No More Mal-Kahn-Tent - External Tibias - Dr Parihar

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Good job KiloKahn! Keep strong!!

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Great diary KiloKAHN! This is helping everyone.

I am from UK and am thinking of doing LL externals LON in India, with one of the Doctors KiloKAHN had consultation with.

My aim is 7.5 tibia.

Would like to do this in JANUARY, with someone who also wants to do a LL procedure there.

Anyone interested?

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hi kilo...so far it seem everything is ok with the surgery...this encourage me more to do this, do you doing routine physio? how many a week? and how much is it cost you a month?

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Quote from: short_and_depressed on August 17, 2014, 05:45:21 AMGood job KiloKahn! Keep strong!!

Thanks. Easier to do so these days because I haven't had any complications yet, not even a minor one. Hopefully it stays that way for the duration of treatment.

Quote from: yudha on August 19, 2014, 11:57:22 PMhi kilo...so far it seem everything is ok with the surgery...this encourage me more to do this, do you doing routine physio? how many a week? and how much is it cost you a month?

Physiotherapy exercises are taught to you in the hospital and while there you have two physio sessions per day. Those sessions are included in the payment to Dr Parihar. When you're discharged you're expected to do the exercises on your own a few times a day. Dr Parihar can arrange for one of the physiotherapists to come visit you at the place you stay and help with the exercises if you request it, but I didn't find it necessary. I get a new set of x-rays and a check up by Dr Parihar and Dr Divya once every two weeks and after the check up they may have you do a physio session downstairs with the physiotherapist or you can request one if they don't tell you to go for a session. I haven't been charged a separate price for physiotherapy but during each check up you still have to pay a fee at the front desk and if there is a physio charge then it's included in that fee. The x-ray and checkup costs aren't really expensive. I paid 2700 INR in total cost for the previous two visits to the hospital, which would be a cost of around $45 USD a month.

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I just slipped off the step leading into the bathroom and fell backward while holding onto the walker. Bumped my head on the wall behind me before my body slid to the floor. Holy balls was the pain in my tibias enormous for a while. I checked them out and took some steps, stood for a bit also, so I think they're okay. Going to just scoot into the bathroom from now on though.

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If it was a pretty hard fall, try to make sure you didn't sustain a concussion as soon as possible! That could be extremely dangerous if present and not addressed by a doctor, especially since your body was already under a lot of stress.

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Holy   you bastard - MAN do I miss the Domino's pizza from India  together with Red Bull 
Do you need some company? I could go there for the pizza only.....

I tried Domino's in Ukraine but it was awful 

It doesn't exist in Sweden. Closest one for me is in Denmark.
I think I'll go there tomorrow. It'll be an expensive pizza though 

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Be careful when moving around. Think about every step you take.
I never fell when I was in India except one time from the chair, slowly, and a little down a stairstep the day I was going home.
I think I was too careful and had a much longer recovery.

I urge the pizza.......

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Sorry to hear about the fall. The bsthroom is definitely the most hazardous place. You have to be extra extra cautious in the bathroom. I also fell several weeks ago and experienced bad muscle spasm. But falling with external frames is beyond imaginable. OUCH!
Btw do you feel that the external frames are becoming part of you or do you feel it being foreign despite the amount of time with it?

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Quote from: TheRisingShorty on August 21, 2014, 04:23:58 PMBtw do you feel that the external frames are becoming part of you or do you feel it being foreign despite the amount of time with it?

This is a great question!

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Quote from: Taller on August 21, 2014, 06:45:02 PMThis is a great question!

For me the frames were never an issue at all. They became a part of me from day 1 and it was nothing I ever thought about.

It was just strange seeing my legs when the nurse cut the cast. My thighs were as thin as the femur bone and my shins were a mile long. Barely any muscle power to lift my legs.

I guess I was really prepared after reading about it for 6 years.
Yet I still missed that you have to stand up during lengthening in order to prevent bad ballerina. The physio who came every day should have said something.
I should also have questioned much more about x-legs than I did. Every time I just got the answer: Don't worry, it'll be fine.......