Is it just me or do the doctors as ISIC seem pretty imcompetent? No offense, but they apparently messed up your foot angle and gave you a rail that's not long enough for your desired length?! What's up with that I ask myself.
Quote from: IwannaBeTaller on February 16, 2017, 08:55:13 PMIs it just me or do the doctors as ISIC seem pretty imcompetent? No offense, but they apparently messed up your foot angle and gave you a rail that's not long enough for your desired length?! What's up with that I ask myself.
I didnt want to be the first to say this but he seems to have been going through a lot of issues. I mean the price is cheap but at what price physically?
Quote from: IwannaBeTaller on February 16, 2017, 08:55:13 PMIs it just me or do the doctors as ISIC seem pretty imcompetent? No offense, but they apparently messed up your foot angle and gave you a rail that's not long enough for your desired length?! What's up with that I ask myself.
They messed up my foot angle, yes. But I wouldn't go so far and call them incompetent.
I think it was an accident and could have happened with any doctor, even if I would have gone to an expensive surgeon where I live.
I still recommend them, but I want everyone to know that things can happen.
What really pisses me off are the distraction screws, because now I have to get my hands on longer ones before the time runs out.
I got a replacement kit (because they care about their patients) and even I didn't notice the bold letters saying 40MM. It's even written on the screws installed.
So ridiculously stupid from all of us 
Let's see how they react to this first, I'm gonna contact them on WhatsApp tomorrow and send them an email with pictures.
Quote from: TIBIKE200 on February 16, 2017, 08:13:08 PMwith who did you do your LL doomsday?
non of the Doc from this or the old forum.
Ive been in touch with Dr Kulesh and Solomin and I really regret i didnt decide to go with them. Biggest mistake ever.
What size distraction screws do you need then? s confusing, I'm using your diary to plan my trip - I'm hoping once my passport comes back and it's valid I can go down mid March for consultation and have surgery near end of March.
Quote from: egocentrical on February 17, 2017, 09:58:48 AMWhat size distraction screws do you need then? craps confusing, I'm using your diary to plan my trip - I'm hoping once my passport comes back and it's valid I can go down mid March for consultation and have surgery near end of March.
I need 50mm distraction screws. The rail on my left leg is only long enough for 45mm. But it seems that I can glide with the component which is pressing the pins to the rail over the edge by 5mm without compromising the stability of the fixator. I suddenly I had this wild idea this morning when I was looking at my fixators, now I'm hopeful 
I will upload some pictures of the device.
International patients have shorter waiting periods, if they agree to make you taller, your first consultation with Dr. Deepak and the surgery will most likely be only a couple of days apart. Make sure that you can pay the estimated bill as quickly as possible. International money transfers can take quite long. The Statebank of India is kinda slow and the Billing Office can't get a confirmation from their own bank whenever they need to.
When the estimated bill says e.g. 450.000 INR, transfer 500.000 INR so that you won't have to worry about transferring additional money while you are wounded.
And make sure to have a credit card with heigh enough limit. I'm a university student with only a part-time job and so my limit wasn't that high to begin with. So I went to my bank and asked them to up my limit for 1-2 months.
Did you go to your bank before hand to say you were wanting to transfer money? or - how did you actually go through that? the main part for me is actually getting everything sorted for surgery and not the surgery itself. I want to only spend like 2 weeks - 3 weeks max before going home.
How much have you lengthened so far since surgery and how you coping at the moment?
Quote from: egocentrical on February 17, 2017, 05:49:45 PMDid you go to your bank before hand to say you were wanting to transfer money? or - how did you actually go through that? the main part for me is actually getting everything sorted for surgery and not the surgery itself. I want to only spend like 2 weeks - 3 weeks max before going home.
How much have you lengthened so far since surgery and how you coping at the moment?
I was quite naive when I first went to Delhi, thinking transferring money to India would be as quick as between European countries.
After my consultation with Dr. Deepak, I contacted my parents and gave them the okay to go to my bank on my behalf.
Then a lot of stuff happened which I already have written about in my diary.
I ended up flying home and losing 7 weeks of my precious time due to a legal fight with my bank, slow money transaction, holidays, bureaucracy and also the response time of the ISIC's Billing Office (I had to kindly push them several times).
My advise: transfer money using the ICICI Bank. It's the same bank the ISIC uses for credit card billings.
They promise quick transfers and they give you a tracking number. This number can help the Billing Office to confirm your payment hassle-free.
Or maybe there is a branch of the State Bank of India in you country. This could work too.
Just try to avoid transferring money to India from your regular bank account.
There are many travel websites also discussing this problem.
A third way could be to ask your banker to raise your credit card limit to let's say 10.000 [whatever you currency is] for just one month.
There would be no risk for them if they see you having enough money on your account. And there is Prepaid-Visa.
I hope that was helpful.
I should be at 1,2cm right now. After surgery, I woke up 5mm taller, because team Deepak had already lengthened my legs a bit 
About 2,5 weeks later, I still have a lot of bruises and my legs are a bit stiff. Pain has been 1/10 when lying around and 2/10 after walking or doing exercises.
Following Tbike's advise, I have stopped taking Ibuprofen. I have a prescription for Tilidin now.
Despite my joint stiffens, I'm quite flexible actually once I have warmed up. My legs are 1cm longer and I can still reach and touch the floor with my palms (not just the fingertips)
A update from chris yess
So sorry to hear you going through issues, perhaps when your in your consolidating period and able to eat proper vitamins and nutrients the crack in your shin will heal up.
However this makes me suspicious about Dr. Deepak.
When are you planning on stopping from turning 1mm/a day? Reducing it a bit will make the pain significantly less
Quote from: 0184946 on February 17, 2017, 09:04:41 PMA update from chris yess
So sorry to hear you going through issues, perhaps when your in your consolidating period and able to eat proper vitamins and nutrients the crack in your shin will heal up.
However this makes me suspicious about Dr. Deepak.
When are you planning on stopping from turning 1mm/a day? Reducing it a bit will make the pain significantly less
Haha, you're welcome 
My doctors at home have told me that the "cracks" could have been made to reduce pressure in my right leg while putting the nail in.
Like I've mentioned in my diary somewhere, my bone canals were extremely tight, so it makes sense for now.
Dr. Deepak does not work alone. It's a team of four actually and Dr. Deepak is the chief. They stick together most of the time, do consultations together, operate on you together, look after their patients together, they even went to the cinema together after coming to look after me on a Saturday
The big advantage is that there are four brains at work for the price of one doctor, but it might also lead to some confusion every now and then if the communication is not working properly.
I'm not planning to stop turning 1mm per day for now. I don't have pain from lengthening; it's totally pain free even.
My pain still comes from the surgery, because it was a hefty one and my body didn't like it at all.
But it's slowly getting better and better and I hope to be pain-free by the end of next week.
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