fight against a normal sized person, but not as much as before.
-I can't wear skinny pants. Because my legs look thin. Besides, I did not prefer these in the past. Those pants don't look masculine.
-My legs look thin due to muscle loss. My calf muscle is close to old and it is strong, but my muscles that cover the femur are not thick. It will get thicker as time passes.My legs are thicker now compared to the first time after the second surgery. Both my body mass and my muscle volume in the legs have increased compared to the first times.
-I can't squat with the weight bar.(medium and high weights.) But I did not make an effort for this.
-I cannot stay crouching for a long time. After crouching position, I have to get support from my hand while standing up from the ground. My first reason is that I don't want to force my knees.(not because of the pain). I see that my legs are not as strong as before.
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Hocam merhaba,öncelikle sürecinizi adım adım paylaştığnız için teşekkürler gayet bilgilendirici olmuş.Size şunu sorcam hocam 170 boyundayım 2 farklı ameliyatla 11-13 cm uzamak istiyorum sizce orantısız,kötü durur mu?
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Özgür is not a doctor. He's barely a butcher. Both the Killer and irresponsible. There are no patients he has not crippled.
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Özgür is not a doctor. He's barely a butcher. Both the Killer and irresponsible. There are no patients he has not crippled.
Are you saying this now because you are crippled?
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Özgür is not a doctor. He's barely a butcher. Both the Killer and irresponsible. There are no patients he has not crippled.
Should have figured that out before you got the surgery with him, besides, were you not the one praising his achievements in the opening sentence of your diary?
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As I understand it, sopranos admits that Ozgur is not a good doctor and he doesn't recommend him. But sopranos himself, personally, got a good result, and that is his experience. Respectable and honest, and we should appreciate that. That's all.
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As I understand it, sopranos admits that Ozgur is not a good doctor and he doesn't recommend him. But sopranos himself, personally, got a good result, and that is his experience. Respectable and honest, and we should appreciate that. That's all.
"There are no patients he has not crippled." was the last thing he said which contradicts what you are saying and the diary itself.
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Hi, are you fine? Is there any update?