Left arm recovery

Post by **Old Savage** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:02 am

Jan 2 surgery - new plate on the forearm with bone graft - in the splint/cast two weeks - ten days later arm seems to be straightening fine. They tend to lose movement in the cast restriction

Pre surgery

oldguy · Post by **oldguy** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:17 am

it is good to see you smile.
oldguy
ps. nice jamies.

Post by **Old Savage** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:32 am

Those are SHORTS oldguy - you asked how I was doing

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:41 am

oldguy wrote:it is good to see you smile.
oldguy
ps. nice jamies.
Old Savage wrote:Those are SHORTS oldguy - you asked how I was doing

+1.

Sure look like jammies!

earlmck · Post by **earlmck** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:19 am

Lookin' good there, OS. And you, too. Now a couple of hours a day loading shells should be perfect therapy to get that arm fully functional again. And you can do that while wearing jammies, too.

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:19 am

Glad to hear recovery is coming on..

......... SHORTS

El Chivo · Post by **El Chivo** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:02 am

Congrats on the recovery and the pup tent

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:11 am

OS,
Glad to see you back in the saddle.

I gotta ask though, those undershorts your wearing............well............nice....................................It all reminds me to go to the Salvation Army to pick up my CARE package.

You need to close up the front. "One Eyed Pete" is peeking out.

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Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:20 am

Glad you are on the mend OS

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:40 am

All good news this morn that brought a smile until i seen the jammies.

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:30 am

OTOH, Fred - Yer RIGHT arm seems to keep doing the same ole' thang...................

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Post by **Old Savage** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:49 am

SHORTS - I tell ya - shorts

Somebody, Six, is trying to look to close. And LL Bean fleece slippers worthy of Ysabel for these 14 degree nights - wait just a minute here - this is southern Calif.; we're not supposed to have that.

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:26 am

Guy has surgery and he still manages to pose with gorgeous wimmins. Sheesh!

KirkD · Post by **KirkD** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:39 am

Let's hope you'll be able to exercise your left arm the same way as you are demonstrating with your right.

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:04 am

I want him to recover quickly and host that shoot, so I can stand next to him and hope some of that magic rubs off.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:05 am

My eyes, my eyes.

Pretty girls though

M. M. Wright · Post by **M. M. Wright** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:10 am

Glad to see you doin' good, and I like lookin' at the wimmen too.

rangerider7 · Post by **rangerider7** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:26 am

Glad you are doing fine. Make sure you complete your rehab 100% so you wont have problems later on. God Bless, RR7

92&94 · Post by **92&94** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:32 am

earlmck wrote:Lookin' good there, OS. And you, too. Now a couple of hours a day loading shells should be perfect therapy to get that arm fully functional again. And you can do that while wearing jammies, too.

That only works out the pulling down muscles, need to balance with some 12 oz curls too - though obviously after reloading , not before

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:20 pm

12 oz. curls, have not heard that in a while

mod71alaska · Post by **mod71alaska** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:38 pm

Get well soon, OS. At least the left side. Your right side seems to be warm and comfy and doing quite well! Shorts?..hmmm.... I think SHORT JAMMIES, page 77 LL Bean. They look nice though...really!

92&94 · Post by **92&94** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 7:10 pm

Mescalero wrote:12 oz. curls, have not heard that in a while

another classic - How do you make a small fortune in prospecting (or ranching, depending on present company)?

slimster · Post by **slimster** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 7:11 pm

O.S.,seriously, how can you expect us to intelligently discuss the "plate" on your left arm, when we are always distracted by the "dish" under your right arm?!?!?

Post by **Old Savage** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 7:40 pm

Slimster

Here is what they term a plate - the old one - you can see where it broke and the self tapping screws. Wasn't a great deal of fun having it in there broken for 3 months until we got the second surgery arranged and done.

slimster · Post by **slimster** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:10 pm

OS, thanks for the update, and mucho glad yer on the road to recovery and feeling better. That plate's definitely broken, but I'll be durned if I can see anything wrong with those dishes!

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:20 pm

Glad to see your are doing better

. Just think you get to have fun at the airport now setting off the metal detectors

olyinaz · Post by **olyinaz** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 1:09 am

Keep on keepin' on!

Oly

El Chivo · Post by **El Chivo** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 4:58 am

How do you make a small fortune in prospecting?

By starting out with a large fortune?

Gobblerforge · Post by **Gobblerforge** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:53 am

slimster wrote:OS, thanks for the update, and mucho glad yer on the road to recovery and feeling better. That plate's definitely broken, but I'll be durned if I can see anything wrong with those dishes!

They have a crack.

Gobbler

Stan in SC · Post by **Stan in SC** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:32 am

OS,you seem to be doing well on the recovery thing.You just need to lessen the distraction of all of those fine looking females.Yeah ,right.

