STsacrifice4LTgain - External Tibias - Dr. Sarin - 2012 - My Pain and Gain

[crazy+6]

For some reason, Princess reminds me of Borat lol

hahahah ! you made me smile again.

[Dryani]

I DID NOT WRITE ANY FALSE HERE

Yes you did. You wrote that China was not much more expensive than India, that China had far less pain, and that I have not given the whole truth in my diary.

AND I DO FELL SORRY FOR YOU BOOING POEPLE JUST FOR BEING HONEST,AND MAYBE YOU DO JELOUSE THAT PATIENT IN CHINA HAVE LESS PAIN.

You are being booed for saying things that are inaccurate and speculating into things you do not understand.

I THINK PEOPLE LIKE YOU FALSE OTHERE AND ALL YOU DO TRY TO CONVINCE OTHERS TO CHOSE INDIA,WHEN I DONT TRY IT I HOPE PEOPLE WILL MAKE RIGHT CHOICE AND WANT LISTEN YOR FALS COMMENTS.

Again you accuse me of lying. Where have I lied?

$30,000,YES,JUST 20,000 MORE BUT THE CARE AND TREATMENT PATIENTS GATE IN CHINA IS NOT COMPERABLE THAT YOU GET PLUS LESS PAIN AND MANY OTHER THINGS,BUT IF YOU WANT TO SAVE MONEY AND PUT YOURSELF THROU HELL THAN GOOD LUCK!!!!!!

This is exactly the type of bullcrap speculation that is getting you booed and reducing your credibility on this forum.

SHAME ON YOU 100 TIMES. DO I CARE THAT YOU BOO ME??? HAHAHA BE A MEN ,I DO NOT CARE!

It sounds like you not only care, but it has you on the edge of hysteria. It is best to not make inaccurate statements if you do not want this type of rebuttal.

YOU GUYS ARE ADVERTISING DR. SARIN ,I DO NOT ADVERTISE CHINA

This is a serious allegation. Again, we do not care who comes here, and we simply want to keep the representation of this place accurate. You are distorting the diary with conjecture and assumption mixed with false statements and accusations.

YOU ALL GET SO AGRESSIVE IF SOMEONE WRITE SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM YOUR STORY YOU EVEN WAS AGRESSIVE TO ST WHEN HE START WRITING BAD THINGS ABOUT INDIA SHAME ON YOU

I would never be aggressive to ST for relaying his experiences, just as Crazy+6 was never aggressive toward me for writing about my problems here.

AND DO I CARE THAT YOU BOO ME??? NO DO YOU THINK THAT PEOLE DONT SEE THAT? YOU THINK IF YOU ALL INDIN PATIENTS WILL BOO ME LIKE YOU ALREADY DID YOU THINK THAT POEPLE WILL SEE THAT I HAVE - AND WILL NOT BELIEVE MY COMMENTS ,SO YOU CAN LOOK LIKE ONLY HONEST PEOPLE??? WHY YOU CAN WRITE BAD ABOUT CHINA???

I did not boo Balzakin, because he kept his comments tactful and did not spread dis-information. I booed you because it would be confusing for future LL patients to read and believe what you have written. Also, nobody is writing anything bad about China, but while we're on the subject, I find LATN to be pretty sketchy.

SHAME ON YOU GUYS . NOW I AM 100% SURE THAT YOU GUYS GET SOME MONEY FROM YOUR DOCTOR FOR ADVERTISING HERE AND GETTING MORE PEOPLE TO INDIA,YOU PROBABLY GOT YOR SURGERY FREE FOR THAT...... WELL I GUESS ONLY SOME PEOLE CAN WRITE IN THIS SITE ALL OTHERE WILL BE CALLED TROLLS EVEN YOU WILL BE THE MOST HONEST PERSON HERE. I AM JUST SHOKED ,HAVE NO WORDS TO SAY TO YOU AND OTHER PATIENTS IN INDIA.

This comment makes you sound extremely ignorant. Sarin barely makes any profit at all from the surgery, and makes no money from the guest house. To think that there is room for free surgeries or commission is frankly retarded, and exactly the type of thinking that makes you a dangerous addition to this forum.

I DID START MY DIARY WITH COMPLAINS ,BUT AFTER I READ YOUR DIARIES I THINK I WAS SO LUCKY BEING IN CHINA,TOO BAD I DID NOT REALIZE IT RIGHT A WAY

Did you not just say that we never wrote negative about our stay here? Which is it: we never write anything negative, or we right about so many negatives that you feel lucky to be in China?

[balzakin]

thanks guys, I will check in from time to time to see how you
are all doing. The new guest house sounds like its going to be el primo.
I find India so interesting culturally. About 10 years ago I went hiking
in Nepal so I got a bit of a taste for it. Catch you later on down the trail..

