Dr Dimitrios Giotikas-Stryde. Goal: 8cm (Femurs)

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I know at least 6 other patients that are being or are going to be treated by the Doctor. 2 girls and 4 men.

Day 8-

-Already growing, using the magnetic device 4 times a day.
-Almost no pain. Only around 4 am, maybe some medication start to lose the effect. The main point of pain at that time are the heels but it´s easy to solve: I put the feet a little out the bed, not too much, and no pain anymore. I guess the cause of the pain in the heels is the pressure against the bed.
-The biggest drawback is the discomfort and slowness in doing things.
-Last night I could sleep a few hours looking down. The issue are the balls/penis. To solve that I put a very small pillow near them, so that they don´t crush against the bed  .
-Can´t sleep yet on the side.
-In the morning of today I started walking with a single crutch  but very low and slow steps.
-I don´t cook and use an app for food.

Advice from my experience:

-Adapt your room/home to your new body. Place the things you will need so that you can catch them easily.
-Push yourself a bit. Don´t depend on the help of other persons too much. Otherwise everything will be slower. I´m sure I wouldn´t be walking around with the crutches if I could ask a nurse/relative to do things for me. Of course this depends on your situation but at least you should try your limits.
-Have a daily routine and don´t consume too much social media/netflix/hbo. I think staying unproductive promotes depression, so try to have goals and do things to get them even in this situation.

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Are you doing it on your own in an appartement ?

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amazing job bud - keep going

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Quote from: MichaelJose on January 05, 2020, 08:49:01 AMamazing job bud - keep going
Thanks man!
Quote from: Montreal172 on January 05, 2020, 08:13:02 AMAre you doing it on your own in an appartement ?
Yes!


Day 15 after the surgery-

In the last week:

-The first 3 nights of the week with a good level of pain, about 5/10. I'm not sure why the pain arose, but probably for standing too long.
-Still with painkillers and other medication.
-Very low level of pain the last nights, specially last night (saturday 12 january).
-Last Friday I had X-rays and review with the Doctor. I went alone on crutches and took a taxi. I comment this so that you know that other people's help is not always necessary, as long as you feel good and strong. If you feel dizzy or physically unwell, you need to move with the help of another person. It is very important to walk and train in a safety place (home) before going to the street.
-My main problem is the discomfort caused by the swelling of the hips. Sleeping all night in the same position can be very uncomfortable. The swelling has gone down a lot, but it still doesn't allow me to sleep on my side. Sleeping upside down is quite uncomfortable too.
-Have been practicing walking using chairs. You can see how I put them in the next video.
-Improving leg flexibility.
-I had yesterday my first steps with no crutch. Very few but enough to know that I can take steps without crutches.
-Went today to throw the trash and I felt quite good, so I decided to try to walk. These are my first meters walked after surgery, hope to improve the next days/weeks:

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Wow..that's amazing for only 15 days after the surgery. You look great!!

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Looking great man! Keep up the good work! Stretching and physical therapy is important at this stage, make sure you are doing those hamstring and quad stretches at least 3X a day!

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Thanks for the videos, your progress looks very good seeing that you are able to take a taxi and independently help yourself already. Keep actively working on your physiotherapy.

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good luck with your jourley! can you answer me a few  questions?
1. can you estimate how much will you spend for living there for 5 months,including food,accommodation and so on ? 
2.where do you receive PT,in your apartment or the Rehabilitation Center?

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Hi guys!Quote from: readyprecisestryde on January 12, 2020, 08:38:38 AMWow..that's amazing for only 15 days after the surgery. You look great!!
thanks!Quote from: TheAlchemist on January 12, 2020, 03:28:11 PMLooking great man! Keep up the good work! Stretching and physical therapy is important at this stage, make sure you are doing those hamstring and quad stretches at least 3X a day!
sure, I´m doing stretching 2 hours/day aprox.Quote from: cobalt on January 12, 2020, 07:19:42 PMThanks for the videos, your progress looks very good seeing that you are able to take a taxi and independently help yourself already. Keep actively working on your physiotherapy.
thanks man!Quote from: xuqiang on January 17, 2020, 08:57:29 AMgood luck with your jourley! can you answer me a few  questions?
1. can you estimate how much will you spend for living there for 5 months,including food,accommodation and so on ? 
2.where do you receive PT, in your apartment or the Rehabilitation Center?

1.you will need around 2000 euros per month, but I think is a good idea to have saved money just in case.
2.I go to a rehab center.

Day 30 after surgery-

-The Doctor checked the x-rays 4 days ago and everything is fine.
-1 hour stretching at home, 1 hour at physioterapy center (4 days a week). 2 hours stretching at home (3 days a week).
-2.5 cm of lengthen aprox.
-I´m independent: having showers (started 3 days ago), going to the bathroom, preparing breakfast, doing the laundry... I could cook, but I don´t like it, and prefer to dedicate the effort and time to other things.
-I can walk with no crutches (tumbling), but if it´s for a long time I may feel pain at night.
-Today I had an important advance for me, since I went to the supermarket (using taxi) and now I can enjoy more variety of food. If you can walk with a crutch you can do it. The food from the food-app is limited and I got tired of it, so I went to buy fruits and other things. Specifically in Lidl, it is easy to enter and seems prepared for people with disabilities.
-Biggest inconvenience is sleeping. I rarely find a comfortable position and maybe sleep 4-5 hours at night.
-Some pains during the night lying on the bed, barely during the day.
-Another inconvenience is not being able to do sports and other activities. Being almost all day in the apartment is very overwhelming.
-Stable mood. If I spend too much time in the smartphone with social media/netflix/whatsapp, I may get bored and start to be sad. If I'm busy working everything right.

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That's amazing progress! Thanks for the update.

Since you mentioned budget around 2000EUR/month, how many months are you planning to stay in Greece?

I'm still unfamiliar with Stryde lengthening so I'm not sure if I should budget for 3 months or 6 months.

Should we stay for Greece for the whole process, or just till it finishes lengthening (3-4 months?)

Thanks!