Hey guys, I have been posting in the forum for a good while, and finally my surgery's date is close. I'm doing femurs G-Nail with Giotikas on August 25th, and I'm flying to Greece tomorrow. Since Giotikas has just started to use G-Nail, I hope this diary is useful to others. Feel free to use me as a guinea pig!
About me
I'm a 24 year old male from Spain. I apologize for my bad English, as it's not my main language. My height is 172 cm, just a few cm under the average in my country. To be honest, my reasons are a bit different in comparison to other users. My height has never been a problem to me regarding success with women, business, sports... in fact I was just 168 when I started dating my current girlfriend, who is a 170 cm model. In my case, the issue is that I tend to get obssesed with achieving certain goals. This is good for things like businesess and sports, but definitely a problem when it involves something like height. 5 years ago, I got obsessed with reaching 175 cm. I was 168 and did a lot of crazy things that got me to 172 (nothing magical, I just managed to get to my "genetic limit). However, that was not enough, and I kept trying even crazier things with 0 success (for example weighted inverted crunches).
I don't expect people to understand it, and I'm aware this is completely irrational, but my failure to get to 175 cm has affected me really hard and I have been suffering from depression and other problems. In fact, I almost never leave my house because I'm always comparing my height to literally everyone. This year I decided that I want to get my life back, so I chose to get this crazy surgery in order to be over 175 and forget about height forever.
Why G-Nail?
I had Stryde surgery booked earlier this year, and it got cancelled. Then I chose Precice for June, and it got cancelled too. Nuvasive said July, then August, now September... and they keep delaying things. I trust Giotikas as a doctor and I know a few guys who had excellent results with another mechanical nails (Betzbone), so I have decided to take the risk of choosing G-Nail and do this on August. I do understand I'm choosing the less conservative option, but I have to resume online work in late September (it's my own bussiness, but lots of important clients on those dates). For that reason, my options were to do G-Nail or to delay this for December, so I chose to take the risk. I know 2 other guys who are doing G-Nail too this month.
My training
I'm a very fit guy, and I have competed on boxing and kickboxing. Athletic recovery is very important for me, and that's why I will not go over 6 cm. In January, I was really heavy (85 kg), so I stopped heavy lifting and started dieting. Now I'm at 73 kg, which is great. My original flexibility was average, but I have been training a lot and now I can touch the ground with my palms.
Things I have bought
Up to this point, I have been taking Vitamin D. I have also bought a massage gun, a chair for bathing and some pedals to bike from a chair. If any of you has any advice about useful items, please let me know.
That's all for now, I will update as soon as I'm in Greece¡
5.5 Cm Femurs with Dr. Giotikas and G-Nail.
Quote from: eric.cartman on August 14, 2021, 06:21:23 PMGood lucky! The doctor will give you a shower chair, crutches and wheel chair - it's included.
Lol man, thanks for telling me, I ordered it via amazon and I'm in time to cancel it.
Quote from: slender on August 14, 2021, 06:16:33 PMWay to take the leap! We're all rooting for you.
This diary is going to be huge as there is a ton of people interested in the Gnail option with Giotikas.
While not an item you can purchase per say (unless you want to spend 20-30k) I would take advantage of the fact that Giotikas has the AlterG treadmill at his disposal. I've heard really good things about it, especially in the early phases of distraction/post surgery.
If you don't mind me asking, what did you do to go from 168 to 172cm? A 1-2cm gain could be understandable but 4cm is a crazy amount to gain through non-LL means! I'm quite interested haha
Good luck sir!
I just did things that caused a massive HGH spike, and my growth plates were open because I was 19 year old. So I got on an extreme regime of stretching, sprinting, fasting... I know lots of people may think it was just because I was young and it would have happened anyway, but I had not grown for 3 years. I did all that and I got 4 cm in like 2-3 months. I think it only helped me to get to my "highest", and I think I would not have gotten there if I had not done those things. Of course, I kept trying for years after that and I did not gain a single mm more.
Hey guys, just arrived in Athens. I will update in the next few days, I'm quite tired right now. Standing for hours with lots of people in airport and bus are quite a challenge because of my height dysphoria lol. The apartment I got is quite nice. The only problem is that the elevator door may be a little small (for whelchair), but I have to check that.
Thanks for the support guys. Giotikas contacted me today via whatsapp. My pre op checks will be on day 23.
Quote from: JimmyJW on August 16, 2021, 10:15:25 PMThank you for your posts.
What's your budget for this surgery please?
Also I completely understand with your fixation and subsequent depression with being unable to reach a goal. Until now that is!
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Around 47.000 euros for surgery, 2.700 for 3 months in Athens (appartment for me and gf), and a bit more for daily expenses, flights, etc etc. So maybe 52.000 or so.
4 days to go¡ Yesterday I bougth protein powder and peanut butter in order to be able to have a great calories intake after surgery. The food is also quite cheap here. Is there anything else useful that I should buy to make things easier?
Thanks for your recommendations¡ I used Efood since I arrived here, it's very useful. I can buy food for a week for me and my gf for maybe 50 euros. Today I had my preop checks, and surgery will be at 7.30 AM on Wednesday. Giotikas said I had good flexibility, so I'm happy my training during all these months was useful.
The bad thing is that I will probably get the small nail (11 mm, can take 75 kg per leg). It was weird because I'm big, in fact I had to diet to cut down on weight (I was 85 and got to 73), but it seems that my femurs are not that wide. Giotikas says that he is not sure if the 13 mm nail will fit in: he will try, but probably I will get the 11 mm one, so I will have to be more careful.
In any case, the first G nail patients has surgery tomorrow. I will be the second one, and will update as soon as possible¡
Hey guys,
This is my last post before surgery tomorrow. The first G Nail patient just contacted me and he's fine. Depending on how I feel, I will probably update before next week. Regarding the questions, Precice will be back by September, and I booked surgery and acommodation since January.
To be honest, I'm not even nervous. I have fought really hard to get here. I'm not a rich guy, and had to create a business just to get money to pay for this. I have been 1 year working like a madman. I have also stretched a lot and choose a good surgeon. I think I did all I could, and now the rest is just luck and discipline. I have lost years of my life due to height neurosis, and this ends tomorrow. Wether it goes well or not, I'm proud to have tried instead of accepting defeat.
Will update as soon as possible, thanks for the support¡
Hey guys, just posting to let you know that I'm alive lol. Surgery went well, but the first days are tought. Today is the first day I feel somewhat decent, and I will update with more details when I get home. I just had like minor "complications": first day all day vomitting, second day wasn't able to pee and had to get catheter, yesterday I had dyharrea and had to go to the toilet 6 times (sitting there hurts)... Luckily, I feel good today and I'm able to move well with walker and crutches. In fact, Giotikas had us climbing stairs and it was possible. The other G Nail patient is also okay, and I'm sharing room with another user, Morning Star, who is doing LATN. I will update soon¡
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