I will ask Dr Fahri today whether it is safe to lengthen 0.25 mm every 2 hours!
Some useful russian phrases and words I learnt!
1) Spasi-bah/Spicy-ba: thank you
2) Itz-li-ni-tzia: Excuse me, or Sorry!
3) Ku-reet-sa: Chicken
4) Ry-ba: Fish
5) Ree-ba: Arm
6) Toilat: Toilet
7) Shampun: Shampoo
Chas: A moment please
9) Spa-tchz: Sleep
10) Nyet: No
11) Da: Yes
12) Bol: Pain
13) Ochen Bol: Very Pain
14) Ya Ni Panimayo: I don't understand
15) Ang-ga-lese : English
16) Injektion/U-kol: Injection
17) Dobrile Ooo-tra: Good morning
18) Pree-vat: Hello
19) Harasho: Good/ OK
20) Kra-See-Vah: Beautiful
21) Infeksion: Infection
22) Pa-zhal-ulsta: Please
23) Add-miem: Exchange (currency)
24) Kra-see-vee: Beautiful
25) Mala-det: Excellent
26) Spa-see-ba Balshoye: Thank you very much
27) Vee-Cher-Rom: in evening
28) Zavtra : tomorrow
Lengthening with Dr Bagirov in Moscow (9th December surgery date)
Final things for doctor
1) I need airport security letter (to clear metal detectors)
2) I need a letter in English to my university to say that I have done surgery (please do not say it is cosmetic surgery)
3) I need a letter to certify that I am fit for volunteering. I intend to volunteer at a hospice. And they want a letter from the doctor to say that I am well enough to help out.
4) Can I take tramadol with katadalon if pain is too severe?
Hi itsmylife, your diary is very informative.
You are doing very well.
cheers paco.
thank you!
I did look at crimsontide and wannabegiant diary.
I think crimsontide didn't do enough walking.....at day 10 post op he was barely walking, but I was walking from the first day; that is why he had ballerina, I am taking care it doesnt happen to me! 
I hope he is better now after his release surgery!
I still have no sleeping pills, ketoprofen injectables and muscle ache gel. Sigh. Problems with transalations at the pharmacy!
Probably the last video I am uploading on walking without aid:
read the description for more information 
I think I am getting fatter, all the junk food I order everyday, hahaha. Today, no junk food, except one instant noodle I had earlier this morning
Okay, someone asked me if there was pain. Hell, yes.
If there are Four words to describe this journey: pain, boredom, sleep problems, ill-tasting (most of the time) hospital food!
Pain: Painkillers never relieve 100% of the pain. Sometimes though you have 100% no pain. Pain comes and go, different kinds of pain and different sites of pain. This is the most terrible part of the whole journey perhaps. The first few days was so painful. Now, it is better, but still painful. It is painful to keep my left leg straight. My right knee hurts now. The pin-sites hurt less now. Thank God.
Boredom: pretty much nothing to do, or no mood to do productive stuff. I brought a book but haven't read much of it! So, don't bring medical textbooks expecting you will read most of it. Well, I actually did read a lot about the procedure, what to expect, patient's experiences, about the drugs that they gave to me (more on that later, if anyone cares to ask; its really detailed and I'm not gonna write if nobody's going to Bagirov)
Sleep problems: Yes, even with Chlorpheniramine (at high doses) I have trouble staying asleep. I usually sleep for 5-7 hours. Last night, I woke up at 2 hours with quite bad pain at my legs. I also had stomach discomfort (first time in Russia, besides the diarhooea inscidents recently); I beared with it. Did some hypnotherapy, and took painkillers. Managed to sleep another few hours. I try to get as close to 7 hours of sleep as I can. Our body needs that to heal. (cf: a study says that healing of fractures not affected by sleep deprivation); the hospital environment is not really conducive for sleep, so I lock the door at night; I don't know why but this helps me. I will explore more on hypnotherapy. But hypnotherapy does not really work for me when I tried to sleep again, because there was quite bad pain! You WILL find that sometimes, maybe because of the environment, AND the awkward sleeping positions, you will have trouble sleeping! Today, tomorrow and the day after, I will use benzodiazepines to help me to sleep. After that, I will be back to chlorpheniramine. (using anti-histamines too long destroys their drowsiness effect).
And yes, the hospital food, most of the time, tastes really bland and weird. Even the Russians admitted they have a bit different food. It's a godsend when the nurse buys food from the nearby Burger King. Really. Or when you get pushed out on a wheelchair to buy food
Quote from: ItsMyLife on December 19, 2014, 06:07:07 AMProbably the last video I am uploading on walking without aid:
read the description for more information
I think I am getting fatter, all the junk food I order everyday, hahaha. Today, no junk food, except one instant noodle I had earlier this morning
Okay, someone asked me if there was pain. Hell, yes.
If there are Four words to describe this journey: pain, boredom, sleep problems, ill-tasting (most of the time) hospital food!
Pain: Painkillers never relieve 100% of the pain. Sometimes though you have 100% no pain. Pain comes and go, different kinds of pain and different sites of pain. This is the most terrible part of the whole journey perhaps. The first few days was so painful. Now, it is better, but still painful. It is painful to keep my left leg straight. My right knee hurts now. The pin-sites hurt less now. Thank God.
Boredom: pretty much nothing to do, or no mood to do productive stuff. I brought a book but haven't read much of it! So, don't bring medical textbooks expecting you will read most of it. Well, I actually did read a lot about the procedure, what to expect, patient's experiences, about the drugs that they gave to me (more on that later, if anyone cares to ask; its really detailed and I'm not gonna write if nobody's going to Bagirov)
Sleep problems: Yes, even with Chlorpheniramine (at high doses) I have trouble staying asleep. I usually sleep for 5-7 hours. Last night, I woke up at 2 hours with quite bad pain at my legs. I also had stomach discomfort (first time in Russia, besides the diarhooea inscidents recently); I beared with it. Did some hypnotherapy, and took painkillers. Managed to sleep another few hours. I try to get as close to 7 hours of sleep as I can. Our body needs that to heal. (cf: a study says that healing of fractures not affected by sleep deprivation); the hospital environment is not really conducive for sleep, so I lock the door at night; I don't know why but this helps me. I will explore more on hypnotherapy. But hypnotherapy does not really work for me when I tried to sleep again, because there was quite bad pain! You WILL find that sometimes, maybe because of the environment, AND the awkward sleeping positions, you will have trouble sleeping! Today, tomorrow and the day after, I will use benzodiazepines to help me to sleep. After that, I will be back to chlorpheniramine. (using anti-histamines too long destroys their drowsiness effect).
And yes, the hospital food, most of the time, tastes really bland and weird. Even the Russians admitted they have a bit different food. It's a godsend when the nurse buys food from the nearby Burger King. Really. Or when you get pushed out on a wheelchair to buy food
Buy an Xbox or play station. That should relieve some boredom.
If you've never played Skyrim, now is the time!
Skyrim: Legendary Edition, Fallout 3: GOTY, and Fallout: New Vegas really helped me.get through lengthening. Especially on the big HDTV I'm the hotel room.
HAHAHA you gaming freaks.
I will read my textbooks (or try to) later!
And also watch some movies. Damned it that torrent doesn't work on me in this crucial time. Can't download any movies. And those streaming movie websites are all fake, just trashy ads. Does anyone know of any good place to stream movies? legit? Please!
Watching music videos, reading a book, surfing the net, texting friends, speaking to a LL patient, and doing physio has been taking up most of my time. Its pretty boring!!
Netflix and Hulu Plus
Thanks bro, just register? They are genuine?
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