Bilateral femurs with PRECICE 2. Dr Franz BIRKHOLTZ. South Africa. Feb 2016

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seems a good option

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Unhappy wants to know the price for surgery and 2 months.
Good evolution my friend. I like the hospital and the doctor.

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Wow. You have incredible flexion

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good doctors, good patient, good results

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Quote from: ppatient on March 07, 2016, 09:44:42 PMgood doctors, good patient, good results

LLuser is too early to talk about results in my opinion. Dont you think so?
He has very good flexion .  i havent got anything aganist dr Brikholz , i really think that he is a good option . But you are doing promotion .something that you always criticice. and we already havent seen much cases finished to say what you are saying.

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Quote from: KrP1 on March 07, 2016, 10:07:02 PMLLuser is too early to talk about results in my opinion. Dont you think so?
He has very good flexion .  i havent got anything aganist dr Brikholz , i really think that he is a good option . But you are doing promotion .something that you always criticice. and we already havent seen much cases finished to say what you are saying.


It was an opinion. No promotion intended.

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Thanks for the interest guys. I continue to be pain free, just a bit of pressure in my left quadriceps after second distraction today. Let's see how it goes with the other 2 which are normally harder.

Ppatient. Yes, Birkholtz is indeed a really good option, I truly think so, and I have no interest in promoting him or something either, it's just what I believe (otherwise I wouldn't be here).

As for the money, as I said I paid around 39k euros for the whole thing, but again, due currency exchanges you'll have to contact Franz for an specific quotation, it can vary a lot from one day to the other. Then you have to pay your food, internet and other expenses that are obviously not related to the surgery. I don't know how much it would cost to live here for 2 months, food is pretty expensive, so I'd say maybe 300-400 euros per month. As soon as I'm finished with this I'll post the total cost. You have to count also the flight here (Johannesbourg), whose price changes a lot depending what country you come from. From central Europe, I saw prices ranging between 450€-900€.

Krp1. Thank you! Yes my flexibility still remains good, but it's nowhere near where it was. I was able to do straight leg raise to about 100º, now I'm lucky if I get it to 75º-80º. I'm just at 1,5cm or so, so I expect it to drop a lot more going forward in the process

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Just a quick update. Today it's been exactly a month since my surgery (12 feb). I feel stronger everyday and much more mobile, I'm getting my agility back. Pain remains at zero or almost zero 95% of the time. Just the last distraction of the day is a bit painful. These new pain medications are just incredible. No problems at all for sleep if I skip no pills. However, miss just one pill and pain will be back hindering you to sleep.

Today I reach 2cm of distraction. However, my flexibility has dropped a lot in the last 2-3 days, becoming increasingly harder (and painful) to stretch my muscles. Although I was really flexible before surgery, now I'm getting really stiff. I guess it's normal to be less flexible when your femurs are 2cm longer, let's see when everything is finished.

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Another update. Pain just came back, and it came badly. My left leg is super painful now, my ITB burns like crazy and is limiting my knee flexion all of a sudden (paired with my harmstrings). My mobility and strentght is really good, but this ITB/hamstrings/nerve pain... is draining me again. At least I have no problems sleeping yet

Anyone with experience with this ITB pain can give me any advice?

Thanks!

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Quote from: toafrica on March 15, 2016, 01:16:40 PMAnother update. Pain just came back, and it came badly. My left leg is super painful now, my ITB burns like crazy and is limiting my knee flexion all of a sudden (paired with my harmstrings). My mobility and strentght is really good, but this ITB/hamstrings/nerve pain... is draining me again. At least I have no problems sleeping yet

Anyone with experience with this ITB pain can give me any advice?

Thanks!

Sorry to hear about your pain.....just hang in there bud.   We appreciate you sharing your experience.

What is Dr. Birkholtz saying about the ITB pain?  Is this normal for his patients?  I never heard anyone mention it in their diaries before.