I had LL in 2007 and I'm still here. Ask me anything!

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on November 26, 2021, 04:12:07 AMI don't know about safeness, but you'll have more pain.

Interesting

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on November 08, 2021, 08:13:06 PMhttps://imgur.com/a/bKjuJyt

I had scar excisions in 2009 and this is what the results look like now.

The tiny pictures in the bottom right are of another Beijing patient's scars without any scar revision treatments.

Those scratches on the door are from my wheelchair from 2008.  I really should paint my house.
Wow scars are almost invisible unless closer inspection..what method of scar excision did you have and how much did it cost?

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Excisions.  A few thousand dollars; I forgot exactly how much.  It was done by a top Beverly Hills plastic surgeon for top dollar.  Could be done cheaper elsewhere, of course.

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Given you went to Beijing for your first Tibia surgery and going to Dr. M in USA for your second LL, would you consider going to Turkey for Femur Precice LL?

I just received my quote and its roughly $77K for Femur Precice LL.

I am considering Turkey (Dr. Halil Buldu Or Dr. Serkan Gurkan) Because it's roughly $40k for the surgery and pay for full accommodation for $2-3k per month. (Includes housing, food, different types of physiotherapy, and company of other LL patients)

Thanks for your post. very insightful.

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I have enough money to get it done locally now so I'm not considering going anywhere else.  Cheap surgery abroad is for young guys.

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Quote from: SolHeight on December 02, 2021, 01:13:54 AMGiven you went to Beijing for your first Tibia surgery and going to Dr. M in USA for your second LL, would you consider going to Turkey for Femur Precice LL?

I just received my quote and its roughly $77K for Femur Precice LL.

I am considering Turkey (Dr. Halil Buldu Or Dr. Serkan Gurkan) Because it's roughly $40k for the surgery and pay for full accommodation for $2-3k per month. (Includes housing, food, different types of physiotherapy, and company of other LL patients)

Thanks for your post. very insightful.

A turkish surgeon quotet you 77k for bilateral precice femur surgery?

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on December 02, 2021, 02:06:56 AMI have enough money to get it done locally now so I'm not considering going anywhere else.  Cheap surgery abroad is for young guys.

I was thinking from a full accommodation perspective. In Turkey, I'd be in a hotel with dedicated staff to help physiotherapy, cook meals, clean, etc.

$40-$45k for the surgery and $2-3K in full accommodation for 3+ months. <$50k All-in for the next 3-5months.


Quote from: Siegfried on December 02, 2021, 12:05:35 PMA turkish surgeon quotet you 77k for bilateral precice femur surgery?

Apologies for not being clear. I received the $77k quote for bilateral precise femur from Dr. M in Burbank, CA, USA. screenshot of the price details. This only includes surgery, hospital fees, anesthesia, and X-Rays every 2 weeks for 90 days.

This does not include physical therapy, accommodation, and nail removal. I believe PT and nail removal would be covered by Insurance.

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Hey mediumdrinkofwater!  I hope you are well?
I wanted to ask you something about LON TIbia lengthening, because I have been lengthening for 15 days now at a rate of 1mm per day, so I should have gained 1.5cm however my X-ray showed 2cm, is that correct?  Also there is about 1mm difference in my legs
Just wanted to know if this is common

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Hey MDOW, you mentioned 'nail bending' in my post about height shrinkage after LL.
I wanna know more details about it.
Do you know the possibilties of nail bending and how to avoid it?

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Pin bending.  That's when the horizontal pins on externals bend when they can't keep up with the tension from lengthening and standing.  They'll always bend in the direction of the ends being higher than the middle because that's the direction weight bearing and pulling the gap apart pulls the device.

It is unavoidable with devices that are succeptable to it.  You need to measure the gap with x-rays rather than keeping track of how many turns you've made on the knobs to know how much you've lengthened.