[TheForge] Fall <grin> winter project.

[Tod Estes]

Hey Bruce
Is that the "Bone Glue" that I have been hearing about? Injectable into the
hemotoma and promotes calous formation?
Tod.
Quoting Bruce Freeman <freemab222 at yahoo.com>:

> 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.
> > The FrostWorks
> >
> > Meadow Lakes, AK.
> >
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> >
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Tod Estes

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