G-nail doesn't lengthen 1cm immediately. Giotikas and Guichet choose to do this during the surgery. Betz did 5mm for me during the surgery.
As someone who is in his final stretch of lengthening, I'd pick G-nail with Guichet hands down because G-nail is weightbearing while precise is not. This means:
1) Less muscle atrophy due to you being able to walk throughout the entire lengthening phase, leading to much better recovery.
2) You can lengthen at home and work or hangout with friends instead of staying in Athens doing nothing.
3) You can choose to lengthen more than 8cm if you wished, and with a 1cm boost, you can finish lengthening 2 weeks earlier, further hastening your return to normal life.
The only reason why you would use precise is if you have a moderate lengthening goal (5-7cm) and trust its publically available data. Guichet data isn't as transparent.
5.5 Cm Femurs with Dr. Giotikas and G-Nail.
I would be terrified about breaking the nail if I had choosen Precice. There is no way to respect its weight limits: standing from toilet, bed, taxis... specially taxis, the drivers are quite rough here and you are on your own, so you have to put weight on your legs to get in and out. Before surgery I thought transfer from wheelchair would be easy... bullsh*t.
More news: Today I used the antigravity treadmill for the first time. It's amazing, and I think it will help me a lot in recovering normal gait. A bad thing is that surgical pain has been worse the last couple of days. I must power trought it, but it's quite hard not being able to rest at all. I'm at 1.7 cm today.
Hey V21, can you share your xrays?
Quote from: Want-3-inches on September 06, 2021, 12:43:29 PMHey V21, can you share your xrays?
Yeah, I will upload them all. The first ones are on 13th September. That day will be key to check if all is good (nail, bone growth...). I wanted to say that I just received some bags I bough via amazon, bags where you can put hot water. They have been really useful¡ As I said, these last two days I have been in pain, and the bags have helped relax my muscles. In fact, I was able to sleep for an hour right now.
So you can order things and receive them quickly in Greece via Amazon.gr? I am trying not to pack too much and go over the weight limits.
"2) You can lengthen at home and work or hangout with friends instead of staying in Athens doing nothing."
Thanks!!! You are a Greece citizen or you flew back home? Does Giotikas allow it?
Quote from: SpeedDialer on September 06, 2021, 11:36:29 PM"2) You can lengthen at home and work or hangout with friends instead of staying in Athens doing nothing."
Thanks!!! You are a Greece citizen or you flew back home? Does Giotikas allow it?
I'm based in the UK, and Giotikas was fine with it. I would still stay in Athens for a week to memorize the physio routine, so your legs don't end up widening too much at home 
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Thank you!! So Athens or UK residents can fly back home but generally people who live in other countries cannot?
Quote from: LU213 on September 06, 2021, 10:10:01 PMSo you can order things and receive them quickly in Greece via Amazon.gr? I am trying not to pack too much and go over the weight limits.
There is no amazon.gr, but you can order in amazon.co.uk. I also think it's stupid to go home really soon after surgery, cause learning to click properly is not easy.
Wow! Thanks for the detailed information.
What are your thoughts on the clicking pain and accidental clicks with gnail?
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