Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on December 14, 2020, 10:51:16 PMNo.
I could be wrong here, but I think the answer is "yes" if you need a medical visa?
Quote from: KiloKAHN on December 14, 2020, 11:27:01 PMMost hotels have discount rates for long term stays. I was at a 3-star hotel for the discounted rate of $1,500 a month ($50 daily).
Hey Kilokhan, I can't thank you enough for always giving good information.
One of the things I worry deeply about is food poisoning. I cannot think of a more TERRIBLE experience than getting food poisoning when you are in the beginning stages of limb lengthening. Food poisoning in India is nothing to f**k around with. If you do a simple google search about stomach viruses in India, there are very scary stories about “Delhi Belly” and even at worse case, dysentery.
I think if anyone is thinking of doing LL in India, this is a very high concern because the pain from this might be seriously dangerous combined with your broken leg's healing. Imagine being day 2 into LL and you have uncontrollable diarrhea and vomit.
I understand that you yourself got food poisoning during your LL Journey but you say it's not from the hotel food but from the bad ice cream. And luckily you got it before you had surgery.
1) You must have been eating mostly the hotel food for the many months you were there. Was the hotel food you were eating mostly vegetarian? I heard that avoiding meat is necessary to be safe.
2) Did you take any extra precautions with your food and water? Some people don't even trust bottled water in India and only boil water to brush their teeth or drink.
Quote from: questpeanut on December 15, 2020, 03:17:13 AMHey Kilokhan, I can't thank you enough for always giving good information.
One of the things I worry deeply about is food poisoning. I cannot think of a more TERRIBLE experience than getting food poisoning when you are in the beginning stages of limb lengthening. Food poisoning in India is nothing to f**k around with. If you do a simple google search about stomach viruses in India, there are very scary stories about “Delhi Belly” and even at worse case, dysentery.
I think if anyone is thinking of doing LL in India, this is a very high concern because the pain from this might be seriously dangerous combined with your broken leg's healing. Imagine being day 2 into LL and you have uncontrollable diarrhea and vomit.
I understand that you yourself got food poisoning during your LL Journey but you say it's not from the hotel food but from the bad ice cream. And luckily you got it before you had surgery.
1) You must have been eating mostly the hotel food for the many months you were there. Was the hotel food you were eating mostly vegetarian? I heard that avoiding meat is necessary to be safe.
2) Did you take any extra precautions with your food and water? Some people don't even trust bottled water in India and only boil water to brush their teeth or drink.
They had a good variety of vegetarian and non-vegetarian options, and if I was feeling up for something new I was permitted to call delivery service for Dominoes pizza or what not. I had a lot of protein while there, lamb and chicken particularly. Not once did I get food poisoning from their food or delivery.
No extra precautions with the food and water. Well, I didn't drink any tap water, but bottled water was completely fine. Boiling water was necessary for use with the sterile gauze to wrap around my pin sites. I think everyone coming into India ultimately gets a stomach virus at some point or another though, and I was lucky to have gotten it before the surgery. It was recommended that I take probiotic pills to help reduce the risk, and my doctor at home gave me some anti-malarial medication and some other things just as a precaution before entering the country. The stomach pain knocked me on my ass for a few days, but once I was over it I never had an issue again.
Quote from: KiloKAHN on December 15, 2020, 03:31:14 AMI think everyone coming into India ultimately gets a stomach virus at some point or another though, and I was lucky to have gotten it before the surgery. It was recommended that I take probiotic pills to help reduce the risk, and my doctor at home gave me some anti-malarial medication and some other things just as a precaution before entering the country. The stomach pain knocked me on my ass for a few days, but once I was over it I never had an issue again.
Last question, how long were you eating and drinking before you got the virus? Was it weeks or months after you got to India? I'm planning to purposely get food poisoning by eating dirty food early so that I don't suffer during my first days of LL.
Quote from: questpeanut on December 15, 2020, 03:52:02 AMLast question, how long were you eating and drinking before you got the virus? Was it weeks or months after you got to India? I'm planning to purposely get food poisoning by eating dirty food early so that I don't suffer during my first days of LL.
I was in Delhi and Mumbai for a total of 12 days before I got it. Yeah if anything it's better to get it before rather than during.
Thanks, so the riskiest thing about doing LL in India is getting food poisoning?
Also, anyone know if India with Parihar is cheaper than Giotikas?
Quote from: KiloKAHN on December 14, 2020, 11:27:01 PMAs to the unavailability of Stryde, if Dr Parihar doesn't offer it then it likely means they're not yet approved for use in the country, in which case a representative from Nuvasive would be the best person to ask if there are any plans for it. I haven't heard of any other docs using Stryde in India yet either, just the prior generation of Precice.
Stryde is available. They get an approval per patient and this is how they do it with precice too.
Quote from: Body Builder on December 14, 2020, 09:19:03 PMAbout 9).
Not prescribing a blood thinner, especially with internals, is really dangerous.
I did 20 days injections for external tibias which is way safer for embolism compared to internals, I can't believe how a doctor don't prescribe blood thinners at all even for internals.
Yeah almost everyone prescribes blood thinners for internals. No idea why he doesn't.
Quote from: 2020hope on December 15, 2020, 05:21:15 AMStryde is available. They get an approval per patient and this is how they do it with precice too.
Well there's no reason he couldn't do it then. It might just be that he hasn't had a Precice Stryde patient yet and hasn't looked into it. I'll probably email him to clarify.
Quote from: 2020hope on December 15, 2020, 05:26:10 AMYeah almost everyone prescribes blood thinners for internals. No idea why he doesn't.
Must be a reason. He's mostly doing trauma surgeries where risk of DVT is higher after accidents than with cosmetic cases, so there's probably a reason he believes monitoring along with the NSAIDS youre given after surgery are enough. Penguinn didn't have any issues related to DVT doing bilateral Precice. I'll probably ask him myself.
https://sites.google.com/site/cllrpatients/faqs/cosmeticlengthening
There you go, Stryde is available.
No details on blood thinners added though, probably because it's not that frequently asked.
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