Involgograd:s diary. External ilizarov in russia, volgograd - Dr Barinov

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pictures were of clinic, not hospital, taken at arrival

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can't you use sleeping pills to force you to sleep.

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Hello Involgograd, thank you for starting this diary.

Did you reach a 10 cm gain and when did you do your surgery?

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volgograd
streets around clinic

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day16
1.00 wakeup. suspicion that the knee pain might be medial ligament inflammation.  annoyed. uncomfortable.
2.00 i can flex my calves now. ankles still spazzy, tighty, weird soreish
8 turn
11 turn
15 turn
16 tried to sleep. no luck.
16.30 1 ibu 400g. countdown begins.
17 stretch
17.30 barely any knee joint pain
18 stretch
18.30 stretch
19 stretch. turn
19.30 ibu
......
24 no sleep
24.30  ibu
ibu

day17
same old same old routine
tried turning more today
2.30 weird pain. unturned. felt less painful after that. ew. big mistake to turn excessively...

yessss sleep

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day18
all ok
same old
walk every even hour stretch after that until other walk

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day19
6.00 wake up. dehydrated. annoyed. . legs feel exhausted.
7.30 nurse kirill comes in check temp my is 36 deg
galina comes for plates
12 x-ray. one tibia little misaligned
2.30 walk
bathroom (nr 2)
you use a urine jug for urination in the room which gets cleaned once a day
4.00 sleep.... two and half hours

same old
i turn even though i don´t mention it

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day20
6.30 wakeup. computer usage. physio.feel sickenedly tired.
7.30 left knee tighter than right.
11 bandage
21 sleep med injection.
sleep

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day21
13th day lengthening
1.30 wake up. feeling drowsy. right knee ligament feels better. almost no soreness at all.
20 doc takes med orders..
21 still waiting...no meds tonight...hmm. confused and annoyed

same

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day22
14th day of lengthening
normal level tiredness.
inner left ligament tight and sore

6.30 wakeup
7.30 physio etc all day
18 right knee ligament less sore