Hi Guys,
I am doing LL with Dr. Betz right now. As a patient of him I can just say its ridiculous what people post here. I am fed up with those people. They gave me such a hard time before surgery and I even believed all this not backed up nonsense. After the consultation I knew I want to go with Betz. But then again I had too much time to read on the forum and got concerned again because of all this nonsense people post here. So I decided to go Germany again and visit some more patients. All in all I met a lot of Betz patients and they were all doing fine. So I knew I will stop reading on the forum. Thats what the other patients recommended to me and it just makes sense. People come here and post whatever they want, give no back up and everyone believes it.
So I did the surgery a few weeks ago and I am absolutely happy with it. I justed reached 5cm and feel huge
Professor Betz is an amazing surgeon. I have many respect for Dr. Betz. He cares so much for his patients, every former patient would confirm that. He woke me up after surgery, dressed me, walked around with me, helped me going to the toilet and really took his time. He visited me every day in the hospital and made sure everything is fine.
You cant imagine how many patients I saw who were doing so well and never posted. They come, lenghten and then disappear. Dr. Betz is doing up to three LL surgerys a week. Its true there were some complications with the old 11mm. But that was still a tiny minority and Betz invented a new generation of the Betzbone. The 11mm is now nearly as strong as the 13mm. He didnt have any problems with that nail yet. I only met one patient with a bent 11mm nail (pretty sure it was one of the old generation) and he lenghtened 11cm and said himself that he just moved way too much without crutches while lenghtening.
My physio therapist Peter Woll said that most of the people who had a bent nail are just not completely honest. They try to hide the fact that they maybe slipped or did anything else they shouldnt have done.
A fact which even surprised myself: I am staying at Haus Liborius with Elke and she said to me that of over 100 patients she just had like 5 major complications (fractur, bent or broken nail).
My initially plan was actually not to post anything but the fact that all this false information about Betz nearly drove me crazy before surgery, because I was worried a lot, made me think twice. I want to help those people who are still deciding where to go.
Betz is not cheap, I am still very young and had to save up really hard. But I knew I want to do it right and its like everywhere: You get what you pay for.
So if you seriously think about LL stop jealous people (who probably cant afford the most skilled LL doctor inthe world) making you crazy. Go for a consultation with Professor Betz, meet his team, visit his patients and come and see for yourself.
cheers