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

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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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Hi
Can you share HEF freme photo. Is it like hybrid ? How long you have to wear those freme?

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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: Rei on June 09, 2019, 09:07:28 AMGuys do you think i will be able to do 5cm without ATL? My tibias are 35 cm
From what I read/heard so far, it varies too much from person to person.
Some people are able to lengthen way more than that with ease, while others suffer at even 4 cm.
You'll just have to wait and see how your body reacts. If it gets too painful, consult your doctor and stop lengthening if it means hurting yourself long-term.

I'll soon go through the same thing as you. Stay strong brother! Don't forget this pain is temporary while the gain is permanent.

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Quote from: Rei on June 09, 2019, 09:07:28 AMGuys do you think i will be able to do 5cm without ATL? My tibias are 35 cm
if you walk daily for 45mins to 1 hour or do excercises, 5cm is a joke. no atl!! i got atl at 5.5cm coz i used to walk less as i had to work too...
but again at 5.5cm there is no significant difference you would find..try 7 atleast...everyone in my batch with pili got 8 atleast...3/4 had atl however...if you are an asian, you could avoid atl coz yoh would be lengthening very slow due to low callous...so your tissues would have ample time.

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Quote from: Rei on June 09, 2019, 06:24:19 AMI 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
Is that carbon freme ?
Is he used half pin ?
How much weight you can put ?
Why later on ?

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stay positive, and good luck

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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