TIBIA LENGTHENING IN MOSCOW WITH DR BAGIROV

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Paco, let me tell you the truth.. I used to think of how would look before I got the Surgery. . Now that I have gotten the surgery,  all I care about is getting through this with as few complications, and for it to be as painless as possible. .. i dont think even for a second about how the frame looks, that's a luxury for people reading about ll, not  For those going through it.   All that should concern you is getting the most stable frame as possible. .. Trust me,  you will not be thinking about how the frame looks  once you get the Surgery. ..

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Quote from: crimsontide on April 05, 2014, 07:51:02 AMI have very muscular legs. ... which is why I'm now thinking I made a mistake Coming to bagirov. .. This device does not seem made to be used by men with thick legs. .. ill let you guys judge. ..  When I stand it just gets worse. .. As my legs expand. .. my legs are super tight. .. I tried walking just now with no pain medicine, didn't go far. Worse than yesterday, and my ankles were really feeling it

That sounds similar to what I went through as someone with skinny legs and bulky Ilizarov frames.  Maybe not as bad, but those shouldn't be unexpected symptoms for an LLer.

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Ty medium. ...

I feel much better today,  felt very okay walking.  Wifi is Back on. .. I start Lengthening tomorrow

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Hi Crimsontide,
You are right, but i don't know that somebody knows about my surgery only my parents a my best friend.
you are in the hospital yet.

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welll..  all i can say right now is the service here is not good, at least for me... the nurses are very nice, but as far as  lengthening goes, and how to properly treat patients, they really have no idea... they are huge on walking, and  do not believe in giving  pain medicine or even strong sleeping pills... i dont know if this is common, but when i try to get out of bed now, and when my legs bend, the discomfort is  unreal... it can not be normal.. as an example, taking a flight for me now would be impossible, or torture,literally... when i bend my legs, they, or the frame gets extremely extremely tight, i cant possible  sit down with legs bended  after a few minutes, its just too uncomfortable.... i ask for a wheelchair, to try to get used to being one, and they bring me a wheelchair with no footrest.... at this point, idk how i can even go home,,  i cant last   being in a sitting position, 10 hour flight back to the states would kill me,though dr bagirov said its no problem.... trust me, i can take pain, it is a problem.... im not sure if its because the device is too tight on my legs, because i have very big leg muscles.. or if this feeling is very common... i just know it really really suckssss big time...

 im not sure how i can even get up to go to bathroom,  im sure ill have to, but its gonna be like torture..... thinking i should have gotten standard ilizarov device... but perhaps what im feeling is normal.... i troed to upload my legs with device so everyone can see, but  it wont allow me to.....

another thing for anyone thinking about the option they offer in baku....i was quoted initially $1000 if i wanted to stay in baku for recovery... well, I let them know i was thinking of recovering in baku, as it would be cheaper than moscow,,, they had a man there contact me, well the price i got was 1500 of their local currency, which he said was basically equivalent to euros, so thats a little more than $2000, not $1000, supposedly id have someone clean, and a guy come every few days, but $2000 for an apt in azerbaijan is  insane... I could rent a studio  in london or manhattan for that price

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Weird that they apparantly keep bothering you about walking so early, I started walking as early as you did, and it was tough in the beginning, but i did walk 2-3 times a day, to the bathroom and back to my own room in the clinic, the nurses mentioned it to me that i should do it, but after that i had my own responsibility to do it. I think you should take it easy in the beginning though.

I flied home the 11:th day after surgery, and i still had pain walking by then but it was manageble even without painkillers (which i stopped taking completely after around day 5 post surgery) and sitting for extended periods of time was very uncomfortable and noticeable and constant pain, but still manageable (i tried to move my feet a lot, both in the plane, cab and in the wheelchair, it helped a bit)

Of course my flight was only 2 hours, so yeah 10 hours would be rough. Maybe you should stay at the hospital for a bit longer than i did, by that time sitting will be easier.

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ty wannabe.... i tried to get up today,and the pain in the back of my leg was intense, i had to lay back down.... not sure if its because of lengthening, but  pain is getting worse by the day,not better.... of it doesnt stop soon, idk what ill do... its pretty bad now

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theres 2 nurses here,lena and gula... they are saints....  they make it  bearable here..... very very kind

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question about bruising and discoloration... mine are badly bruised in back of legs,how normal is this,and how long until it goes away,it looks bad

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I've never seen or heard of that.  But if it's just bruising maybe it's not a big deal.