Giotikas - surgery done

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News

It seems I have to have a minor surgery, because my fibula started to consolidate prematurely, and pulls away from the ankle, so on he 17th they will have to make a new incision, and Dr Giotikas will replace one of my pins that irritates my skin at the pros tibia level. I'm not happy to hear to undergo another operation, even if it is a minor one.

Another new is, an info from Giotikas, that Stryde will be available most likely already in December this year (as he said, the representative of nuvasive will visit Athens in Sept.).

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wish you the best for your surgery!

would you still consider doing tibia and femur in one year?

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Im so sorry for this..
But this minor surgery you'll going to do is it included in the cost or will you have to pay an extra?

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Update

On monday they will make an x-ray, to confirm, but so far - after they examined me on friday manually - the fibula head seems to be fine (symmetric, good height), so the operation is not sure. I don't mind these corrections, rather now, than at the end of lengthening. I think these costs are not included, but we didn't specify yet, however they are outpatient interventions, so at least hospital costs are absent.

So far I feel ok, and already have some impressions about the 2-3 cm (I won't tell anything 'till the next X-ray measurement) height advantage, as this week one of my friends visited me, who is 173 cm tall, and I clearly felt taller than her when walking (I hope it wasn't only an optimistic impression .

I - theoretically - could do Stryde in Dec this year (it seems Giotikas will have it by then), but we discussed the thing, we will see how I will proceed, and decide it later (my thigh muscles, mainly my the extensors are quite atrophied, so it would make sense to regain strength, muscularity, however with weight bearing it shouldn't be a huge problem), maybe I'll make the second this year, or do an aggressive physiotherapy after frame removal, and continue not too many months later. Take care!

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Update

So, I had my X-rays today to decide, if I have to have the surgery, and measure my progress so far, and double good news are there: first, I won't need to undergo the surgery, as my fibula didn't consolidate completely, and distracts with callus, while didn't pull away from it's original location. Another good new (at least for me), that the X-rays showed on the right side 3,778 cm, on the left 3,65 cm, but Dr Giotikas said, they are both equal to around 3,3-3,4 cm, I was surprised, as I was a bit confused about the real distraction length. I think I will try to go over 5 cm (between 5-6 cm would be ideal, but if it is risky, around 5 cm is perfect too), if my soft tissues will allow it. Take care!

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Happy to hear about your good news:)

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Thanks man!

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Im glad to see that everything is going great. And thank you for continuing to uppdate your diary, especially since I and others want to do LL with Giotikas in the future.

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Thank you, I'll make at least one more post (if no bumps arise), after reaching around 5 cm. I'm really relieved about the current stage, and was surprised about the amount lengthened, however over 4 cm it will be more difficult for sure.

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I hope everything going well Zakika. I'm happy to hear that you didn't need to have an extra surgery. Yea like Shadow said thanks for the updates there's lots of us that want to go to Giotikas. I'll actually be going to Athens in the next few months for a consultation I just need to get the time off work.

I thinks it's been about 2 months at this point, what is your impression of Dr. Giotikas so far? How have you liked living in Athens?