UNICORN - Dr. Guichet Internal Femurs 8cm - Summer 2016

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Quote from: Annalisa on April 23, 2018, 11:34:38 PMVery short women have their womanhood taken away too.  When you're treated like a little girl, rather than a woman, just because of some stupid inches,  you have your womanhood mortified. There are other very important aspect in a person societal interactions, other than getting laid. So, yes, it's worth the risk.

You keep saying "other than getting laid," which I'm sorry, I believe is a passive aggressive way of minimizing short mens' struggles. You really think it's just about men wanting to get laid? As I explained in an earlier post, it is so much more than that.

Maybe women have their womanhood taken away in the ways in which you describe, and I'm sorry if I minimized that. But at least you as women don't have the burden of having to "go out there, find a woman, spread your genes." Now I realize that we're in 2018, not everyone actually wants kids (male or female), and women can approach/hit on men too. Just the way women can be "players" just like men. But on a very primitive level, despite all the progress we as society have made, there is still this baseline expectation for a man to excel in many areas of his life so he can attract/get a woman to start a family with. And I believe most men still want this, no matter how they might try to hide it.

I'm not saying that nothing is expected of women in life. Quite the opposite. But at least as short women, while your lives may be negatively impacted (especially if you're a very short woman), you at least have workarounds (high heels, being called "cute" is still not as bad as the things short men will be called, you won't get constantly rejected by the opposite sxx so your self-esteem at least in that respect won't be as bad) and much better chances to find a life partner (not just "GETTING LAID"). Also, I know high heels are painful and suck for you guys, but at least you have a potential alternative that we don't have!

I never said that short women don't have struggles, just not on the same levels as short men, and honestly, you really can't refute this, and it's so much more than just getting laid as you said. I rest my case. We can always just agree to disagree.

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Quote from: Unicorn888 on April 20, 2018, 02:54:59 PMAs far as stemcells go, Guichet had harvested marrow aspirate from my hip bones and injected them into my 9cm runaway non-union gap.  And no, it didn't work and the reason is because the gap is too far apart.  It was like pouring water onto a concrete ground hoping grass will sprout.  It might have worked on an 80-year old lady with a hip fracture or bone fissure.  But not on my whopping grand canyon.

That said, please becareful as an asian female, be conscious about curved femurs, use small nails 11mm, don't over ream, and lengthen slowly (again, it's not a race of who finishes first or with the most height).  And try to use a nail that's remote control instead of manual clicking as it will affect the QUALITY, trauma and pain management of your life tremendously and one that also can stop and reverse should there be slow/non-union.

Thank you for the advice which I shall be sure to heed. 

I admire your strength, courage and willingness to help other people.  If you ever need to go for a coffee and chat with someone who understands (a liittle of) what you have been through send me a pm.  I am only just an hour away from London and I would love to meet you. 

Chin up my dear and soldier on!.....it’s all we can do and you know you have this whole forum just willing you to get better right? 💕

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Hi everyone,

Small update, the calluses on my right leg are not a lot and my NHS doc has scheduled a bone graft surgery for June 7th.  Am quite depressed with the news as I had tried so hard to do everything in my power to grow bones.

She will graft me with DBX (cadaver bone chips), take a biopsy as well of the nonunion area and also, release my IT band on the left leg in the hopes that it can alleviate my chronic knee pain.  Hospitalization will be about 4 days to monitor infections.

As I had mentioned before, it's so ironic that the nonunion right leg poses 0 pain while the healed left leg is extremely painful to weight bear.  I'm back to crutches after seeing how my classmate's gnail snapped in half and she has to start another 1 year of healing process.  We had our surgery in July 2016 together, so we're both back to square one in June 2018.

I've doubled my antidepressants as there're days like today where I can't even will myself out of bed.

The other Guichet patient who had nonunion for several years had the same bonegraft right before christmas 2017, and his front and sides are now fully fused.  But his back remains bald.  He has lengthened to 7cm on both legs and it's going on 3-4 years now.

