how do you know you have done 4cm , have you got x-rays? do you think that bagirov is a recomendable doctor? i think that have no assistence in lengthening period could be Risky
2 ways, i have an excel spreadsheet where i count the turns and mm i have lengthened. Also the doctor tied a piece of duct tape on each of the bars that pull apart the bone, these are the bars that you turn when you lengthen, and when you measure from the lower end of the duct tape to the top of the screw at the lower half ring, then you get the lengthened ammount.
of course this isnt taking into account the pin bending, but Bagirov told me that these pins are very strong and i would lose at most 3 mm due to pin bending (not sure how reliable that is though, but i choose to trust him). Because of this i am doing 3 mm extra. However i already feel i am at the height i want. My mother measured me barefoot with me standing next to a wall, she used a dvd case and stood on a chair to measure the top of my head and draw a line. Then we measured that line with measuring tape. And i was slightly above 178 cm. I was somewhere between 174 and 175 before surgery.
I will get x-rays when i travel there which i will do as soon as my Visa is ready, which will take 5 days if everything goes as it should.
And yes it seemed risky to me too but the doctor seemed so confident that it would be okey, and i have no pain and my mobility is already very good, and improving rapidly, no ballerina and no knee bend. So i feel secure because the risky part is pretty much over now, i only turn 0.25 a day now, until i get 2 more mm, then im done.