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Pre-Surgery Thoughts

Went to the hospital and I am now waiting for the surgery. What can I say?

I keep asking myself: What have I got myself into?

Is this really happening?

What have I done?

Then I remember why I got LL and that’s what’s keeping me going. I’m scared of the pain that’ll come and the risk of complications, but you just have to face them head-on.

I trust that the Paley European Institute will look after me well. I picked the Paley European Institute because they are a clinic which focuses on deformities (most of their patients appear to be children with congenital deformities). This means that lengthening is a relatively standard procedure for them and pretty simple. If any complications arise they are more than ready to deal with them. The proximity to the UK was a big plus too. The reason why I decided to do my surgery with Dr Deszczyński was that he is a surgeon in what I would argue to be in their golden years. Dr Paley is an old man, I don't understand why people insist on going to him. This is especially true if they take up his offer in Europe. Who in their right mind would want an old surgeon who is jet-lagged to do their surgery? I think that there is some arrogance from his part for doing this in the first place. So he does the operation then leaves the patients at the care of the local doctors and physiotherapists? I have a medical background; to me, Dr Paley doing this is terrible because he is doing things his own way (which might not be at the best standard due to the conditions above) but also he does things his way then if something goes wrong it falls back on the local clinic. If I were to do my surgery in the USA, Dr Robbins would be my surgeon as Dr Paley no longer does the surgery (unless it's on one leg, but not always). I don't think that Dr Robbins has the reputation to charge that much, especially when his clinic has worse physiotherapists (Polish physiotherapists spend 5 years in focused training, the US hardly has specialised training for them as 4 years in college are broad).

I planned this surgery thoroughly. I bought Vitamin A,B,C,D, and E in addition to Omega 3,6, and 9, zinc, copper, magnesium, selenium, iodine, manganese, and calcium supplements. I bought gym weights to keep myself fit and healthy. I booked a carer for 31 days for 12 hours a day. I ordered healthy meals from a catering company, 5 meals a day (3000 kcal in total in addition to a protein shake).

I picked the best place in my mind so I have full trust in them. I trust that they’ll help me get back to my pre-surgery form in due course. Sure, I don’t expect to go into pro-sports. As long as I can walk, run, and live my life normally I’ll be happy.

Sure, you can argue that X doctor in a part of America is better. However, I see no evidence to suggest this. The American PT teams in the "best" clinics are inferior to European ones. You see a different PT every time. The new PT won't know your condition so you'll receive a worse, generic treatment.

This whole thing right now feels surreal as it’s what I’ve worked towards for the past couple of years. Now I have to overcome this hurdle as I’m sure that reaching 180-183 will be a game changer to me.

[lucindaris]

Why Poland? It's almost as same price as western countries with more experienced doctors. I am from Poland I know about this institute and its prices.

[ForumAdmin]

I decided to restart my diary as unfortunately the admin decided to merge a HGH diary with a LL diary without my permission which made it a whole mess. When I complained they ignored me and closed the diary, very sad that they just don't care.

You were warned already not to stir up drama . Unfortunately you choose to do it for reasons only you know.    You were not ignored, your request was denied and you started making exaggerated claims/false accusations toward the mods.   

The moderators of this website have refused to allow me to provide proof of claims in my diary (making it more credible or high-quality). Thus, they prefer traffic to this diary over providing credible, high-quality diaries with medical images to this diary.
Due to the lack of cooperation, I decided that I will no longer update this diary until ForumAdmin allows me to provide an accurate, fact-checked diary.

A example of the false accustations you made against the mods here,  after your request to delete your old diaries was denied.  Diaries will not be deleted on a whim, to keep the integrity of these topics in check.

Just to be clear,  what the OP meant by " the mods refused to allow me to provide proof of claims in my diary". is that

a) he wants his diaries topic to be deleted  first so he can start a "new diary " with new images/new thoughts
b) his request was denied,  he was given the option to continue the existing diary or start a new topic. 
c) he insist that his existing diaries be deleted  first and state that he will not post anything new if his request is not met.

d).his threats are not agreed to and his topic is locked
e) he decide to go back on his own promise and start a brand new topic anyway, and  continue to make false claims about the mods, after being warned about his behaviour.
   

Due to persistent behaviour ,  this diary topic will be locked and OP posting rights  suspended for a month.   A potential ban will also be discussed for the account.