LON with the boys at Dr Sringari--India (Complete)

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Will be posting here with more regularity in the future.

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This pin site infection is really getting to me. That coupled with Harry's blatant lying is wearing me thin. I'm going to let a few days pass before I post something excessive.

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Let's see if they can implement the changes we've asked for.

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I was promised a visit from the good doctor on the eve of christmas but it never came to fruition. Was told he was in the OT, aka his home. Was told the good doctor would arrive at 8am this morning, but that also never transpired.

The nurse came to clean my bad pin and I can see the skin cutting now. It's very deep, but the thing that concerns me is the angle at which it is cutting. Its not straight up and down, not even close. It cuts from the left to the right at a 45 degree angle. Anybody ever see something like this before? I can be certain that it's cutting muscle at this angle too. No wonder it's so inflamed. I'm pretty sure the frame wasn't screwed together correctly. There is no support rod on that side and I can easily bend the first two rings closer together on that side...

I'll post a pic of it when I can.

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It is my intent to be more candid on this forum, as I'm away from the prying eyes and searing beams of the censors at work on old forums. Trust me, if something horrible happens here, I'll be posting it.

The doctor has not been negligent, so please guys, don't jump to conclusions that my life is at risk here. The issues pertain mostly to the function, or lack thereof, of the guesthouse. It's amazing what having internet for one night can do for perspective. Instead of focusing on my pain, I'm merrily browsing to my heart's content. If the internet can stay and the food continues to improve (a few meals have definitely been improved) then it will become a much more pleasant experience. At least, they seem to be reacting to our complaints.

The doctor did end up showing tonight. He has had me on a new antibiotic now for a few days and said the swelling and pain will subside by Saturday, his next planned visit. I can attest to the diminishment of the pain. It's definitely improved but far from okay. I still cant bend the knee or lift the leg due to it, and it's hampering my physio. He said I can get a pin change if it doesn't get better.

On my last x-ray I noticed a slight misalignment of the right tibia from a lateral view. I asked the doctor about this and he confirmed this for me. I asked if it'll correct itself and he said no.... And that he doesn't make corrections at nail locking either. He was adamant that with LON any slight deviation is acceptable as long as the bone conforms to the nail. I'll get a scan of the xray and post it here for you to take a look.

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And a note on Indian etiquette and correspondence: if you ever happen to venture to this land of the world's finest, you should come knowing full well, as confirmed by my caretaker, that every time you are told to show up somewhere at a certain time and date you must automatically add one day to the date and 6 hours to the time and then make your arrival. To spice things up and keep people on their toes, you are allowed to modify this date and time up to five times, without telling the person you've done so (that'd ruin the magic), suitable to your taste of mystery and suspense.

The world's greatest superpower certainly harbours the world's most enigmatic populace. I reckon that the suspense and uncertainty involved in all matters here is conducive to improving the intellectual prowess and fecundity of the minds of the world's finest. You never know what to expect.

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That post was in reference to the internet tech, who still hasn't showed.

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I know. It really surprised and worried me too. I was expecting some sort of correction to be performed by him. He is the doc after all.

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There was no deviation in my anterior xray from the first time. The deviation is seen in the lateral view. Sringari said that the way it will heal is a normal occurrence in some people. He was even audacious enough to say that he himself has bone spurs.

And to answer your question, no. There has never been a patient here told to turn one rod more than another and there has never been a definitive measure of the legs before frame removal. I am really worried about developing a length discrepancy becomes it seems that everyone is always a mm or two behind one leg, but when they take your final xray they're magically measured to be equal. I'm not religious by any stretch, but I have consigned myself to praying every night that I can just get out of here and walk again. I don't really think about the height right now. I don't want to spend my twenties having to pay for this decision, but it's the position I placed myself in.

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Appreciate the reassurance, bud. We're both in the thick of it, so of course we have all the right to worry over these things. The doctor becomes less and less reassuring with responses I would never have imagined coming out of his mouth. Hopefully we both come out fine. If not, I pray we can get assistance in our homelands for whatever corrections we may ultimately need. The fact that life as I knew it can be over forever is discomforting, lol. Now I need to get back to praying.