[capichon2011]

Hi, I'm debating between external tibias or LON. I currently suffer from patellar tendonitis due to sports and the discomfort is annoying. I found a few articles about complications when they split/cut the tendon to insert the intramedullary rod. After having the surgery and achieving your desired  height, do you think your knees will be the same for life? Please, any comments will be appreciated.

http://www.healio.com/orthopedics/knee/journals/ORTHO/%7B044D928D-D948-434F-A658-36CC26BCB2C1%7D/Intramedullary-Nailing-of-Tibial-Fractures-Review-of-Surgical-Techniques-and-Description-of-a-Percutaneous-Lateral-Suprapatellar-Approach

http://www.bjjprocs.boneandjoint.org.uk/content/94-B/SUPP_XVII/026.abstract?related-urls=yes&legid=jbjsbrproc;94-B/SUPP_XVII/026

[Dryani]

Hi, I'm debating between external tibias or LON. I currently suffer from patellar tendonitis due to sports and the discomfort is annoying. I found a few articles about complications when they split/cut the tendon to insert the intramedullary rod. After having the surgery and achieving your desired  height, do you think your knees will be the same for life? Please, any comments will be appreciated.

Hi capichon2011. The pain in the tendon lasts only one to two weeks post-surgery, which surprised me a great deal; I thought it would last longer. I do not know about the long-term effects, but I do know that my friend who is more than two years post-IM nail does not have any knee pain. I hope that helps.

[coolguySam]

Capichon2011: Hello. I had the exact same injury on my left leg for the last year or so. I wouldn't feel much pain when I walk or jog but I would feel my knee give in because of the pain when I tried to squat or play american football. It was more so annoying because it occurred sporadically. My doctor told me that it would heal on its own since i'm still young as long as I don't overexert and give the tendon some time to heal. And pathetically enough, the cause of this injury was that I was tying ankle weights on my legs and doing jump kicks in the hopes that it will cause micro-fractures in my tibiae and make me taller. This makes me laugh when I think about what I was doing a year ago to get taller and where I am now. I thank MMT for this! Anyways, the way sarin inserts the nail into the tibiae does not compromise the strength and structural integrity of the patellar tendon. Tendonitis is cause by microtrauma to the patellar tendon. I don't know if inserting a nail through that area will make the microtrauma worse but what I can say is that I suggest you do LL using whatever method you may prefer either way. The reasoning behind this is that when you go through this surgery you are basically disabled for two or three months and are only able to stand with the help of a walker. This will help put much less strain on your tendon and allow the necessary time to heal. And also, when you have two broken bones your body releases high amounts of HGH that will also help speed up the tendon recovery in its own way. All in all, this injury requires you to rest which you will get a lot of while doing LL. Hope that helps

[GROWtallORdieTRYING]

lol that was fun to read, (the Princess VS india conflict).

honestly it looks like for some reason Princess has a serious bias to hurting india and helping china, honestly this is just speculation but the only logical conclusion for a motive which we will never find out which expresses a suden 360 degree turn of attitude whith no series of events leading up to it for no reason whatso eva..... seems to imply that perhaps india is taking some of chinas clients LOL

china perhaps doesnt want to have to go back to the days where they only charged 10k.

they got away with changing the prices in the past but with the way this forumn has picked up thoose prices just wont cut it anymore, i know of MANY places that are reputable and far cheaper than china , im sure others do also. i expect others doing research are considering much more places than china now days.

look at the persons post trying to perswade that 30k paying more for china is worth it for whatever reason, just saying looks like a thing someone would say to attract customers even though the prices are far more........ anyone in their right mind knows that 30k to 10k is not close. i call that being caught in a complete and utter lie and so i use that to say that you Princess have motive, all else is speculation but when you say something so completly untrue i question your integrity and motive.


hell theese days if  you dont care about lon and only want 5cm you can easily get ll done safely for 5K, and you seem to be able to even get internal done for 18k euro(however we need more diaries for this to be true)(although seems like a safe procedure only thing in question is whether it is weight bearing).


MY PIONT to this whole post is that with all the new advancments in this forumn and the knowledge it is spreading, there are now half a dozen places that are cheaper than china, and i wouldnt be suprised if china is feeling the crunch, suply and demand sais that china WILL have less clients, and people dont like to decrease prices to accomodate people. just my 2 cents.

[Dookieman]

However true that may be most will not disclose where they get their LL done. So, for now we only have information from those who were forthcoming about where and who did their procedures.

