[Ciaran]

That I broke my leg at Big Bear...

After one year there is a little bit of swelling left, I have full range of motion, and feeling. Total cost was 12.00, including parking. I have great insurance!

 

[Polandspring88]

Nice shaved legs.

 

[vallEbikes]

looks like they forgot to put in one of the screws

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Nice work.

So how's the leg today?

 

[Ciaran]

Nice work.

So how's the leg today?

leg's doing great. Much better shaving job these days... not so hairy. Full range of motion, a little swelling. Everyonce in a while I can "feel" the hardware. All in all not bad... not that I want to break anything else.

 

[oly]

yea, whats up with that one random screw??

 

[stinkyboy]

 

[Zark]

yea, whats up with that one random screw??

Screwing a break from a different angle, prolly can't see it from this angle?

 

[Ciaran]

Screwing a break from a different angle, prolly can't see it from this angle?

Yup.


Thanks Stinkyboy. I was hoping for presents but cake is cool.

 

[jollytime]

They must love you at airports!

 

[SuzyCreamcheese]

They must love you at airports!

Actually, plates inside don't set off the alarms. At least the ones in my head don't.

The Cheese

 

[Broken_Spoke]

They must love you at airports!

it should be surgical stainles steel or titainium both of which aren't magnetic

 

[oly]

Screwing a break from a different angle, prolly can't see it from this angle?

oh, ok... it looks like it weas supposed to go through the open hole in that plate.

 

[Heidi]

Happy Anniversary!

 

[stosh]

Actually, plates inside don't set off the alarms. At least the ones in my head don't.

The Cheese

Ok I'll ask... why do you have plates in your head?

 

[Ciaran]

They must love you at airports!

I have ever only flown once and that was about 10 years ago. (I hate flying) I was able to go into a courthouse for jury duty without setting off alarms. Going to ireland in October but I think what others have said will hold true. They should have used Ti or Stainless (Stainless I think is what it is) which shouldn't set off the detectors. (fingers crossed)

 

[robdamanii]

My piercing is surgical stainless and it sets off the hand held ones they run over you.

Then they grab it and I get upset....

 

[hooples3]

My piercing is surgical stainless and it sets off the hand held ones they run over you.

Then they grab it and I get upset....

i guess it all depends on who is grabbing it

 

[robdamanii]

i guess it all depends on who is grabbing it

Considering the fact that I don't enjoy big burly men feeling up my nipples.....

NO!

 

[lovebunny]

That I broke my leg at Big Bear...

After one year there is a little bit of swelling left, I have full range of motion, and feeling. Total cost was 12.00, including parking. I have great insurance!

hey dont forget about tom secors part! :eviltongu

 

[BSEVEER]

That I broke my leg at Big Bear...

After one year there is a little bit of swelling left, I have full range of motion, and feeling. Total cost was 12.00, including parking. I have great insurance!

Ahh, so that's why you hate Big Bear so much. Lol, j/k dude.

 

[douglas]

it should be surgical stainles steel or titainium both of which aren't magnetic

these are not magnetic, so per you I can take them on my next flight?

 

[Instigator]

it should be surgical stainles steel or titainium both of which aren't magnetic

Metal detectors pic up all kinds of metal, not just megnetic stuff.

 

[Rockland]

I've got some rods & screws in my back. The surgery was in 2000, and I've flown several times since then. No problems w/ metal detectors.

 

[Skookum]

Man i don't know what i'd do if i broke my leg. That must have hurt! ink:

 

[Ciaran]

Man i don't know what i'd do if i broke my leg. That must have hurt! ink:

Don't worry, if you ever do I'll keep you up to date so you'll know what's going to happen next in the healing process. I think yours was nastier than mine.

hey dont forget about tom secors part! :eviltongu

Dude, I could NEVER forget Tom's part, or Holly's (posts here as OCDH, I think) Shoot, Tom knelt down and held my leg still for like 30 minutes till help arrived. Then he and Holly helped me get down the hill. Two very cool people.

And yeah, this is why I hate BB so much. I just know they placed that rock there on purpose. Where's my lawyer?

 

[biggins]

they actually use titanium. it is the only metal that the human body will not reject. at least i know that is what ended up in my arm.

i passed the 1 year mark back in may. i still do not have 50% range of motion in it and it still hurts all the time no matter what.

but it holds up well and it will probably never break again.

 

[Ciaran]

they actually use titanium. it is the only metal that the human body will not reject. at least i know that is what ended up in my arm.

i passed the 1 year mark back in may. i still do not have 50% range of motion in it and it still hurts all the time no matter what.

but it holds up well and it will probably never break again.

You did your wrist up pretty bad, right? I seem to remember the pix of you arm/wrist/hand all twisted and gnarley lookin.

My doc told me that it was a pretty bad break but that I was super lucky that I didn't injure the joint. He said that I would have had a much longer recovery time and would have done therapy for quite a while. When I hear about other people's injuries I remember how lucky I really was. i broke the leg but it could have been much worse.

 

[Repack]

they actually use titanium. it is the only metal that the human body will not reject. at least i know that is what ended up in my arm.

i passed the 1 year mark back in may. i still do not have 50% range of motion in it and it still hurts all the time no matter what.

but it holds up well and it will probably never break again.

Also stainless atracts bacteria0. I thought that Ti does not, but someone told me that it does, only to a much lesser degree than steel. Ti is also good becasue it flexes better. Ask you dentist about screws etc. Mine freaked when I went in a few days after knee surgery. EVen after I told them that all of the hardware was biodegradable plastic (designed to last for 6 weeks) they still called my ortho to check. The dentist said that teeth cleaning releases a lot of bacteris which in turn finds its way into you blood streem. Under normal circumstances it is too dilluted to do anything, but steel will atract/concentrate it which can lead to infection. If you have steel hardware in your body they have you take Penacillan (sp?) a week before any procedure. All of that was news to me. Anyone know why it works out that way?

 

[biggins]

yeah you mean this photo?

notice my thumb is nowhere in sight

 

[biggins]

or this

it was crushed, both bones in my forearm as well as a wrist bone. joint damage tendon damage severe dislocation, compound frature.

in retrospect though it is kind of an experience that i wouldnt wanna not have in life.

even though i will never be able to wipe my ass with my right hand or do a pushup ever again....