Stryde Giotikas July: Presurgery Thread

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Plenty of American surgeons decide on the spot during surgery day inside the operating room what size nail to use.

If you can, tell him your preference for the bigger nail. 11.5 is way way stronger than the 10.5. I don't even think 10.5 should be used for any makes but that's just me. It has a stress point at 150 lb, which is like going up stairs, so nail bends doing many things. 11.5 try to push it hard to giotikas he always tries to use small nails

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Quote from: ghkid2019 on January 21, 2021, 12:22:38 AMPlenty of American surgeons decide on the spot during surgery day inside the operating room what size nail to use.

If you can, tell him your preference for the bigger nail. 11.5 is way way stronger than the 10.5. I don't even think 10.5 should be used for any makes but that's just me. It has a stress point at 150 lb, which is like going up stairs, so nail bends doing many things. 11.5 try to push it hard to giotikas he always tries to use small nails
Sorry @ghkid2019, you seem confused.
There is no 10.5mm Stryde, (only 10mm and 11.5mm) and Giotikas always uses the biggest possible nails not the smallest.
Don't forget there are smaller guys out there with norrower bones and less weight who cannot accept anything more than 10mm nails. So, to say "....I don't even think 10.5 should be used for any..." is just wrong.

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Quote from: ghkid2019 on January 21, 2021, 12:22:38 AMPlenty of American surgeons decide on the spot during surgery day inside the operating room what size nail to use.

If you can, tell him your preference for the bigger nail. 11.5 is way way stronger than the 10.5. I don't even think 10.5 should be used for any makes but that's just me. It has a stress point at 150 lb, which is like going up stairs, so nail bends doing many things. 11.5 try to push it hard to giotikas he always tries to use small nails
unnecessary bigger diameter can cause non-union

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Well, he told me that he would probably use the biggest nail, but also told me to keep me weight down just in case. After the meeting, I book a flat via airbnb. My idea is to be there three months, in order to finish distraction and start consolidation before I return. My girlfriend comes with me to help me, so we got a big flat in the center. Honestly, not that expensive: 2700 for the three months. It's 5 km away from the rehab center though.

Next, about payment, there are three payments: one for booking the surgery, another to the greek nuvasive distributor and the last one to Giotikas, hospital fees etc. The first payment must be done now, the other two can be done up to a few days before the surgery. Taking into account the problems my bank gave me, I'm still a bit paranoid and I will make sure that everything is legit before the big payments lol. Anyway, it's just paranoia, I already contacted Nuvasive and they told me the greek distributor is legit.

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@arcon Yes, I meant 10, that is my bad.

I still think 10 should never be used unless you are underweight woman. Going up a stair which is different multiplier of weight above your max weight is already reaching stress threshold of weight. That is not good. Bent nails that's how you get them. Read m7liam diary if u want.

The main thing, 150 lb stress threshold is abysmally small for a guy who probably will weigh at least 120lb on the lower end.stryde 10 should be reserved for boys and girls and woman, not man unless the man has achondroplasia. Or is anorexic underweight in which that case is dangerously light to even do LL. and 99% of the people on this forum are not in these categories of human, and instead just regular, short men.

U can disagree, after all I said it's just me. My opinion. I respect ur views

@more I agree, I'm just saying it's not unnecessary for a vast vast majority of men. most men just simply take too much risk with the 10 nail that has a stress threshold of only 150 lb. Sometime gotta ream

@giotikas2021 good luck just double check you are have the right number for giotikas wire transfer or whatever. Go to the website and confirm the number and stuff. I also recommend assuming you will need 4 months, simply because many many people slow down. Probably majority. And it's fine. Good luck tho it's great you have GF take care of you that's another the difficult part of LL lack of social support and structure so you have a support which is good many other get bored or monotony and loneliness so u will reduce those emotions. Anyways good luck giotikas2021

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Thanks man, my girlfriend knows about the surgery and everything, so that is another problem I avoid. My issues about the payment are that my bank told me that the algorithim showed the account as "suspicious", even though they provided no reason for that statement. It's an Irish account for Giotikas and a Greek one for the nuvasive distributor. I wrote to Nuvasive and they told me the greek distributor is legit, so I think that I took all precautions possible. Of course I'm still a bit paranoic, but I think it's "normal" taking into account the huge effort I have made in order to get the money for the surgery.

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I also think Giotikas is quite honest about the risks. Of course, I had done my research before the appointment, but I wanted to see if he was honest or if he was one of the doctors that try to "sell" this surgery. He told me about the risks of fat embolism and bone infection, even thought they are low. I'm a little worried about infection because it forces you to stop lenghtening: I'm not really worried about my health, it seems I do am scared about "failing" and not achieving success lol. But well, he said the risk of bone infection is like 0,25 %, so I don't think I will be that unlucky. I do think he may underplay a bit the pain issues, because he says that pain levels are like 4/10, and some users here have experienced much more than that. Anyway, I'm not worried about pain or hard work: after years of feeling like a failure my focus is on achieving the goal, if it hurts it hurts, no problem at all.

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Quote from: ghkid2019 on January 21, 2021, 09:41:10 AM@arcon Yes, I meant 10, that is my bad.

I still think 10 should never be used unless you are underweight woman. Going up a stair which is different multiplier of weight above your max weight is already reaching stress threshold of weight. That is not good. Bent nails that's how you get them. Read m7liam diary if u want.

The main thing, 150 lb stress threshold is abysmally small for a guy who probably will weigh at least 120lb on the lower end.stryde 10 should be reserved for boys and girls and woman, not man unless the man has achondroplasia. Or is anorexic underweight in which that case is dangerously light to even do LL. and 99% of the people on this forum are not in these categories of human, and instead just regular, short men.

U can disagree, after all I said it's just me. My opinion. I respect ur views

@more I agree, I'm just saying it's not unnecessary for a vast vast majority of men. most men just simply take too much risk with the 10 nail that has a stress threshold of only 150 lb. Sometime gotta ream

@giotikas2021 good luck just double check you are have the right number for giotikas wire transfer or whatever. Go to the website and confirm the number and stuff. I also recommend assuming you will need 4 months, simply because many many people slow down. Probably majority. And it's fine. Good luck tho it's great you have GF take care of you that's another the difficult part of LL lack of social support and structure so you have a support which is good many other get bored or monotony and loneliness so u will reduce those emotions. Anyways good luck giotikas2021
Actually sometimes you can even fit the 10mm and the thinner version is needed...and it's called Precice 2. I think that the only one in these months to have had a nail bigger than 10mm was Movie, 10mm is the most common size.
That's the reason why it's not true that you can always walk unaided with stryde, there are many things to consider.
Nail lenght is quite important too.

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There is no way I can know it without X ray I guess... Anyway, given my stats and that I am physically "big", he was quite certain that I could have the big one

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Well, the payment is already done, so it's official. As I said earlier, Giotikas sent me a programm of strecthes, but they are not really anything special, just the ones that have been shared in other threads. When I asked him about what can I do in order to improve my chances of recovery, he told me to keep weight down and just have a healthy lifestyle and diet.

I'm quite fit (I train 6 times per week), so I will focus on stretching everyday, running instead of weights, drinking milk, cutting down some weight (14% bodyfat right now)... Anyone has any kind of suggestions about things I can do to improve my chances? Of course I understand there so many things that are not under my control, but I want to do everyting perfectly