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[notimportant]

My biggest concern is dying or having my legs amputated. And from what notimportant says that kind of worries me.

Do you have any sources to verify what you say notimportant?

About cinsomtide's words? See his own diary in this forum.

if the numbness stays past a few days, I'm going to be an extremely difficult  patient

no reason for numbness in this procedure, unless a mistake was made.. waiting months means ill have it forever


i don't believe in waiting and seeing...  nerve damage rarely gets better

i didn't have numbness in russia after, so  i don't accept this is just a normal occurrence

i can move all toes, etc but still... its not comfortable to have a foot that feels partly asleep

no pain either, but still


I'm going to be extremely upset if this doesn't resolve in the next day or 2

i guess my fibula was broken too, so theres a screw down there as well.. i guess this is normal

 i just want the numbness to go away,and see the x ray

truthfully, if everything else  was a success, but my ankle and foot feel asleep forever, i'm going to judge this surgery a disaster

i can have my leg operated and not have to get numb

but we will see, it's very early still... i just don't listen to drs that tell me everything is  ok,  and accept this with no problems... every single dr I've ever been to says that, even when something is not normal.. It's nothing personal against anyone, I'm just used to drs telling me wait, it'll be ok

well, the left leg is not well


i limp, and cant walk on it much, as he foot hurts

ankle arthritis doesnt really hurt yet, but limits movement.. theres definitely still a deformity in my left leg

when i walk downstairs especially, my left foot and leg go outward.

weak overall as well

I'm gonna see Paley then decide

This will be  my last, or next to last post

I wanna give advice to the members here

I can be rude sometimes, but it's only because I know how dangerous this surgery is

Ij get very aggravated when I see   members being lied to about this surgery, or  claimed  great recoveries with zero evidence

I went through this surgery, as did others such as Sweden

My walking is still very bad, and  already had a consultation with a prosthetist, and Dr. about below the knee amputation

My push off power  has a severe deficit

I see some of these new patient  threads, and they resemble infomercials

Do not get your medical advice from this site.   

You may dislike me, but I'm telling you all the truth.

This surgery is not safe. You may get an ok outcome, you may get a very bad outcome. The odds are overwhelming that you will never be close to 100% again, and you  will realize your life has not changed as much as you thought it would

Good luck to all,

Crimson

I'll tell you another thing.  Certain Dr's become much less responsive after you announce you're leaving the forum

Cooper also said:

Monegal Issues:
1)   Dishonest: He did not disclose all the information and lied on patient count and his experience. He emailed he performed 600 bone segments. Come to find out I was third tibia patient. One of his patient told me in Spain everyone lies. His manipulates deliberately and black mailed his patient to write good things about him and defend him as often as necessary. You cannot trust this doctor and his patient specially from Spain!!!
2)   Unethical: If you are not honest than you do not have ethics. Especially in this profession you want to go to doctor who respects patient rights, if something is not right than let the patient know and possible solution to fix. Just not to say everything will be ok. You need more time.
3)   Poor Osteotomy: Most of his patient has issue with callous formation. Interesting part is all of the patient with few exceptions are lengthening less than 6cm. Still have poor bone formation. I have both fibula and tibia non-union and misalignment. Grafted both and I gained only 5.3com. I thought I did 6 but the x-ray show 5.3com.
4)   Poor logistics: When I had my surgery I was in recovery room for long time. He could not find me and went home without meeting me in person. He later phoned me to say everything went ok. They forgot to put catheter and I did not pee for long time. I screamed and used profanity to get attention at the hospital. The epidural was not turned on and I was in pain for long time. Nursed blamed me tempering with epidural and told monegal I shut it off.
5)   Pain management: I was in 10/10 pain level during first night. The worst pain of my life. Nurses and caretaker does not know how to manage pain. Their respond will be ‘that is normal’. On my last two surgery my pain level never went more than 2/3.
6)   Fibula bone: For monegal fibula bone is not important and ok to have non-union. Even mentioned he can take fibula bone put some place else for bone lengthening while I was in Spain. Fibula is sort of extra bone put in reserve. Such a stupid comment coming from surgeon. His action is not to do anything regarding my fibula non-union.
7)   Forum: He is using forum to fish new patient and anyone raised flag he tries to shut him off either by himself or through his patient. He gets mad to his patient if anyone writes bad thing and continuously monitor forum thread. He probably spends more time in forum than any of us out here.
   His Patients: most of his patients are good people by heart. We all come from same height neurosis industry and wanting to get taller. I feel forum is fraternity to support each other. This doctor is exploiting forum to his advantage. We need to stop him. I am still in contact with few of them. They need him to fix the issue, correct whatever complication and have to oblige whatever he asks them to write. I would not be surprised if few of his patients come to this thread and try to defend him.
9)   Complication: Almost all of his patient has some complications. Many of them cannot walk without crutches. Complications includes but not limited to premature fitbone fracture, fitbone malfunctions, loose screws, serious nerve issue, misalignment and unkown. Unknown are other complications which patient does not know because they have not seen other LL specialist.

