[TheForge] Forgeing limits after surgery (& outher safety hints)

[Ron Childers]

Was it a herniated disc? I just had one worked on and the MRI also
showed a 4.4cm "mass" on my kidney to go with the herniated disc. You
guessed it- malignant. It had to be taken out the old fashion way with
1/3 of my kidney. That was Wed June 22, 2011; the day after poking the
herniated disc on the 21st. I was run out of the hospital Monday and
back at work on "light duty" Tuesday. I didn't do any forging 'til
Saturday and then fairly light duty. The doc said, "If it hurts, quit".

The 25# lifting limit for a few weeks is for a reason: Even tough nuts
like me have to have time to heal. If you get hurt you better follow
doctor's orders and not rush it too much. Taking a little time to be
safe can pay dividends in saved time later. I admonished a friend to
cover a sharp blade with duct tape while buffing a knife handle: he
wouldn't- it went flip, grab, snatch & slice then to the ER. He lost a
month of work and I had to show him how to forge with one hand, as his
dominant hand was almost useless....
Ron C


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of peter fels
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 2:15 PM
To: paul at fongkong.net; Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Forge welding...The unfortunate truth OT:

Neither Paul;
It's painkillers...just had my lower back rebuilt..
The X-ray looks like a hardware store check-out counter.
Poptarts, just puttem in the toaster, and they come out....
mmmmmm, nice and warm with a creamy filling!

On Jul 28, 2011, at 11:01 AM, Paul Tomlinson wrote:

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> Must be forge fumes - or perhaps its "that time of the month!"
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> <Confess i think "Poptarts" is a better name for some sort of
inflatable sex toy,
> and the common usage always gives me pause.
> 
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