Limb Lengthening Forum
Limb Lengthening Surgery => Meetup & Travel => Topic started by: want2btall on June 14, 2018, 06:24:51 PM
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Anyone would like to have a meetup?
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He's on my list of people i'm considering for STRYDE. I'm 100% getting LL in 2019 so i'd definitely meet up with you.
When I do LL i'm gonna meet as many people as possible from on here, former patients and i'm gonna film videos and keep and extremely detailed log that's full of TRUTH. Both the good and the bad. And you guys will have a REAL representation and an 100% picture of an accurate log and some of you will get to know me personally. It's just the beginning now.
Even if my leg gets cut off i'll be taking pics and filming the stump. Hopefully Lee is not charging more than 80k. If he is i'm most likely going to stay in the US and go with Dr M. or Dr. D. I feel so insane about how before I was talking about how if someone has 80k they should wait for Paley or Rozbruch. Like oh no big deal, just save 80k more no big deal ::) ::)
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Can you pm me your contact? Any IM do you use? Hope that we can keep in touch.
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Can you pm me your contact? Any IM do you use? Hope that we can keep in touch.
I don't have one. I don't have any type of IM I'd be more than glad to keep in touch PM some type of IM to download and i'll download it
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Hi, can you pls download LINE in your phone? i had pmed you my LINE id. Thanks
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JFL at paying a protege the same amount the master charges.
sort of like paying USD1000 for a 2nd hand Iphone X.
you never know what you will get yourself into..
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I don't have one. I don't have any type of IM I'd be more than glad to keep in touch PM some type of IM to download and i'll download it
Hi, can you pls download LINE in your phone? i had pmed you my LINE id. Thanks
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Hi, can you pls download LINE in your phone? i had pmed you my LINE id. Thanks
Hey just added you
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Hey just added you
added.
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JFL at paying a protege the same amount the master charges.
sort of like paying USD1000 for a 2nd hand Iphone X.
you never know what you will get yourself into..
with Stryde Lee is like 65k whereas Paley is over 100k. Big difference. But for 65k he is most likely the best doctor if not one of them. Id rather have the second hand phone than a pink razor (being 5’7” is a pink razor that’s been dropped a few times)
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Anyone would like to have a meetup?
I have an appointment set up for August 1st (for consultation). If you want to chat with me, please send me a PM and I can add you on LINE
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We have a LINE group chat thats really active you guys should join. Everythings much faster
if anyone else wants to join too just say
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I would like to join the LINE group. I'm not planning on lengthing anytime soon, maybe in two years, but I am interested in consulting with Lee in the future.
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Can I please join this LINE group as well? I am interested in getting more info on Dr Lee’s offerings.
Thank you!
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Hi. I'm interested in the Line group as well. I'm thinking of going to him as soon as he have STRYDE and hopefully some of us will go together
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let me join the line group pls
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I would like to join LINE as well!
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Hi Johnson, can you elaborate more to what your saying?
Because im in the same situation where i dont know to go with a affordable Dr such as Dr Giotikas which costs 50$k or wait another year and save up to afford Drs such as paley, so you seem to have gotten through this, what makes you pick Dr Lee or Dr D in Las vegas over dr paley ?
Also, i dont think dr lee is 65k for stryde!
He is 65k forprevice and i think for stryde he willbe like 80k
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Im considering this doctor as well
do you guys know if this doctor offers stryde nail?
also, what about language barrier? is it going to be hard for me to communicate with them?
Im planning to do LL next year in the summer
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Im waiting until he offers STRYDE.
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We have a LINE group chat thats really active you guys should join. Everythings much faster
if anyone else wants to join too just say
How can I join that LINE group?
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Pm line
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with Stryde Lee is like 65k whereas Paley is over 100k. Big difference. But for 65k he is most likely the best doctor if not one of them. Id rather have the second hand phone than a pink razor (being 5’7” is a pink razor that’s been dropped a few times)
Are you sure his price is 65K? I don't think so. His previous price for Precice was $75k not including 3 month stay in hospital. This fee includes only 7days of hospital after the surgery. If you stay in hospital for 3 month, you need to expect over 100k. Staying in hospital is so expensive. Like over $300-400 a day for 4 people room and if you choose a single or 2 people room, that would be twice or even more expensive. The thing is if you are a foreigner, it is very hard for you to stay out of hospital during the lengthening in Korea. So you have to stay in hospital for 3 months. That is why I din't choose him.
