@JohnOdin
Precice/Stryde may be good nails, I don't know, but until there are people that come forward and demonstrate a decent recovery some years after their procedure - as I have, it cannot be viewed in the same light. Of course everyone is entitled to their opinion and make their own choices.
Also I have nothing against Dr Paley, I am sure he is a capable doctor, but I am hearing some rather wild claims about Stryde. For instance that no crutches are needed? For the record, my nail was also fully weight bearing and we're talking 14 years ago. It's ridiculous to think that you'll be able to walk unaided with any degree of comfort or confidence so soon after surgery and particularly as you start to lengthen and the gap between your broken bones widens.
I was also able to walk unaided shortly after surgery, but it's crazy not to use crutches as the last thing you want is a nasty slip of fall with disastrous implications. The more you lengthen, the more difficult things become and rehab/recovery, i,e. your new bone formation, your muscles, tendons and ligaments adapting to the stretched state etc will take the same amount of time regardless of the nail you have inside you. The nail does not and cannot speed up recovery. YOU do that with your exercises, you diet, your physio, positive attitude etc.