[STsacrifice4LTgain]

WHY CANT WE BE FRIENDS.. WHY CANT WE BE FRIENDS? Well we obviously CANT lol so uhhh guess I'll take a seat & ask Crazy+6 to pass the popcorn over my way! lol 

I honestly love you guys! The passion & emotion with which we fight this LL war is certainly on a whole different level! 
I'm gonna re-post something I posted earlier which I'm sure got lost in the 'China vs India' shuffle lol.. I think Crazy6 is the only one who noticed it & I think it's important for you guys to read this to get a very CLEAR & HELPFUL grasp on what I've experienced in India so far & my honest feelings about an array of 'heated' topics...
So here's the post:

LOOK... I UNDERSTAND THERE'S BEEN ALOT OF BRASH OR EMOTIONAL TYPE COMMENTS... YOU KNOW WHAT?? ITS OK! LETS FACE IT, LL IS A PRETTY f**king EMOTIONAL PROCEDURE.. BUT.... WHEN THOSE EMOTIONS START KICKING IN AND YOU FEEL YOU MIGHT SAY SOMETHING TOO BRASH, TOO NEGATIVE OR EVEN TOO IGNORANT... YOU SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE SOME CONSIDERATION FOR OTHERS & WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH "BEFORE" YOU HIT THE POST BUTTON
THINK TO YOURSELF.. 'HMMM HAVE I REALLY GATHERED ALL THE FACTS ABOUT THIS SITUATION BEFORE I MAKE THIS BRASH COMMENT?? OR... 'WOW, YOU KNOW STSACRIFICE, DRYANI, CRAZY+6, SAM AND COMPANY ARE REALLY GOING OUT OF THEIR WAY BY KEEPING SUCH DETAILED DIARIES TO HELP ME & OTHERS IN THE FUTURE.... WOULD IT BE WISE TO INSULT ANY OF THEM? **** IS IT WISE TO INSULT ANY LL PATIENT UNDERGOING THIS VERY 'WARRIOR-LIKE' PROCEDURE WHEN THEY ARE THE ONE'S ON THIS SITE THAT CAN GIVE ME A REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE OF WHAT THIS JOURNEY ENTAILS??

I'M TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO HELP THE NEXT GENERATION OF LL PATIENTS BUT YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE THINGS I SAY W/ A GRAIN OF SALT! THE WORLD WE LIVE IN IS NOT BLACK/WHITE.. SO OF COURSE FOR THE PRICE WE'RE PAYING HERE.. WE'RE NOT GONNA BE PLACED IN A 5 STAR RESORT W/ AN OCEANFRONT VIEW & HALF-NAKED HOTTIES FEEDING US COCKTAILS/ORDERVES. USE YOUR BEST JUDGEMENT. WE CAME HERE BECAUSE SARIN IS A VERY INTELLIGENT & CARING DOCTOR & YES... IN SARIN WE TRUST ALRIGHT.. IF WE DIDNT, WE WOULDNT FREAKING BE HERE NOW WOULD WE???  ALSO.. ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.. THE POST OP CARE HAS BEEN EXCELLENT!
FOR THOSE WHO THINK WE LIVE IN A PERFECT WORLD & THAT EVERYTHING SHOULD BE PEACHY ALL THE TIME... GET THAT FANTASY OUT OF YOUR HEAD!

THIS IS REAL LIFE.. NOT A MOVIE, NOT A VIDEO GAME. WE"RE PAYING SOMEONE TO BREAK OUR LEGS & GIVE US HEIGHT. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SACRIFICES ALONG THE WAY & WE WELCOME & ACCEPT THAT. WHEN I POST ABOUT NEGATIVE THINGS I'M EXPERIENCING... I'M NOT SITTING HERE THINKING 'OH GOD... WHY DID I CHOOSE INDIA? IF ONLY I WOULDA SPENT $40,000 MORE & HAD THIS DONE IN A MORE DEVELOPED COUNTRY, EVERYTHING WOULD JUST BE PERFECT!' LMAO... NO, I JUST SAY TO MYSELF 'YOU KNOW WHAT? IM NOT HAPPY ABOUT 'THIS' SITUATION BUT ITS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD & I'M SURE IT WILL GET RESOLVED' AND GUESS WHAT.. ALMOST ALL THE THINGS I WAS UNPLEASED ABOUT SO FAR HAVE BEEN FIXED OR WILL BE RESOLVED SOON.   

LASTLY.. I APOLOGIZE FOR WRITING IN ALL CAPS BUT AS YOU CAN SEE.. I'M A BIT UPSET BY THE NEGATIVE & RASH COMMENTS ON HERE. WE'RE IN A *** LOAD OF PAIN & WE'RE ALL GOING THROUGH ALOT OUT HERE.. WE JUST NEED YOU GUYS TO BE CONSIDERATE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH & TO PLEASE THINK TWICE BEFORE POSTING VERY NEGATIVE OR HURTFUL COMMENTS & TRULY.... TRULY....PUT YOURSELVES IN OUR SHOES & YOU'LL REALIZE WHY I'M SUGGESTING THIS.

