Dr. Giotikas - external tibia/Stryde - Diary 2018/2019

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Dr Giotikas don't let you lengthen your tibia more than 5cm?

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Of course he does. 5-6cm is the recommended maximum. But I initially stopped lengthening 3 months ago. To lengthen a lot more now wouldn't be very logical. And he knows that my goal was about 5cm, not more.

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What is the maximum he let his clients lengthen tibia? 6cm?

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Quote from: wannagrowtaller on March 26, 2019, 10:54:04 AMWhat is the maximum he let his clients lengthen tibia? 6cm?

I actually can't exactly remember. You can use the search function to find the answer though before I give you any false response or just email athensbjr

Anyways...since I take 2Paracetamol 500 in the morning,2 in the afternoon and sometimes 2 in the evening walking is a lot easier again

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It's a coincidence that the 3 patients of Giotikas here on forum is doing 5cm on tibia. I'll email them.

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They answered
QuoteThank you for your email. Max lengthening in tibia generally is 6cm at our center.
We remain at your disposal for any further information and assistance.

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Quote from: wannagrowtaller on March 29, 2019, 06:49:38 AMThey answered

Sounds good:)

jcayabo asked me in the past about how my PT showed me to walk straight. I unfortunately forgot to answer. In the end it was very simple. She just walked normally herself but very slowly to demonstrate each step. I just tried to do the same while balancing my body with the walker. I can imagine that walking is so natural to us that many of us aren't really aware of how we actually walk. During LL the way of walking changes and you get used to wrong habits. So I advise LLers to watch other people walking, ask them to do it very slowly or watch youtube videos on low speed.

Also the longer I stand on my feet the easier it gets to walk afterwards with less pressure from the pins.

For two days my left knee was hurting again severely and I know why. I had stretched it a lot the day before. It was the same situation when I was in Athens and the physiotherapists had stretched my feet a lot.

My right foot is now more flexible than the left one. Months ago it was the other way around.

Some pins sometimes hurt, underneath one of them there was a bubble like thing twice already. When I pressed it, reddish fluid came out. Sometimes the skin around a certain pin feels like burning when you touch it(not hot)

The symptoms of the clostridium difficile aren't completely gone.

I got used to wearing the frames. Time actually passes very fast. But I'm lucky as I rarely have to go outside and I have time until next autumn.

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Hey! It’s good you’ve done it at a time when you don’t need to go out. Sounds like things are going  good, you’ve come a long way. Just make sure the pinsite stays dry.

I wanted to ask does Dr Goitikas accept payment in euro or $?

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Quote from: Ayesha12345 on April 04, 2019, 04:40:16 PMHey! It’s good you’ve done it at a time when you don’t need to go out. Sounds like things are going  good, you’ve come a long way. Just make sure the pinsite stays dry.

I wanted to ask does Dr Goitikas accept payment in euro or $?

Yeah I'm happy about this. Today I was sitting outside in the garden when I noticed a little fruit fly on one of the pins. It was kind of stuck there. I cleaned it afterwards.

I paid in euros. So I didn't have to think about that. I don't know sorry!

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Update

I just tried to walk with crutches for the first time. It was possible! I'm still very slow and careful but I will try to walk more and more with crutches than with the walker. But standing up from a seating position won't be possible without the walker, there's too much pressure inside the legs from the pins for that.