Suggestion to Forum Moderator:

Ban monegal effective immediately and stop any patient going to him wherever possible. If I can save one life, leg or limb than I feel my diary has serve good for this community. Why let dishonest/crook surgeon come to forum and exploit the harmony of forum and most importantly destroyed people lives. I intentionally write ‘lives’ because it is not only one patient it’s the entire family involve.

Complications are well known by everybody in this forum

[yyes]

About cinsomtide's words? See his own diary in this forum.

Cooper also said:

Complications are well known by everybody in this forum

Wow. Thank you for this.


Did these patients provide proof? X-rays, documents, pics, etc?

[TIBIKE200]

He did LL in India and had complications. Dr Monegal offered to fix him for a price. He had his surgery and while in hospital he complained in the forum about not feeling his leg. Dr Monegal came to his room to yell at him for writing that in the forum. Cinsotide has complained in the board Dr Monegal doesnt' answer when he can't take profit of him.

He did fix him in the end though... Atleast that's what Crimsone said (or atleast what I understood)

Edit: Also, dont mix difficulties during treatments with end result.. If we would consider difficulties during lengthening than all doctors would be considered  ty in every kind of surgery ever (from LL to rhinoplasty)

[paco1]

Doctor monegal is a very good option.
The problem in this surgery is the recovery,it is very long.

[yyes]

Doctor monegal is a very good option.
The problem in this surgery is the recovery,it is very long.

Have you had experience with monegal paco?

[notimportant]

Yes this guy had experience in tibia with Dr Monegal some years ago. His screw was loose. He hid this fact and Cooper was angry he was a liar like Musicmaker. Spanish people liars. Then Pacos' nail was broken and leg deformed and nail had to be replaced. He posted in Spanish in the forum about this. Then Musicmaker replied and their messages of both were deleted. So weird. Cinsomtide explained the case in one post.

Are you recoveedr after so many years Paco?

[paco1]

An image is worth more than a thousand words.
This week i'm doing one video and you can do your own conclusion.

[682]

The quotes notimportant has found in those users threads are quite concerning. It's not fair to state that he's a liar when he's literally quoting other users who have been with Monegal who have stated their complications - the comment about CrimsonTide considering amputation was especially alarming, how you will likely never be near 100% and always have issues - why would he say this if he wasn't being honest?

[Antonio]

I don't expect Auron or Musicmaker to tell the truth because they are current patients like Helloworld. That's like asking Dr Monegal himself. Waste of time

By your logic then, 99,99% of the diaries here by current patients of Paley, Guichet, Parihar, etc are a waste of time?

[Body Builder]

I've read crimsontide's thread about tibia correction with dr Monegal and although the first days was anxious about the outcome of the surgery, on his last posts he said that his bones were corrected and he is doing much better than before.

Also, from the Xrays I saw in 2 recent Monegal's diaries (Auron and Helloworld I think) I don't see anything bad. Relatively good callus formation, straight femurs and generally speaking, nothing abnormal.

And after all, putting a nail in femurs is by no way something very hard for an experienced doctor so I can't see why some doctors like Guichet want some huge amounts of money while doctors like Monegal have more logical prices with even better nails (of course Fitbone is more advanced than Guichetnail).
 
I want to see more diaries from dr Monegal's patients to have a more clear opinion about him but from what I saw I think he is a good choice taking in mind his price and that his clinic is in Barcelona, one of the most advanced cities in Europe.