Our NHS doctor said she's doubtful my 9cm+ gap can be grafted successfully.  If it fails, she says she'll have to remove my gnail, shorten me and insert a trauma nail and graft again with my hip bones.

But she wants to try a less invasive procedure first.

I've given up on trying now, barely even brushing my teeth, showering, washing my hair, applying make-up, all the precious scar removal efforts - I feel like everything is in vain and how did my life go so wrong with one stupid vain decision? 

One moment, I was rich, retired and looking forward to the next chapter in my life.  And now, I'm dead broke, massively in debt, always in pain, suffering severe depression and am slowly giving up on everything.  I don't recognize myself sometimes.

I guess I have reached ACCEPTANCE.  I'm too tired to fight, let me lie down for a while and let life go by.

https://www.instagram.com/unicorn_gets_taller/

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Now its time to strike back Unicorn. Dont accept your current situation, even if bone graft dont succeed the next step, bone shortening etc will.
So I believe in one year you will get rid of Guichet's mistakes and continue your life normally.

Keep strong, its time for action now!

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Would it not be possible to get a surgery done to replace your nail and shorten your leg immediately? It will still be a height gain compared to your original height (correct?) and it will probably make your recovery faster, since your bone gap will be smaller?

Apart from that, there's not much I can say right now...I hope you will see better times soon.

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Quote from: IwannaBeTaller on May 21, 2018, 02:20:13 PMWould it not be possible to get a surgery done to replace your nail and shorten your leg immediately? It will still be a height gain compared to your original height (correct?) and it will probably make your recovery faster, since your bone gap will be smaller?

Apart from that, there's not much I can say right now...I hope you will see better times soon.

Yes, it is possible to remove my gnail, shorten me and insert a trauma nail.  However, the risks are very high because I was inserted with a 13mm male nail, so currently, my femur bones are very very thin.  Any removal attempt right now might shatter my entire femur completely like what happened to the other girl when her gnail broke a month ago.

Secondly, shortening it turns out is actually quite complicated.  Apparently, doctors cannot really precisely shorten a person to a specific height, it's really just a rough guess.  And secondly, shortening apparently is extremely painful to the soft tissues.

Hence, that said, that's why NHS wanted to try the less invasive approach for now.  As she said to me the first time I met her, I'll be her patient for the LONG HAUL.

And I don't have any funds to do any private surgeries with Paley or Rozbruch etc, even if they had a miraculous solution.  I'm just EXTREMELY GRATEFUL to have the NHS system in the UK which is willing to pick up botched surgeries from private doctors.  In a lot of countries and even with my private medical insurance, I would have been abandoned if I run out of funds.

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I'm sorry, Unicorn, It's time to fight. Keep strong and you'll be fine. Cases like yours and Musicmaker's prove this surgery can have a catastrophic impact on people's lives. Doctors and wannabe patients don't want to admit that. Reality should slap them in their faces. They really deserve that.

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Do not give up on yourself. They at least have a plan outlined for you in case the bone graft doesn't work. Just take it one step at a time and one day you will get back to your former life. It may seem endless now but it is not over my dear. Hang on. Keep us updated.

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Quote from: Unicorn888 on May 21, 2018, 02:39:29 PMI'm just EXTREMELY GRATEFUL to have the NHS system in the UK which is willing to pick up botched surgeries from private doctors.  In a lot of countries and even with my private medical insurance, I would have been abandoned if I run out of funds.

No kidding, glad that there's a silver lining to your journey. Sending you best wishes.

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So horrible. Are antidepressants helpful? How do you feel about the new surgery? When do you think you'll be OK?
Musicmaker's case is similar. Perhaps you can talk to her. She's online now. In her case she trusted Monegal but IMO Monegal didn't handle her case well. She had 10+ surgeries and piling up. Botched legs like Guichet... or worse. You're lucky to have NHS help. Wish you the very best.