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General => Off Topic => Topic started by: TrailMyx on October 17, 2013, 01:02:04 PM
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Went in to get my sutures removed and replace my plaster post-op splint with a fiberglass cast. Suture removal sucked, and blood still bleeds.
I was kinda shocked at the length of the incision, and note the immobilizing pins protruding from me wrist. Those come out in a month. One side of incision is numb, but I feel the other side.
The new cast sucks! Very uncomfortable. All muscle definition is all gone too, so it's going to be a long road back during physical therapy.
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That uh... Hmm.
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Holy Heck!
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You shoulda seen the arm before the operation! Between the broken bone and the other bone being dislocated, my arm was probably 6 inches shorter!
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holy smokes... talk about pics being as good as a 1000 words
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Well good to hear you carry your over achiever attitude to all areas of your life lol
Man glad the recovery is going well that was a major deal.
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Well good to hear you carry your over achiever attitude to all areas of your life lol
Man glad the recovery is going well that was a major deal.
heh, thanks, I do my best at all levels.
Galeazzi Fracture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galeazzi_fracture) for the curious. I'll post pics of the first xray when I get a copy, but it looked nastier that the wiki one because I had lots of fragments.
I'm curious about the strength of the bone though. It almost felt as if it was still wiggling when I was out of the cast for my xrays yesterday. No more pushups I suppose.
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Holy hell man. That is brutal.
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Lets hope your not left handed eh. Doesn't look comfy at all hope ya got some good pain meds. good thing chicks digs scars huh. BTW I guess I missed the story but hope you have a fast recovery,
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Whoa, that sucks dude. Looks like my brother's arm did back in 2011 after a minivan took him out. Don't get too bummed, you'll probably eventually get most of that feeling back and it won't take you long to rebuild atrophied muscle. Avoid NSAIDs and make sure you're getting plenty of minerals in your diet, this doc explains why:
http://www.betterbones.com/bonefracture/speedhealing.pdf
There are some over-the-counter supplements you might also look into taking to help accelerate recovery by stimulating osteoblast activity and neuron repair: icariin and forskolin.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21328465
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6320005
Also, if you're experiencing neuralgia and plan to take any supplements, make sure they don't contain B-alanine (common ingredient in body building supplements, can worsen nerve pain).
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Hey, that's some useful information there so thanks for that! I'm traditionally a super-fast healer, but at nearly 46 I'm sure that's not going to continue. I just wish this damn cast wasn't so tight. I'm looking forward to some atrophy to make room for my gimpy arm. lol
Anyhow, I'm enjoying the better bones read!
Lets hope your not left handed eh. Doesn't look comfy at all hope ya got some good pain meds. good thing chicks digs scars huh. BTW I guess I missed the story but hope you have a fast recovery,
I only posted in the shoutbox since I didn't have any good pics to share, so I never really officially shared the tale.
Just riding my mountain bike minding my own business when a slippery asphalt turn came up on me. Bike went down and I flew over the handlebars. Stuff we do to be physically fit; better go back to hiking. lol
Fortunately I'm terminally right handed, so life is just annoying and not impossible.
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Just glad the story didn't start with I said Hey guys watch this lol.
edited for typo lol
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OUCH! Big time suck TM...
but I hafta ask...
You a daywalker?? :o
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OUCH! Big time suck TM...
but I hafta ask...
You a daywalker?? :o
lol
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Just glad the story did start with I said Hey guys watch this lol.
Or, "if you love fuzzy puppies, you'll love this!!!!" :o
OUCH! Big time suck TM...
but I hafta ask...
You a daywalker?? :o
no, but I think they sewed a part of a daywalker inside. I'm just missing the neck-bolt now!
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Pic of my cast before it gets cut off on Friday. Also a pic of my poor cancer-cat.
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Kinda bad news on the arm front. The bone isn't growing back like it should, so I may require another surgery to install a bone graft.
So the cast is off, but I have to be VERY careful not to lift anything. At this point, with the pain from the removal of the pin (sucked!!!!), I can't touch anything let alone lift anything...
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Sorry to hear the bad progress! Wishing you luck on this endeavor!
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Don't lift any cats!
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Unfortunately I have to so I can administer chemotherapy to my poor orange cat as well as hand feed him 2x a day. Life sucks atm.
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Oh Crap TM, Looks like you can't catch a break! Ooops, maybe you can?!?! So Sorry man, what a lot to put up with!
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Bleh, that sucks, though not unusual TM. My bro's 'comminuted' fracture was missing bone on two ends of a sliver around 3/4 inch long in the middle; the first x-ray after taking off the plaster was terribly disappointing and he continued to wear a splint. A couple of months later a big difference was visible on the x-rays. Two years later, and you can't even tell where the breaks were. I'm no medical expert though it seems the healing progresses slowly at first and eventually accelerates, with the initial phase not visible on x-rays due to lack of calcification. Everyone heals at different rates but it all takes time. Anyway, hope you are able to avoid having more surgery!