OKAY... BACK TO a regular font size 

Crazy +6 - I love you bro! A big THANK YOU for arranging the bday cake for me at the hotel! Sunny told me you set up all the arrangements & that means alot to me   I was a bit down at the fact that I wouldn't be able to see you guys... but the cake was delicious & I enjoyed a few vodka oj's w/ the hotel crew!
CoolguySam - Your post put a BIG smile on my face! But then.. I gOt my x-rays today & it showed my actual lengthened amount is 8.4mm lol.. So I obviously lost a good bit there... but both legs were equal & I'm not going over 1mm/day cause i still believe that slow & steady wins the race at the end.
Dryani - Same here bud.. I was really upset that I didn't get to see you guys on my bday but I hope you all enjoyed the cake that Sunny brought over to you!
Legendary - thanks bud & yeaaaah that cake was awesome 
hotdawg - thanks man I come up w/ some nice lyrics every now & then lol... I'm counting on you for the melody though haha
Dookieman - Thank you sir.. always a pleasure to hear from you. Are you counting down the days for your 8CM Precise nail yet?
MDragon - You should be a poet! That was great bud.. almost felt like you had read my mind w/ that post haha.. i should give you another credibility point for that lol
Pattymatty - Thanks dear.. your post almost got lost in the shuffle lol.. And nice job on your very symmetrical smiley faces 
Balzakin - Welcome to my diary & thank you for the bday wishes! 
nobigdeal2 - Thank you for the bday wishes! I'm glad that you appreciate my diary. I wanna help you guys as much as possible. I appreciate your support very much and please consider some of the things I said above my friend 

To anyone I missed - Thank you so much for your kind words, your continued support & the happy bday wishes! There's no other place I'd rather be than here in India with these great group of warriors trying my very best to finally fulfill my childhood dream 


One last thing... and this is for everyone who's made interesting comments regarding the close-up pictures of my frames. I took those close-ups because I care about you guys & I want to be as helpful as I can in my diary. However, it seems like everyone overlooked the part where I clearly said that these pictures are about a WEEK POST OP so of course its not gonna look pretty!! C'mon friends.. and the staples are there for extra precaution since its so fresh after surgery. Half of my staples have already been removed & I'll post another super sexy close-up picture for you all AFTER all my staples are removed lol
So with that in mind... can we at least wait till my frames are removed before we start talking about how uglyyyyy St's legs are 

[Dookieman]

"Why can't we be friends, why can't we be friends?" I love it! I'll chime in the infamous words of the late Rodney King "Can't we all just get along?" 

[crazy+6]

WHY CANT WE BE FRIENDS.. WHY CANT WE BE FRIENDS? Well we obviously CANT lol so uhhh guess I'll take a seat & ask Crazy+6 to pass the popcorn over my way! lol 

I honestly love you guys! The passion & emotion with which we fight this LL war is certainly on a whole different level! 
I'm gonna re-post something I posted earlier which I'm sure got lost in the 'China vs India' shuffle lol.. I think Crazy6 is the only one who noticed it & I think it's important for you guys to read this to get a very CLEAR & HELPFUL grasp on what I've experienced in India so far & my honest feelings about an array of 'heated' topics...
So here's the post:

LOOK... I UNDERSTAND THERE'S BEEN ALOT OF BRASH OR EMOTIONAL TYPE COMMENTS... YOU KNOW WHAT?? ITS OK! LETS FACE IT, LL IS A PRETTY f**king EMOTIONAL PROCEDURE.. BUT.... WHEN THOSE EMOTIONS START KICKING IN AND YOU FEEL YOU MIGHT SAY SOMETHING TOO BRASH, TOO NEGATIVE OR EVEN TOO IGNORANT... YOU SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE SOME CONSIDERATION FOR OTHERS & WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH "BEFORE" YOU HIT THE POST BUTTON
THINK TO YOURSELF.. 'HMMM HAVE I REALLY GATHERED ALL THE FACTS ABOUT THIS SITUATION BEFORE I MAKE THIS BRASH COMMENT?? OR... 'WOW, YOU KNOW STSACRIFICE, DRYANI, CRAZY+6, SAM AND COMPANY ARE REALLY GOING OUT OF THEIR WAY BY KEEPING SUCH DETAILED DIARIES TO HELP ME & OTHERS IN THE FUTURE.... WOULD IT BE WISE TO INSULT ANY OF THEM? **** IS IT WISE TO INSULT ANY LL PATIENT UNDERGOING THIS VERY 'WARRIOR-LIKE' PROCEDURE WHEN THEY ARE THE ONE'S ON THIS SITE THAT CAN GIVE ME A REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE OF WHAT THIS JOURNEY ENTAILS??

