Wannabegiants tibial lengthening in Moscow, Dr. Bagirov

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Update:

Finally recieved the invitation letter! Il be going to the embassy and then book the flight, so late next week or early in the week after that i will definitely be going. This Visa crap slowed me down a lot but its almost over now 

My first criticism starts now though, the personel they use to communicate with customers have pretty bad english ive come to realize, at least it seems like they understand most of what you are saying to them, however it is quite hard sometimes to understand what they are writing back to you. Also they are pretty slow to respond overall.

It also seems like they charge in EUR, not USD. So the prices i posted earlier might not be accurate. This is weird cause I heard from several sources here that it was USD, well it is still a cheap price so it wont matter 

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Update:

feeling a bit down today even though it is valentines day (lol), Apparantly the cost for surgery in Moscow is much higher 16.000 euros. I asked them if the cheaper price that I have been told about was their price for surgery in Azerbadjan, and since they are so slow to respond I will probably not get a response until monday..so much time wasted.

If it is the same price in Azerbadjan then i might have to go to Dr. Mirzoyan anyway  However since Crimsontide mentioned that the price was 6000 USD after talking to the Dr recently, im fairly confident that the lower price is true for Baku. Bagirov only operates there once a month, so if i missed my opportunity for februari, i will just have to go in Mars 

I will also have to wait until they send me another invitation assuming the price above is true, which will probably take a week considering their response rate..

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I wish you all the best whichever you choose, not only on the pricing but for your health during LL.

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Quote from: mediocre on February 17, 2014, 05:37:18 AMI wish you all the best whichever you choose, not only on the pricing but for your health during LL.

Thank you kindly!

Well there some semi good news at least. I recieved response from Bagirovs personal email finally during the weekend (I guess as a doctor he has to work weekends while his assistants only works weekdays).

He told me price for Moscow was 6000-6500 Euros for surgery and 5-6 days stay. And on average 80 euro per day if i want to remain longer at the hospital.

Thats more expensive than initially thought but still acceptable for me (16.000 is too much though so i hope that was an error on the assistants part), and I rather go to Moscow than Baku even if the price in Azerbadjan is lower.

If i get clarification today about price, then i will go to embassy today as well and my Visa will be ready on friday, so then i will travel hopefully monday the week after. Much later than initally planned but the Visa and the communication with this clinic has been pretty bad and slow.

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Update.

Good news now everything is in order, the Visa will be ready next week tuesday. I will perform surgery on the first of mars (01.03.2014)
So im going to book the flight today.

However, to anyone planning to go to this clinic, it doesnt seem like they have dealt much with foreign patients, or at least the staff seem pretty clueless when it comes to Visa information etc. Communication has been a hassle, but with patience it can be done, even though it delayed my trip by about 2 weeks.

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Congrats on your visa. Did they confirm the pricing?

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Quote from: jerry on February 18, 2014, 09:58:26 AMCongrats on your visa. Did they confirm the pricing?

Thank you mate, hope its going well for you too with your plans.

Yes, they confirmed the 6000-6500 Euro price for surgery and 5-6 days hospital stay, not sure what the price interval is dependant on, but its a good price still.

Im considering renting an apartment rather than staying longer at the hospital though, as hospital stay seemed more expensive than initially planned. Honestly the only reason Im not going home earlier during lengtening is because i want them to confirm that I actually gained 4 cm when im done. I guess that can be done at home if i go to an ortopedic and get x-ray but it will be akward to tell them about the whole story. id rather have Dr. Bagirov do it, but i havent decided yet if im going to stay for the whole lengthening phase.

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Go for it man. I wish you a good luck, and hopefully everything turn out to be just fine. Keep us updated here.

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Quote from: Ali on February 18, 2014, 12:44:32 PMGo for it man. I wish you a good luck, and hopefully everything turn out to be just fine. Keep us updated here.

Thank you man! yes il make sure to keep you guys posted:)

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UPDATE:

Im in Moscow now, at the clinic. Everything went smoothly, 2 hour flight from Sweden, and they picked me up at the airport. The only negative thing was that the traffic is insane here, took about 2 hours to drive to the clinic from the airport i landed on. Supposedly there is another one closer by but i didnt have the option to choose with this time schedule.

The clinic is quite small but feels safe and the personnel are all nice and friendly, very few of them know english though but it was no problem in the end. A translator came and told me how we where gonna proceed, they served me a warm meal and now i can relax and sleep whenever i want, I have my own room with Bed, TV, refrigerator, and the Wifi is pretty good. Toilets are clean and everything looks fresh. No complaints.

Tomorrow I wont be allowed to eat because they are gonna do blood tests and other tests in preparation for the surgery, I will talk to Dr. Bagirov as well and make the payment. Then I will do surgery on saturday and stay about 5 more days, then i will make the decision if i want to stay longer or go home and lengthen. Im leaning on staying a bit longer but since i cant stay for the full lengthening phase anyway because my Visa only lasts until the first of april (my insurance certificate didnt allow for longer), i might stay for ten more days to see if there is any problems, after that i might feel it is safe enough to travel home, then i will come back for a check up in about 2 months.

I took some pics of my room, will upload them soon.