5.5 Cm Femurs with Dr. Giotikas and G-Nail.

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Quote from: V21 on September 17, 2021, 01:08:33 PMBtw, Giotikas told me not to click this leg today and wait until Saturday. Tomorrow I will now if I can do it again on my own. The guys who did anesthesia were able to click properly after it?

One unlucky guy could not click at all by himself and had to click under anaesthesia exclusively. That is until he was at 4cm which is when I met him. Perhaps he is better now. Btw, he is 16 years old and recovered superbly otherwise.

All others I have met personally could click without problems after one anaesthesia clicking session, and I have not heard of anyone else having to return.

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Giotikas was 100% right with Voltaren. I took it today and clicking pain on left leg when from 7 to 4, which is really great. Of course, the "impossible" leg was right leg, and that one I will click tomorrow, but it seems encouraging at least.

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The clicking stories scare me and i really wish the magnetic option was available right now. but its not so i think i have to prepare for this clicking if i want to do femurs in the near future.

Thanks v21 for updating us regularly.

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@V21
My hopes are out for you with the right leg. Most of those who I talked to could click after 1 or 2 anesthasia sessions, although not without pain.

And while 6mm is intense, don't slow down unless Giotikas/X-ray tells you to. For a 24year old male, your callus should form rapidly. If it's too hard, clicking will become harder again.

@canterk

I thought Gnail had at least ameliorated the clicking problem compared to Betzbone, but it doesn't seem to have happened.

Becareful about magnetic nails though. If your callus is too hard, it won't be able to click at all, because you can apply more mechanical force on Albizzia nails than magnetic ones.

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Guys, I'm crying of happiness. Whether it is for clicking under anesthesia or for Voltaren, clicking the right leg today was quite easy. Pain was 4-5/10 instead of 8-9/10. I think it's the first time since surgery that I feel really positive. For a week I have to do 1.33 mm per day, and I'm feeling a bit tight despite stretching a lot, but nothing major. My sleep is good (slept today 7 hours) and I started working yesterday at a decent rythm.

Right leg: 2.9 cm
Left leg: around 2.8 cm

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Sounds amazing, stay strong!!
As for me I'm waiting for Precice 2 to be back in Europe... And then hopefuly cry of happiness too !

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Quote from: LongueEpopée on September 18, 2021, 12:24:01 PMSounds amazing, stay strong!!
As for me I'm waiting for Precice 2 to be back in Europe... And then hopefuly cry of happiness too !
Shouldn't it be available this month or Nuvasive delayed again?

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Quote from: V21 on September 18, 2021, 10:52:28 AMGuys, I'm crying of happiness. Whether it is for clicking under anesthesia or for Voltaren, clicking the right leg today was quite easy. Pain was 4-5/10 instead of 8-9/10. I think it's the first time since surgery that I feel really positive. For a week I have to do 1.33 mm per day, and I'm feeling a bit tight despite stretching a lot, but nothing major. My sleep is good (slept today 7 hours) and I started working yesterday at a decent rythm.

Right leg: 2.9 cm
Left leg: around 2.8 cm

Hello V21!
I'm glad to see that your luck is better now after a few hard days...
I had 2 difficult weeks due to nerve pain in my knees when I had lengthed 1.5 cms and I had to stop lengthening my legs for 2 days, but after that everything became easier.
I hope that from now on your lengthening and recovery will be much easier.
Keep working as well as you are doing until now and hopefully everything will be fine.
Good luck!!

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Quote from: V21 on September 18, 2021, 10:52:28 AMGuys, I'm crying of happiness. Whether it is for clicking under anesthesia or for Voltaren, clicking the right leg today was quite easy. Pain was 4-5/10 instead of 8-9/10. I think it's the first time since surgery that I feel really positive. For a week I have to do 1.33 mm per day, and I'm feeling a bit tight despite stretching a lot, but nothing major. My sleep is good (slept today 7 hours) and I started working yesterday at a decent rythm.

Right leg: 2.9 cm
Left leg: around 2.8 cm
Well done, i'm sure it will get easier for you going forward. Just think about it as a small bump on the road.

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Rapid 3cm and still no wide legs? You're a hero.