I'M TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO HELP THE NEXT GENERATION OF LL PATIENTS BUT YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE THINGS I SAY W/ A GRAIN OF SALT! THE WORLD WE LIVE IN IS NOT BLACK/WHITE.. SO OF COURSE FOR THE PRICE WE'RE PAYING HERE.. WE'RE NOT GONNA BE PLACED IN A 5 STAR RESORT W/ AN OCEANFRONT VIEW & HALF-NAKED HOTTIES FEEDING US COCKTAILS/ORDERVES. USE YOUR BEST JUDGEMENT. WE CAME HERE BECAUSE SARIN IS A VERY INTELLIGENT & CARING DOCTOR & YES... IN SARIN WE TRUST ALRIGHT.. IF WE DIDNT, WE WOULDNT FREAKING BE HERE NOW WOULD WE???  ALSO.. ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.. THE POST OP CARE HAS BEEN EXCELLENT!
FOR THOSE WHO THINK WE LIVE IN A PERFECT WORLD & THAT EVERYTHING SHOULD BE PEACHY ALL THE TIME... GET THAT FANTASY OUT OF YOUR HEAD!

THIS IS REAL LIFE.. NOT A MOVIE, NOT A VIDEO GAME. WE"RE PAYING SOMEONE TO BREAK OUR LEGS & GIVE US HEIGHT. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SACRIFICES ALONG THE WAY & WE WELCOME & ACCEPT THAT. WHEN I POST ABOUT NEGATIVE THINGS I'M EXPERIENCING... I'M NOT SITTING HERE THINKING 'OH GOD... WHY DID I CHOOSE INDIA? IF ONLY I WOULDA SPENT $40,000 MORE & HAD THIS DONE IN A MORE DEVELOPED COUNTRY, EVERYTHING WOULD JUST BE PERFECT!' LMAO... NO, I JUST SAY TO MYSELF 'YOU KNOW WHAT? IM NOT HAPPY ABOUT 'THIS' SITUATION BUT ITS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD & I'M SURE IT WILL GET RESOLVED' AND GUESS WHAT.. ALMOST ALL THE THINGS I WAS UNPLEASED ABOUT SO FAR HAVE BEEN FIXED OR WILL BE RESOLVED SOON.   

LASTLY.. I APOLOGIZE FOR WRITING IN ALL CAPS BUT AS YOU CAN SEE.. I'M A BIT UPSET BY THE NEGATIVE & RASH COMMENTS ON HERE. WE'RE IN A *** LOAD OF PAIN & WE'RE ALL GOING THROUGH ALOT OUT HERE.. WE JUST NEED YOU GUYS TO BE CONSIDERATE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH & TO PLEASE THINK TWICE BEFORE POSTING VERY NEGATIVE OR HURTFUL COMMENTS & TRULY.... TRULY....PUT YOURSELVES IN OUR SHOES & YOU'LL REALIZE WHY I'M SUGGESTING THIS.

OKAY... BACK TO a regular font size 

Crazy +6 - I love you bro! A big THANK YOU for arranging the bday cake for me at the hotel! Sunny told me you set up all the arrangements & that means alot to me   I was a bit down at the fact that I wouldn't be able to see you guys... but the cake was delicious & I enjoyed a few vodka oj's w/ the hotel crew!
CoolguySam - Your post put a BIG smile on my face! But then.. I gOt my x-rays today & it showed my actual lengthened amount is 8.4mm lol.. So I obviously lost a good bit there... but both legs were equal & I'm not going over 1mm/day cause i still believe that slow & steady wins the race at the end.
Dryani - Same here bud.. I was really upset that I didn't get to see you guys on my bday but I hope you all enjoyed the cake that Sunny brought over to you!
Legendary - thanks bud & yeaaaah that cake was awesome 
hotdawg - thanks man I come up w/ some nice lyrics every now & then lol... I'm counting on you for the melody though haha
Dookieman - Thank you sir.. always a pleasure to hear from you. Are you counting down the days for your 8CM Precise nail yet?
MDragon - You should be a poet! That was great bud.. almost felt like you had read my mind w/ that post haha.. i should give you another credibility point for that lol
Pattymatty - Thanks dear.. your post almost got lost in the shuffle lol.. And nice job on your very symmetrical smiley faces 
Balzakin - Welcome to my diary & thank you for the bday wishes! 
nobigdeal2 - Thank you for the bday wishes! I'm glad that you appreciate my diary. I wanna help you guys as much as possible. I appreciate your support very much and please consider some of the things I said above my friend 

To anyone I missed - Thank you so much for your kind words, your continued support & the happy bday wishes! There's no other place I'd rather be than here in India with these great group of warriors trying my very best to finally fulfill my childhood dream 


One last thing... and this is for everyone who's made interesting comments regarding the close-up pictures of my frames. I took those close-ups because I care about you guys & I want to be as helpful as I can in my diary. However, it seems like everyone overlooked the part where I clearly said that these pictures are about a WEEK POST OP so of course its not gonna look pretty!! C'mon friends.. and the staples are there for extra precaution since its so fresh after surgery. Half of my staples have already been removed & I'll post another super sexy close-up picture for you all AFTER all my staples are removed lol
So with that in mind... can we at least wait till my frames are removed before we start talking about how uglyyyyy St's legs are 

Popcorn on your way bro.

