Quick update
Last night I ended up having the dr assistant drop off the medicine, 9 different ones, but one was a very heavy narcotic and they wouldn’t give it with just a prescription, needed a doctors note. 3 out of the 8 were painkillers and 1 of them was vitamin D.
I got it around midnight, and it was GREAT. There was a downside at first, I have to inject a half inch needle into my stomach area everyday (same as insulin shot style) for first ten days but surprisingly it didn’t hurt at all. At first I was pissed because I was so happy to get discharged and not have different 3 ivs in my body. It’s a anticoagulant/bloodthinner. Then after everything was figured out I took this painkiller that made me feel like I was floating on clouds, it was awesome and I slept really good except my heels get really irritated when sleeping on my back because the dig into the bed and cause extreme discomfort after 1-2 hours. So I would wake up just for that but I still slept awesome. I woke up morning and had a bowel movement and after that I feel awesome. No more irritated bowel.
I still need a wheelchair that fits the frames, I’m gonna have my wife go get one for me in a taxi.
IMGUR keeps taking off like half my posts
https://imgur.com/gallery/GYbM6yH
Keeps saying this^
Tried showing my medicines and how I injected my stomach and my bruising behind my knees is all black. Had some random bruising in inner thigh left side only that isn’t anywhere near the incisions. Idk why. But imgur just keeps saying post violates blah blah blah.
Today is day 5, and I still have ALOT of difficulties and a long way to go, but today it seems things that took tremendous effort 1-2 days ago now only take moderate effort, which is great. Flipping over sometime would have 6-7/10 pain, now half that. I’m actually planning on going out in public today for a couple hours in a taxi and having my wife wheel me around. I’m gonna try to find some super large sweatpants to cover the frames.
I still miss home, still not fully happy but I’m very grateful for today, the times going way faster, and it is way better than being in a hospital bed immobile and in pain for 100 hours.
You guys can’t understand it unless you’ve been through it. That’s the same time it takes to drive from New York to California and back to New York and back to California. It’s a really f ing long time.
My legs are still pretty swollen but going down. Yesterday it looks like they got gang bangd by bees. When laying down and lifting my knees up I feel a slightly painful soreness in the swollen area above my knee 2-3 inches.
All in all I’m really praying my recovery keeps getting better and better. I’m gonna try to wash myself now since I can’t take showers. It’s been a few days since I did it with wash clothes but surprisingly I smell good still.
I want to be transparent about all my experience but I might stop including things that take up to much text like “I had small pain getting up” and just post the main important stuff. Anything that doesn’t cause 5/10 pain or more I won’t include anymore. Just assume I have small pain that doesn’t matter too much and aches and soreness here and there
LON Femur 7.5cm with halil buldu may 13th, 2021 God-Willing
Quote from: PerfectBody on May 18, 2021, 04:23:25 AMSweet, sweet freedom 🥳 congrats man
You’ll have that too soon man, just another day is all that’s left
By the way I forgot to post my X-rays
Here they are https://imgur.com/gallery/0OAMjDW
These are from the day after surgery I believe. They took them while I was on the hospital bed and placed some square hard thing behind my legs, so that might be why they look really bright
Nice 🅱️🅰️lls
Quote from: PerfectBody on May 18, 2021, 02:15:42 PMNice 🅱️🅰️lls
Crap forgot to cover that 
https://imgur.com/gallery/41bmA8v
Today was a crazy day. got a really nice very adjustable wide wheelchair for 200$ usd and went all around Istanbul to different shops and stuff with my wife wheeling me around. People did stare pretty hard at us, it was a little uncomfortable at first but after a little while I didn’t care anymore and enjoyed the day. Getting in and out of taxis and the bumps on the road, and while being wheeled I probably had 1-4/10 pain throughout that time but it was still and enjoyable day. Bought some cool things However at the end we got dropped off nearby the hotel at a market a few hundred feet away. It started raining and my wife ran and wheeled me back to hotel, almost slid off the wheelchair at one point from a bump, was terrifying. But we made it back however my bandages got slight moisture on some small parts which is pretty bad, the bandage nurse told me make sure you get no water on it. I cleaned it. Hopefully it doesn’t lead to an infection, I cleaned around it. Looking SO forward to the day I remove them frames, they’re so inconvenient/impractical and heavy.
I still need really baggy uncut sweatpants when going out in public, to cover my frames, people would probably stare way less too. These ripped jeans make me look like a 3 dollar $ 3 X worker.
Still tired of 1-3/10 constant pain and aches, missing home a lot, and have a long and uncertain way to go, but very grateful that my days have some enjoyment. At day 5 I was able to go out in public and shop, with someone wheeling me around. If someone told me this day 2 or 3 of recovery I would have called Bs.