India, even if Parihar is a capable doctor (something I don't know because we've seen only one patient's diary from him) wouldn't be an option for me because it is a third world country with a very unhealthy environment and laws that don't protect patients from doctors faults.

[yagen]

I probably do tibias next summer, If a patient repeat with the same doctor, it is a the best trust in him. I think tibias are more dificult than femurs because the ankle has three axis movement and knee just two axis. Even Iamready with Paley needed a second surgery to improve the aligment

It seems that the main problems for some users is the fitbone, but Dr Monegal offered me fitbone or Precise. You can chose.

I would like to see a diary with a patient of Monegal and Precise.

[KrP1]

Monegal has done much more internal lengthenings than Parihar. And Barcelona Is a much more advanced city than Mumbai . If i have to choose again i would go with Monegal. Tibia lengthening Is much more dificult than fémur lengthening. We could see that guichet doesnt do tibias and a very renowed doctor like paley have problems doing It. Like we have seen in iamready diary. If you do femurs with Monegal you may probably have a good outcome. Tibias Is not as safe as femurs and is more probably to have problems. For me if i do tibias in the future i Will try with internals or LON. I dont see external only as an option. But you have to aceppt that Its more probably to have more problems/surgeries and worst recovery doing tibias.

[Rod Thick]

For those of you seriously considering Dr. Monegal over Dr. Parihar.

Click on the link and read through this info....http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=2454.msg51176#msg51176

Update:
I had very bad experience with Tibia lengthening. I made terrible mistake of doing tibia with Monegal. I probably went through worst ultimate nightmares. I usually write Dr. in front of him but he lost that honorary title long time ago. Ever since I came to US I had some nuisances about right tibia. It felt something did not go well. But I was giving benefit of doubt. I have been telling all LLers’ through private chat tibia should be easy and since this is one leg I should have much better experience than femur.

Late last year I went to see Dr. Rozbruch in New York to check on tibia. Immediately after reading x-ray he pointed out 3 major issues. 1) Provactum tibia bone curving 2) Fibula migrated up. When the monegal fixate tibia and fib bones he somehow pushed the fibula up and fixate. The angulation is not correct this is major issue out of three 3) low callous and possible non-union 4) lost nerve on feet about 25% (not major but had to fix).  Dr. R advised to fixed all three and his assistant wrote a note which I forwarded monegal right away. I asked precisely to Dr. R what can be done with him. The answer was reverse everything and put external fixator for tibia and small monorail for tibia and lengthen. I was devastated to hear that!

I emailed monegal and hoped he can correct the issue. But he denied any of that need fix. Similar response to Crimson: ‘everything is fine' and keep lengthening to your desire 5.5cm. He also advised me not see any LL specialist. I told him ok. But I was not stupid. I knew by then I have major issues and I was only about 3.5cm. I keep lengthening and start looking for a solution to fix right leg and lengthen left leg. I was determined to get it done in US because I cannot take more chances.
The two US doctor I communicated:
1) Paley : first chastised me for going for inexperience doctor second the complication is major and will require more time and money to fix. His recommendation is take out the fitbone, put external fixator to not to loose the distraction gained, inserted non lengthening rod, lengthen fibula by 1cm, plated fibula, fixated tibia/fibula, bone grafted tibia and fibula for non-union, nerve decompression and put new non lengthening rod. He estimated about $100K for fix and left leg lengthening with precise.
2) Rozbruch: fist he did not want to help and asked me to go my first surgeon. I told him monegal is not capable of fixing and cannot be trusted. He said he will help. Cost about the same.

I also contacted few other doctors and everyone agreed on the three issues.

I picked one of the US doctor and currently in recovering. I am not disclosing anything yet and will let you know eventually.