[purupuru777]

Hi Stsacrifice4LTgain,

I know there have been some people whining about the video you uploaded showing off your cages and your scars.  I can understand that right after the surgery the sutures look much more enflamed than they do after a long time.  Since the surgery have you noticed much difference in the texture, color, thickness, etc? Do you think that staples or stitches will leave the smallest scars later?

Your video and earlier pictures were the most informative of in this regard of all the Dr.  Sarin diaries on this forum (specifically the scars on the knees and the sides of the calves).  I hope you keep them coming! As a girl deciding whether or not to go to Dr.  Sarin, this is one of the largest factors after being sure that he's a capable and caring doctor.

Wishing you the best!

[Arche]

Hey ST you haven't updated your diary in what seems like years! I hope that you moved to the new and improved guest house? It looks really nice and clean, it'll boost your morale through this ordeal! How have your scars healed up? Did Dr. Sarin remove your stitches, or are they the kind that dissolve into your skin? When I had to get 3 small stitches on my finger, my doctor gave me these stitches that dissolved right into my skin after 1 month. I can't even tell where I cut myself anymore because after a tube of Vitamin E, the scar disappeared!

Anyways, I hope you're doing well.

[STsacrifice4LTgain]

THANK GOD we're finally back up & running!! (Not me ladies & gents.. OBVIOUSLY I'm referring to the site  ) A big THANKS to SysOp & whoever else may have helped in getting our forum back up.

To Purupuru777 - Thanks so much for your support!  And yes.. I do believe that. To be honest.. I'm not worried about scars at all. @coolguySam recently got his frames removed & his legs look great considering he did LL.. basically looks like he just fell off a tree. I was very encouraged after seeing that & it greatly reduced my concern over scars. If you have pale skin, I think they will probably show but keep in mind.. because your a woman & scars are more of a concern.. its not THAT expensive to remove them & you can always do that later on if you feel that 'time' hasn't done a good enough job removing them for you. Hope this helps 
To Arche - My buddyyyyyy. So... are you really concerned about how I'm doing or is this your kind, indirect way of asking me to post more pics lol    Yes, my 'staples' have been removed. Remember, he does staples instead of stitches & it looks better already just from that but save me a tube of Vitamin E when I get back to the big apple! Hope your doing well too my young bro

To All - I've been wanting to update you all on my condition for a few days now but I've been very busy & of course the site was down a few days but its back up so hereeeeee we go:

1) THE NEW GUEST HOUSE IS FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!!! Dr Sarin REALLY hooked it up.. To summarize how awesome it is I've made a quick list:
    a) Nice big rooms w/ big comfy beds & a nice desk 
    b) Each room has its own AC unit and a backup generator (so when power goes out, we still have A/C) & a remote control to adjust the temperature 
    c) New team of physical therapists have been very good so far & they spend a good amount of time w/ each of us EVERY day...... except for Sunday 
    d) Dr Sarin hired a new chef & even though it's only been few days.. the food has been AWESOME so far. Really nice combo of tasty & healthy & i'll go into detail later 
    e) The common room is very big & he's planning to put a BIG flat-screen tv in there along with some weights & I believe some exercise equipment for us 

2) I have more pics - including my X-RAYS and my LL Calendar (I've lengthened 31 days so far.. as of 8/7/12) which I will be posting on here very shortly..

3) I had a successful minor procedure which Sarin performed for me on 7/27/12. This was to replace the rod on the upper ring of right leg which was causing me the ongoing tendon pain that I had. If you guys/gals recall.. I had mentioned to you that the tendon pain was so bad & I had trouble sleeping. The first remedy was a a Fentanyl patch, which Dr Sarin placed on my right foot (it lasts 3days & basically gives your pain relief on the whole right side of your body) & while it helped with other aches/bruises on my right leg, it didnt give me full relief from the tendon pain so of course I still had trouble sleeping. Anyways.. after Sarin replaced that pin & inserted the new pin higher up.. I've had no tendon pain and able to do my physical therapy again ALONG w/ my own exercise routine (when I have time.. I'll record my workout routine & post a video on here for you guys) 

