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

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Quote from: Ghostfish on December 04, 2019, 01:05:53 AMHi Unicorn
By the way, how have you been doing recently?  Have you been able to recover?  When I read your post of so much complications many years ago, it was truly heartbreaking and shocking.  I really hope you to recover to a normal life as soon as possible and to enjoy happy life you deserve.  Thank you for sharking your thoughts and experiences!!

Hi everyone,

It's going to be close to 4 years now since I had my lengthening procedure in the summer of 2016.

I regret to report that not only is my right leg not fused after 4 surgeries, but the Guichet nail bent and broke, causing my right leg to fracture.

NHS is currently putting me on a waiting list for emergency surgery where they'll remove the Guichet nail, shorten me to my original height and wait for full healing.  Then, they'll restart leg lengthening on my right leg to match my left leg.  Estimated recovery time is 18 months.  But we're not even sure when there'll be capacity for the hospital to perform surgery.  In the meantime, I'm left alone with a broken leg.

I'm devastated.

Everytime I think I'm finally escaping this nightmare, it drags me down even deeper.  The current COVID crisis and economic recession have left me both physically and financially crippled.  I'm terrified of the future.

Without much sustenance left, I've resorted to asking any of you for financial assistance.  I truly apologize for this plea especially during such a precarious time affecting all our lives.  But I have nothing left to lose, much less my pride.

Be safe and be kind to one another.  It is a time of reckoning and our collective actions will make a difference.

Please take care of yourself.

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Quote from: Unicorn888 on March 22, 2020, 01:51:30 PMHi everyone,

It's going to be close to 4 years now since I had my lengthening procedure in the summer of 2016.

I regret to report that not only is my right leg not fused after 4 surgeries, but the Guichet nail bent and broke, causing my right leg to fracture.

NHS is currently putting me on a waiting list for emergency surgery where they'll remove the Guichet nail, shorten me to my original height and wait for full healing.  Then, they'll restart leg lengthening on my right leg to match my left leg.  Estimated recovery time is 18 months.  But we're not even sure when there'll be capacity for the hospital to perform surgery.  In the meantime, I'm left alone with a broken leg.

Unicorn
Why don't you contact Dr Pili? I have seen may patients with similar problems treated by him!
He does LL but also does all this sort of surgery to correct bone defects with brilliant results.
He is also doing Skype consultations.
Give it a go.

I hope you'll recover soon

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You will be in prayers ,don't lose hope.

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Quote from: TinyTL on December 01, 2019, 09:05:56 PMwow.. there was a guichet patient who died of fat embolism i think.
it was on the news. Jezebel


I just came back to this forum after many months.
My main reason was to check on the health of unicorn as her case really made me sad.
But then I read the article. Horrible.
I feel so sorry Unicorn but also for the guy mentioned in the article. At the same time it makes me realize who lucky I have been.



here i found it

https://jezebel.com/stories-about-my-brother-1835651181

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It disgusts me to think that I was initially thinking of doing it with guichet and had already booked a consultation with him. Unicorn’s diary is the reason I cancelled my consultation and finally did the surgery at Paley and everything went well. You literally saved my life by taking the time to write this diary. Im forever grateful🙏

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 Dear Unicorn
I'm sorry I waited so long to write to you. I hope you are ok. I just made this account now to write to you because I just couldn't hold it anymore. I read your story in December last year. It took me days to read it. I scrolled for hours everyday. It was so enthusiastic, funny and full of hope in the beginning and then it got sadder and sadder. At one point it had gotten so sad I started to tear up. But know this: YOU ARE A HERO. To me and to a lot of people who were considering LL with Guichet. You exposed a lot of flaws. I emailed Guiched , I cursed him and called him all sorts of things and told him to refund you. Of course I doubt that is gonna happen.  Scammers are scammers for a reason. But you are the strongest woman I've ever seen and you deserve lots of love. I wish I could have been with you through all your hardships. I myself torn my ACL in 2016. That crappy year.... And I too was scammed by a doctor for 2 years (he tried to fix my knee without surgery , he didn't even know my ACL was torn). Until I went to another doctor to finally do the surgery. The pain from the epidural anaesthesia alone made me reconsider if I really want to to LL in the future.  I don't dislike my height THAT much. And I don't care about society says anyway. Few people deserve my attention. Even fewer deserve my love. But you earned it Unicorn.

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Unicorn I hope you are ok. I have also wanted to write to you for a while. I am so sorry to hear about your financial troubles. Since you are based in the uk, don't you at least qualify for disability benefit?

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This is worth reading from beginning to end, eventhough there might not be a huge amount of insight into LL and it does sound like he got very unlucky and had unfortunately put himself in a vulnerable, very isolated position. More insightful as a indictment of the psychological impact of patriarchal culture, which I'm sure could be enlightening to some on here

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Thanks for sharing your story. I read through the whole thread, it took me days but it was well worth it. Let’s be honest, Dr. G has pretty much crippled you. It’s sad to say.

I think people need to seriously reconsider if they are thinking to go for Dr. G. I mean, why would they? Stryde is the way forward & Paley / Dr M haven’t had anywhere near as many complications. When I saw that Dr. G had two deaths, I immediately felt so sorry for those poor people.

I mean, if I had two deaths in my clinic from cosmetic procedures I had done, I’d surely quit and look at doing something else. The guilt would be crazy.

If anyone else is thinking about it, you may as well go all in and do Stryde.

Anyways, I wish you the best Unicorn. Tough times don’t last, tough people do!

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Quote from: Walsandrew on May 18, 2020, 10:08:36 PMThis is worth reading from beginning to end, eventhough there might not be a huge amount of insight into LL and it does sound like he got very unlucky and had unfortunately put himself in a vulnerable, very isolated position. More insightful as a indictment of the psychological impact of patriarchal culture, which I'm sure could be enlightening to some on here

Unicorn is a female.