Giotikas himself is very caring, pays attention to everything, follows you up, and is encouraging to contact him any Q's you have. His communication is flawless (even calls you back at night, if busy), so briefly it is obvious that he pays attention to every single, tiny detail, which is normal i think (that was the reason he called me about the possibility to have another operation, as he was double checking my X-rays, thank God it was not neccessary). So far it is the same for me actually where to stay inside the EU (besides weather, and the friendliness of people here), time flies when you're in a room sleeping through half of your day. I hired a personal aid ho's living with me, for the period my friends are not available. Next week I'll have my next X-ray, I had to slow down a bit because of pin site irritation, I'm these days around 4cm, so I'm glad I reached the minimum goal 
. Still heading until I feel it alright, but not more than 6 cm.
Quote from: zakika on September 29, 2018, 07:47:14 AMGiotikas himself is very caring, pays attention to everything, follows you up, and is encouraging to contact him any Q's you have. His communication is flawless (even calls you back at night, if busy), so briefly it is obvious that he pays attention to every single, tiny detail, which is normal i think (that was the reason he called me about the possibility to have another operation, as he was double checking my X-rays, thank God it was not neccessary). So far it is the same for me actually where to stay inside the EU (besides weather, and the friendliness of people here), time flies when you're in a room sleeping through half of your day. I hired a personal aid ho's living with me, for the period my friends are not available. Next week I'll have my next X-ray, I had to slow down a bit because of pin site irritation, I'm these days around 4cm, so I'm glad I reached the minimum goal . Still heading until I feel it alright, but not more than 6 cm.
Dr. Giotikas looks like a great option. I just read up his qualifications and he might be third next to dr. Paley and Rozbruch in rankings when it comes to qualifications. And he also has a phd in orthopedics which is no joke, along with MD. Def will consider him in future for tibias.
Thank you for this diary and looking forward to your recovery process!
Quote from: zakika on September 29, 2018, 07:47:14 AMGiotikas himself is very caring, pays attention to everything, follows you up, and is encouraging to contact him any Q's you have. His communication is flawless (even calls you back at night, if busy), so briefly it is obvious that he pays attention to every single, tiny detail, which is normal i think (that was the reason he called me about the possibility to have another operation, as he was double checking my X-rays, thank God it was not neccessary). So far it is the same for me actually where to stay inside the EU (besides weather, and the friendliness of people here), time flies when you're in a room sleeping through half of your day. I hired a personal aid ho's living with me, for the period my friends are not available. Next week I'll have my next X-ray, I had to slow down a bit because of pin site irritation, I'm these days around 4cm, so I'm glad I reached the minimum goal . Still heading until I feel it alright, but not more than 6 cm.
I'm glad you didn't have to resort to another operation, this said I wanted to know how much it costs the help of a person who helps you? a week or a day? since I will work from him for half 2019 with stryde but leave alone for this trip ..
thanks and good luck
Yes, he's into his specialty, and seems a very sophisticated doctor education wise. Thanks for following up.
Thanks champion, personal worker's fees vary, if you hire from Athens it can change from 30-70 EUR/day (depending on the qualification - nurse, specialty assistant etc.), I hired mine from my home country and flied her in, it was way cheaper so, and makes my days so much more comfortable (plus in simple physiotherapy can help as well). Details I can write in private.
Hey man,
any news about Stryde availability?
As it seems this late this year (nuvasive was in Athens, but I haven't been talking wth him about that yet).
Update - 5 cm
It seems I can progress further, today I'll reach 5 cm according to x-ray (which I had on thursday, 4,78-4,75 cm - right-left). Still I don't think I'll stop. I had some struggles last week, which was a pinsite irritation, that turned into infection, however Dr Giannakos (Dr Giotikas's partner) said, he thinks it is not an infection, I took a 5 days antibiotic course, and the wound healed by wednesday approximately. My left ankle is a bit swollen, now I'm about to regain flexibility, as I wasn't walking too much during the pin irritation period.
As I wrote I already passed the 4cm minimum, and now 5cm, so as planned I'll go towards 6 cm, but not more (Dr Giotikas said, over 6 cm there is a higher chance for the necessity for ATL, which he doesn't want to perform), so I think I'll stop between 5-6 cm depending on possible complications, pain etc.. Take care!
Quote from: zakika on October 07, 2018, 11:07:40 AMUpdate - 5 cm
It seems I can progress further, today I'll reach 5 cm according to x-ray (which I had on thursday, 4,78-4,75 cm - right-left). Still I don't think I'll stop. I had some struggles last week, which was a pinsite irritation, that turned into infection, however Dr Giannakos (Dr Giotikas's partner) said, he thinks it is not an infection, I took a 5 days antibiotic course, and the wound healed by wednesday approximately. My left ankle is a bit swollen, now I'm about to regain flexibility, as I wasn't walking too much during the pin irritation period.
As I wrote I already passed the 4cm minimum, and now 5cm, so as planned I'll go towards 6 cm, but not more (Dr Giotikas said, over 6 cm there is a higher chance for the necessity for ATL, which he doesn't want to perform), so I think I'll stop between 5-6 cm depending on possible complications, pain etc.. Take care!
6cm is a very good amount and on the safe limit. More than that is unwise because the risk of equinus becomes big as Giotikas said.
Good job!
Yes, I think the same. Thank for God my flexibility seems quite ok so far, but I know over 5 cm it is always tougher. One more thing, my callus seems to be continuous (it looked quite good for the whole period), and the alignment was also good on the last checkup according to Dr Giotikas, so things seem to be solid now. Thanks!
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