I wanna know if painkiller get less effective overtime. I'm on 350gr paracetamol before bed and can sleep for maybe 2-3 hours, this is bad for everything. I wonder, should I up the dose for better sleep. how many hours can you sleep per night?
Quote from: dexter1930 on June 26, 2021, 09:58:04 PMI wanna know if painkiller get less effective overtime. I'm on 350gr paracetamol before bed and can sleep for maybe 2-3 hours, this is bad for everything. I wonder, should I up the dose for better sleep. how many hours can you sleep per night?
Typically yes. But the painkillers they prescribe imo are nowhere near strong enough for the pain we’re experiencing. They’re the equivalence if Tylenol
Quote from: Fiveandsomething on June 27, 2021, 07:13:18 AMTypically yes. But the painkillers they prescribe imo are nowhere near strong enough for the pain we’re experiencing. They’re the equivalence if Tylenol
know, sad man, I bet we all do miss the time when we were normal, still gotta finish the mission
Wednesday June 30 - 47 days since surgery - ~45±1mm gained
Exit surgery - scheduled for June 2nd! By then I should have reached 4.7cm, which is close enough to 5cm in my book. I don’t care for the remaining 3mm, lmao
The only pain I have is nerve pain. It bites extremely hard when I move my leg from a resting position (flat).
Flexibility is still but I can walk easily unassisted.. Penguin with a duck ass, but still walking. Today I went up stairs! Like 15 steps with crutches and hand rails. I definitely put a ton of my weight on the crutches and rails. Somebody recorded a video, I’ll post it when I can.
Very exited for this cursed process to come to an end. So tired of stretching 3 hours a day, Jesus
Saturday July 2nd - 51 days since surgery - ~47±1mm gained
POST REMOVAL SURGERY!
Hi all, I just got back to the hotel. Yesterday was the fixater removal surgery. The procedure lasts about 1 hour, which is good because long surgeries tend to leave me super debilitated. I woke in the post-surgery room cold and in tremendous pain. The nurse gave me a shot of something to help me but it wasn't that helpful. I was wheeled back to my room (in pain) and waited what felt like an hour (in increasing pain) for painkillers.
This experience was utterly brutal, 9/10 pain. I was in bed howling in pain, begging for painkillers. Not sure why but they need consent to administer pain killer to me, but this happened last time too, and to other patients. After what felt like 30-60 minutes, the doctor's assistant visited me. 5 minutes later the nurse came in and administered two painkillers; one helped a little (made me drowsy) and the other one completely undid the pain. It was crazy effective! I didn't feel pain for the rest of the stay at the hospital. Morphine? Contramol? I'm not sure.
For the first time in a while I slept (almost) like a baby. I woke in 3-4 hour intervals but without pain or discomfort so I fell back asleep with no problem. It was an incredibly comfortable experience after the 1 hour of post-op hell, all things considered.
I'm back in my hotel room (about 14 hours after surgery) and am doing ok. Sometimes when I move I still feel the presence of the fixater. My legs are pretty damn swollen. Here's some pics: https://imgur.com/a/QhvKB9C - Sorry about my huge magnum dong
Right now I'm in my hotel room. Getting up is a scary challenge and I need to eat. I should also take a painkiller before my situation worsens. Welp
Congrats man,take it easy from there for a few days to recover properly,when are you planning to go home ?
Quote from: Apollo676 on July 03, 2021, 10:17:38 PMCongrats man,take it easy from there for a few days to recover properly,when are you planning to go home ?
Thank you. The next few days won't be easy. I'm leaving on the week of July 19th - I have about 2 weeks here to recover.
I'm well at the end of my goal in the first recovery stage, 3 days after removal. I heavily regret this. I don't care about my height anymore - so I guess my height dysphoria is cured.
I want to sleep sideways, I want my family and friends. I miss comfortably relaxing, working out, running, driving. It feels like these things are so fking far away.
It's 3 days after the removal (friday night) and I feel like my body is deteriorating. Hands and arms hurt, legs (obviously) hurt, spine is fked up, no ass. This procedure is fking awful.
I regret this.
Give it some time dude,you went through the hardest,hopefully from now it's only going to get better,you might change your mind in a few weeks,i mean i know it's not going to help you right now,but i really wish you a good recovery,you lengthen a conservative amount,went hard into your physio and diet,i bet you're going to recover wonderfully
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