VERY FERST STEP - INDIA - Dr. Anil Raheja

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Sorry disobedient I didn't realise you were already finished lol my bad.  Disregard my previous reply.

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Quote from: Disobedient on December 25, 2014, 01:25:35 PM
Hi all . and merry Xmas..

well about the height loss. I think "now" that I lost some cm during the surgery .. they measured the gap from x-ray and they told me I didn't lose any cm .. but I doubt it ..
so I told them  again to bring ct scan that I had before and compare it with new one. IN FRONT of me .. and I'm waiting ..

my height now is almost 159 , and I still have duckass,  so I maybe ended up with 161cm at top, but let's see
I can walk for 60 min without support by now,  and I can climb the stairs (it's painful though)..
hmm yeah and my knee bending is about 80-85 deg ..

what bothers me now are the knock knee, the scars , and I'm limping " a bit", and of course the knee bending as I'm still just 85 as I mentioned before ..

Hi Diso,

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Sorry to hear about the height, i am sure it is a mistake and you should measure yourself again. How you do that? does anybody help you?
I was at the hospital once and two different nurses measured my height and it was two different results with 2cm difference..so, possibly it's your case two.

I wouldn't count on a duckass, i did that too, but at the end, when it went away the height remained the same... but again, everybody (or every body) is different.

Be well, you one tough woman 

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Quote from: Disobedient on December 25, 2014, 01:25:35 PM
Hi all . and merry Xmas..

well about the height loss. I think "now" that I lost some cm during the surgery .. they measured the gap from x-ray and they told me I didn't lose any cm .. but I doubt it ..
so I told them  again to bring ct scan that I had before and compare it with new one. IN FRONT of me .. and I'm waiting ..

my height now is almost 159 , and I still have duckass,  so I maybe ended up with 161cm at top, but let's see
I can walk for 60 min without support by now,  and I can climb the stairs (it's painful though)..
hmm yeah and my knee bending is about 80-85 deg ..

what bothers me now are the knock knee, the scars , and I'm limping " a bit", and of course the knee bending as I'm still just 85 as I mentioned before ..

Wow! What a diary.

I am so glad you have come through the other side now somewhat unscathed. You have more courage than all of us combined. 

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Merry Xmas Diso. Be strong, you're getting there.

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It's good to hear from you Diso!

The worst is behind you.  You are now a normal height for a girl.  You just have to get some scars removed and get your strength back and you'll be back to normal. 

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I have to post this update, I'm literally shaking .. but I think it's better to write that cuz I know if something really bad happened  I won't  be able to post for months ..

last Saturday  was just like any Saturday .. I had lot of pt I walked unaided and I claimed the stairs .. everything was just perfect .. my walking improved I won't say A LOT .. but you have to keep stare at me to notice that I had some difficulty with walking ( at least that's what I have been told) .. my speed just fine... but I tend to limp sometime .. so everything was just normal like any other day..

at 12 AM I had some pain in my left knee.. but I though it maybe muscle pain due climbing stairs .. at 9 clock I noticed that I had some sort of shortness breath.. but I didn't give it a lot of attention as it goes away by 12 pm ..
the pain on the other side was still there .. (it's important to indicate that I only felt pain when I was standing .. there is absolutely no pain when I'm bending my knee, that's why I thought it's just some muscle ache and it would go away)..
 I took shower as usual and I felt again shortness of my breath .. and frankly I wasn't in shape to  make a right call .. so I sat down on the chair trying to solve this dilemma should  I just finish showering and ask for nurse , or can I stay for 5 min more and apply hair condition Huh..! well I choose the second option which is to apply hair condition .. 
somehow I was able to do that and finished my path as quick as I could , then I called the nurse who immediately checked my BP and told me  I have low BP ( I think this is  the first time for me to have low BP) anyway she gave something to drink then she informed the doctor.. I was fine again except for the knee pain which I thought it's a muscle ache ..
so I took rest and  drink plenty of fluid .. till 5 pm I had have fever so they gave me paracetamol , the fever gone by 7pm so everything was steady I guess .. I felt some tiredness but I thought it's due fever..  today I noticed some swollen in my left knee I'm not sure if that was there yesterday .. but I just notice it now. I called the nurse and she called my doctor.. who made a mark and told them to start IV antibiotic and have  Ct scan blood test and so .. and he told me it's maybe an infection ..

I know what infection means in my case, and I read some horror stories about some ppl who had infection and they ended up losing their limbs    , I wish that won't happen to me..

 

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be strong disobedient.

when you go through leg lengthening your mind always assumes the worst.

the antibiotics will fix you. it might not even be an infection. I would wait to see what the doctor sais. and at the moment try not to stress about it.

I doubt you are going to loose your limbs

 hmm its really weird symptoms though. pain In knee and shortness of breath, and low blood pressure. well I doubt it is possible to be embolism but some of those symptoms cross relate.

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QuoteA pulmonary embolus is one of the life-threatening causes of chest pain and should always be considered when a patient presents to a healthcare provider with complaints of chest pain and shortness of breath.

There are special types of pulmonary embolus that are not due to blood clots, but instead are due to other body materials. These are rare occurrences and include:
fat emboli from a broken femur,
an amniotic fluid embolus in pregnancy, and
in some cases, tumor tissue from cancer.

The signs and symptoms are the same as that of a blood clot, and is caused by blockage of part of the arterial tree of the lung, and prevents the blood's ability to reach all parts of the lung tissue.

http://www.medicinenet.com/pulmonary_embolism/article.htm

QuoteA low-grade fever may be present, particularly if there is associated pulmonary hemorrhage or infarction

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_embolism

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rip diso..










just kidding. probably since your bone is sawed in half and you being a female. Your body is just in save mode. Drink some soup and get some protein you be fine.

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hi there, and Good evening
so as I told you yesterday i had several tests, the ultrasound graph showed that I have pus collection near the knee to be more precise it's located exactly in the pins site .. although after removing frames I waited long time before I had plate fixation just to avoid such a complication.
so the plan was to have surgery this afternoon and make small incision to drain all the pus, but in the morning they noticed that the swollen decrease " the pain still there though", so they decided to have another ultrasound to see if they can drain the pus using injection, and that's what happen, it didn't take time and it was pain free, I felt littel discomfort when they gave me local anesthesia injection, so they drained almost 12ml of clear yellow liquid  ,, and they told me they will test it and they will keep an eye on it.
I'm no longer have shortness of breath nor low blood pressure or fever .. so I think it's minor thing after all .. thanks god it's not pulmonary embolus nor serious infection ..
I want my tears back  !!!!!!!!!!!! if I knew it would be so minor I wouldn't worry that much!