Post surgery
Stayed in a single room in a hospital for 3 nights. All my legs were bandaged. My right hand was stripped with infusion all days.I had a pain killer and anesthesia. I didn't feel any pain.
But because of the anesthesia, I was always sleepy and actually sleeping all 3 days, day and night. Time to time, the nurse came to check my pulse and changed the infusion. I didn't feel any appetite. Meal looked good but I had only small portion, no more. I felt vomiting and actually vomited a couple of times. Nurse available 24 a day. There is a button on the bed, U can call anytime.
After 3 days in a hospital I was taken back to a hotel by a taxi. Outside was so hot, the road was bumpy, the exotic music in a taxi, still feeling anesthesia , I was feeling vomiting and when the taxi got to a hotel, I could't help but vomiting. 
Back to my room, with AC on, laying down on a big bed, I felt good and thought the first big part is finally over....
External Tibia with Dr. Sringari at Jane hospital in April 2015
im glad i was asleep for my operation, i had no side effects as well such as headache.
but anyway cound't find Flexura (Metaxalone) in the pharaxy here, i will ask again for anything with the ingrediant Metaxalone, it may be called skelaxin over here.
as i said before my painkillers are literally paracetamol, my doctor said about your painkiiler.
Metaxalone is muscle relaxant and central blocker (in brain) of pain. There is many side effects. I don't mind if you use it. However Paracetamol tab 500 mg (available in any pharmacy) 3-4 times per day one tab is better without serious side effects.
however in my experience the paracetamol doens't help much, but maybe i can't get the Metaxalone from a regular pharmacy?
Thanks for letting me know.
Never knew that Frexura has such a bad side effect. I try to take only once a day, not in the morning. But I have to say this pills works a lot. One day I was feeling sever pain and also I couldn't do much of bend knee exercise. I asked to my physio, Dr. Harry and he said that I should take this pill. Once taken it, no pain and flexibility got better. Since that day, I've been taking this pill day and night everyday, more like one and half months now.
I never heard about your pill but I will ask to my physio when he comes today. thank you for sharing me with this. Too bad that u can't get this pill, here in India I have no difficulties to buy this pills, probably any pharmacies selling it.
Serbia.. Never thought about it. hope u're doing well over there.
Hello Wintersleep
It's very understandable that after seeing that picture, everybody got scared, me not exceptional.. I will ask about this to Harry when he comes over, let u know later.
About X ray, so far I have turned about 8.9 cm and X ray showed ( on July 31st) 7.9 cm for right leg and 7.7 cm for left leg.So,from my experience I don't think you need to worry about a lot less gaining than actual turning.
Obviously you gain less than turning because in the beginning of turning your muscle is tight so the muscle doesn't separate from tissue easily, so it takes time. But you keep turning and once you make a certain gap, the faster you can make a gap. that's Harry told me.
Here is other patient and his X-ray was pretty good too.
Here is two patients in a care and other patient had frames removed this morning. He was taken to a hospital accompanied by Dr. Harry the early morning today and supposed to be coming back tonight..
Hope everything going well.. Nothing heard from my frame removal from doctor, hope to able to remove frames soon...
Thanks, just to clarify that I will be about 7.5 cm tall, not 9 cm. I've turned about 9 cm and got about 8 cm. And, in frame removal, my physio told me some mm would be lost, so I would be something like 7.5 mm taller, that will put me 169.5 cm or something,which is just below the average height of Japanese male. ( av. 171 cm)
Actually I told to doctor and Harry I would like to remove frames on Aug. 5th which is tomorrow but so far nothing is informed...don't know why... After frame removal, I will do the consolidation here, probably one month or so. Not sure yet..
I am not really afraid of long tibia. Yes, My tibia is getting longer but my tibia looked a bit shorter compared to my femur before the surgery, so the proportion wise, it should be OK.
How about u? Let me know a little bit of yourself.. ( when you remove frames , the LL method, where u do consolidation etc..)
its monorail so i remove the frames when i am fully consolodated, which would be 8-10 months post op depending on length.
i am aiming for 4.5-6cm depeding on how well i do.
consolidatoin will be at home, so whenever i stop lengthening i will return back home, i can remove the device at home by hand, no surgery necesarry.
Dear Parle,
I just want to thank you for your diary. It sounds like such an emotional experience (going to a foreign country, not sure what will happen from one moment to the next), but when you write about it you just put down the facts. I like that when things don't happen as they're supposed to you just note it in your diary and move on. I hope I can have half as much of your courage and bravery for my surgery at the end of this month. Thanks again!
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