Monegal Issues:
1)   Dishonest: He did not disclose all the information and lied on patient count and his experience. He emailed he performed 600 bone segments. Come to find out I was third tibia patient. One of his patient told me in Spain everyone lies. His manipulates deliberately and black mailed his patient to write good things about him and defend him as often as necessary. You cannot trust this doctor and his patient specially from Spain!!!
2)   Unethical: If you are not honest than you do not have ethics. Especially in this profession you want to go to doctor who respects patient rights, if something is not right than let the patient know and possible solution to fix. Just not to say everything will be ok. You need more time.
3)   Poor Osteotomy: Most of his patient has issue with callous formation. Interesting part is all of the patient with few exceptions are lengthening less than 6cm. Still have poor bone formation. I have both fibula and tibia non-union and misalignment. Grafted both and I gained only 5.3com. I thought I did 6 but the x-ray show 5.3com.
4)   Poor logistics: When I had my surgery I was in recovery room for long time. He could not find me and went home without meeting me in person. He later phoned me to say everything went ok. They forgot to put catheter and I did not pee for long time. I screamed and used profanity to get attention at the hospital. The epidural was not turned on and I was in pain for long time. Nursed blamed me tempering with epidural and told monegal I shut it off.
5)   Pain management: I was in 10/10 pain level during first night. The worst pain of my life. Nurses and caretaker does not know how to manage pain. Their respond will be ‘that is normal’. On my last two surgery my pain level never went more than 2/3.
6)   Fibula bone: For monegal fibula bone is not important and ok to have non-union. Even mentioned he can take fibula bone put some place else for bone lengthening while I was in Spain. Fibula is sort of extra bone put in reserve. Such a stupid comment coming from surgeon. His action is not to do anything regarding my fibula non-union.
7)   Forum: He is using forum to fish new patient and anyone raised flag he tries to shut him off either by himself or through his patient. He gets mad to his patient if anyone writes bad thing and continuously monitor forum thread. He probably spends more time in forum than any of us out here.
   His Patients: most of his patients are good people by heart. We all come from same height neurosis industry and wanting to get taller. I feel forum is fraternity to support each other. This doctor is exploiting forum to his advantage. We need to stop him. I am still in contact with few of them. They need him to fix the issue, correct whatever complication and have to oblige whatever he asks them to write. I would not be surprised if few of his patients come to this thread and try to defend him.
9)   Complication: Almost all of his patient has some complications. Many of them cannot walk without crutches. Complications includes but not limited to premature fitbone fracture, fitbone malfunctions, loose screws, serious nerve issue, misalignment and unkown. Unknown are other complications which patient does not know because they have not seen other LL specialist.

Suggestion to Forum Moderator:

Ban monegal effective immediately and stop any patient going to him wherever possible. If I can save one life, leg or limb than I feel my diary has serve good for this community. Why let dishonest/crook surgeon come to forum and exploit the harmony of forum and most importantly destroyed people lives. I intentionally write ‘lives’ because it is not only one patient it’s the entire family involve.

[Rod Thick]

The only reason anyone is still considering Dr. Monegal is because he offers a cheap price for internals. That's it! No other reason!

If he charged standard European prices then no one would consider him after all the negative information that has come out. Cooper is just one person of many who has told us to stay away from Dr. Monegal after experiencing horrific problems. It's all about saving a few thousand dollars by going to Dr. Monegal while risking your ability to walk and function normally for the rest of your life. As if any amount of money is worth that risk.

Yes only one patient did not complain. All the rest has some sort of issues. The part worries me is he does not recognize the mistake and fights really hard to make his point and he is right. Dr. Rozbruch is top surgeon and he thinks his recommendation has flaws and not necessary. Dr. Paley and other top Doctor all saw the issue with my right leg. For Monegal it was normal. He clearly have no idea or knowledge. He did not even recognize the issue. All he could say Is everything will be alright. Such a false hope on desperate time.

I took silical boost and vitamin d. Lengthen merely 5cm. And still non Union on tibia and fibula bone. Just did not get it. Callous formation is also heavily dependent upon surgeon technique of osteotomy.

I was within safe boundary, regular PT, vitamins and good diet still has major issues. Careful guys this is not joke. And please do lot of research. If you have any doubt regarding surgeon than do not do it.

I made a mistake. I thought i could save about $50k going to Spain. He appeared experience, some LL patient on this forum and Spain is in Europe. He emailed nicely and explained in long email. I have some doubt but thought i should be OK and it's only one leg. Also thought European doctors and medical are equivalent to US. Dead wrong. In Spain everyone lies-- per one Spanish friend. With very successful surgery with Dr. Paley i thought i do not need to go top LL surgeon. Terrible mistake and worst decision of my life!

[Auron]

Cooper is just one person of many who has told us to stay away from Dr. Monegal after experiencing horrific problems.

That is a strong statement. So, who are these many patients that told us to stay away from Dr. Monegal besides Cooper?