Stan in SC

Post by **Old Savage** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:28 am

Thanks fellas - glad you like my "support" team. Here is another, 10 years ago she hit a semi stopped on the freeway in a dust storm and 13 more cars piled into the back. Quite a mess and long recovery - she has been in nursing all her life and still is. Another is a med/surg nurse and another has had over 20 knee surgeries from congenital problems followed by car injuries, a police career and car accidents. More than just pretty faces, hard working gutsy women with a lot of real life experience - they and others have been very helpful - I am thankful and appreciative.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 12:13 pm

OS,

Question for you. Years ago when someone broke a bone they'd just set it and put a plaster cast on it till it healed. Now I hear about how they put metal plates with screws on the bone quite often.

My questions are:

Why the plate rather than a cast, and once healed do they remove the plate or just leave it?

Joe

Nath · Post by **Nath** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 12:17 pm

Good to see getting back to normal friend

Nath.

Post by **Old Savage** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 12:47 pm

Joe, this was what is termed a Montegge fracture - radius dislocates and the ulna in this case was a comminuted (surgeon said shattered

fracture). They try to put the parts back together as best they can and get the bone with the most opposing aligned surface. In this case they put a plate in and cast it for seven weeks. The bone did not knit and the steel - looks more like a strip - broke from flexing. Interestingly, two weeks after the first cast was off I went to a reliencing seminar - the first thing covered in the Xray portion was the Montegge fracture.

mod71alaska · Post by **mod71alaska** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 2:01 pm

OS, I'm sure you're an inspiration to your "support team" as well. Keep up your good recovery work and inspiring spirit!

Post by **Old Savage** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:21 pm

Onward and upward.

I didcovered I have some Buffalo Bore 260s for the 45 Rossi 92. That should be interesting.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:23 pm

Old Savage wrote:Joe, this was what is termed a Montegge fracture - radius dislocates and the ulna in this case was a comminuted (surgeon said shattered fracture). They try to put the parts back together as best they can and get the bone with the most opposing aligned surface. In this case they put a plate in and cast it for seven weeks. The bone did not knit and the steel - looks more like a strip - broke from flexing. Interestingly, two weeks after the first cast was off I went to a reliencing seminar - the first thing covered in the Xray portion was the Montegge fracture.

OK, so if I'm understanding these medical terms right, the fracture wasn't just a broken bone, it was a bone broken in multiple parts. Hense the additional reinforcement of the plate.

That I can understand.

Hope this new plate and your care givers get that arm healed this time for good.

Joe

Post by **Old Savage** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:56 pm

Right Joe - the left femur also had a fracture like that but compound - they put a titanium rod in it but the pieces pulled back in place around the rod - one was a 3" x 3/4" triangle with another 1" x 1/2" piece. I think they have to do their best and hope for the best - of course the first time the surgeon had to do both. I understand that the anesthetist did not want me under any longer so they left the broken right ankle for the next day. That was a non displaced fracture of the medial maleolus on the tibia (inside of the right ankle). I decided not to have that done or cast but just moved it a lot without weight bearing out of the boot - that worked out well - healed with no pain and very little loss of motion. From what I have seen, orthopedics as with a lot of medicine can be a tricky game.

Post by **Old Savage** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 4:55 pm

Joe - here is the general idea.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:14 am

OS,

Those X-rays explain it great. So, once healed the plates stay in then. It would be more or less unnecessary surgery to remove them.

You're sure gonna have fun with metal detectors ....

The TSA will probably strip you and make you walk through three or four times before or if they believe your story.

Joe

Post by **Old Savage** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 1:15 pm

That's the deal Joe. The lady doc told me 95% of them stay in. I still have a pin and wire in the other elbow from a 1975 incident.

Post by **Old Savage** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 1:50 pm

Getting the left arm back in action with help - note Camaro SS in background belongs to the happy lady in the burgundy.

JohndeFresno · Post by **JohndeFresno** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:39 pm

Blessings, OS.

My wife had a bad wrist break - a "Swiss break," meaning that her wrist folded forward when she fell. She, too, is bionic with that metal plate and its screws. So when I know I've done something wrong, I make sure that I place myself on her other side to avoid the swing of her reinforced Iron Man arm!

Sorry for your misfortunes, but sending a prayer that you have no more "adventures" of this type. Be well with God's blessings.

John

Post by **Old Savage** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 3:48 pm

Thank you John - how completely did your wife recover?

JohndeFresno · Post by **JohndeFresno** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 4:42 pm

Old Savage wrote:Thank you John - how completely did your wife recover?

AOK. She had an excellent surgeon. Seven pins.

She doesn't try to lift the front end of our car to change a tire, but otherwise she has had no residual problems; no pins pulling out or any of that. Sometimes she feels the cold weather a bit, but that can be expected.

Post by **Old Savage** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 4:49 pm

Glad to hear it - I have a pin in the right elbow put in in 75 after the second break - no issues unless it was banged on something. Lost some extention in the elbow.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:10 pm

Prayers up OS! Sorry I missed this post before!

Post by **Old Savage** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:39 pm

Thanks Y Guy - all is coming along - 15th they take a couple of xrays to assess bone healing in the left ulna.