Dr Pili external Tibia with HEF method (hopefuly 6cm) 2019

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Hi guys im 33 (male) 163 cm and just did the surgery yesterday and tomorrow i will have already to leave the hospital and go back to Rome from Lecco.

I kind regret already having the surgery, i can’t almost stand even with crutches, i tried to walk with them and the pain was way too much and lasted for hours just for walking 10m.

On top of that and i already knew it i will have to get there for the ATL, honestly i will try to not do it even if i need to stop at 5cm.

Right now i have no idea i will i be able to take the train and go back to Rome already tomorrow, considering i will have the fixators for atleast 9 months and today is not passed yet, i think i did something too big for me. Sorry for my english

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Quote from: FutureManuteBol on June 08, 2019, 06:49:39 PMHey, relax. You already went through with this. What's done is done. You need to remain confident and hopeful. Have faith. Are you staying close to the hospital?

No i live in Rome, dr Pili will visit me at Rome those months

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Quote from: FutureManuteBol on June 08, 2019, 06:58:30 PMOK, that sounds fine. What is the HEF method? Are you doing a full Ilizarov? Why did you choose this method?

I livi in Italy and Pili and Catagni are known worlwide. Hef is pretty much like Ilizarov, i choose it cause is cheap and the safest

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Quote from: FutureManuteBol on June 08, 2019, 07:23:28 PMDid you ever consider internal tibias?

It’s kind of pointless now. Im in the bed now, i don’t feel pain but is like if my legs are in constant feeling on being exausted, to an insane degree which makes me feel terrible

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Quote from: Great321 on June 08, 2019, 11:32:16 PM1. Who decided for you to leave that place one day after surgery? Did Dr. Pili say that it is possible?

2. Are you on your own or will you hire a caretaker?

3. Do you really use crutches already or do you use a walker? On the first days after surgery I couldn't walk that much either. It gets better with time.

4. Take stronger pain killers. I took Tramal 3 times a day for the first months. In the hospital they even gave me too much. I felt sick all the time but I didn't have any pain...

5.You should be able to avoid ATL. Try to stretch your Achilles tendons everyday with the PT and at home, maybe with some devices bought from amazon or so which your doctor approves.

6. The first weeks passed very fast...after some time and whenever I had some weird pain time was awfully slow. On my third month I couldn't imagine wearing the frames even 3 months more. Now it's been almost 8 months or so...and it kinda feels so far away but also as if I was in Athens just a few weeks ago. Of course without the frames it's better but the last months were passing quite fast so it's not too bad. 

Don't think too much about the choice you made. The only way now is forward. Don't think about anything except for PT and passing your time. What are your plans? How long will you stay in Rome? Will you stay in Italy for the whole procedure?

1) pretty much everyone leaves one day after the surgery

2) Im here with my mother

3) I use crutches but i literally cant walk anyway, if i try the paib in insane

6) yeah i will stay in Rome cause i leave there.

For people asking i paid 20k plus every visit is about 260 euro (each every month)

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Quote from: Beforeandafter on June 09, 2019, 05:55:07 AMHi
Can you share HEF freme photo. Is it like hybrid ? How long you have to wear those freme?

I did some pictures, will share them later on, they are like Ilizarov but black, you can google them.

I will have to wear them till full consolidation, so like 9 months

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Guys do you think i will be able to do 5cm without ATL? My tibias are 35 cm

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Quote from: Beforeandafter on June 09, 2019, 03:22:09 PMIs that carbon freme ?
Is he used half pin ?
How much weight you can put ?
Why later on ?

I don’t think so, they are heavy as fk.

I don’t know

I can put 20kg max weight, i weight 60kg so is pretty easy

What do you mean: “Why later on?”

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Just got back home from Lecco after a 5 hours trip, is 2 days i don’t sleep ( since my surgery) and i doubt i will sleep well ever until i get my frames off. The discomfort + pain + being a burden for my mother for everything is killing me already, maybe this was not for me, but now i can’t go back anyway. To anyone reading this, pls if you really want to do it, go for internal everything, you can’t even understand the amount of overall pain and discomfort this will bring to your life

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Im not sleeping at all but today in the morning i feel better overall.

The thing is as soon as indo a couple of step it hurts and it keeps hurting for some minutes, Dr Pioi said to walk but not too much otherwise the fixator will get loose.

The 20 of this month i will start the lenghting and the 22 i will meet with Dr Pili to remove the stiches.

Btw my left leg only cracks everytime i walk or move it even in the bed while the right one dosn’t, i guess is normal.