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

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Guichet is a dangerous criminal and it's a horrible disgrace he isn't behind bars already.

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Wow, Im am without words, and im very sorry for what you had to go through. I wish you the best of luck, and realize we are all behind u in this!

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Quote from: farfan21 on May 20, 2020, 10:48:03 PMWow, Im am without words, and im very sorry for what you had to go through. I wish you the best of luck, and realize we are all behind u in this!

I think the best way we can show support is to contribute to Unicorn's gofundme page listed above and shown below:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-unicorn?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1

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Quote from: kats20 on May 19, 2020, 01:14:21 PMThanks for the update. I know it won't feel like it now but there will come a point when you will turn a corner and eventually be able to start putting all of this is behind you.............

Have you thought about putting a best offer option on your ebay items? They are more likely to sell this way and this will obviously help your financial situation.

Good luck and keep us updated, feel free to DM me any time you want a female perspective. XxX

Dear Kats20,

Yes, I will do that as well.  Basically, I don't need anything in my life anymore.  In fact, very few things actually interest me.  I just want to get this over with and be able to do simple things like taking a walk in the park without suffering.

Take care and stay safe, ok?

Best regards,
Unicorn

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Quote from: Gman23 on May 19, 2020, 11:45:22 PMFirst diary I’ve read which didn’t turned out well, are there any other diaries which have turned bad? I Hope you are well Unicorn, I am a guy and the same height as she (unicorn) was before, im 5ft1/2 I’m thinking of going for 2 surgeries with Dr mahboubian but this diary has made me loose abit of the confidence I had. If I was a girl I would most definitely wouldn’t do the surgery, a short female is cute, a short male isn’t thou, this surgery should only be done by guys tbh. Sucks to be short, anyways hope you get well soon unicorn, Praying for you.

Also guys what’s the percentage % of the surgery not going so well/ bad? If I’m right Dr mahboubian said 97% or 99% success rate

Hi Gman23,

Actually, think of it like Covid.  The number of people who contracted it but actually do not show up in the statistics.  LL is somewhat similar in that.  The overall pool of people who opt for this surgery would not be shouting from their rooftops that they wanna become taller.  There's definite stigma to it.

From that pool of patients, you have a small subset of probably less than 2-5% who actually chronicle their journey in this forum.  Making comments and replying is one thing but a full blow by blow account is harder to come by.  Don't forget too that whilst once you've begun your LL procedure, the tables are quickly turned around and you're suddenly beholden to your doctor for fear of lashbacks and legal measures, should your journal be less than favourable.

Lastly, there are a lot more people who face complications for years who will never expose themselves here.  While it might serve to raise awareness with the entire LL community, most people are plagued with regrets or trauma or just simply trying to regain their pre-LL lives.  That's why many patients who've recovered from LL never visit here again.  It remains buried with the shorter versions of their former selves.

So these might be reasons why there're very few sad diaries.  Remember, I started this diary being optimistic and happy too.  It wasn't meant to be a warning for everyone.  But I do believe, if able, any diary we get, affords all of us the benefit of better knowledge.  Relying on the promises of one doctor is simply reckless.

Of course, lastly, I know several doctors who actually encourage, force or incentivize their former patients to write glowing reviews.  Any journal that sounds too good to be true, is simply that.  Too good to be true.

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BROKEN NAIL




CAT HELD MY HAND UNTIL SHE DIED

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Unicorn, you said the doctors from NHS told you what went wrong with your LL and what could have been done to prevent the problems. Could you tell us exactly what could have been done to prevent them?

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Quote from: Arrogance on May 21, 2020, 11:08:17 AMUnicorn, you said the doctors from NHS told you what went wrong with your LL and what could have been done to prevent the problems. Could you tell us exactly what could have been done to prevent them?

1)  Better to wait a week before starting to lengthen to let the leg settle a bit

2)  Choose a nail diameter that is appropriate for your bone width

3)  Pay attention to the curvature of your femur

4)  Do not lengthen quickly, watch and wait to make sure your callus are growing and joining

5)  Stretch your soft tissues a lot because contractures will prevent you from standing straight (duck ass) or keeping your legs together or inward turning feet

6)  Make a realistic length goal with your doctor relative to your original height because while 7cm might be 7cm, it has an exponential higher risk to someone of 150cm vs someone of 170cm

7)  Take xrays every 2 weeks or more often, to monitor whether you have callus growth.  If there's none or very little, you should see your doctor and revise the lengthening rate or slow down until evident callus is formed.  Once the distracted gap is too far apart, callus union becomes near impossible.  Hence, in my case, 4 years later and my bones cannot fuse, even after 1 bone graft

Most important advise is DON'T RUSH IT!  It's not a marathon.  It's you keeping your body safe!

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Quote from: Unicorn888 on May 21, 2020, 11:36:04 AM1)  Better to wait a week before starting to lengthen to let the leg settle a bit

2)  Choose a nail diameter that is appropriate for your bone width

3)  Pay attention to the curvature of your femur

4)  Do not lengthen quickly, watch and wait to make sure your callus are growing and joining

5)  Stretch your soft tissues a lot because contractures will prevent you from standing straight (duck ass) or keeping your legs together or inward turning feet

6)  Make a realistic length goal with your doctor relative to your original height because while 7cm might be 7cm, it has an exponential higher risk to someone of 150cm vs someone of 170cm

7)  Take xrays every 2 weeks or more often, to monitor whether you have callus growth.  If there's none or very little, you should see your doctor and revise the lengthening rate or slow down until evident callus is formed.  Once the distracted gap is too far apart, callus union becomes near impossible.  Hence, in my case, 4 years later and my bones cannot fuse, even after 1 bone graft

Most important advise is DON'T RUSH IT!  It's not a marathon.  It's you keeping your body safe!

That's totally the opposite of what Guicet does. He treats this operation like it's a challenge, a race. He failed all of the above except the stretching part which he stresses a lot

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Quote from: Unicorn888 on May 21, 2020, 11:36:04 AM1)  Better to wait a week before starting to lengthen to let the leg settle a bit

2)  Choose a nail diameter that is appropriate for your bone width

3)  Pay attention to the curvature of your femur

4)  Do not lengthen quickly, watch and wait to make sure your callus are growing and joining

5)  Stretch your soft tissues a lot because contractures will prevent you from standing straight (duck ass) or keeping your legs together or inward turning feet

6)  Make a realistic length goal with your doctor relative to your original height because while 7cm might be 7cm, it has an exponential higher risk to someone of 150cm vs someone of 170cm

7)  Take xrays every 2 weeks or more often, to monitor whether you have callus growth.  If there's none or very little, you should see your doctor and revise the lengthening rate or slow down until evident callus is formed.  Once the distracted gap is too far apart, callus union becomes near impossible.  Hence, in my case, 4 years later and my bones cannot fuse, even after 1 bone graft

Most important advise is DON'T RUSH IT!  It's not a marathon.  It's you keeping your body safe!

I'm quite shocked that Guichet does not do any of that. That's pretty much the standard practice for good LL. I know people love to hate Betz here but he applied every single one of those rules to me when I did LL with him. Including the waiting one week for lenghtening (in my case he asked me to wait 10 days because of some muscle pains).

I hope everything goes well with you Unicorn. Your story is heartbreaking and I can't believe Guichet is still operating after what happened to you and the Jezebel guy.