I have constant 7/10 pain here in the hospital. I have a spinal paracetamol injection in my back but even that doesn't do anything to the pain. I can barely sleep and wake up every 3 hours. On top of that, it's extremely loud outside my hospital room with cars honking for literally no reason. I feel sad and depressed.
2 1/2 days after surgery, still in the hospital. I'm able to bend my knees completely and my feet and ankle work. I'm still numb in my right leg and I've been numb since 2 days. It's like running a marathon to even bend my knees.
Hey ! If everything goes according to plan for me, maybe we'll meet each other in a couple months 
Quote from: wayupnorth on December 19, 2022, 07:42:16 AMHey ! If everything goes according to plan for me, maybe we'll meet each other in a couple months
Nice! All I can say is be prepared man, and make sure this is something you really want to do. None of the patients here sugar coated me the procedure, the consultant didn't sugar coat me or sell me a dream, neither did the doctor.
Quote from: shortisnotfun on December 19, 2022, 01:23:41 AMI have constant 7/10 pain here in the hospital. I have a spinal paracetamol injection in my back but even that doesn't do anything to the pain. I can barely sleep and wake up every 3 hours. On top of that, it's extremely loud outside my hospital room with cars honking for literally no reason. I feel sad and depressed.
"cars honking for literally no reason" welcome to Turkey 
What's the hospital name? Mine was so quiet might be because of good quality windows. I think tibia is much more painful than femur. Stay strong my friend, people say that with the passage of time the pain eases
Quote from: QuarkSoup on December 19, 2022, 07:47:01 AM"cars honking for literally no reason" welcome to Turkey
What's the hospital name? Mine was so quiet might be because of good quality windows. I think tibia is much more painful than femur. Stay strong my friend, people say that with the passage of time the pain eases
Esencan Hospital. And my window is literally outside a busy street. 
Yeah, I've heard that too. Tibia pain is sharper compared to Femur. Atleast that's what I've heard.
Believe me..there is nothing i want done more than this haha. Can you tell me how come the doctor did not put an intermodulary nail in the bone ? I thought you had to have an internal nail in the bone. Is it possible to lengthen with no internal nail ? Also do you know how common is it for the bone to be too narrow on the femur ?
Quote from: wayupnorth on December 19, 2022, 08:01:04 AMBelieve me..there is nothing i want done more than this haha. Can you tell me how come the doctor did not put an intermodulary nail in the bone ? I thought you had to have an internal nail in the bone. Is it possible to lengthen with no internal nail ? Also do you know how common is it for the bone to be narrow on the femur ?
I am really tiny. I'm 5 foot 3 and like 100 pounds. So my bone canal was tiny as well. The doctor said I'd be able to use just fixator without the IM nail. Hopefully that's right and I don't get non union or deformity issues.
Good luck Bro ! I'll be reading your posts everyday
It's really hard to sleep right now. Without painkillers it's impossible. I have only slept maybe 8 hours in the past 3 days.
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