[TheForge] Fall <grin> winter project.

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Aww Shi p Jerry!
Need to practice your landings  guess.Nasty.
My reaction to that sort of stuff has been to ask the Dr if i can 
forge my own replacement parts.
I know darn well, that you can make an excellent titanium 
humorous humerus one handed...and it'd last!
Time for Dragon Naturally Speaking?
And...time for knitting for you ( bone knitting).
Do a good job.
Enjoy your involuntary vacation.....pf

Jerry Frost 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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