Penguinn- Precice II internal femurs with Dr. Parihar

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Congrats man.

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Congrats, Penguinn, you are doing it very well.

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20th September(Day 1)
I was taken in at 10am. The IV wasn't bad and the anesthetist was a friendly guy who put me at ease. Spinal anesthesia isn't fun at all. Turns out during my surgey, they had to give general as well because my surgery was prolonged. One Precice 2 nail did not respond to its machine and another had to be put in its place.
I woke up at 8pm or so(yup that long, Parihar is a total perfectionist) in the ICU. The catheter does not hurt at all. Yay. Throughout the night, one of two nurses helped give me injections(one for when I felt like vomiting and one antibiotic) in the IV. Then I actually did vomit..felt good.

Day 2(ongoing)
Physiotherapists showed me the ropes in the morning. It's not that bad. Followed by a brief meeting from the man itself. My pain is at a 5 or so but I still have not tried walking. Will be moved to the room tomorrow. Had 3 glasses of coconut water and my blood taken.

The hospital is meh but the staff is great.

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Hopefully you dont feel that pain doingitforme had of feeling the fut and burn of it.

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Shame that one nail was faulty, maybe first patient bad luck?

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Probably hah. Once the catheter, epidural and IV come out tomorrow, I'll be better.

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Also a bit at the WTF Have I Done moment.

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Yeah Parihar is very dedicated, but its good that all is good.

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Day 3
Big difference between yesterday and today. Yesterday I was plugged to a ton of sh*t, uncomfortable and regretting LL. Today they took out the epidural, IV, catheter and changed the heavy dressings to light ones. I am now the master of my own bladder..FU catheter. I was changed into shorts and a tee. Will eat McDonalds, be taken for X Rays(on a stretcher) and then put in Room 23 where I first checked in Monday night. I'm a bit afraid of eating though I was told to eat normally from yesterday cause I really don't wanna poop like this.

The Precice nails/my thighs itself did not hurt that bad. Yesterday I'd say the pain in my legs while sitting still was 5/10. Today it is a 2-3 that jumps to 5 rarely. Very tolerable while sitting.. kind of like your legs after working out at the gym after a long time.

PT is a bit stressful but I actually like it. It's not excrutiating(so far) and does help. 2-3 times a day. Parihar says I'll be here for like 4 more days(he said 5 days yesterday so I assume.) In his words "This isn't America. I will let you go when I feel you are ready."

I respect the hell out of you externals patients. The hell you must have been through.

Oh, and lengthening only starts Day 10. :/

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my best wishes!!! Keep on pushing