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[V21]

Guys, I'm crying of happiness. Whether it is for clicking under anesthesia or for Voltaren, clicking the right leg today was quite easy. Pain was 4-5/10 instead of 8-9/10. I think it's the first time since surgery that I feel really positive. For a week I have to do 1.33 mm per day, and I'm feeling a bit tight despite stretching a lot, but nothing major. My sleep is good (slept today 7 hours) and I started working yesterday at a decent rythm.

Right leg: 2.9 cm
Left leg: around 2.8 cm

[LongueEpopée]

Sounds amazing, stay strong!!
As for me I'm waiting for Precice 2 to be back in Europe... And then hopefuly cry of happiness too !

[V21]

Sounds amazing, stay strong!!
As for me I'm waiting for Precice 2 to be back in Europe... And then hopefuly cry of happiness too !

Shouldn't it be available this month or Nuvasive delayed again?

[FSchez]

Guys, I'm crying of happiness. Whether it is for clicking under anesthesia or for Voltaren, clicking the right leg today was quite easy. Pain was 4-5/10 instead of 8-9/10. I think it's the first time since surgery that I feel really positive. For a week I have to do 1.33 mm per day, and I'm feeling a bit tight despite stretching a lot, but nothing major. My sleep is good (slept today 7 hours) and I started working yesterday at a decent rythm.

Right leg: 2.9 cm
Left leg: around 2.8 cm

Hello V21!
I'm glad to see that your luck is better now after a few hard days...
I had 2 difficult weeks due to nerve pain in my knees when I had lengthed 1.5 cms and I had to stop lengthening my legs for 2 days, but after that everything became easier.
I hope that from now on your lengthening and recovery will be much easier.
Keep working as well as you are doing until now and hopefully everything will be fine.
Good luck!!

[eric.cartman]

Guys, I'm crying of happiness. Whether it is for clicking under anesthesia or for Voltaren, clicking the right leg today was quite easy. Pain was 4-5/10 instead of 8-9/10. I think it's the first time since surgery that I feel really positive. For a week I have to do 1.33 mm per day, and I'm feeling a bit tight despite stretching a lot, but nothing major. My sleep is good (slept today 7 hours) and I started working yesterday at a decent rythm.

Right leg: 2.9 cm
Left leg: around 2.8 cm

Well done, i'm sure it will get easier for you going forward. Just think about it as a small bump on the road.

[SirStretchAlot]

Rapid 3cm and still no wide legs? You're a hero.

[V21]

Rapid 3cm and still no wide legs? You're a hero.

Well, thankfully Giotikas does ITB release since the beginning. After anesthesia, I did notice that my right legs ITB were tight, and I'm stretching them a lot. If I get "comfortable" walking, my legs are a big wide, but I just force them to be closer and that way I also strecth while walking.

[V21]

Important thing to say: the other G nail patient never was as bad as me regarding pain, but he also is overcoming the inflammation phase and clicking is getting easier for him too. For now he has choosen to do PT at home instead of going to the center, but he is doing quite well. I think I'm the one training the most, but he's doing better than me. For this reason, don't be afraid because the things that happened to me, as it seems I was just unlucky (vomiting, cathether, dyharrea, crazy clicking pain...). Now there are other two new G nail patients (they had surgery on Tuesday), let's see how they do.

[GrowANut]

Awesome man, try to keep your head and motivation up.. remember this pain is only temporary but your new height will be permanent .

[tallmen]

Important thing to say: the other G nail patient never was as bad as me regarding pain, but he also is overcoming the inflammation phase and clicking is getting easier for him too. For now he has choosen to do PT at home instead of going to the center, but he is doing quite well. I think I'm the one training the most, but he's doing better than me. For this reason, don't be afraid because the things that happened to me, as it seems I was just unlucky (vomiting, cathether, dyharrea, crazy clicking pain...). Now there are other two new G nail patients (they had surgery on Tuesday), let's see how they do.

I hope they write diaries.

[MorningStar]

I hope they write diaries.

At least one - no. I asked him in personal.

[SirStretchAlot]

Well, thankfully Giotikas does ITB release since the beginning. After anesthesia, I did notice that my right legs ITB were tight, and I'm stretching them a lot. If I get "comfortable" walking, my legs are a big wide, but I just force them to be closer and that way I also strecth while walking.

Damn we are so similar. Most of the stretching super heroes don't get wide legs, but we do. :/

[V21]

Well, Giotikas says to keep 1.33 mm for a week. This is going to be tough¡

[Thehighest]

How do you have such huge amount of mnoey at 24 years for internal femurs?

[SpeedDialer]

What is the protocol if there is alot of pain and you want to do slower than 1.33 mm per week?

[SirStretchAlot]

What is the protocol if there is alot of pain and you want to do slower than 1.33 mm per week?

Either slow down or use more painkillers. They'll probably prescribe some nerve pain medication as well.

[V21]

How do you have such huge amount of mnoey at 24 years for internal femurs?