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I am feeling for ya man. That is awful news.
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Bleh, that sucks, though not unusual TM. My bro's 'comminuted' fracture was missing bone on two ends of a sliver around 3/4 inch long in the middle; the first x-ray after taking off the plaster was terribly disappointing and he continued to wear a splint. A couple of months later a big difference was visible on the x-rays. Two years later, and you can't even tell where the breaks were. I'm no medical expert though it seems the healing progresses slowly at first and eventually accelerates, with the initial phase not visible on x-rays due to lack of calcification. Everyone heals at different rates but it all takes time. Anyway, hope you are able to avoid having more surgery!
that's pretty much how the Dr. hopes this will turn out. 8 weeks and then check, problem is I'm not braced because of the ulna dislocation as the PT to try any get back any use of the wrist, so I'm instructed to "be careful and not lift ANYTHING.." I'm never careful, so this will be interesting.
Thanks for the insight, ximan. Useful as usual.
Anyhow, so far this sucks badly. I'll be happy to get 50% mobility back. Right now, my left hand is about as useful as a tyrannosaur grabber.
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any talk of bone stimulators? My buddy had to do that when his elbow was not healing. That got him back on track.
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Prayers with you TM. The Arm will get better just have to adapt to a different lifestyle currently.
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Prayers with you TM. The Arm will get better just have to adapt to a different lifestyle currently.
I'm not the praying type being an agnostic, but I do accept any and all prayers from all denominations! heh
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Things are going better with the arm. I've been having issues where my wrist won't go to "palm down". So things like typing and general usage become impossible without discomfort and pain. However, recently (today) I was actually able to break through the block and go almost full pronation/supination. It hurts like hell, but at least it's moving.
Now, hopefully the bone is growing back in the Radius. I'll know on the 8th of January. I'm crossing my fingers that no more operations will be needed.
Also, the cat is doing better. Hopefully after more than $10K worth of vet work, things will get better.
At least 2013 is finally ending on a good note.
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Glad you arm getting better TM as for for cat, it will be cheaper to put him down and train a new one. Yes I'm a cold baster, that what my wife tell me every time I try to put my cat down.
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I feel you on the pet part. Last cat we had we probably put 2k into when things started going wrong with him. He wouldn't eat, was throwing everything up and was pretty much starving because of it. Had to put him down after four vets couldn't figure out what was wrong.
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Glad you arm getting better TM as for for cat, it will be cheaper to put him down and train a new one. Yes I'm a cold baster, that what my wife tell me every time I try to put my cat down.
I hear ya. You can imagine the conversation in my head when it comes to those decisions. Really, since it's only money at this point, I'm OK with it. He's my little friend and I don't mind. When things start getting impossible and pointless, I'm sure I'll have to change my tune. My last cat reached that point, so the decision was pretty clear. He's just not there yet.
I feel you on the pet part. Last cat we had we probably put 2k into when things started going wrong with him. He wouldn't eat, was throwing everything up and was pretty much starving because of it. Had to put him down after four vets couldn't figure out what was wrong.
I'm pretty peeved at my vet. Really only should have "only" been around $6.5K, but after they messed around last week, they didn't diagnose correctly even after the 1st ultrasound. So they sent him home stable, but within hours started going through his death spiral again. I don't mind spending money for a good cause, but I just HATE wasting money. And that was $3.2K wasted over a few days.
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They finally added my day-one xrays to my file. The attending doctor today remarked that I had really "done a number" to myself. I tend to do that.
From this you can see that my forearm was about 3-4 inches shorter. Finally normal length arms!
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They finally added my day-one xrays to my file. The attending doctor today remarked that I had really "done a number" to myself. I tend to do that.
From this you can see that my forearm was about 3-4 inches shorter. Finally normal length arms!
(http://oi47.tinypic.com/6zai4k.jpg)
(http://provehitoteturbinis.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/026pzhm.jpg)
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lol @ dxrom.
The xrays they still don't have are from that night when the emergency room sent me to see if they could "set" my radius. 4 injections of pain medication, the "chinese finger trap" arm stretcher, and 2 people to hold me down while they tried to link the bones together, my bone ends had fragmented into many smaller shards. There's still a piece in there that they missed.
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lol @ dxrom.
The xrays they still don't have are from that night when the emergency room sent me to see if they could "set" my radius. 4 injections of pain medication, the "chinese finger trap" arm stretcher, and 2 people to hold me down while they tried to link the bones together, my bone ends had fragmented into many smaller shards. There's still a piece in there that they missed.
Less beer more milk!
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lol @ dxrom.
The xrays they still don't have are from that night when the emergency room sent me to see if they could "set" my radius. 4 injections of pain medication, the "chinese finger trap" arm stretcher, and 2 people to hold me down while they tried to link the bones together, my bone ends had fragmented into many smaller shards. There's still a piece in there that they missed.
Less beer more milk!
blasphemy!
BURN THE HERETIC!