So far, and judging by this thread alone, there're about 6 Monegal patients (current and old patients) giving positive feedback about Dr. Monegal and 0 Monegal patients giving bad feedback about Dr. Monegal.

[YourSpaceBoyfriend]

So far, and judging by this thread alone, there're about 6 Monegal patients (current and old patients) giving positive feedback about Dr. Monegal and 0 Monegal patients giving bad feedback about Dr. Monegal.

As i said Monegal is the best doctor if you want to sit in a wheelchair for good 3 years.

You know, so you can give some positive feedback afterwards.

[Antonio]

As i said Monegal is the best doctor if you want to sit in a wheelchair for good 3 years.

You know, so you can give some positive feedback afterwards.

And what is the basis of your opinion? Have you done it with him before? Do you know have any proof?

[yyes]

As i said Monegal is the best doctor if you want to sit in a wheelchair for good 3 years.

You know, so you can give some positive feedback afterwards.

I am not trying to discount your claims but for every claim there needs to be proof. Based off the info from this threads, most Monegal patients seem to have high praise for him. Could he have messed up a person or two? Its very possible, just as any top doc can .

However, when making such a big claim we need evidence or proof in the form of multiple patients, xrays, pictures, video, etc. All these can be done while still remaining anonymous.

[Antonio]

The only reason anyone is still considering Dr. Monegal is because he offers a cheap price for internals. That's it! No other reason!

If he charged standard European prices then no one would consider him after all the negative information that has come out. Cooper is just one person of many who has told us to stay away from Dr. Monegal after experiencing horrific problems. It's all about saving a few thousand dollars by going to Dr. Monegal while risking your ability to walk and function normally for the rest of your life. As if any amount of money is worth that risk.

Of course the price with Dr. Monegal is one of the attractive reasons to go with him; that's why this thread is called Dr. Parihar vs Dr. Monegal, and not Dr. Paley vs Dr. Monegal. Not everyone can be millionaires! Like everything else in life, there are pros and cons.

But there are many other reasons to go with Dr. Monegal over Dr. Parihar:
1. Experience with internal rods for LL is higher
2. Quality of surgical team, ICU, and hospital is higher
3. Recovery experience in Barcelona is better

All those criticising Dr. Monegal based on Cooper's comments are using hearsay, none of them have actually done LL with him, and are simply guilty of selective bias as they are ignoring all the good comments about Dr. Monegal.

[yyes]

Of course the price with Dr. Monegal is one of the attractive reasons to go with him; that's why this thread is called Dr. Parihar vs Dr. Monegal, and not Dr. Paley vs Dr. Monegal. Not everyone can be millionaires! Like everything else in life, there are pros and cons.

But there are many other reasons to go with Dr. Monegal over Dr. Parihar:
1. Experience with internal rods for LL is higher
2. Quality of surgical team, ICU, and hospital is higher
3. Recovery experience in Barcelona is better

All those criticising Dr. Monegal based on Cooper's comments are using hearsay, none of them have actually done LL with him, and are simply guilty of selective bias as they are ignoring all the good comments about Dr. Monegal.

I agree with all this. However one thing that does worry me is the fact that one of his patients considered amputation. That is freaking scary

[crimsontide]

Bodybuilder and TBIKE have posted accurate information regarding my current status

Members should go by what I say now, not when I was very depressed and  still early in my recovery

Limb Lengthening takes a very very long time to recover from.  I'd say if you lengthen tibia over 6 cm, it's not unreasonable to still be recovering 2.5 years later. This is the reality

Members should also take into account that  correcting my deformity meant breaking my leg again and placing a rod into it. I   was not realistic about  recovery time as I had already been recovering well over a year when I had the rod inserted.  Psychologically, I could not handle the reality.

Recovering from a broken tibia can take a year or more to recover from for an otherwise healthy person.  My legs had suffered  extreme trauma already, so recovery took even longer. Look at my  writing style back then and you can see how distressed I was. I could barely type

I am not 100% yet, not even 80%, but that is not due to Monegal.   I walk now without a  limp or if there is one, it is  so tiny as to not be perceived. My push off is poor, ankles seem a bit loose,  I have a very slight length discrepancy, and some minor nerve issues with my left foot. All of this occurred before Monegal. My situation with regard to these 3 issues did not worsen after he corrected my  leg.  I did have a deformed looking  left leg and had a noticeable limp which I do not have now. I also suffer no knee pain.  I mean none, zero.

