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Anyone doing LL with Guichet in the next few months?

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YellowSpike
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Posted on Sep 30, 2014, 12:25 pm
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I was originally gonna do Precice 2 femurs, but I'd rather not be confined to a wheelchair for (seemingly) a thousand years. Guichet offers the only full weight-bearing device, and his patients seem to recovery extremely fast. I mean, I could do 6.5cm in around 6 weeks (God willing), and then be (at the very least) walking on crutches right after, if not walking unaided.

The only sucky part is having to do it in Europe away from my family and friends. Is anyone doing LL with Guichet soon? It would be awesome if a few of us could go to Milan together and try to help each other out. Fellow (self-inflicted) cripples stick together! lol  Anyone doing LL with Guichet in the next few months?
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Posted on Sep 30, 2014, 12:39 pm
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Quote from: YellowSpike391 on September 30, 2014, 12:25:28 PM6.5cm in around 6 weeks
You'll need at least 10 weeks for 6.5 cm.

Quoteif not walking unaided.
You'll not want to walk right after distraction phase for the sake of safety, you'll need some time for consolidation to start walking unaided.
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Posted on Sep 30, 2014, 12:42 pm
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Quote from: exclide on September 30, 2014, 12:39:17 PMYou'll need at least 10 weeks for 6.5 cm.

I don't think so. Guichet wrote me and said that, even with an extra month of pre-op training in Milan, I'd only need to be there 2.5 months. So if we take away that month of pre-op training (which I don't think I need, as I already have very muscular legs and am flexible), it's only 6 weeks. Guichet seems to be able to give many patients around 5cm in about a month, so I don't see why 6.5cm would take that much longer.

But I'm sure it varies from person to person. Overall, I want to avoid a wheelchair and I want to be walking unaided (if I'm wobbly) asap.
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Posted on Sep 30, 2014, 1:14 pm
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Quote from: YellowSpike391 on September 30, 2014, 12:42:11 PMOverall, I want to avoid a wheelchair and I want to be walking unaided (if I'm wobbly) asap.
If you weight below 70 kg, then you will not be confined to a wheelchair throughout distraction with the PRECICE2 nail. But you will need aid to walk which can be physically and mentally demanding. Over time it becomes very annoying and I can see the reason why many people opt for the Gnail because of its weight bearing ability during walking.
I believe that Dr.Guichet's pre-op training will benefit you especially stretching. From experience, I still have not experienced any nerve pain and major muscle pain/tightness at 6.5-7cm and the reason is likely due to my intense pre-op stretching. Yoga does stretch the nerves.
Anyways, if you do have time and resources to go to Milan and have surgery with Guichet, go for it!
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Posted on Sep 30, 2014, 1:22 pm
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Quote from: TheRisingShorty on September 30, 2014, 01:14:51 PMIf you weight below 70 kg, then you will not be confined to a wheelchair throughout distraction with the PRECICE2 nail. But you will need aid to walk which can be physically and mentally demanding. Over time it becomes very annoying and I can see the reason why many people opt for the Gnail because of its weight bearing ability during walking.
I believe that Dr.Guichet's pre-op training will benefit you especially stretching. From experience, I still have not experienced any nerve pain and major muscle pain/tightness at 6.5-7cm and the reason is likely due to my intense pre-op stretching. Yoga does stretch the nerves.
Anyways, if you do have time and resources to go to Milan and have surgery with Guichet, go for it!

Well, I weigh about 75kg so I definitely am not weight bearing at all for Precice. Even if I lost weight and then was technically able to weight bear, I'd be terrified of breaking the nails. As a result, I don't think I'd even let myself walk with crutches purely out of fear. And the idea of being in a wheelchair I've decided just isn't for me I don't think.

I'd say I'm pretty flexible now, but I intend to keep improving. My thighs and calves are naturally very muscular (another reason I've hated being short my whole life). I have no problem at all doing the basic stretches (palms to ground with legs straight, feet to butt either standing or lying on stomach, head to knees when sitting with legs apart, etc.). Does anyone have any routines I can do to keep challenging myself in improving my flexibility?
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Posted on Sep 30, 2014, 1:22 pm
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Quote from: YellowSpike391 on September 30, 2014, 12:42:11 PMI don't think so.
...You'll need to lengthen at the rate of 1.5mm/day to reach 6.5 cm in 6 weeks. Usual rate is 1mm/day and is often slower than that. Just be realistic.

Quotelikely due to my intense pre-op stretching
I've never done any pre-op stretching and never had any ballerina or knee straighting problems or serious pain. Even more likely that pre-op training is a complete nonsense crap.
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Posted on Sep 30, 2014, 1:28 pm
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Quote from: exclide on September 30, 2014, 01:22:33 PM...You'll need to lengthen at the rate of 1.5mm/day to reach 6.5 cm in 6 weeks. Usual rate is 1mm/day and is often slower than that. Just be realistic.

I agree that it sounds intense, but Dr. Guichet's patient seem to end up at 5cm just around the one month point. Even if it takes 7 weeks or whatever, Dr. Guichet seems to be ok with me leaving Milano after around 6 weeks depending on how things are going at that point.
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Posted on Sep 30, 2014, 1:37 pm
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Quote from: exclide on September 30, 2014, 01:22:33 PMEven more likely that pre-op training is a complete nonsense crap.
Unfortunately there is no other way to convince Dr.Guichet to lock the Gnail.
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Posted on Sep 30, 2014, 2:08 pm
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I plan on doing lengthening with Dr. Guichet relatively soon (next year or so), but unless I run into a decent amount of cash within the next few months, I don't plan on lengthening with him yet.
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Posted on Sep 30, 2014, 2:26 pm
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Quote from: ReadRothbard on September 30, 2014, 02:08:22 PMI plan on doing lengthening with Dr. Guichet relatively soon (next year or so), but unless I run into a decent amount of cash within the next few months, I don't plan on lengthening with him yet.

Cool man. I'll be in touch with you. I'll probably end up doing LL before you, but we can still be in touch. Guichet wants me to get a Cybex testing...he said this may save me a month in Milan. Right now I'm filling out all of his paperwork and have to have the therapist who cleared me for this send him that too.

I'm hoping I can somehow do this for around 60K-65K tops...that will still leave me with just enough cash (don't want to touch my 401K) to look into buying a house in the next year or two.
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