My journey to become taller with Indian Spinal Injuries Centre

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You're doing the femur first right. Man that pain must really be be 9/10 like you said.

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Don't take Ibuprofene.. It can cause non-union

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Quote from: bander72 on February 12, 2017, 01:57:06 PMYou're doing the femur first right. Man that pain must really be be 9/10 like you said.

No, I started with tibia. I just had bad luck and my body didn't like the surgery at all.
So much swelling and stiffness. Now I'm afraid of external femur to be honest 

Quote from: TIBIKE200 on February 12, 2017, 01:58:32 PMDon't take Ibuprofene.. It can cause non-union

Source?
I got a prescription from my local doctor and now I'm eating them like Smarties 

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Like all NSAIDs, it slows bone consolidation since it depresses the inflamatory cytokines... And Bone regrowth like any kind of growth in the body, is based on those cytokines... Don't take NSAIDs of any kind. No LL doctor prescribes them unless pain is truly unbearable

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on February 12, 2017, 02:14:16 PMLike all NSAIDs, it slows bone consolidation since it depresses the inflamatory cytokines... And Bone regrowth like any kind of growth in the body, is based on those cytokines... Don't take NSAIDs of any kind. No LL doctor prescribes them unless pain is truly unbearable
Okay, I will look into it and go to the hospital tomorrow. They do limb reconstruction, so they should know actually.
Thanks for the heads up 

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February 1st, 2017

These are my legs the day after the surgery:




Right leg; monorail LON


Left leg; monorail LON

I wasn't the perfect candidate for LON to begin with.
There was almost not enough space for nailing and the fixators had to be attached at different angles because of my legs' physiology.
The fixators are also of different sizes, one has 4 pins and the other one has 5 pins, because during surgery I got "holes" (as the doctors called it) in my right tibia.
The nails used are 8.5mm nails from Smith&Nephew.
There is still bleeding (waste blood) on both of my legs.
The construction is fully weight-bearing.

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Why u picked monorail over classic ilizarov?

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Quote from: YourSpaceBoyfriend on February 12, 2017, 04:34:08 PMWhy u picked monorail over classic ilizarov?

They are much more comfortable and I'm not going to lengthen more than 4,5cm, which makes them quite save.

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February 2nd, 2017

The day has started with bad news for me.
They took some x-rays of my legs the day after surgery and now the doctors are worried that my bone canals might be too tight to glide over the nails while lengthening.
I have to go to the operation table again and Dr. Deepak and his team do some test lengthening while an x-ray beam is directed to my legs.
If lengthening doesn't work they will give me general anesthesia, get the nails out again and do some reaming.
The idea of going trough a second surgery has frightened the sh*t out of me.
Luckily, the lengthening works, so they use the time to check my devices.
They want to replace the threaded rod of my right leg's device which is responsible for lengthening with a smoother one.
It's stuck so they try to break it free with a screw driver first. But they still can't get it out so they go for a hammer.
I almost sh*t my disposable underwear 
But it doesn't hurt at all, just some vibration going trough my leg.
Now I'm confident as to how stable those devices are 

In the afternoon, Dr. Deepak and his team come to my room and ask me to stand up and walk for the first time.
I don't think it is a good idea, but they keep on insisting, so I raise up my heavily drugged body and get my feet to the ground in front of my bed.
They give me a walker and many helping hands, and suddenly, I stand
Walking a few steps is painful though even with painkillers and due to a lot of swelling and stiffness, my movement is very limited.
But I consider this to be the first step out of the hospital and back home again.
I just have to keep on exercising.

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February 3rd - 5th, 2017

Just doing some walking exercises and waiting for the pain to go away.
The bleeding of one of my pin sites persists, but the doctors say it's because I'm still getting blood thinners and that the issue will resolve on its own.
Four days after surgery, the pain has gone down to like 3/10 when lying on bed and 4/10 after walking. I agree to switch to oral painkillers.
My appetite is back again and I have developed a craving for everything that tastes sweet.
Sleeping is also way better now, but I can't manage to sleep for more than 4 hours, so I sleep twice a day.
I was planning to finalize my visual presentation (for university), but I can't focus on anything important.
So I rather kill time with watching TV and chatting with friends.