If my tibia is not 100% aligned, it has to be  close to that number. 

I'm not saying Monegal is perfect, or that I was happy 100% of the time with him, but I have a good relationship with him that  is based entirely on the outcome of my surgery

 This is how  I feel as of February 20, 2017

[helloworld]

I don't expect Auron or Musicmaker to tell the truth because they are current patients like Helloworld. That's like asking Dr Monegal himself. Waste of time.
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Both are my friends, and I am sure they are telling the truth.
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Dr Baumgart deveoped his Fitbone with Betz, not Guichet. Baumgart and Guichet have been together in LL meetings but didn't develop a nail together.

I guess you are right about this. But at least, Baumgart was well aware of the Guichet technology and decided he did not want a mechanical clicking but an engine inside the implants.

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You aren't as informed as you say.

I think I am, but you have done a lot of research as well!

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 Your Phd not in medicine.

I admit that.

[yyes]

Bodybuilder and TBIKE have posted accurate information regarding my current status

Members should go by what I say now, not when I was very depressed and  still early in my recovery

Limb Lengthening takes a very very long time to recover from.  I'd say if you lengthen tibia over 6 cm, it's not unreasonable to still be recovering 2.5 years later. This is the reality

Members should also take into account that  correcting my deformity meant breaking my leg again and placing a rod into it. I   was not realistic about  recovery time as I had already been recovering well over a year when I had the rod inserted.  Psychologically, I could not handle the reality.

Recovering from a broken tibia can take a year or more to recover from for an otherwise healthy person.  My legs had suffered  extreme trauma already, so recovery took even longer. Look at my  writing style back then and you can see how distressed I was. I could barely type

I am not 100% yet, not even 80%, but that is not due to Monegal.   I walk now without a  limp or if there is one, it is  so tiny as to not be perceived. My push off is poor, ankles seem a bit loose,  I have a very slight length discrepancy, and some minor nerve issues with my left foot. All of this occurred before Monegal. My situation with regard to these 3 issues did not worsen after he corrected my  leg.  I did have a deformed looking  left leg and had a noticeable limp which I do not have now. I also suffer no knee pain.  I mean none, zero.

If my tibia is not 100% aligned, it has to be  close to that number. 

I'm not saying Monegal is perfect, or that I was happy 100% of the time with him, but I have a good relationship with him that  is based entirely on the outcome of my surgery

 This is how  I feel as of February 20, 2017

Crimsontide, great to hear from you.

Do you think that if you would have done Femur instead, the outcome would have been different? Do you feel that you would have recovered faster.

What if you did 5.5 cm to the femur?

Your answers are invaluable to us that are looking to see Dr Monegal. I have heard that deaths and potential amputations have been considered by patients of his.

[Rod Thick]

Since this is an open forum and we are allowed and encouraged to give our honest opinions, then here is mine.

Dr. Monegal has already ruined two of his patients lives, and these are just the ones we know about. Musicmaker and Cooper. Fortunately for Cooper he went to Dr. Rozbrusch and Dr. Paley to fix the horrific mistakes of Dr. Monegal, and have the ability to live life like a normal human being again. Musicmaker has stuck with Dr. Monegal and she is still living life like a cripple. How many more patients of Dr. Monegal ended up just like Musicmaker and Cooper that we don't know about? Nobody knows...

Let's not forget Musicmaker was lying about her condition to everyone on this forum to protect Dr. Monegal until she had to confess that she's been living life in a wheelchair for years. We all know why patients of Dr. Monegal withhold information or put out only positive information about him, because Dr. Monegal monitors this forum. We know this because of the following sentence i'm about to type.

Dr. Monegal responds to posts on this forum like he is a child throwing a temper tantrum. He has said about half a dozen times that he will no longer respond or post on this forum. Sure enough a little time goes by and here he comes to post again and throw another temper tantrum.

Anyone who considers Dr. Monegal is very simply looking for a way to save money and have surgery in Europe because they think it's safer just because it's Europe. Well, Cooper and Musicmaker and countless other suffering unnamed patients of Dr. Monegal thought that the same thing, and we all know how that turned out...