I created my own business last year just to get money for this surgery, and worked as a slave for it. This has been my mission for a long time. Btw, I'm getting tight as f*ck.

[SpeedDialer]

Congrats on your hard work!!

For gnail, what are your thoughts on the safe limits for femurs and tibias?

I vaguely remember for stryde he recommended 7cm or less for femur

[SirStretchAlot]

Your safety limits has little to do with the nail. It is how your soft tissues adapt during lengthening.

I'd say at least go for 7cm, then if you muscles allow you, up to 10cm.

[V21]

My goal is just to be comfortable over 175, so I will do 6 maximum. I know I could do more, but being 180 doesn't make me more happy than being 178, so I'd rather priotize athletic recovery. Things are getting tough because of the 1.33 mm rythm for so many days. Nerve pain has started on left leg, although it's very mild. The bigger problem is that, in that leg, I feel stabbing like pain in the inner knee everytime I'm 5 min without moving. When walking, it goes away, but it's causing me problems during sleep, and I really need to rest.

Today I met all the new patients in the PT center too, good guys and I think all are users from the forum, but they are not doing diaries at least for now.

[DonBones]

My goal is just to be comfortable over 175, so I will do 6 maximum. I know I could do more, but being 180 doesn't make me more happy than being 178, so I'd rather priotize athletic recovery. Things are getting tough because of the 1.33 mm rythm for so many days. Nerve pain has started on left leg, although it's very mild. The bigger problem is that, in that leg, I feel stabbing like pain in the inner knee everytime I'm 5 min without moving. When walking, it goes away, but it's causing me problems during sleep, and I really need to rest.

Today I met all the new patients in the PT center too, good guys and I think all are users from the forum, but they are not doing diaries at least for now.

Why are you on 1.33pd for so long?

[V21]

Why are you on 1.33pd for so long?

I wonder the same, but Giotikas told me to keep it until Sunday. In the left leg I may understand, but I'm a bit worried in the rigth: 6-7 mm under anesthesia + 1.33 mm for long + voltaren for a week. Could not that cause problems of non union? Anyway, I trust the doctor and will follow his advice, although it's getting tough. Tomorrow I hit 3.4 cm, and I just want to slow things down a little for my body to adapt.

[jay89]

Hey  2 questions V21 if that is ok

1. I heard Giotikas gives you a muscle strengthening/streaching plan prior to surgery if he did give you this could you share it? i am hoping to do operation next year and want to start getting into it now so I am ready.

2. Are you vaccinated for Covid and if so were you asked about this by Giotikas or the staff at the hospital? i guess what I am asking is do you have to be fully vaccinated to get this operation done.

[DonBones]

I wonder the same, but Giotikas told me to keep it until Sunday. In the left leg I may understand, but I'm a bit worried in the rigth: 6-7 mm under anesthesia + 1.33 mm for long + voltaren for a week. Could not that cause problems of non union? Anyway, I trust the doctor and will follow his advice, although it's getting tough. Tomorrow I hit 3.4 cm, and I just want to slow things down a little for my body to adapt.

Hm, strange. At 3.4cm it should be getting much easier to click by the way. Can you feel it already?

[LU213]

Hi I had surgery the 14th and was not going to do a journal because I thought it would not add much to what V21 is already writing.  Everything he contributes is what I am using to survive but I can do one if some think it would be useful.

[MorningStar]

Hi I had surgery the 14th and was not going to do a journal because I thought it would not add much to what V21 is already writing.  Everything he contributes is what I am using to survive but I can do one if some think it would be useful.

I think even to repeat the same information is useful. but without any doubts you will add at least few things from yourself, so it's even more useful!

[Nyc brother]

Hey V21. I mentioned that I’m doing it on 10/27. My question to you is it’s very important for me to work remotely in order to pay for the surgery. Do you think it is possible a week after surgery?

[V21]

Hm, strange. At 3.4cm it should be getting much easier to click by the way. Can you feel it already?

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It's the same as last Friday, pain 4/10. It's very doable, so I hope it get's even easier. On two days I have to drop Voltaren, let's see how it goes.

[V21]

It's possible and I did it... for a while. If you mean like 8 hours, I don't think so. For starters, you lose all morning in PT. Then, you have to walk, strecth, bike... and while working, your legs get tight and random pains start. I'm 4 weeks post op and my "effective" work is like 4 hours per day.

[LU213]

You don't have to be vaccinated.  You have to take a COVID PCR test the day before the surgery and it be negative.  If you have a guest, that person must take the test as well. If you do the free 15 minute consult, you can get the plan. It is copyrighted so I am not going to post it here but it is nothing you can't figure out from this forum already or Youtube.

[V21]

I was vaccinated, but LU123 is right. it changes nothing. Wether you have it or not, they will do PCR test on you. Regarding the program, it's really basic. It's like 8 strecthes or so, the basic ones you can easily find on google for quads, harmstrings, IT band an adductors.