Quote from: V21 on August 28, 2021, 03:55:01 PMRegarding pain, I was expecting spikes of high pain, for example while strecthing. The reality is different: there is no crazy pain, but there is constant pain that does not allow you to rest. The second day I had like 6/10 pain during almost all day and night, so it was really challenging. Take into consideration that I was the only patient vomiting and being unable to eat, so the others were better than me. I also find it very hard to sleep without being able to move much.
The good news is that, after day 2, you get much better. It happened to me and to the others, there are big changes in recovery since day 2 to day 3. You just have to hang on and survive the first 2, which are quite bad. Today my pain is maybe 2/10, and I have been all day strechting with 0 issues.
Yeah, the day after surgery can be very challenging. That's when Dr Betz' patients begin to walk on crutches with a target of about 500m for the day and also when I took the first shower, which was a nightmare. Difficult day, but things got easier quickly. Day 4 after surgery I felt so good that I walked 5km in total on crutches, so you can expect things to get better yet very soon.
Having said that, my advice is to ramp up the intensity slowly even if you feel great. Both myself (after the 5k) and another guy who decided to walk without crutches from day 2 onwards had pain during days 5-10. In my humble experience, it's best to increase the intensity slowly to get to know your limits, unless of course the doc tells you otherwise.
Also, again just my humble opinion, but the vomiting and peeing issues may be due to the fact that your surgery took seven hours. They must have pumped a lot of anaesthetics into you.
I am quite surprised that you click so soon. We all had to wait for seven days. I hope you found it easy and are a confident clicker 
Good luck!
5.5 Cm Femurs with Dr. Giotikas and G-Nail.
Hey man, thanks for your experience. Clicking went good but it was with Giotikas help, so who know how will it go on day 7¡ Btw, here they don't allow us yet to walk with both feet, we have to hop using both legs at the same time. I will leave hospital in a few hours and I have been walking for a while, definetely feels nice¡ However, it seems that you guys work much more than us, here they told us to walk maybe like 100 metres maximum on days 3-4. In first day I could only walk a few steps. I will defintely speed up my rythm, to be honest I'm just a bit paranoic about bending the nail, but it seems quite tough.
My main issues right now are my stomach (cramps all the time, I can't rest at night) and the fact that I can't stand on my own from the toilet, so I don't know how I will do it back at home. I can stand up from bed, but the toilet is too low, I will probably buy a lift.
thanks for your diary. I'm now considering G-Nail because stryde is gone.
Hi V21, Congrats on your surgery, wishing you a speedy recovery. Please don't forget us, keep us posted!
Quick update.
I got to my appartament yesterday, and I can tell you it's an amazing change. I had a shower and I felt human again lol. I consider myself a strong guy, but I have to admit that the days in hospital were really bad. Not due to surgery itself but my vomitting, dyharrea, not being able to move much in bed... never felt so weak ever. However, at home I feel great and I'm all day strechting and walking.
My mood is a lot better now, and I can say that I am enjoying this part. Walking hurts at times and it's very very tiring, but it's like "good" pain, as I know it makes me progress and I feel good about it. I do am having an issue: my left quad is really really weak, and I still need walker to stand up on my own. This is problematic in toilet, as it's too low, and I had to buy a lift to be able to push my weight with my hands. Giotikas told me today that I should focus on leg raises in order to recover strenght, and I'm doing it. Tomorrow I start with clicking and PT, so it's a very important day. I will let you know how it goes, I'm quite excited.
Regardin my first days on hospital, I have a lot of thoughts I could not write in these past days. In a few days I will probably explain more in that regard, but for now I would like to say that Giotikas and his team are amazing. The doctor seems very profesional, and I had almost non existent bruisings, something crazy for these kind of surgery. His nurses are also very kind, and one of them goes home with you for the first 24 hours if you want to. In my case, I'm lucky to have my gf with me, so we just had the nurse for maybe 6 hours. My only complains are with some of the general staff on hospital (they are not part of Giotikas team). There were a couple guys who were a bit lacking, and I suffered issues I would not have had if they had been more careful (for example standing from toilet). In any case, most of the general stuff were good, and I will say more about this in future
posts.
One last thing: I have a bit of duckass. It's weird because my hips flexors are not tight at all, as I'm strechting a lot. My glutes are long gone though, so probably it's because of that? Tomorrow I will ask the PT guy about how to correct it, but any advices are welcomed. I find it weird to already have duck ass at 1 cm? The other G Nail patient does not have it, and I must admit he is doing better than me.
Thanks for the update bro. Glad you are doing better. Feelings of nausea and diarrhea are just about the worst. How long will you and your gf stay in Greece? Dr. G told me 5 weeks. Do you recommend that a patient bring the toilet seat risers with him/her? Anything I can learn from you I will. Maybe getting 1 cm right away causes DA because it is not gradual like the others. It will be interesting to see what others have experienced when they post.