[Auron]

Since this is an open forum and we are allowed and encouraged to give our honest opinions, then here is mine.

Dr. Monegal has already ruined two of his patients lives, and these are just the ones we know about. Musicmaker and Cooper. Fortunately for Cooper he went to Dr. Rozbrusch and Dr. Paley to fix the horrific mistakes of Dr. Monegal, and have the ability to live life like a normal human being again. Musicmaker has stuck with Dr. Monegal and she is still living life like a cripple. How many more patients of Dr. Monegal ended up just like Musicmaker and Cooper that we don't know about? Nobody knows...

Let's not forget Musicmaker was lying about her condition to everyone on this forum to protect Dr. Monegal until she had to confess that she's been living life in a wheelchair for years. We all know why patients of Dr. Monegal withhold information or put out only positive information about him, because Dr. Monegal monitors this forum. We know this because of the following sentence i'm about to type.

Dr. Monegal responds to posts on this forum like he is a child throwing a temper tantrum. He has said about half a dozen times that he will no longer respond or post on this forum. Sure enough a little time goes by and here he comes to post again and throw another temper tantrum.

Anyone who considers Dr. Monegal is very simply looking for a way to save money and have surgery in Europe because they think it's safer just because it's Europe. Well, Cooper and Musicmaker and countless other suffering unnamed patients of Dr. Monegal thought that the same thing, and we all know how that turned out...

I'd take your "opinions" seriously if you could back up your statements. I'm still waiting for you to answer my previous question.

[notimportant]

How many of you have had your nail removed and don't need the doctor anymore? None. You still here because you depend on him.

The difference with other doctors is Dr Monegal is monitoring the forum all day. Other doctors don't care and you can take their patients' opinions more seriously.

[crimsontide]

I don't need Monegal anymore. I have a rod currently in me leg that could be left in  forever

How many of you have had your nail removed and don't need the doctor anymore? None. You still here because you depend on him.

The difference with other doctors is Dr Monegal is monitoring the forum all day. Other doctors don't care and you can take their patients' opinions more seriously.

[notimportant]

You`re full of contradictions. If the rod can stay forever why do you want it to be removed? You said you are having the rod removed by Monegal in June. So you need to be in good terms with him to get a good price ... and nobody wants to be in bad terms withe the surgeon who will operate on them. Cooper went to a different doctor so he didn't depend on him anymore. Let's wait until rods are removed and people can tell the truth. For the moment I wouldn't trust Fibone and Monegal

[Bander72]

I heard before that mongeal woulf be willing to do precise. I wonder if it would be for the same price though.

[onemorefoot]

Monegal can get Precice, however, the price cant be the same as the nails cost more.

[crimsontide]

Yes., the rod can stay in forever. That's just a fact. You can ask a surgeon if you wish

I was not going to have the rod removed, but removing the screws will perhaps make my ankle a bit less stiff. Not 100% positive, but since  rod removal  is a very minor surgery with very minimal risk, might as well get it done to see if anything improves.

I'm in New York btw and could have the surgery done here since  Insurance would cover it. It is a very minor  procedure.  I want to visit Barcelona for personal reasons, so might as well  kill 2 birds with 1 stone.

You are very annoying, and like to be rude on the internet. I find you very boring and tedious.   You have never met me, and  know nothing about me. You seem to imply that I  can't say the truth,  which would come as a big surprise to everyone that knows me

Furthermore, my diary contradicts this narrative. I posted negatively about Monegal  WHILE I WAS IN  HIS HOSPITAL WITH A BROKEN LEG. Yet, somehow even though I'm now a few thousand miles away and   walking, I can't post the truth out of fear.

You obviously have some kind of obsession with Monegal. Perhaps you have  valid reasons, but I don't give a   about your issues.

I don't care what  you say about Monegal , but don't act as if you   know me or have any knowledge of my  condition other than  what I post.

You`re full of contradictions. If the rod can stay forever why do you want it to be removed? You said you are having the rod removed by Monegal in June. So you need to be in good terms with him to get a good price ... and nobody wants to be in bad terms withe the surgeon who will operate on them. Cooper went to a different doctor so he didn't depend on him anymore. Let's wait until rods are removed and people can tell the truth. For the moment I wouldn't trust Fibone and Monegal