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

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V21, How does Giotikas spend time between the UK and Greece? Is it a viable option to get this done in the UK with him?

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Quote from: V21 on September 26, 2021, 06:47:36 AMYesterday I strecthed in a lighter way and also clicked less than norma (this was on my own). The nerve pain has subsided a bit, but it's still there: the shin is like 90% numb and sometimes I feel like "burning" sensation. Today I have to resume clicking. Does anybody know if this could become a real problem or its just annoying? I have read patients saying that it just goes away after lenghtening. I'm less than 2 cm away from my goal.
Numbness in shins is common, at least for tibias lengthening. You’ll slowly regain the sensation once lengthening is finished. Both of my shins were numb for most part of lengthening. Nothing to worry.

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I did X rays today and tomorrow morning Giotikas reviews them. If I learn how to upload photos here, I will upload them tomorrow. I think there is a lot of bone growth if we consider that I did 1.33 mm per day while taking Voltaren, which is supposed to stop it for a bit. This happens on left leg, and I think callus is weaker on right one (in that one I got 7 mm in one day under anesthesia). I hope that's the case, as I'd like to slow down on right leg in order for nerve pain to subside. Left leg I can keep the 1 mm per day pace. Let's see what Giotikas says tomorrow.

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Just talked to Dr. He says that my consolidation looks good, but that I don't have to worry about preconsolidation. He wants me to try to keep doing 1 mm per day, but says all will be good if at least I can do 0.8. I will do 0.8 for a few days to see if nerve pain goes away. Regarding that, he says that the affected areas make him think this is not a serious concern, and in fact may also be caused for strecthing too aggresively. I don't know if that may be the reason, cause nerve pain gets way worse after clicking, but it's true that, when they strecth my harmstrings on PT, my whole tibia gets numb, so I will ask them to go softer. In any case, he wants to see me in person to check the nerve pain next week.

Btw, how do I upload photos here?

Right leg: 4 cm
Left leg: 3.8 cm

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Let's see if this works: https://imgur.com/a/MfO4AMK

The nail definetely looks really big. It's the 13 mm one and Giotikas did a lot of effort to make it fit. In the left the lower screw don't appear, but all is normal. That photo is on a different posture, there are others when they show ok.

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I have seen that all mechanical nails inserted are usually thicker compared to precice nails. I don't know if these nails need to fit more tightly into the bone for the nail to ratchet properly.

Anyway, good that your xrays look ok. I hope the nerve pain subsides soon. You are almost at your goal.

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Yesterday I got a bit of motivation. My gf had to go back to Spain for 7 days, and my parents came to see me. Before surgery, the top of the head of my father was more or less at my eyebrows. Right now, it's at my nose. This made me realize my progress and felt amazing. Besides that, I did very little clicks on right leg for 2 days, and nerve pain is like 80% gone. From now on, Dr. Giotikas allowes me to do 0.8 mm per day, and I will keep that pace until the end of lenghtening. Even though my initial goal was 5.5, I probably will go up to 6 if I feel healthy. If that's the case, I should finish my lenghtening by October 27th.

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Quote from: V21 on October 02, 2021, 06:18:54 AMYesterday I got a bit of motivation. My gf had to go back to Spain for 7 days, and my parents came to see me. Before surgery, the top of the head of my father was more or less at my eyebrows. Right now, it's at my nose. This made me realize my progress and felt amazing. Besides that, I did very little clicks on right leg for 2 days, and nerve pain is like 80% gone. From now on, Dr. Giotikas allowes me to do 0.8 mm per day, and I will keep that pace until the end of lenghtening. Even though my initial goal was 5.5, I probably will go up to 6 if I feel healthy. If that's the case, I should finish my lenghtening by October 27th.

Fantastic news. I'd even go for 7cm, since that seems to be the safety limit prescribed by most doctors.

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Been reading your thread for a while, amazing progress my dude. you're almost there.

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For your living place in Athens, what would you do differently if you had to pick a place in Athens to live again during lengthening?