Day 82-87
Few days ago Batu, the Remedy guy, asked me to be ready to go to a visa bureau, so they can get my fingerprints. I said “Why ? … Am I a suspect for something ?”. He said “No, but they changed the rules and they ask that for all people are staying in Turkey more than 90 days”. Usually it’s a simple online form to complete, but now they are more strict.
Ok, I was happy to leave my room, so I can see new people and places. He came with a special car for handicapped people and lifted my wheelchair with a small platform. Amazing !
We arrived to a big and well secured building and we waited 20 minutes in the street. Fortunately, it was a nice day. But we found is not the right place, so we had to leave and go to a different place.
We arrived there, moved me down again and we got in a crappy place, very busy, full of all kind of people from every corner of the world, looking to resolve their visa problems. Here I had to wait in the wheelchair more than an hour, which was way too much for me, because I cannot stay long, so I got pain in my legs. Finally they invited me in a room where they took my fingerprints with a device having a sensor plate. After finishing and get in the car I asked Batu to let me stay on the bench, so I can straighten and exercise my legs. Staying more than 15 minutes in wheelchair give me pain because I compress my vessels and nerves… but actually I stayed more than an hour, so just imagine how I did feel !
As expected, when I arrived to the hotel I noticed my feet were swollen and had a deep pain !
I went for the X-rays, which are scheduled every 2 weeks, and all things are pretty much same as previous x-rays, including the right femur curvature... which was my biggest concern.
Anyways, in 3 days it will be 3 months since I have been in Turkey.
I have 8 days left to the end of elongation period. 11mm left to do, so 5.5mm for each segment.
After finishing I will go for the last X-rays… then I have to do an intensive PT so I can touch with both heels the pool floor, otherwise I cannot do EOS to measure precisely my bones. The EOS should be done in vertical position, with heels down and straight legs, that means with the knees not bent at all !
The problem is that now I feel I have “ballerina foot” because I walk on tiptoes, on both. But the PT guys told me my ankles and Achilles tendons are still flexible, so is not a real ballerina foot, which is actually a deformity and hard to fix it.
Also my knees are slightly bent, but not bad.
On my right tibia, on proximal anterior, I have 2 bumps from the upper screws, which are very painful when I put the ERC on them to elongate. So, to dim the pain I must place on the bumps a folded socket or something, so I can do elongation…
The general pain in the right tibia is much more than left tibia, so I cannot do PT normally. Also I cannot sleep well because the straighten position pain.
The both tibias are internal curved, like bow legs, but the left tibia is more curved than the right one, so I cannot touch my ankles. Doctor told me it will both straighten in the lengthening process… so I am still waiting for that...
I have many scars, but especially few long and red scars, which looks bad. They gave me a special cream, so I hope at least it will change the color to the skin color...
3 months of suffering, pain, sleepless and other bad effects. So, I still have to stay one month and I hope all these will go away and I can get back to my previous shape… and I can get rid of my main medication, because I took too many pills ! I will take only with my supplements which help the callus formation and the healing process...
Overall, I feel myself like a wreck. My legs are very weak, so I cannot even walk in the swimming pool, because my right tibia pain. I am scared about this long delay in walking and regarding the delay in recovering my walking.
I am pretty sure I will go back in my country in wheelchair, because not enough time for the final period of PT...
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