Dr.Uysal + AFA - 2021DEC21 - LON (Tibia + Femur)

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Did you get general or spinal anesthesia? How was this decision taken based on pros and cons?

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Day 2, 3. (Dec 22 ,23 2021)
I went though cycles of sleeping, eating, sleeping, eating. With minor movements of my legs in between. The pain level has increased a small amount as I gained full control over my legs. 2/10 pain at most. Still had my IV medications keeping the pain in control. I was introduced to my walker on day 2 to learn to use my broken legs to stand. Started to take steps around the room on Days 3. The process of trusting the ring fixation to bare my body weight and using the walker to maintain balance was tough at first. The magic of human body and its adaptation process was nothing short of miracle. With in the first 10 steps, I was able to learn to balance, move and bend my knees.

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Quote from: bloggerdude on January 01, 2022, 08:59:17 AMDid you get general or spinal anesthesia? How was this decision taken based on pros and cons?
Hey bloggerdude 
General Anesthesia, I didn't have a choice on the type of anesthesia. I have had Spinal anesthesia years ago for another surgery. I prefer This IV injection for sure. The injection into the spinal area was uncomfortable to say the least.

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Quote from: PerfectBody on December 21, 2021, 03:28:30 PMGood luck on your journey man. This is a tough one, but you'll come out much greater for it. Road to 180cm!!
Hi Perfectbody! 
Thank you Sir! I have read your diary a few times... Thank you for sharing! 

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Quote from: BagOfMilk on January 01, 2022, 09:07:37 AMHey bloggerdude 
General Anesthesia, I didn't have a choice on the type of anesthesia. I have had Spinal anesthesia years ago for another surgery. I prefer This IV injection for sure. The injection into the spinal area was uncomfortable to say the least.

thank you for replying. I have heard spinal is much more safe and I'm surprised many places dont give a choice to the patient.

Good luck on your journey and happy new year

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Quote from: Bob on December 27, 2021, 05:35:34 PMLooking forward to follow your case with Dr. Uysal and AFA.

Hey Bob!  I will keep updating this post as this process goes on. You can see some of my more current pics and vid on IG. 

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Day 4,5 . (Dec 24, 25 2021)
The IV pain medication was stopped on day 4. Oral medication was given periodically. Catheter was also removed. I now can make it to the washroom with the walker to stand and pee. Pain level is now 0-3-5/10 depending on movement and time of day. 0 pain when lying in bed. 2-3/10 pain when I stand on my legs and move around the room or to goto the washroom. My legs and feet got quite swollen after I first stood up for awhile. When I stand on my legs for the first time after lying down for awhile. The blood seems to be rushing to the legs quickly which may cause some pain. 5/10 pain at around 2-5 am. This pain is a throbbing type of pain. Mainly around the osteotomy site, mainly my right leg. It does not last long tho. 30-60 seconds at mosts, Maybe once an hour. Im super stiff in the mornings, laying down and bending the knees back hurts. This does fade quickly as I do more bending movements. I learnt to bare the pain at first and force my self to bend the knees to it limits more and more. It gets to the point where it is super flexible and no pain at all. This usually takes less than 10 min for warming up. The incision sites don't seems to be causing much pain at all, even at max bending on my knees.

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Quote from: bloggerdude on January 01, 2022, 09:13:26 AMthank you for replying. I have heard spinal is much more safe and I'm surprised many places dont give a choice to the patient.

Good luck on your journey and happy new year

Thank you! I really appreciate it! 

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Hey bagofmilk congrats on your surgery. Care to share photos of your hotel room? And also sorry if already posted I must have missed it but how much did you pay in total including accommodation? Thanks and wish you a speedy recovery!

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60kg is to little weight, very few adult men (profile of most of those who do LL) weight less than 60kg, so this makes no sense.