I appreciate your honesty in this diary, unlike another person who is keeping silence on all this. I've been pm'ing a guy on LL Forum and I am disgusted.
Big faker is a coward for keeping his mouth shut about his complications, far from a honest diary he promised. A new guy wants to come to Dr Sringari, the management told bigfaker to talk to him on skype and he's not telling him the truth.
LON with the boys at Dr Sringari--India (Complete)
Update: Had new x-rays on Saturday. The measurements are sporadic as usual, but I think I've gotten over 5cm by now, so I'm calling it quits. I've booked frame removal for Thursday, which probably means sometime between the 17th and 21st in reality. The doctor came today. I told him I'm worried about a discrepancy. I told him the left leg has been lagging behind the first on all x-rays except for this last one, where they're said to be equal. He glanced at my legs, touched the ankles of both legs, and somehow deduced from this act that they were equal and told me not to worry. To me, the gap on the right leg looks substantially larger, but perhaps this is just the way it's cut. Not going to worry about it too much I guess... it is what it is.
Regarding the Big Faker, he is alive and well here. He's not as vocal as I may be, but he is just as discontent as I am on many issues. I've definitely become the most outspoken here, so perhaps the others feel no need to speak out as much. I'll let him speak for himself though. I've heard of the new patient, but he's not contacted me as yet, and the management haven't put me in contact with him (big surprise?). If he comes to the guest house, I'll definitely be telling him there look to be better options out there for the money.
New x-rays ASAP.
*Actual length of rod: 5.4cm
Left leg anterior:
Left leg lateral:
Right leg anterior:
Right leg lateral:
*Actual length of rod: 5.4cm
Left leg anterior:
Left leg lateral:
Right leg anterior:
Right leg lateral:
Looking good in terms of bone growth and alignment. It's hard to tell the exact gains by just measuring the gaps. Are you going to have a standing x-ray taken so the entire legs can be measured?
Looking good in terms of bone growth and alignment. It's hard to tell the exact gains by just measuring the gaps. Are you going to have a standing x-ray taken so the entire legs can be measured?
No. Did they do that in China? Like I said, all he did today was grasp my ankles while I laid in bed, and from this he supposedly was able to tell that my legs were equal. I asked him how, and he gave some half-hearted explanation, then went on to my roommate, lol...
I've been taking mega doses of vitamin c (3g/day) for the past two weeks and flaxseed oil for over a month. I find both these drugs imperative in my regimen. A lot of pain has been quelled since I've started taking the flaxseed and vitamin c keeps the body overall in good spirits. I think it's helped with the callus in these latest x-rays too, but I don't know if that's possible or not.
Quote from: Polycrates. on March 09, 2014, 06:26:13 PMNo. Did they do that in China? Like I said, all he did today was grasp my ankles while I laid in bed, and from this he supposedly was able to tell that my legs were equal. I asked him how, and he gave some half-hearted explanation, then went on to my roommate, lol...
Yes, an x-ray taken of the whole lower body while standing, after the lengthening phase. They used that to determine how much we gained and whether our alignment was proper before the 2nd surgery.
I believe the CT scan measurements, where the left leg was behind 2mm. I might turn the left leg two more days for good measure, haven't decided....
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