[TheForge] Forging limits after surgery (& other safety hints)

[peter fels]

On Jul 28, 2011, at 1:54 PM, Ron Childers wrote:

> Thanx for the kind words. They said it was contained and the roots
> zapped with their jet-rocket ray gun. It had not metastasized and the
> blood work is good,

Applause!!...Good job!
> b/p, heart rate and all the electrolytes, etc. But
> now I'm only twice as tough as the average man half my age.
Grin!
> And what
> about my career as a male stripper with an 8" gash across my gut? 
Hell, you point proudly and say  "8" !!"
I get to brag about 2', but it isn't apt to be as well received. 
( left out the 2 hernias last month and the crotch to diaphragm , Zorroesque "S" scar from '80.)
I finally turned in my tutu and ballet slippers..twas that or the beer belly and beard.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Forgeing limits after surgery (& outher safety
> hints)
> 
> 
> On Jul 28, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Ron Childers wrote:
> 
>> Was it a herniated disc?
> Those plus bone spurs and cartilage and some other stuff where the
> spinal chord outa be, at several locations.
> The good part is all that hardware meant i could avoid fusion.
>> 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.
> 
> Hoo boy!..You've the pathology report by now and know that it was
> contained, i trust.
> If so, you lucked out brother bear!!! Pleased!
> 
>> 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.
> 
> That's the word...no BLT ( bending, twisting or lifting)..i get to work
> up to 15# over the next 5 weeks.
>> 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....
> Ah, involuntary educations again.
> I'm a little amazed that knife makers have any fingers left at all.
> Delighted you dodged that one Ron!
> 
> 
>> 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
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>> 
>> 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:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Must be forge fumes - or perhaps its "that time of the month!"
>>> 
>>> <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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