Quote from: V21 on August 30, 2021, 11:13:56 AMQuick update.
I got to my appartament yesterday, and I can tell you it's an amazing change. I had a shower and I felt human again lol. I consider myself a strong guy, but I have to admit that the days in hospital were really bad. Not due to surgery itself but my vomitting, dyharrea, not being able to move much in bed... never felt so weak ever. However, at home I feel great and I'm all day strechting and walking.
My mood is a lot better now, and I can say that I am enjoying this part. Walking hurts at times and it's very very tiring, but it's like "good" pain, as I know it makes me progress and I feel good about it. I do am having an issue: my left quad is really really weak, and I still need walker to stand up on my own. This is problematic in toilet, as it's too low, and I had to buy a lift to be able to push my weight with my hands. Giotikas told me today that I should focus on leg raises in order to recover strenght, and I'm doing it. Tomorrow I start with clicking and PT, so it's a very important day. I will let you know how it goes, I'm quite excited.
Regardin my first days on hospital, I have a lot of thoughts I could not write in these past days. In a few days I will probably explain more in that regard, but for now I would like to say that Giotikas and his team are amazing. The doctor seems very profesional, and I had almost non existent bruisings, something crazy for these kind of surgery. His nurses are also very kind, and one of them goes home with you for the first 24 hours if you want to. In my case, I'm lucky to have my gf with me, so we just had the nurse for maybe 6 hours. My only complains are with some of the general staff on hospital (they are not part of Giotikas team). There were a couple guys who were a bit lacking, and I suffered issues I would not have had if they had been more careful (for example standing from toilet). In any case, most of the general stuff were good, and I will say more about this in future
posts.
One last thing: I have a bit of duckass. It's weird because my hips flexors are not tight at all, as I'm strechting a lot. My glutes are long gone though, so probably it's because of that? Tomorrow I will ask the PT guy about how to correct it, but any advices are welcomed. I find it weird to already have duck ass at 1 cm? The other G Nail patient does not have it, and I must admit he is doing better than me.
Glad to hear you're doing better. The hardest part is behind you, things will only improve from here. Once you start PT, you'll start feeling much better.
Quote from: LU213 on August 30, 2021, 03:21:43 PMThanks for the update bro. Glad you are doing better. Feelings of nausea and diarrhea are just about the worst. How long will you and your gf stay in Greece? Dr. G told me 5 weeks. Do you recommend that a patient bring the toilet seat risers with him/her? Anything I can learn from you I will. Maybe getting 1 cm right away causes DA because it is not gradual like the others. It will be interesting to see what others have experienced when they post.
I will be 3 months because I want to leave after all is done, but you can be like 5-6 weeks I thing. And yes, bring the toilet seay with you... I didn't and I have a problem now. Bough it today and it turns out that it doesnt fit my toilet cause it is really weird on the borders. Right now I'm not sure I can stand from toilet without help, so if I need to do number 2 tomorrow my options are:
Risk sitting in toilet praying to be able to get up. If I cant I'm fked, cause I doubt my gf can lift me.
Ask to go to bathroom in the PT centre.
Do it in diapers or in a bucket
Quote from: V21 on August 30, 2021, 07:18:00 PMI will be 3 months because I want to leave after all is done, but you can be like 5-6 weeks I think. And yes, bring the toilet seay with you... I didn't and I have a problem now. Bough it today and it turns out that it doesnt fit my toilet cause it is really weird on the borders. Right now I'm not sure I can stand from toilet without help, so if I need to do number 2 tomorrow my options are:
Risk sitting in toilet praying to be able to get up. If I cant I'm fked, cause I doubt my gf can lift me.
Ask to go to bathroom in the PT centre.
Do it in diapers or in a bucket
My vote is for the male diapers. I am ordering some depends for men off of Amazon right now. lol I think I am going to stay for 5 weeks. They have those floor based systems that place bars on either side of the toilet so arm strength can be used. The inexpensive toilets here have different shapes than those in Europe.
https://www.amazon.com/OasisSpace-Stand-Raised-Toilet-300lbs/dp/B081SG4RSZ/ref=sr_1_9?crid=2FUA8XMM6MX0G&dchild=1&keywords=toilet+seat+riser+with+handles&qid=1630336549&sprefix=toilet+seat%2Caps%2C188&sr=8-9
https://www.amazon.com/Stand-Alone-Toilet-Rail-Vive/dp/B015789VQI/ref=sr_1_18_sspa?crid=2FUA8XMM6MX0G&dchild=1&keywords=toilet+seat+riser+with+handles&qid=1630360735&sprefix=toilet+seat%2Caps%2C188&sr=8-18-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzMkoyNlVOMDlFWkdEJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUExMDMyNTc4UldERVNBWDMzUFIwJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA3NDgwODgxWUFDUTJTQUlLVVFRJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfbXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==
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