[TheForge] Fall <grin> winter project.

[Bruce Freeman]

Ouch!

Hope the bones knit well.

If they don't, ask your surgeon about "bone
morphogenic protein" available from Wyeth.  (Yes,
that's where I work.  No, I can't take any credit for
the stuff.)  As the name says, it is a protein that
helps bone-formation and, hence, knitting.

Hope you don't need it, but worth knowing about in the
off-chance that you might.

Bruce
NJ

--- Jerry Frost <frosty at customcpu.com> wrote:

> Two tuesdays ago I was loading an excavator on a
> tilt 
> top trailer at work and somehow fell off it, pile 
> driving my left arm into the ground. I shattered my 
> humurus into nine useable pieces and got to spend 8 
> days in the hospital, returning home last wed.
> 
> There were two surgeries, the first, the day of my 
> injury to stabalize things, stop bleeding and repair
> or 
> mitigate damage. I was equipped with a metal
> tinkertoy 
> looking thing called an external fixator and 4-5,
> 6"+ 
> long bone screws to act as a splint. Being an open 
> fracture there was a serious risk of infection, 
> compounded by my diabetes so they had to leave it 
> accessible to drain, monitor and treat.
> 
> The second surgery was a week later after the 
> antibiotic round, swelling and bruising had gone
> down 
> and the reconstructive surgeon git back to town.
> <grin> 
> This surgery lasted around 6 1/2 hrs. and according
> to 
> the doc went well. His biggest priority was to make
> the 
> two piece joint as good as possible. He says it went
> 
> together easily leaving a smooth contact surface and
> is 
> well aligned. The rest of the bone went together
> well, 
> though he had to move a nerve to avoid damage.
> 
> It'll be a few weeks before I'll be worth much as 
> anything except to keep an easy chair from blowing 
> away. Even typing is a PITA, I'm used to writing
> around 
> 50wpm and am now in one hand hunt and peck. I'll be 
> mostly lurking because typing is such a pain so
> please 
> don't think I'm snubbing anybody, I'm only up to a 
> little if this at a time.
> 
> Be careful out there will ya?
> 
> Frosty
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