8cm on femurs - Dr. Mahboubian

Oh my god I had an emotional roller coaster reading this. Please please PLEASE don't take multiple risks at once. Different drugs interacting with each other can have an unexpected impact on your body. Do not do anything drastic (regarding other medication) without consulting your LL doctor. Dude you almost died... I totally empathize with you not wanting to lose your job. I used to work as a software dev in Sil. Valley as well. I loved my job and my team. Leaving them was sad for all of us. But rest assured, with your skillset you can find another opportunity. It took me a lot longer than I wanted. In the process I drained a part of my 401k. But please don't play around with your life.

All the best to you on your recovery! Please keep us updated.

That was a hard read, fallen. Even harder to recollect and distill it for us I'm sure, thanks for sharing. Your health and safety comes first no matter what, if not for you do it for your parents. Hindsight 20/20!

Quote from: Purushrottam on June 14, 2018, 03:58:59 AMOh my god I had an emotional roller coaster reading this. Please please PLEASE don't take multiple risks at once. Different drugs interacting with each other can have an unexpected impact on your body. Do not do anything drastic (regarding other medication) without consulting your LL doctor. Dude you almost died... I totally empathize with you not wanting to lose your job. I used to work as a software dev in Sil. Valley as well. I loved my job and my team. Leaving them was sad for all of us. But rest assured, with your skillset you can find another opportunity. It took me a lot longer than I wanted. In the process I drained a part of my 401k. But please don't play around with your life.

All the best to you on your recovery! Please keep us updated.

Hey, so glad to hear from you, you were one of my inspirations to go through this. Yes, I won't be taking any risks from now on. And let me emphasize this, I wasn't taking any risks for most part of the lengthening. I was down to 1-2 Norcos a day, Vitamin D and Calcium, only. I made those mistakes from around May 17th to the day of the accident, May 29th, so for 12 days I was dumb as f*ck risking my health blindly to try to be more productive. At the end, it did the opposite, as I ended up missing a week of work because of that. If you asked me then if I thought something like this could happen, I'd say "of course not". I didn't know at all and didn't even think it was something that important to ask the LL doctor. I was honest with the psychiatrist regarding the medication I was taking (opioids) and I only heard a "be careful with these medications". She didn't emphasize on the danger of interactions so I didn't even bother asking someone else or looking it online. But I regret this so much now...

Anyways, I'm less than 2 weeks away from stopping lengthening and I made a promise to my parents that I wouldn't take any medication from that day on. I'm not taking any anxiolytic, or ADHD medication, or opioids. It's the least I could do for me and for them. Even Tylenol, it's the only exception we agreed on but at most 2 a day, but I'm not taking any. So I'm dealing with pain and it's increasing as I reach the end, but I can handle it. I feel like I was born again and I have more energy than ever. I'm really grateful to be alive and I won't mess up by any chance. And regarding jobs, I guess you're right, but in my case I'm here on H-1B. My green card is arriving by the end of the year. H-1B is linked to your company and if you leave it, you have 1 month at most to find a new job and now it's not the best timing to do job hunt. But honestly, it was all in my head. My company is being EXTREMELY supportive and with all the benefits I have, I don't want to leave it. The health insurance I have was provided by the company and it paid half of the surgery cost, which is a lot. I really want to stay here, at least for a couple more years.

Thanks for the message and hope you're doing great!

EDIT: correcting myself, I'm waiting for Dr. Mahboubian's Gabapentin prescription to arrive, and I'll actually be taking it for the nerve pains, but he said it's safe.

Quote from: Android on June 14, 2018, 04:37:26 AMThat was a hard read, fallen. Even harder to recollect and distill it for us I'm sure, thanks for sharing. Your health and safety comes first no matter what, if not for you do it for your parents. Hindsight 20/20!

Yeah man, it was pretty tough to talk about it in the beginning. I was having trouble to sleep because I couldn't stop thinking that "I shouldn't be here", "how could I be so lucky?", "how could I be so stupid?". I didn't want to know what happened prior to arriving at the hospital at first, but then when my mom told me, and then when I met the two people that helped (the nurse who did CPR and the guy who helped put me on the floor), I was shocked. NEVER thought something like this was going to happen to me. But now, ~16 days later, I'm feeling more comfortable to talk about it. It wasn't easy writing it down but I'm glad I did, maybe it'll help raise awareness on the evils of pharma. I'm just glad I got away with it.

Hope you're doing fine!

This was indeed not easy to read. I really feel sorry for your mother...

I'm happy that you're doing better now!

i am glad you are doing better now!

is it possible to have blood clots in your legs this long after the operation? i thought they were a problem only immediately following the surgery...

Quote from: fokid on June 15, 2018, 12:30:02 PMi am glad you are doing better now!

is it possible to have blood clots in your legs this long after the operation? i thought they were a problem only immediately following the surgery...

Hey fokid,

If you look at one of my first posts after the surgery, around my 5th day, I went to the emergency room with so much pain that I felt I was going to lose my leg. My right leg was extremely swollen, its perimeter outgrew the left one by many centimeters, and I had big dark bruises all over my hamstrings going down to my lower leg. I think that was the first sign that something was off. We are almost sure now that that's when I should have started the treatment. My right leg has been swollen for the entire process. Every PT that sees my hamstrings notice instantly how it's different from the left leg. Of course, not that different now, from a front perspective they look the same, but the back of the leg (which is where the femoral vein goes through) always showed a clear signal of having a DVT.
Problem was: the technician that did ultrasound on me most likely missed it. Or, the DVT was on its initial stages. In any case, Dr. Mahboubian didn't think it was a problem and told us not to worry, because the ultrasound didn't show anything. I honestly think I should had followed up and done another set of ultrasounds, like a week later. I say this because my right leg was always more swollen than the left from the entire process, something wasn't right. I trust Dr. M and respect him but maybe he overlooked this based on probabilities -- my age, my ultrasound result, his own numbers of how many of his patients had this, which should be very low. When only looking at those variables I think it's very easy to assume I didn't have anything serious. But sometimes fk the numbers, right? I had the symptoms, all of them, I can check all items on every checklist of "Symptoms of DVT". And eventually I was diagnosed with it. And add the fact that I was doing PT 5 times a day. I was moving a lot. Exercising a lot. But I wasn't on blood thinner. I don't see how it could have happened here, after I came back to the Bay Area. I'm pretty sure it developed during my first week after surgery and it was overlooked.

I am very surprised that the doctor did not prescribe blood thinner with this type of surgery. With orthopedic surgeries this is a must. It is scary. Good luck. Also, there are genetic markers that can tell if you are prone to this type of cloths.

   Hey fallen, it was indeed tough to read this again, and in even more detail this time. I can imagine how frightened your parents must have been. They are such nice people, you're so fortunate to have them there supporting you (not to mention it saved your life). So glad you're back on track and doing well now. Just keep stretching as much as possible and that will help alleviate the need for Norco, especially at night time. I think it's great that you shared this with everyone to raise awareness about the possible dangers of medication.

Quote from: concernedmom on June 15, 2018, 06:14:21 PMI am very surprised that the doctor did not prescribe blood thinner with this type of surgery. With orthopedic surgeries this is a must. It is scary. Good luck. Also, there are genetic markers that can tell if you are prone to this type of cloths.

even dr. parihar doesn't prescribe them i think.

blood thinners can increase risk of compartment syndrome apparently. https://www.allinahealth.org/mdex/ND2190G.HTM