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Package price of precice femurs 4 people room for 90 days, 2019:
Around 75K USD(88500000krw)
Femurs Surgery without package
BUT including 7 nights post surgery and 70 sessions of physical therapy is
66k USD(78000000krw) as of today’s rate
http://drdonghoon.blog.jp/archives/35828453.html
(https://livedoor.blogimg.jp/drdonghoon/imgs/7/2/7237cbc9.jpg)
https://livedoor.blogimg.jp/drdonghoon/imgs/7/2/7237cbc9.jpg
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Package price of precice femurs 4 people room for 90 days, 2019:
Around 75K USD(88500000krw)
Femurs Surgery without package
BUT including 7 nights post surgery and 70 sessions of physical therapy is
66k USD(78000000krw) as of today’s rate
http://drdonghoon.blog.jp/archives/35828453.html
(https://livedoor.blogimg.jp/drdonghoon/imgs/7/2/7237cbc9.jpg)
https://livedoor.blogimg.jp/drdonghoon/imgs/7/2/7237cbc9.jpg
You are right. I got the same quote from Dr Lee. I would rather rent an apartment close to the hospital. Can’t imagine stay in a 4 bed room, not to mention that your family or friend gonna stay with you.
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Hi TemakiSushi
You are right. I think after Dr. Lee moved to his own hospital, he decreased the price for hospital stay. When I looked for info, it was before he moved to the new place. Overall, his price is much cheaper than Dr. Paley's now.
Thanks,
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Hi,
Am planning to do with Dr Lee next year. Could I join the line?
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Hi TemakiSushi
You are right. I think after Dr. Lee moved to his own hospital, he decreased the price for hospital stay. When I looked for info, it was before he moved to the new place. Overall, his price is much cheaper than Dr. Paley's now.
Thanks,
hospital stay in his current place is expensive still, 100k for 4 ppl in a room and 150k for single room or sth like this
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hospital stay in his current place is expensive still, 100k for 4 ppl in a room and 150k for single room or sth like this
That is true, but based on TemakiSushi's table, 90's stay in hospital costs about ~90k KRW at 4 people room, which is about 70-80k USD?... Although this price is cheaper than Paley's, Dr. M or Dr. D in US offers Stryde at ~75k USD. If you live in US, I think it is not really a better choice to go to Dr. Lee, unless you truly believe Dr. Lee is better than others.
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Kenda you got wrong calculation for 4 people room, it’s 75K USD
A single room for femurs with 90 days package is 94K USD
VIP room package for femurs is 104K USD
In both room a family member can stay
Here I found English version of current price list for precice and LON,
Stryde should come out soon
(https://imgur.com/J98CdRY)
https://imgur.com/J98CdRY
Anyways if you do femurs and live in the states, you can find a doctor in the states instead of coming with family all the way to Korea
Many foreigners come there without family
advantages for Japanese is that we can go home a week or two post surgery of Stryde tibia
With femurs it’s not recommended to leave the country until after completing distraction
With LON none is allowed to leave the country before completing distraction
In the central Seoul there are guest houses for 10 USD a night. AirBNB for around 20 or 30 USD a night.
I think with Stryde femurs it’s possible to commute by subway for PT everyday, just like korean locals are commuting by train even with wheelchairs
With Stryde, walking is very good rehabilitation anyways
I’ve been to korea a several times and never had bad experience with locals
But I never stayed at guesthouse that cheap so I don’t know the quality of the cheap guesthouses in Myongdong area nor other area
When Donghoon worked at the Severance Hospital, I heard many foreign patients stayed at cheap guest house even with LON
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Hi Temaki,
Thanks for the post. Just wanted to check. In the price list you sent, how do I read it? Are the costs of surgery and the stay separate? For example, I look at the 4 beds package for 120 days, under Tibias (1st + 2nd surgery). I see $57,543.96. Is this the cost for the 120 days stay, and then if I do LON, I add on the cost above from the three surgeries? Or does the $57,543.96 include surgery costs too?
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Kenda you got wrong calculation for 4 people room, it’s 75K USD
A single room for femurs with 90 days package is 94K USD
VIP room package for femurs is 104K USD
In both room a family member can stay
Here I found English version of current price list for precice and LON,
Stryde should come out soon
(https://imgur.com/J98CdRY)
https://imgur.com/J98CdRY
Anyways if you do femurs and live in the states, you can find a doctor in the states instead of coming with family all the way to Korea
Many foreigners come there without family
advantages for Japanese is that we can go home a week or two post surgery of Stryde tibia
With femurs it’s not recommended to leave the country until after completing distraction
With LON none is allowed to leave the country before completing distraction
In the central Seoul there are guest houses for 10 USD a night. AirBNB for around 20 or 30 USD a night.
