[TheForge] Titanium pins

[Charles]

The biggest issue is getting them to give you the pins.  Often they treat them as medical waste and will not let you near them.  Depends on the Dr.

Charles

> On Jan 9, 2017, at 8:59 AM, davemudge1 <davemudge1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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 
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>> 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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