4) I had a situation a few nights ago that basically forced me to do a self-assessment of myself & I realized that I have a bit of a sex addiction (many of you may think this is normal for a guy or even humorous but in my opinion.. any type of 'addiction' is unhealthy & basically robs you of having a balanced & healthy lifestyle). Anyways.. this is embarassing to admit but I promised I'd reveal all in my diary & I guess you can call this section the 'emotional' side of my journey.. I had a really good conversation with @Dryani about this & I basically told him 'I need to change this part of my life'.. To put it mildly.. I've been here over a month now & this is the longest time I've gone (that I can remember) without any type of sexual interraction with a woman. I basically feel like a cat in heat & the loneliness or separation from my highly sexual lifestyle has caused me to basically go on a rampage & become more unbalanced than I've ever been..
So here's what happened a few nights ago that you could say was my rude awakening & made me realize I have to change this part of my life immediately:   
   About 9pm here.. enjoying a few vodka drinks w/ my new roommate & we drank & bullshitted till about midnight. So we're both sleepy as hell now & he passes out.. I lay my head back about to sleep (bear in mind I haven't had a good nights sleep for almost a week) & then.. I hear my laptop making these little message sounds from skype which I forgot I was logged into & it was a few different girls messaging me... This is a key moment where the logical mind says 'Hey ST.. your TIRED AS cra* & havent slept good in a long time.. GET YOUR FUCKIN SLEEP!'  So... what do you think I do?? You guessed it.. I basically said F U to my logical mind & gave in (as usual) to my addiction & stayed up for almost 5 HOURS talking to a bunch of different girls.. not only on Skype through video AND text, but Facebook & many other online 'networking' sites.
It was absolutely ridiculous. My tiny window of sleep was GONE & even worse, my sleep schedule is absolutely destroyed! So that morning.. I basically did a self evaluation & realized I have NO BALANCE in this part of my life.. I've been in India barely over a month now & I'm already talking to over 30 new girls, in addition to all the girls I know from NYC who I've re-sparked convos with AND from the new girls.. I've already got 5 of them coming to visit me in NY next year once I'm hopefully recovered.. THIS IS NOT NORMAL! I've been indulging myself in this 'man-hor' type of mold for basically long as I can remember & when is enough gonna be enough? I realized at the rate I'm going.. I'll NEVER be satisfied! So after alot of thinking & self evaluating... I've decided that for the next 30 days (in hopes of regaining a healthy balance in my life) I will not partake in ANY type of sexual related activites & I will STOP thinking of women as merely objects of my sexual pleasure & fulfillment. A few things I've done so far to help me in my quest of becoming a more balanced person is :
1) I've deleted any sexual content off my PC.. even websites that have pretty women who are clothed lol. 
2) I log into Skype as 'Invisible' so no women can distract or tempt me w/ naughty chat or video calls & that way I can just focus on making work-related calls & keeping in touch w/ family & close friends..
3) I've turned off all Facebook notifications from my phone & I'm debating about temporarily disabling my account 
4) Only log into the other networking sites to check email & will not message any women on there & will only reply back (to the ones who message me first) in a VERY PG rated manner.. no sexual talk at all. Not even flirtingg!

Last thing I wanna mention is I did alot of research on this & sex addictions are on par w/ alcohol & tobacco addictions, so this is a serious thing I gotta work on.
Ahhh.. well there it is. So now you all know about my addiction & hopefully you guys/gals can support me with this as well & remind me to STAY ON COURSE! This may be an equally challenging & difficult task for me as is my limb lengthening! 

As always.. its a pleasure to be on this forum & have the support of all of you & also be able to give back & help all of you through all the different aspects of this crazy journey!!

[The Mdragon]

ST!!! Finally an update!!..i thought you were dead .Dr sarin sure seems to have PIMPED your LL ride BIG TIME!!..weights plus good healthy food plus nice room to relax!! Now thats what an LL journey should be like.read your emotional post with regards to the XXX addiction.well even i once had a similar scenario when sex related stuff was literally killing my sleep schedule.i mean it became so bad that i  would wake up in the middle of the night with heat that would make pornstars shake their heads (this would happen even after i had about three or four "releases" that day).i did stuff that were similar to what your about to do but one thing that really helped me a lot is utilizing all that free testosterone in a positive way by exercising and playing sports.so my advice to you would be to burn up all that excess testosterone by training with some weights or by doing some hardcore stretching sessions on your own or trying to walk with crutches (if dr sarin permits it).trust me it shall work.all the best and keep fighting warrior!   

[meyerchamp]

Half of my staples have already been removed & I'll post another super sexy close-up picture for you all AFTER all my staples are removed lol.

Show some new pics , if u got them ready. Thanks. Very upfront diary.

[The Mdragon]

ST what happened man?? no update from you for such a long time.hope everything is k warrior. (Or did you finally hook up with a nurse over there and become very "busy"?!    jus jking). take care man.the forum misses your updates big time!!!.

