My experience in Ho chi Minh City, Viet Nam (5cm)

I challenged the LON method and gained 5cm (tibia)  with considering my body balance and recoverying term.

Before going to Viet Nam, I was streching my legs and tendon to keep the flexibility. For me, after 4cm lengthening, I was feeling like hardness of my tendon, but it depends on the person. Anyway to keep the flexibility, it’d be better to strech after the surgery. If you want to gain more cm, it’s necessary to keep the flexibility. I wanted to challenge up to 6cm but gave up because of my tendon.

I lived with the Ilizalov frame for 3 months totally. I gained 1mm/day. About how to turn the screw for gaining, the doctor and staff will teach you. My recommandation is writing histories about the turning in a notebook to memorize it per 1 time. Sometimes I had a skin inflammation and I took a medicine and applied a cream. I couldn’t walk without a walker during the lengthening but after I removed the frame, 1 month later, I could walk with a cane and 2-3 months later, without a cane. Initially I had a ballerina foot after removing the frame. But the problem was resolving with walking and doing rehabilitation.

After 2-3 yrs that I’ve removed the frame, I removed the IM nails. The process was so simple. Initially, after I arrived at the airport, the helper picked me up and arrived at the apartment. The apartment is placed at the surburb of Ho Chi Minh. There were many grocery stores downstairs, so I went and bought something there. I had medical check the next day, I went to the hospital and had the surgery for removing. To remove the nails, it is required that the bones have already become recovered, and staying at the hospital and apartment for 1 week at least in total.  I wanted to remove the surgery stitches after coming back, so I stayed about 2 weeks. In the hospital, it takes 2 days basically. This surgery means the bones have been recovererd already. It was difficult to walk by myself for few days so I was using a cane to walk. I could walk by myself in 1 week.  And I was feeling pain from surgery wounds but I wasn’t feeling pain gradually. After 10 days of the surgery, I removed the surgery stitches. While you have the stitches, you can’t take a shower, so it’s better to ask for the helper. The helper can help you washing your hair without getting wet the stitches point. But if you’re so busy, you can remove the stitches after coming back to your country. Removing stitches would take only few minutes and it is easy.

Now I don’t feel any strange and pain. In my opinion, I kept doing the rehabilitation, it means walking, eating, excircise with the physical therapist. Keeping your good mentality is so important.

Advices:

1.COVID season has almost finished, probably you could walk outside during the lengthening but carefully. You could relax when you go outside.

2.The helper offeres you foods, they are Vietnamese foods mainly. I think that some foreigners don’t feel eating them because of the culture difference, then you can order a delively food with Grab. I was using Grab food when I couldn’t eat well. Anyway eating is important to recover quickly in my opinion. By the way I ordered hamburgers, pizza, sushi, pasta and so on. And I bought protain and milk. When I couldn’t eat anything, I took them.

3.NETFLIX, Prime video, BiliBili and Disney channel can help you. During the lengthening, I was feeling bored almost everyday, that’s why I was watching many videos with these apps. And you could forget your lengthening pain. The pain is like muscle pain. I think having a stress affects your recovery, so it’s my recommendation.

4.When you feel pain, sick, it’s better to ask the staff. the staff can arrange going the clinic, preparing a medicine.

If you’re interested in this lengthening in HCMC, you could inquire for Thao. Thao is the staff.  Whatsapp is available.

Thao’s number: +84 98 777 77 06