LON tibia with HeightIncreaseInfo(HII) team Gurgaon

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Nope, nothing like that for me. I told them I will be writing a diary much later after the surgery anyway.
Also, just to be clear I am not here to promote them. I have discussed this with Dr. Hirdesh(Harry). I will share my journey as I experience it and he asked me to do the same.
So far I have had a really positive experience with the team but I will be candid with my experience as it progresses.

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After day 6:

The pain was minor and I was constantly sleeping 6-8 hours each night due to a bunch of continued meds. I thought this is a breeze but it didn't last long. The most discomforting thing was not being able to go to the washroom and requiring 2 people to carry me using the wheelchair till I learned to manage it myself.

Started lengthening on day 7 - Doing 1 mm/day.
Also, sitting for long hours due to work caused discomfort on the tailbone due to constant pressure so I got a cushion for support. It has relieved the problem a bit but still sitting long hours was a trouble.

Other than that, I had a normal schedule - sleep, work, eat, physio 2 times.

The routine medicines got over on day13~14 and I shifted to painkillers only for SOS, the real discomfort started kicking in and I experienced those sleepless nights. I was going to sleep at around 11 PM each day, would wake up at 1-2 AM due to pains in my shin and osteotomy sites. Would try to alter positions, massage my feet, nothing really helped. Each night I was getting a sleep of only 3-4 hours while I was on bed for 7-8 hours. This was really tiring and troublesome since I couldn't sleep during the day because of my work. This continued for a week.

Went for xrays when I hit 1 cm turning(day 16) -
https://imgur.com/a/0boiOW4

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Quote from: MaheshDalle on July 17, 2023, 08:06:04 AMAfter day 6:

The pain was minor and I was constantly sleeping 6-8 hours each night due to a bunch of continued meds. I thought this is a breeze but it didn't last long. The most discomforting thing was not being able to go to the washroom and requiring 2 people to carry me using the wheelchair till I learned to manage it myself.

Started lengthening on day 7 - Doing 1 mm/day.
Also, sitting for long hours due to work caused discomfort on the tailbone due to constant pressure so I got a cushion for support. It has relieved the problem a bit but still sitting long hours was a trouble.

Other than that, I had a normal schedule - sleep, work, eat, physio 2 times.

The routine medicines got over on day13~14 and I shifted to painkillers only for SOS, the real discomfort started kicking in and I experienced those sleepless nights. I was going to sleep at around 11 PM each day, would wake up at 1-2 AM due to pains in my shin and osteotomy sites. Would try to alter positions, massage my feet, nothing really helped. Each night I was getting a sleep of only 3-4 hours while I was on bed for 7-8 hours. This was really tiring and troublesome since I couldn't sleep during the day because of my work. This continued for a week.

Went for xrays when I hit 1 cm turning(day 16) -
https://imgur.com/a/0boiOW4





I see. Hope it goes well for you bro.

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also did they put you on antibiotics yet?

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Day 16 - Day21

During the day, the pain was low and manageable and apart from just taking longer time to do the chores, everything including my work was manageable. Also, had been working 7-8 hours. It had its pros and cons, kept me distracted from the discomfort but everything was many folds harder. Constant days of low sleep also wore me off. I’d say I was like 50% me during the work.
Started going to the in house gym at the centre to train upper body. Have been doing ~30-40 mins 4 days a week.

The nights were the worst. Not being a flat sleeper, I experimented with different sleep positions. Nothing was really comfortable but I was able to sleep on the side using two pillows to support the upper rings of the fixator.
Also, was trying to taper down the painkillers. Had been taking one a day for 3-4 days. After that, started taking just half each night. They helped but still not a lot. Would wake up each day at ~ 1-2 am, and sit for like 2-3 hours. This was really tough and it mentally wears you down. You just want to sleep, but the constant discomfort keeps you awake.

Anyway, this continued for a week till I figured out the sleeping positions, and avoided sleeping during the day to get tired and sleep at night.
Overall, the max pain I faced so far is 5-6/10 but the constant discomfort is still really bad.
Distraction is continued 1mm/day.

Thanks @abc_! I will answer your question in the next update, don’t wanna spoil the chronology.

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i see no problem, how are u keeping up?

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I am doing fine, thanks! Just got a bit of muscle pain near left shins. It is day 37 post op. Will update the details for the previous days soon.

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Day 22 - Day 32

This week was a bit more comfortable as I figured out the sleeping positions. Was able to sleep 5-6 hours. Also, I took only about 2-2.5 pain killers the entire week.

On day 27, developed some minor inflammations + pin tearing on the upper right pin. This was really painful the day it started, knee bending was restricted due to the pain.
Had to take a single physio session rest. There was very minor discharge, was prescribed antibiotics for 5 days. Also, pin cleaning increased during this period. Every alternate day, was getting the dressings changed. Pain reduced in a couple of days but inflammation took about 8-9 days to go away completely.

Other than that, activities continued normally - Work, Gym(4 days a week), 2 times physio + 1mm turning per day.

On day 32, after 25.5mm turning, went for xrays - https://imgur.com/a/GWZ43l0

They prescribed some general supplements after 1st xray on day 17 - Ashwagandha, Revital(Multivitamin), Evion(Vitamin E), Suprical(Vitamin D3), Limcee(Vitamin C).
Also, apart from this was taking 1 scoop whey, collagen(5-6gm) per day.

After the 2nd xray, also started BoostBone DS tablets(twice per day), D3 shots(60000IU-twice per week).

So far, the experience with the team has been really good. They are open to feedbacks and any concern gets addressed soon enough.

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i hope your infection recovers quickly...is this common in the clinic that patients develop pinsite infections?

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Not many cases here. The inspection/cleaning protocol is good here.
I am not certain if this was pinsite infection. The pain was mostly due to skin tear and the discharge was mostly blood with a bit of plasma. Nothing looked like pus.
I developed this overnight and immediately informed them in the morning and a prompt action was taken.