[TheForge] Fall <grin> winter project.

[Jerry Frost]

It's been mentioned but the reconstructive surgeon said 
my bone is dense, hard, healthy and should heal well.

Not dense and hard enough to drive into hard ground 
like a tent stake though. Next time I fall off 
something I'm aiming for mud or pucky. <grin>

Frosty
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Freeman" <freemab222 at yahoo.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Fall <grin> winter project.


> 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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>> it ain't real.
>> Wrought iron is.
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>>
>> Meadow Lakes, AK.
>>
>> http://www.artmetalradio.com/
>>
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