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[shortisnotfun]

December 17th at 11:38PM in Istanbul.

Greetings everyone.
I'm just getting out of surgery with Dr Yuksel Yurttas in Istanbul. I did LON Tibias.

My starting height is 160cm and I wish to get 5-6cm.

I am literally out of the surgery since 15 minutes ago, and would like share my progress and my journey. Hopefully there aren't complications.

Also, the doctor could not put a intermedullary nail in my tibia bone. He said the gap is too narrow for it to go. I will be putting the IM nail in after I finish lengthening. Hopefully that goes well, and there are no deformity issues or non union issues due to no nail.

[QuarkSoup]

Hopefully everything goes well for you. Keep us updated 

[shortisnotfun]

It's extremely loud outside of this hospital. Feels like I'm next to a circus or something.

[shortisnotfun]

Hopefully everything goes well for you. Keep us updated 

Thank you, same to you as well.

[Unknown]

How bad is the pain after surgery?

[shortisnotfun]

How bad is the pain after surgery?

Immediately after the surgery it's about a 2.
A couple of hours after the surgery it's like an 8-8.5.
Constant throbbing pain.

[Unknown]

Did you meet the Looksmaxxing channel guy? How is he doing? He did it there too right?

[shortisnotfun]

Did you meet the Looksmaxxing channel guy? How is he doing? He did it there too right?

I did not, but I didn't step out of the room much either. Maybe he went back to the US?

[Unknown]

Whats ur experience with Yuksel? How do u find him?

[shortisnotfun]

Whats ur experience with Yuksel? How do u find him?

Seems okay from first impression. I'll let you know how it goes by with time.

[shortisnotfun]

I have constant 7/10 pain here in the hospital. I have a spinal paracetamol injection in my back but even that doesn't do anything to the pain. I can barely sleep and wake up every 3 hours. On top of that, it's extremely loud outside my hospital room with cars honking for literally no reason. I feel sad and depressed.

[shortisnotfun]

2 1/2 days after surgery, still in the hospital. I'm able to bend my knees completely and my feet and ankle work. I'm still numb in my right leg and I've been numb since 2 days. It's like running a marathon to even bend my knees.

[wayupnorth]

Hey ! If everything goes according to plan for me, maybe we'll meet each other in a couple months

[shortisnotfun]

Hey ! If everything goes according to plan for me, maybe we'll meet each other in a couple months

Nice! All I can say is be prepared man, and make sure this is something you really want to do. None of the patients here sugar coated me the procedure, the consultant didn't sugar coat me or sell me a dream, neither did the doctor.

[QuarkSoup]

I have constant 7/10 pain here in the hospital. I have a spinal paracetamol injection in my back but even that doesn't do anything to the pain. I can barely sleep and wake up every 3 hours. On top of that, it's extremely loud outside my hospital room with cars honking for literally no reason. I feel sad and depressed.

"cars honking for literally no reason" welcome to Turkey

What's the hospital name? Mine was so quiet might be because of good quality windows. I think tibia is much more painful than femur. Stay strong my friend, people say that with the passage of time the pain eases

[shortisnotfun]

"cars honking for literally no reason" welcome to Turkey

What's the hospital name? Mine was so quiet might be because of good quality windows. I think tibia is much more painful than femur. Stay strong my friend, people say that with the passage of time the pain eases

Esencan Hospital. And my window is literally outside a busy street. 

Yeah, I've heard that too. Tibia pain is sharper compared to Femur. Atleast that's what I've heard.

[wayupnorth]

Believe me..there is nothing i want done more than this haha. Can you tell me how come the doctor did not put an intermodulary nail in the bone ? I thought you had to have an internal nail in the bone. Is it possible to lengthen with no internal nail ? Also do you know  how common is it for the bone to be too narrow on the femur ?

[shortisnotfun]

Believe me..there is nothing i want done more than this haha. Can you tell me how come the doctor did not put an intermodulary nail in the bone ? I thought you had to have an internal nail in the bone. Is it possible to lengthen with no internal nail ? Also do you know  how common is it for the bone to be narrow on the femur ?

I am really tiny. I'm 5 foot 3 and like 100 pounds. So my bone canal was tiny as well. The doctor said I'd be able to use just fixator without the IM nail. Hopefully that's right and I don't get non union or deformity issues.

[wayupnorth]

Good luck Bro ! I'll be reading your posts everyday 

[shortisnotfun]

It's really hard to sleep right now. Without painkillers it's impossible. I have only slept maybe 8 hours in the past 3 days.

[Kanye Western]

Out of curiosity, how old are you and why did you decide to do the LON method?

Good luck on your journey!

[Charizard]

I'm wondering how he will put the nail if your bone is not suitable for it at the first place?
Weird.. I hope you would not end up as like the guy in the youtube who broke his bone, his doctor was also DrYuksel.. Be careful..

[shortisnotfun]

I'm wondering how he will put the nail if your bone is not suitable for it at the first place?
Weird.. I hope you would not end up as like the guy in the youtube who broke his bone, his doctor was also DrYuksel.. Be careful..

A even smaller nail than previous patients. He said my bone canal was even smaller than his other patients

[shortisnotfun]

To be clear, I currently have monorail fixators without an internal nail.

[QuarkSoup]

A even smaller nail than previous patients. He said my bone canal was even smaller than his other patients

It might not be a necesarrily bad thing as we all know stryde nail patients have had difficulties in bone healing because of full weight bearing. Dr. Assayag says bone needs to feel the force. But you should defintely be really careful after the fixator removal. Can you share your xrays with us?

[TheDream]

How much is Yuksel charging, if I may ask

Seems like a lot of Turkey related diaries at the moment.

[wayupnorth]

Who is the guy on youtube ?? Any links ?

[Limbfan2020]

Who is the guy on youtube ?? Any links ?

https://youtu.be/31t8CafApwc

He's probably crippled for his whole life. He cannot walk, even 5 weeks after the surgery. No fixation of fibula bones which will cause severe arthritis later in life. He has severe ballerina foot which is very hard to fix. He also suffered from pinsite infection. LON is the worst method you can do since you connect the outer world with your bone marrow.

At 1:02 you can hear his desperation.

[wayupnorth]

OMG  Looks brutal. How did he end up in this position ? What kind of complications ?

[Limbfan2020]

OMG  Looks brutal. How did he end up in this position ? What kind of complications ?

He also did maxillary advancement surgery: https://youtu.be/AM0EbtU5n84

But it failed, as well. So he reported it as a scam: https://youtu.be/PEw0JIiFjwc

He's planning to go home on the 29th

[shortisnotfun]

https://youtu.be/31t8CafApwc

He's probably crippled for his whole life. He cannot walk, even 5 weeks after the surgery. No fixation of fibula bones which will cause severe arthritis later in life. He has severe ballerina foot which is very hard to fix. He also suffered from pinsite infection. LON is the worst method you can do since you connect the outer world with your bone marrow.

At 1:02 you can hear his desperation.

Ouch, I saw that video. He has a new video out now as well. Not sure why he did LL at 5'11 and like 200 pounds.