[STsacrifice4LTgain]

WOW!!! CANT BELIEVE I HAVEN'T UPDATED MY DIARY IN OVER 3 WEEKS! Sorry for the long pause everyone & its true what many of the LL vets say... the diary becomes MUCH harder to update once your out here going through this shitstorm 

I don't even know where to begin.. I'm actually gonna break down my long absence & update into a few different sections:

1) My progress - I will attach an updated LL calendar spreadsheet showing where I am at.. whch is right around 4cm

2) The Pain - From 0-5... my pain is mostly between 1-2 during the day and between 2-3 at night. I haven't been taking ANY painkillers during the day as I'm trying to build my pain tolerance up (which im sure I'll need once I cross 5cm) & also.. theres SOOO many things you can do here to keep busy during the day to keep your mind off the pain so I dont think pain meds during the day is necessary.. Night time is a whole different ball game! Everything shuts down so theres nothing else to concentrate your mind on but the pain lol & its also very difficult for me to find comfy sleeping positions.. I've been able to sleep on my stomach lately which does alleviate alot of my muscle & tendon pains. Like @Dryani said in his diary.. most of the different type of pain we have can be alleviated by just finding the right position to put your legs in.

3) Exercise & Nutrition - Both of my feet are right about 90 degrees so no ballerina as of yet & I have no knee-bending issues yet either. I attribute this to a consistent exercise & stretching routine I perform three times a day.. in addition to standing on the walker 3 times a day for about 10-15 minutes each time.. I will post a video later demonstrating my workout routine in detail to make it easier for future LL'ers to follow. 3 of my fellow warriors here have already taken part in my workout routine & made it part of their daily routine as well.. including my roomate who's been a great motivator for me as well.. We all have those lazy days where we wanna take an exercise off.. but when he's feeling slack, i force him to exercise & vice-versa.. and we've been really disciplined so far in out routine.. The food situation has gotten MUCH better here! They're giving us larger portions & the new chef has been cooking up some tasty AND healthy meals! If anyone has questions on the food.. just post on here & i'll go into more detail.

4) Guest House - So Sarin recently put in a BRAND NEW generator.. apparently because the old one wasnt powerful enough to handle the whole building. Only problem right now is that the new generator isn't working on the ground floor (my guess is that there's some wiring issues) & there's 6 patients down here (including myself) that are going at least a few hours a day without power but the top 2 floors are set from what I hear & they've been coming everyday working to fix the issue on the ground floor so I'm confident it will be resolved soon.  Other than that.. everythings been really good here & Sarins been very helpful in accomodating whatever requests we've had.

Mdragon - Thanks so much for the support man! And no I wish... just got a bit lazy & oh yeah PAIN PAIN PAIN PAIN PAIN PAIN PAIN PAIN PAIN PAIN 

Also.. I'm currently lengthening at .66mm/day, which I started doing once I got to about 3.8cm. Since my goal is 8+cm, I wanna put myself in the best possible position to be able to reach that goal without complications & a smoother recovery and as we all know, slow & steady wins the race.. In addition, I'm strongly debating about taking 1 or maybe even 2 entire weeks OFF from lengthening once I hit 5cm. Remember, im staying here till mid December so time is no issue for me & here are some reasons why I think it may be very beneficial for me (& maybe for others also) to take some time off:
1) I strongly believe it will strongly decrease the pain levels that I'm currently at. My logic on this is simple: I rather be in frames for 2 months & 1 week in less pain & more comfort than be in frames for 2 months & feel miserable and lots of pain the whole time.
2) Greatly reduces the chance of any ballerina foot or knee bending issues going forward because all the tightness, discomfort & pain in the feet and knees will obviously settle down drastically by taking a nice break from lengthening.
3) I believe it will give me a much greater chance at getting to 8+cm in a healthier & more comfortable fashion. Taking that time off is almost like resetting all the tension & pain in your legs and that should allow the body to adjust & recover a bit from what you've lengthened it so far.. so when you start back up, you should be able to lengthen with more ease and it should feel almost as if your starting from 0 again.

Of course.. I will discuss this with Sarin before I do anything but I definitely think the 'halftime' idea will be very very very beneficial for me 

Also.. if my halftime idea benefits me as I believe it should.. I "may" even consider 9 or 10 cms.. Heck, i got the time 

[6ftby2014]

ST. Excellent idea to slow down your lengthening and take a week off....... Excellent!

Gave you a karma nod for your wisdom.

[STsacrifice4LTgain]

ST. Excellent idea to slow down your lengthening and take a week off....... Excellent!

Gave you a karma nod for your wisdom.

Thanks a lot buddy! Really hope it works cause I could really go for less pain, better sleep, lower chance of complications & higher chance of reaching 8+cm with smoother recovery