I think with Stryde femurs it’s possible to commute by subway for PT everyday, just like korean locals are commuting by train even with wheelchairs
With Stryde, walking is very good rehabilitation anyways
I’ve been to korea a several times and never had bad experience with locals
But I never stayed at guesthouse that cheap so I don’t know the quality of the cheap guesthouses in Myongdong area nor other area
When Donghoon worked at the Severance Hospital, I heard many foreign patients stayed at cheap guest house even with LON
yeah but if 2 people its impossible to stay in the single room. same thing vip is limited like staying in a room for 3 or 4 month for an extra 50k or something, but i found airbnb at 60+/night , the thing with airbnb is how to commute from airbnb to hospital as hospital is on a highway so no metro or so.....is UBER avaliable ?
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Hi Temaki,
Thanks for the post. Just wanted to check. In the price list you sent, how do I read it? Are the costs of surgery and the stay separate? For example, I look at the 4 beds package for 120 days, under Tibias (1st + 2nd surgery). I see $57,543.96. Is this the cost for the 120 days stay, and then if I do LON, I add on the cost above from the three surgeries? Or does the $57,543.96 include surgery costs too?
The cost below includes surgery of putting nail and frames also frame removal, PT sessions, X-rays during stay, accommodation on inpatient ward, all meals(it looks plentiful food) of 120 days
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the hospital is located near the train station Bokjeon
It’s very possible to commute by trains from Central Seoul like many of the local patients
Precice and Stryde is approved by national health insurance, so this year lot more locals are doing precice without staying at the hospital
In the central Seoul there are variety of much cheaper hotels and AirBNB than Bokjeon, Kyongidong area
I took a taxi from the hotel in Gangnam area, the southern part of the central Seoul, to the hospital, it costed 13 USD
But in Gangnam area I don’t think there are very cheap accommodation like myongdong area
Why they charge 50k for your family member? I never heard of that
They may charge for food for the family but it cannot be that expensive
I saw They have an extra folding bed and a big sofa that can be a bed in a vip room
They also told me they can put extra folding bed in a single room for a family or a helper
The single room was spacious enough
(https://www.google.com/maps/place/DALRI(Donghoon+Advanced+Limb+Lengthening+Reconstruction+Institute),+%EF%BC%91%EF%BC%90+%EC%9C%84%EB%A1%80%EC%84%9C%EC%9D%BC%EB%A1%9C+Bokjeong-dong,+Sujeong-gu,+Seongnam-si,+Gyeonggi-do,+%E9%9F%93%E5%9B%BD/@37.4663527,127.1331503,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x357caf833d8f2b41:0x3f65a9c2808f3930?hl=ja)
https://www.google.com/maps/place/DALRI(Donghoon+Advanced+Limb+Lengthening+Reconstruction+Institute),+%EF%BC%91%EF%BC%90+%EC%9C%84%EB%A1%80%EC%84%9C%EC%9D%BC%EB%A1%9C+Bokjeong-dong,+Sujeong-gu,+Seongnam-si,+Gyeonggi-do,+%E9%9F%93%E5%9B%BD/@37.4663527,127.1331503,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x357caf833d8f2b41:0x3f65a9c2808f3930?hl=ja
Kenda, anyways you’ll be living in the states and wanna do femurs, then do it in the states
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I don't really recommend anyone to commute to hospital even with Stryde, if you are a foreigner. First of all, it is still tough to commute with Stryde eitehr by bus or on train and there will a high risk of falling or bumping. Taxi or Uber is possible but will be a lot of money, if you take a taxi twice a day for PT to hospital. In addition, it is not easy to get a taxi or uber in Korea by yourself if you are a foreigner. Living alone as a foreigner outside of hospital during lengthening is not easy. Unless you know Korea very well and have enough information and knowledge about living in Korea, it will be much better to stay in hospital. I saw several Chinese and Japanese people who stay in hospital and they seem to be doing well.
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Well I know at least a few foreigners who stayed at Airbnb alone before finishing lengthening last year and this year
Other Japanese who did tibia and femur with precice lived outside the hospital with wheelchair
He said people were very kind to help him, much sweeter than Japanese ;D
Many locals don’t stay at the hospital
The package includes 70PT sessions for 90 days so I think it’s only once a day thing. I heard no PT on weekends
I don’t speak nor read korean but get around the town alone easy every time I visit Seoul
BUT of course it’s much easier to live in the hospital that’s for sure
Also they serve very good plentiful meals
Im planning Stryde tibia so I’ll leave the hospital very early post op
Currently most tibia patients at inpatient ward are precice and doing like a few hours stretching every day, sleep without splints, many reach 6 or 6.5cm tibia lengthening, some continue lengthening after the package ended so they stay outside hosp with wheelchair
Precice tibia patients really don’t suffer much pains there
I’m sure I’ll get bored at hospital so I may move out one week post surgery and stay at a hotel with nice gym and spa for another week or so then come back to Tokyo