February 21st: I woke up for my operation, i had no nerves, I was confident and calm the entire time knowing i had dodged a bullet. I was taken into the surgical room and given anaesthesia and then I don't remember anything until waking up at 5pm - 7 hours after my operation had begun.
I woke up freezing, shivering, even my teeth were rattling. I wasn't in any pain, the Dr came in once i woke up and checked if I could feel my legs, everything was good. I stopped shivering after 15 mins and went back to sleep. I woke up a couple hours later, once again in no pain, just a little discomfort but this was moreso the hospital bed not my legs.
February 22nd: I woke up very weak. I couldn't lift my legs or my body. My carer told the nurses about this and I was soon told i have pneumonia and will be placed on antibiotics. The most i could during these 3 days was sit on the side of the bed and lift my legs to stretch. I wasn't able to walk at all and anytime I'd eat, i'd throw it up within 5 minutes. I pretty much slept the entire time and only woke up to eat and to be put on meds.
February 27th: I recovered from the pneumonia and felt a lot stronger. I also realised the hospital food was completely nutritionless so I started ordered fast food instead which gave me a lot more energy. I started walking this day (5 days post op) and everything became a lot easier. I quickly started making progress from 5 steps to 50 steps at a time however the only negative thing was, anytime I was in a seated position, i'd be in excruciating pain as it would feel like the frame is weighing 50kg down on my legs. It felt like my legs would rip off.
March 3rd: I left Sakarya to move into the hotel in Istanbul for recovery. At this point I didn't have any pain, felt completely energised and strong. However once again, as Istanbul is 2 hours away, once I was put in the wheelchair in the van; in a seated position. 30 mins into the journey my legs felt like they would rip off again, i was in agony. Luckily I had my parents with me so they'd hold my legs out straight in a laying position to ease the pain.
Once I got to the hotel in the afternoon, I got off the van but was unable to walk because of the sitting pain. We checked in and I went to my room. I rested for 2 hours before going to my first physio session. The physio session was okay as by this point my legs had recovered and I was able to walk again. I had no issues during physio other than some pain when bending my knees.
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Topic: LON Tibia March 2023 - Dr Mustafa Uysal - AFA (Read 4815 times)