VERY FERST STEP - INDIA - Dr. Anil Raheja

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Jesus Christ girl!

You're brave.  I wish you all the best.

Can you even weight-bear with both femur and tibia in a fixator?

I suspect you have a long road ahead of you my dear.  Take it cautiously and go slow, one bump can really screw things up!

Wishing you all the best!

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You sound very calm and independent.  This is a unique and very interesting diary.  I look forward to your updates.

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 Hi all

I have to jump to today since I need your advise

few days ago I had several mosquito bites all over my body, and today in the morning I had fever. sweats and chills "shaking" and muscle pains  and after I took my regular medicine "one of them is pain killer and treated fever as will" the fever disappear and I was very fine ..
However, at 6pm I had the same symptoms again, ...
 its important to mention that b4 the surgery my immunity was so strong (FX: I'll have fever or flue every three or four years), but after the surgery I had fever at least 5 times ! although it does not last for more than 12 h..
when my PT doctor came for the exercising he told me that I may have Malaria !
I don't know if he is exaggerated  or not  because for me I used to have all of  these symptoms whenever I have a fever..
and I really  wont to avoid going to hospital as much as I can..

Do you guys experienced the same symptoms after one month of the surgery?
any suggestions ?

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Mosquitos + fevers = get a blood test asap

I got sick once and was told it's normal. I was actually being a complete idiot and touching my food with my hands after not washing them for days. When your in situations like this sometimes common sense goes out the window.



What daily medication are you taking? A painkiller everyday as routine?

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maybe I should do that since it is india ! although I'm still thinking that I'm fine, my temp is 100.5 F but I'm feeling so good..

for the medicine I'm taking

PANTOCID " once ,prevent  stomach pain since I'm taking 3 types of medicine"
vizylac  "twice"
chymoral forte "for the inflammation and healing of wound" twice
aceclofenac and paracetamol "pain killer & treating fever" twice
 and ULTRACET  " I used it only when I have pain,

 

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Y didn't u take the malaria vaccine if there is one?

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hey

how are you, hope every thing is OK & get well soon, I am really worry about you  . Waiting an update with a good news...

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Quote from: Disobedient on October 29, 2013, 05:31:41 PM Hi all

I have to jump to today since I need your advise

few days ago I had several mosquito bites all over my body, and today in the morning I had fever. sweats and chills "shaking" and muscle pains  and after I took my regular medicine "one of them is pain killer and treated fever as will" the fever disappear and I was very fine ..
However, at 6pm I had the same symptoms again, ...
 its important to mention that b4 the surgery my immunity was so strong (FX: I'll have fever or flue every three or four years), but after the surgery I had fever at least 5 times ! although it does not last for more than 12 h..
when my PT doctor came for the exercising he told me that I may have Malaria !
I don't know if he is exaggerated  or not  because for me I used to have all of  these symptoms whenever I have a fever..
and I really  wont to avoid going to hospital as much as I can..

Do you guys experienced the same symptoms after one month of the surgery?
any suggestions ?


You should see a medical doctor at that hospital that can give you medicine right away. I hope you get through your symptoms and that it isn't something as serious as malaria.

That aside, for anyone planning to go to India here is some information you should know. If you're an expat in India you are just about guaranteed to get really sick while there, there's really no way around it outside of sheer luck. Often times you will get sick just from eating the food - not to say the food is bad, but rather your body just isn't used to it. I have family/friends who have lived/currently live in India and they all tell me that every foreigner  gets very sick at least once, usually a few weeks after first arriving. One in particular told me that even though he grew up in New Delhi, after living in America for a decade and returning to India he got very sick because his body lost its natural resistance. It's best to be prepared for it with antibiotics and multivitamins.

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Adriano

no, I didn't thought about these staff actually before I come to India

Shorty

I'll write it down

Kilokahn

today I went to hospital, but you're right about India..I'll ask the doctor about the vaccinations that I have to get




So what happened to me ?
Last night , was a very horrible night I started shaking I couldn't even say a word.. after few min I tried my best to reach the phone and call the room service to turn off the AC ..
I don't remember what happen next except that I was in a real pain ...when I wake up I found myself holding 2 tablet one for the fever and the other is the pain killer  it seems that I was trying to take them when I was in this shaking thing.. , but I really didn't remember when did this happen
I measured my temp and it was 104.2 so I msg my doc if I can take the tablet again (I'm suppose to taking it  just 2 times)..
the fever decreased gradually and in the morning my temp was 100.2 however I couldn't move my body not even for one inch
I had muscular pain and back pain actually I felt the pain all over my body..

at 3 pm I felt much better so I had shower, then immediately to the hospital, I got my x-ray and I was happy to know that I grow 1.2cm in my left tibia , however this number is not fixed for the other parts
my right tibia is 9.2mm
my left femur 4.7mm
my right femur 4.2mm
however the bad news is that there is a beginning of a reunion in my right femur...Dr Rah wasn't there "since I was supposed to see him at 12" so I met with another Dr..
I asked him why these number is not fixed! and why did I got just 4mm in my femur while I'm suppose to gain 1cm...
He told me that these things is happen and no need to worry about, he also assumed that I'm not doing the turning in the right way" for me I'm 100% sure that I'm doing it in right way" ... but in general I'm happy that I'm almost 1.5 cm taller 

After that I told him about the fever so I got blood test , and they asked to have urine test, although that I drunk 1L of water but nothing came out.. so I told them I'll send the urine sample in the morning...


and that's what happened today.. I am 1.5cm taller

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Hello Disobedient,

I'm concerned for you. I'd like to make some suggestions. The first one is that you need a full time private caretaker to take care of you and be your advocate. You're too sick sounding right now, to wait for care. I'm concerned that you may have Malaria or a bone infection starting. You need to have both checked immediately. Please INSIST. You need immediate medication for this and not to ignore it. There is someone on the other site that had infections and signs of Malaria and neither were treated immediately which makes no sense. If you do not have Malaria talk to the Doctor about immediately taking the medicine for prevention. You need to use something to prevent further Mesquito bites.

After these issues are checked out, delt with, you will need a very experienced, skilled Physical Therapist with LL. It's too difficult to manage this stuff in your condition. Do you have a family member that can come and take care of you around the clock? I'm sorry with all the suggestions but having done both Tibs and Femus's externally completely incapacitates you and you're now very sick with a temp that high. You need to be cared for and not be told everything is fine.

You have our support and care. Please take care of yourself and get a full time advocate to take care of you, someone who will care. You cannot ignore the temperature. It could be either an infection or Malaria or both. Insist on testing and treatment.