I just got it.. They say I can get it off tomorrow? I'm healing great! Anyone else here had urine prob? I've got some painkiller but I can't sleep too excited
Good to hear it went well
Before you said you were apprehensive about being asian in Russia, how is your overall experience so far?
Do you feel you are treated differently or the same being asian?
What are your thoughts on Russia in the short time that you've been there?
Hey buddy, it's great to read how it goes and moreover it's awesome that you feel almost no pain.
How much money hae you spent so far?
Also where you're planing to stay the time you'll be there and how much it's going to cost?
I'm strongly considering dr. Bagirov for my op and it's just so nice that you can share your experience with us, keep it up bro! 
I had my operation end at 4.15.
The pains start to come about 12 midnight, probably because I was moving my ankles and my knees a lot.I know its insane but the nurse said its good, and it wasn't realy uncomfortable either.
I stayed awake from 4.15pm after surgery until 3-4 am when I felt so horrible, like an impending sense of doom. I guess I was dehydrated or malnourished, though I really ate soooooo much earlier. Or probably I was feeling cold. low grade fever of 37.6 degrees C and apparently low blood pressure.
The nurse was really attentive to me. And I felt so bad to disturb her!
Feeling better now. I wanna update more to give back to this community. I've learnt quite a lot here.
I heard that they give footholders here in Russia too!
I find it hard to sleep even with no pain.
The doctor advises against taking sleeping pills to sleep!
I had two epidural shots yesterday and two epidural shots today. The pain is bearable even when the shots ran out, but I thought, why not eliminate all that pain. It will be worse later!
Anyway the epidurals aren't very good for you either. They impede urine! Makes it very tough to urine. i had to think about peaceful thoughts.
Pain is 5/10 when epidural wears off. More of an irritating, annoying, dull pain instead of sharp pain, which is a relief.
Different people have different threshold. I am an athlete so I think I healed faster.
Walked to the toilet and back without any problems today. and I can even stand without holding anything while urinating and stuff.
Quote from: ShortyMcShort on December 05, 2014, 06:22:03 AMDont worry, 3/4 of Russia is in Asia so they must be asian right....... 
Your starting height is already good, getting to 180cm+ will be great. How long do you plan on staying in Russia for?
Good luck, have a safe trip and LL journey and do keep us posted.
I intend to lengthen 8 cm, from 174 to 182 cm (morning height, for 3 hours)
I am thinking, 1-2 cm is not much. Why not just wear shoe-lifts? Anyone has similar thoughts? A 1-3 cm shoe lift will easily make me 185 cm, which is as tall as Obama and many basketballers.
I think the nurses here are really nice but Anna is very curt and business-like, which I find pretty nice too!
So, no asian discrimination. But I am from Singapore, a pretty developed country with a GDP per capita higher than the States, one of the Asian tigers, so to speak!
I don't know how they will react to people of other asian nationalities though. Especially since China and Russia don't really like each other.
Quote from: ShortyMcShort on December 08, 2014, 11:36:46 PMGood to hear it went well
Before you said you were apprehensive about being asian in Russia, how is your overall experience so far?
Do you feel you are treated differently or the same being asian?
What are your thoughts on Russia in the short time that you've been there?
Pretty cool place! I think they are friendlier than Americans though I have never been to America. Russians don't fake anything. If they are unhappy, they just show it. But thank God most of them were friendly to me!
But maybe I have a high nose bridge and asian mixed caucasian features! So they think I am half European/American.
I don't think Russians like Americans or Europeans either, so I think it does not matter so much.
The night, tonight was so painful. I had to have so many painkiller injections to my epidural line.
LL is NOT for the faint-hearted, and is NOT a stroll in the park. I was prepared for the pain, but I was never prepared for this amount.
I think, the problem is, I try to bear with the pain for the first two days (which according to the nurse is the worst). But once the pain hits 6-8 out of 10, I really have to inject.
Why? The pain is constant pressure, and sometimes it feels as if my leg is cut into two pieces. A very horrible feeling. It is as if, many bugs are feeding on my legs.
It is not a nice feeling. I know, I subscribed to this. I am whining, yes, but at the same time, I am not sure how common is this process? Does everyone have this problem?
I am not whining because once pain med is injected, the pain is mostly gone. But I just try to control, and avoid the injections.
It turns out that I was not used to peeing in a bottle. I never did well for those kind of things in the army as well. So strange to pee into a bottle. I can only pee in the toilet or jungle. And furthermore, this epidural injection really makes it so difficult to pee! But I believe, once you "get used" to the epidurals, you can actually pee. It is in fact, easier to pee, when the epidural wears out, so do try to do that (ie, before you get the next injection)
I just had an epidural some time ago (it is 7.30 AM here). And the ant-biting sensation is still on my legs, like hundreds of ants 
You must be logged in to post a reply.