[TheForge] Titanium pins

[davemudge1]

Thanks for the input Mike. They will remove the pins soon because he is still growing and the bones are mending well.


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-------- Original message --------
From: mspencer at tallships.ca 
Date: 1/9/2017  1:26 AM  (GMT-06:00) 
To: theforge at mailman.qth.net 
Subject: [TheForge]  Titanium pins 


> My 13 year old grandson broke his arm a short time ago and had 2
> pins put into the bones to hold them together. from the x-rays they
> appear to be 3/16 diameter and as long as from his wrist to his
> elbow....twisted wire bracelet with those pins when they are
> removed.

Has anyone said that they'll ever be coming out?  I broke my right
elbow in a hockey game circa 1958, fixed up with a steel pin and it's
still there.  Nice work: it's never caused me any trouble with
swinging a hammer.

No help on the titanium, though, sorry.  The only surgical implant I
ever had in the shop was a metal prosthetic hip joint.  It was so
pretty that I didn't want to do anything to alter it, made banded
attachments to convert it to a door knocker.

Oh, and best regards to your grandson.  It can't have been a fun
holiday experience.

- Mike

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Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada       .~. 
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mspencer at tallships.ca                                     /( )\
http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/                        ^^-^^

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