What are the disadvantages to doing precise 2 or precies 1 vs stryde?

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Precise 2 more likely to break (how much more likely?) and is not weighbearing, any other disadvantages? Longer recovery?

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Unfortunately, you cannot walk on precise 1/2 until 4 months or more.  Your CLL experience will be mostly in a wheelchair and walker and even with a walker, you must be careful to not stand with all your weight on the nails.  Your recovery will extend 2-3+ more months and you do carry a much greater risk of breaking the nail and that will be catastrophic and could potentially push back your goal a year or more.  Recovery to normal walking with Precise to normal walking can be as long as 7-9 months and up to a year depending on our PT discipline and other variables.

With Stryde you can walk on nails immediately and usually patients are able to walk within 1-2 weeks without assistance or only a cane/crutches/walker.  You have little to no risk of breaking a nail and you recover within 4-6 months to normal walking and life.

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Precice u would probably need to hire a care taker. And work longer hours. Stryde is about 10k more expensive. If u go overseas.

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Wait, stryde patients don't hire caretakers? Or only do for how many weeks?

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I did Precice 2 in 2014. My experience went like this:

Days 1-3 post op: Wheelchair
Lengthening process: 2.5 months to lengthen 6 CM using a walker. I weighed around 140 lbs at the time
Consolidation: 4 weeks on a walker plus 2 weeks on one crutch (one leg took a little bit longer to form bone bridge. During entire consolidation process I drove my car to work and gym. Just was super careful not to exceed WB restrictions.
5 months post op: Attended sister’s college graduation walking almost 100 percent normally (maybe a slight lump after strenuous exercise.
6 months post op: Started dating again
8-9 months post op: Did cross country road trip with buddies.

Hope this timeline helps

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Quote from: 6CMFemurs on November 29, 2020, 08:36:06 AMI did Precice 2 in 2014. My experience went like this:

Days 1-3 post op: Wheelchair
Lengthening process: 2.5 months to lengthen 6 CM using a walker. I weighed around 140 lbs at the time
Consolidation: 4 weeks on a walker plus 2 weeks on one crutch (one leg took a little bit longer to form bone bridge. During entire consolidation process I drove my car to work and gym. Just was super careful not to exceed WB restrictions.
5 months post op: Attended sister’s college graduation walking almost 100 percent normally (maybe a slight lump after strenuous exercise.
6 months post op: Started dating again
8-9 months post op: Did cross country road trip with buddies.

Hope this timeline helps

Good summary, I'm giving myself 6 months from my surgery date to get back to "normal" in terms of walking gait.

Quote from: SpeedDialer on November 29, 2020, 04:32:52 AMWait, stryde patients don't hire caretakers? Or only do for how many weeks?

I had a caretaker on call for the first two weeks. I mostly used them for transportation, but based on my recovery I probably could have gotten away with only using  them for transportation in the first three days out of the hospital.