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

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Quote from: Antonio111111 on October 18, 2021, 03:59:58 AMI'm not trolling or anything. But why does the bones look misaligned? I've seen many betz xrays and the bones always lined up.

The top side of nail looks more uneven inside the cavity. Looks liked one wall was reamed more than other.

But I'm not a pro. Is this all normal?
I think it's because my X rays were not done standing, but lying down on a flexed position. All nurses and Dr. say it's perfectely ok, I also was worried about this first time I saw it.

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Another thing I think it's important to take into account is that I don't think this can be easily done alone. I am lucky to have my gf with me since the beginning, but I would have needed lots of assistance if I had been here alone, specially first month. In fact, the other patients are hiring nurses for a lot of things. For example, the LATN patients need them to get into taxi for PT. There are two G nail patients who share appartament and they literally pay for the chief nurse to be with them every single day, and she helps them with clicking, house.... I don't think I would have payed for that much assistance, but hey, since she was clicking with them every day, she was able to propose alternative clicking ways that may be less painful (for me at least).

I think it's important to say this because I wouldn't have taken those expenses into consideration thinking this could be done mostly 100% alone, but that's just not true. You will need someone to come with you or hire nurses at times, at least for first 3-4 weeks and specially if you have cliclking issues.

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Quote from: V21 on October 18, 2021, 08:58:53 PMAnother thing I think it's important to take into account is that I don't think this can be easily done alone. I am lucky to have my gf with me since the beginning, but I would have needed lots of assistance if I had been here alone, specially first month. In fact, the other patients are hiring nurses for a lot of things. For example, the LATN patients need them to get into taxi for PT. There are two G nail patients who share appartament and they literally pay for the chief nurse to be with them every single day, and she helps them with clicking, house.... I don't think I would have payed for that much assistance, but hey, since she was clicking with them every day, she was able to propose alternative clicking ways that may be less painful (for me at least).

I think it's important to say this because I wouldn't have taken those expenses into consideration thinking this could be done mostly 100% alone, but that's just not true. You will need someone to come with you or hire nurses at times, at least for first 3-4 weeks and specially if you have cliclking issues.

Thanks for saying that. I'll keep budget for that. Maybe will ask nurse to come every alternate day or so for helping with clicks and stuff. What do you do for food and stuff? Also, Can you go and buy groceries yourself or get to a taxi yourself?

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Quote from: overandover on October 19, 2021, 03:08:24 PMThanks for saying that. I'll keep budget for that. Maybe will ask nurse to come every alternate day or so for helping with clicks and stuff. What do you do for food and stuff? Also, Can you go and buy groceries yourself or get to a taxi yourself?
Yeah, you will be able to take taxi alone in the first month post op. I always go with my gf, but the other G nails patients came to PT alone sice 7 days post op. Regarding groceries, just use the app called Efood and someone will bring it to your appartment at very cheap price. Quite useful.

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You mentioned you had a hard time with Taxi's and being treated okay

What is your skin color? Do you look Greek? I can imagine I am Italian so I would fit in a bit more

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Quote from: Fnyc on October 20, 2021, 07:12:28 AMYou mentioned you had a hard time with Taxi's and being treated okay

What is your skin color? Do you look Greek? I can imagine I am Italian so I would fit in a bit more
Nah man, some taxi drivers here are just that idiotic. I'm white, from Spain, and my gf is Russian and really pretty, which should in theory be a factor for them not to run from us lol. They just see you as a crippled and don't want to wait for you (slow walking) or help you getting the walker into car.

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I hit 5.5 cm today, which was my initial goal. I will do 6 in the end, so it's 7 more days of lenghtening for me. I don't feel tight at all, or at least not more than when I was at 4 or so. I think this week I'm finally getting "normal" sleep too. To be honest, if it wasn't for clicking pain it would have been a smooth journey. Also, I have to work a lot on my business, and it's a bit difficult with PT, stretching, walking a lot... but hey, all can be done with discipline. This week I will focus on improving my gait with crutches, will maybe upload video., although it's quite bad for now, cause I have been to careful due to being paranoid of breaking the nail.

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Quote from: V21 on October 20, 2021, 09:22:26 AMI hit 5.5 cm today, which was my initial goal. I will do 6 in the end, so it's 7 more days of lenghtening for me. I don't feel tight at all, or at least not more than when I was at 4 or so. I think this week I'm finally getting "normal" sleep too. To be honest, if it wasn't for clicking pain it would have been a smooth journey. Also, I have to work a lot on my business, and it's a bit difficult with PT, stretching, walking a lot... but hey, all can be done with discipline. This week I will focus on improving my gait with crutches, will maybe upload video., although it's quite bad for now, cause I have been to careful due to being paranoid of breaking the nail.

Well done! Hang in there bro and keep us posted.

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Would it be any easier if three G-nail patients share an apartment and help each other out?

Or do you absolutely need a person who is fully functional to be a caretaker?

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Quote from: V21 on October 20, 2021, 09:22:26 AMI hit 5.5 cm today, which was my initial goal. I will do 6 in the end, so it's 7 more days of lenghtening for me. I don't feel tight at all, or at least not more than when I was at 4 or so. I think this week I'm finally getting "normal" sleep too. To be honest, if it wasn't for clicking pain it would have been a smooth journey. Also, I have to work a lot on my business, and it's a bit difficult with PT, stretching, walking a lot... but hey, all can be done with discipline. This week I will focus on improving my gait with crutches, will maybe upload video., although it's quite bad for now, cause I have been to careful due to being paranoid of breaking the nail.

Was the clicking pain really that bad? Didn't the pain meds alleviate it?