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

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day32
tibia fracture hurts in left leg. not in right. pain at 10 -15%
slept until 7ish. restlessly. pain at times.

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day32
same old

day33
same

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day34
doctor replaced the short rods for the third time.....
..give me the planned lenghts the first time..because...
warning=
they also overtightened and lengthened so that it hurt to walk afterwards.
had to unturn multiple turns on all screws on the right leg afterwards.
that happened after i told them repeatedly beforehand to not overturn.
i could feel my bones moving as they were doing it.

other:
left tibia pulsates and hurts at 10%
right inner upper pin hurts like skin stretched too far. ...at 15%
left leg can extend to 99% feels tight
right leg can extend 100% feels tightish

day35
same
pin-skin pain

day36
same
pin pain

day 37
same
pin pain

day38
same

day39
same

realized that knee does not become straight although it locks and feels the same at max extension compared to pre surgery. who looks at how straight their legs are normally? were they ever straight?...yes they were
docs diagnose it knee contracture.
inner ligament soreness now in right knee.

day40
swollen legs i see as problem now. happened also yesterday. pain type pressure, warmth, discomfort, prickling. calves get really tight and hard. filled with fluid.
overall i feel exhausted. discomfort and tiredness.weird. like a minimal cramp but not really cramp.

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day41
same old no problems

day42
new bandages
saw wounds
outer right pin stretched wound 1cm ish purple area.
same with outer left pin.
no other areas stretched.

day43
tight
same old
idea=double socks on feet for swelling. hmm lets see about that.
realization uncomfortable with the socks on.
swelling edema is normal for 4,2months according to studies. average. can be longer.

day44
no turning today
because
no sleep for two nights
testing testing...no turning=sleep?

day45
test failed. no sleep. couple of nights in a row

problem:swollen legs, disturbs the degrees of movement. elevation produces weird pain... although, just need to get the swelling down once to show doc that my bendability is ok....
legs feel like always, which is good.

bad mood....
13 got myself some coffee.
14.30 tired
17 coffee made head feel normal. body still major , exhaustion.
17.30walk.
18 walking messed with my already exhausted exhaustion. coffee doesnt help.
deep breathing for 5 minutes afterwards helped
18.30
left leg . something aches/skinish, tibiaish, no, the calfmuscle aches. super stiff
wow. keeping normal head position exhausts me.
horizontal, no problem. well, a tinge of exhaustion.
19 toilet, third or fourth time today, like. what the .... coffeine related..
19.30
realized i overturned on left leg. unturned .25 mm. overturning led to calfmuscle pain which kinda feels like everyhting, bone, skin muscle, everything hurts. unturning removed pain immediately. ah, amazing.
22.30
changed sleeping position. have a good feeling about this. ouch. left calfmuscle starts aching again...when bending knee.
sit up.
pain is gone.
lets see if it comes back after stretching.
sleep

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day46
slept . for..once.
forgot to mention a couple of nights insomnia previously
same

day47
sleeping is ok
annoyed
got to figure the sleep thing out myself.
tried different positions constantly

48
fractures sites sensatory from walking.
annoyed

49
9 bandage change

11.00 x ray
waited for 2 hours forthem to develop the photos.
bone is regenerating
left inner pin-skin  weird making the whole area sore... only 10 of 100 but biting   annoying pain.
ankle pins are sensatory. werent two days ago...
reason...too much walking?
or just the consistent surprise every week? new weird pain jumping from one place to another?

 later realized yes. just the weekly surprise. goes away after a week though. all of them. probably like more than 10 surprises during the whole process.

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50
surprise new discomfort of the week
right ankle pins are making the skin around them sore...
why? because of stretching whole leg when tilting forward repeatedly...stretches the skin around pins

slept well
woke up drained of energy

lower calves have been sore for weeks.

right calf seems ok now.
legs still swell up hard

15.00 walking accumulation at 3 hours. left stabilizing pin area bites like crazy but only for 3 seconds, put pulsates/cycles every 5-7 seconds. ....

same

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51
same old

right leg stabilizor pin, the lowest one, biting today....
walked 8 hours
 washing machine really noisy

52
woke up 5.20
thirsty
right leg tight. from knee all the way down to ankle. feels like a tingle, tickle, tight, uncomfortable stiff something.

53
right tendonds tight.no problem though
same old

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54
right tendonds tight.no problem
same old

55
same old

56
same

57
same old
right ankle sore.
realized that my tibias are deviating outwards maybe 2cm

58
skin under right ankle sore and swollen.
because of agitation?swelling?what? realized later it was skin tear 1cm. bitin painful 25% in certain positions.
same old
boring

59
right ankle sore
swollen ankles cant move them

60
swollen ankles cant rotate them. can flip up down though.
right anklepin still sore
right fibulafracture feels weird
mornings feel really crapty like often. irregular sleeping pattern.
better at lunch

61
same problems as yesterday

62
sameold same small probs

63
swollen ankles still cant move them
right anklepin not sore
right fibulafracture feels weird
mornings feel less crapty
tired bored as hell

64
same

65
same

66
same

67
same

68
right leg feels less tight
4 days of stretching made no difference to knee extendability
tried rolling bottle under with my feet
ah
amazing
greatest feeling ever.
sigh...doesnt improve tightness or anything though

69
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70
no more upper pin-skin pain.was a regular thing, guess skin stretched enough.
right ankle pin hurting a lot. 10- 30% in some positions.
 pin cutting skin. at least no infection.

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forgot to mention.
it costs 2000euros extra for nail insertion surgery. so total 14500euros

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Quote from: involgograd on May 28, 2015, 07:39:58 PMforgot to mention.
it costs 2000euros extra for nail insertion surgery. so total 14500euros

Is it worth it?