Really hoping in another week I’ll heal more and won’t have as much small discomfort and pain getting in and out taxis, etc. but it’s still not bad now.
Soon I will take my stomach needle medicine, and other medicines, and go sleep. Really miss being able to sleep in different positions so much. I can only sleep on my back, and after 30 minutes my heels sink into the bed and get painful/irritated. Even putting a pillow on them, or behind my knees. Sleeping on my stomach hurts my lower back a lot after a little with these frames.
Edit* my wife helps me get in and out cars, does physical therapy with me, is basically a caretaker
Quote from: Activatedxx on May 18, 2021, 07:31:51 PMhttps://imgur.com/gallery/41bmA8v
Today was a crazy day. got a really nice very adjustable wide wheelchair for 200$ usd and went all around Istanbul to different shops and stuff with my wife wheeling me around. People did stare pretty hard at us, it was a little uncomfortable at first but after a little while I didn’t care anymore and enjoyed the day. Getting in and out of taxis and the bumps on the road, and while being wheeled I probably had 1-4/10 pain throughout that time but it was still and enjoyable day. Bought some cool things However at the end we got dropped off nearby the hotel at a market a few hundred feet away. It started raining and my wife ran and wheeled me back to hotel, almost slid off the wheelchair at one point from a bump, was terrifying. But we made it back however my bandages got slight moisture on some small parts which is pretty bad, the bandage nurse told me make sure you get no water on it. I cleaned it. Hopefully it doesn’t lead to an infection, I cleaned around it. Looking SO forward to the day I remove them frames, they’re so inconvenient/impractical and heavy.
I still need really baggy uncut sweatpants when going out in public, to cover my frames, people would probably stare way less too. These ripped jeans make me look like a 3 dollar $ 3 X worker.
Still tired of 1-3/10 constant pain and aches, missing home a lot, and have a long and uncertain way to go, but very grateful that my days have some enjoyment. At day 5 I was able to go out in public and shop, with someone wheeling me around. If someone told me this day 2 or 3 of recovery I would have called Bs.
Really hoping in another week I’ll heal more and won’t have as much small discomfort and pain getting in and out taxis, etc. but it’s still not bad now.
Soon I will take my stomach needle medicine, and other medicines, and go sleep. Really miss being able to sleep in different positions so much. I can only sleep on my back, and after 30 minutes my heels sink into the bed and get painful/irritated. Even putting a pillow on them, or behind my knees. Sleeping on my stomach hurts my lower back a lot after a little with these frames.
Edit* my wife helps me get in and out cars, does physical therapy with me, is basically a caretaker
i) Did you get all your medicine from the Dr at the hospital, and are the medicines included in your surgery cost?
ii) What does the stomach needle medicine do?
Good luck.
Quote from: Bob on May 18, 2021, 09:03:24 PM
i) Did you get all your medicine from the Dr at the hospital, and are the medicines included in your surgery cost?
ii) What does the stomach needle medicine do?
Good luck.
Over here someone else can get your prescription, which is pretty crazy coming from America. They just need your paper from the doctor. They picked them up from me after getting discharged, but I had to pay for them, was only like 50 bucks for all, which is great in America one prescription is that price out of pocket
I can’t post on imgur because it deletes them for post violation, but my stomach needle (doesn’t really hurt much to be honest, same pain as arm) is for blood thinning/ anticoagulant, it’s called oksepor I think.
Quote from: Activatedxx on May 15, 2021, 11:27:41 AMReally appreciate the support
Today was a long day, the nurse gave me a painful shot in my right thigh near the break, not sure for what. I’ve got about two shots before those in my tricep that weren’t that painful.
About an hour ago they took out my catheter, it was a very bad feeling but not necessarily painful, just a super uncomfortable sensation for 1-2 seconds. After they took it out the doctors assistants changed my bandages and cleaned the wounds with antibacterial which stung a decent amount.
The physical therapist then came and did some exercises, they weren’t bad and were moderately easy to do with just minor pain/discomfort. Then I walked again. This time it was a lot more stiff since I am off pain meds. I stood up for a good two minutes without assistance which felt good, it’s a start. The assistants washed my face and upper body with damp towel. Now I am back in bed again
Is it a must to have Catheter? It is so painful by looking how it was done.
Quote from: leoth2 on May 19, 2021, 03:56:51 PM Is it a must to have Catheter? It is so painful by looking how it was done.
I believe so, I didn’t feel them put it because I was already under anesthesia. Taking it out isn’t painful but feels very bad for 2 seconds
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