G-Nail on femurs in Greece on Aug24th. Let's do this!!!

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safe travels mate

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Safe travels!

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u lengthened only 4cm within 2 months??

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Quote from: OzBoy39 on October 11, 2022, 03:55:15 PMlast meeting with Dr. G before going back home

X-rays show lengthening of 42mm.
Nails, screws and all the rest is straight and no problems.

Callus is forming, but slowly. Still within the norm.

We looked at the issues I have on my right leg in depth.  Nothing major, but the diagnosis of the nerve pain was right.

The nerve is irritated but no damage to it.

We decided to slow down clicking to 10 per day and also to change the medication regime.
I'll reduce the tramadol to 1 per day
I'll increase the Lyrica to 3 per day.

I also have knee pain due to the weakness in my right quad which I'll have to work on to reduce and eliminate

Unfortunately the issue with knee and nerve pain has been such that I avoided walking or exercising my legs recently.

My mobility is also somewhat impacted (hamstring and quad).

Overall though, no major issues, just these complications to manage in the next few weeks.

The doctor will prepare a referral and a report for me to show Tommy GP when back in the country.

He will also put me in contact with Dr Mosh, a physiotherapist from the US, with whom I'm gonna meet weekly online.

He will also instruct my physiotherapist back in Australia regarding limb lengthening.

I'm super stoked to go back. Despite having had an amazing experience in Greece and with the team of Dr Giotikas, i feel that having my family around will be beneficial for my second half of lengthening.

2 months have gone super quick, despite the hardship of this procedure. My fingers are always crossed regarding any potential new complication, but at this stage, if I keep disciplined to my routine, I should be able to manage my body well.

Congrats!

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How come you lengthened only 4.2cms in two months? Are you lengthening 0.75mm a day?

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Technically it's not 2.months yet. 2.months will be on October 24th (in about 12 days)... So at that point my height will be somewhere around 5cm.

But Yes, since my first visit 15 days after surgery I've gone down to 12 clicks which is approximately 0.78mm.

Plus I took some days off here and there to ease nerve pain and general discomfort.

I'm not really in a rush to finish, but instead I'd like to not being in pain while I'm through the process.

Since yesterday (last check up visit here in Greece) We decided to further slow down to 10 clicks (0.65mm approx)

Cheers

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Quote from: OzBoy39 on October 12, 2022, 06:10:06 PMTechnically it's not 2.months yet. 2.months will be on October 24th (in about 12 days)... So at that point my height will be somewhere around 5cm.

But Yes, since my first visit 15 days after surgery I've gone down to 12 clicks which is approximately 0.78mm.

Plus I took some days off here and there to ease nerve pain and general discomfort.

I'm not really in a rush to finish, but instead I'd like to not being in pain while I'm through the process.

Since yesterday (last check up visit here in Greece) We decided to further slow down to 10 clicks (0.65mm approx)

Cheers

I've also gone down to 10 clicks per day, and I'm hoping I could do even less someday because I've decided to stay in Athens extra long. Not sure how low someone can go before premature consolidation becomes an issue, my bone growth now is pretty slow. I wonder what the lowest realistic number of clicks per days is while still lengthening

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I too have a shlower than average bone growth but nothing to be concerned about accorsing to the Dr.

This is mainly in the right leg which I haven't used much due to nerve  knee, muscle strain.

I've read in various other diaries that the theoretical consolidation rate of an average individual is about 0.25mm per day, although I don't understand the process myself.

I've also read a number of diaries of femur patients lengthening at 0.5mm per day so I think we still have some slack if we need to slow down further.

I'd take 8 clicks any day if that gets rid of the nerve pain.  Let's see what this coming week at 10 clicks bring about.

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Been at 78mm daily for 4 months, no consolidation, have skipped up to 2 days for pain.

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Quote from: leonazul99 on October 16, 2022, 06:39:42 PMBeen at 78mm daily for 4 months, no consolidation, have skipped up to 2 days for pain.

I am fairly certain you don't mean 78mm daily (search '78 mm in cm' in google to see what I mean)

Think you meant 0.78 mm per day right?

Hm... 0.78*15=11.7 so I guess for g-nail that'd be about 11-12 gnail clicks per day? I'm on 10 clicks per day now (about 0.666 mm per day I think?)

I'm hoping the doc will let me do even less per day, I just don't know how low I can go before premature consolidation becomes a problem