[boostindoubles]

7 years ago I stuck my arm in an auger and it went better than anyone could have imagined. I mean, I'm still here and have a mostly functional arm. The arm doesnt hurt much but I get alot of deep, dull aches in the upper elbow. It's all good until it all decided it doesnt want to respond.

I've got some screws and plates right there where the aching is happening. I think the dissimilarity between the metal and bone is causing/contributing to the wonky operation of my arm.

Who here has had hardware removed years later? Any complications? Best thing ever?

 

[jonKranked]

talk to your ortho.

 

[Westy]

We got this

 

[Pesqueeb]

7 years ago I stuck my arm in an auger and it went better than anyone could have imagined. I mean, I'm still here and have a mostly functional arm. The arm doesnt hurt much but I get alot of deep, dull aches in the upper elbow. It's all good until it all decided it doesnt want to respond.

I've got some screws and plates right there where the aching is happening. I think the dissimilarity between the metal and bone is causing/contributing to the wonky operation of my arm.

Who here has had hardware removed years later? Any complications? Best thing ever?

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YMMV of course, and I suppose it depends on the nature of your particular "installations", but I was told that if none of my stuff came out in the first 6 months, that I needed to consider it a permanent feature. I second a consultation with your Orthopedic.

Edit to add: With my stuff, I was told by a number of my doctors that a lot of aches and pains I have is simply scar tissue/arthritis and that's "just how it's going to be". You may have to have a discussion about pain management if/when it starts effecting your quality of life.

 

[6thElement]

talk to your ortho.

I second a consultation with your Orthopedic.

I am disgusted in your lack of faith in advice given by the monkey hive.

It's like we're not all qualified experts because we used to watch House or something.

 

[jonKranked]

I am disgusted in your lack of faith in advice given by the monkey hive.

It's like we're not all qualified experts because we used to watch House or something.

i work in the orthopedic industry. i'm not allowed to give anything that could be construed as medical advice, as i am not a dr. what i can do is recommend he consult with his orthopedic specialist, ideally the one who performed the surgery.

 

[boostindoubles]

I am disgusted in your lack of faith in advice given by the monkey hive.

It's like we're not all qualified experts because we used to watch House or something.

Personal experiences can be valid and interesting. And free.

 

[CBJ]

Interesting I thought it always had to come out. My collarbone need screws ASAP.

 

[Westy]

i work in the orthopedic industry. i'm not allowed to give anything that could be construed as medical advice, as i am not a dr. what i can do is recommend he consult with his orthopedic specialist, ideally the one who performed the surgery.

I believe he is looking for info from people with first hand experience as a patient not medical advice. Plenty of broken people here.

 

[jonKranked]

I believe he is looking for info from people with first hand experience as a patient not medical advice. Plenty of broken people here.

for how old we all are, we're all broken somehow.

 

[boostindoubles]

We got this

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Theres times when it crosses my mind...

 

[gonefirefightin]

Get them out as soon as possible, I delayed some hardware removal on my leg and is has actually made things worse over the years. Also make sure you have a PT that is a back breaker. The harder you work in PT the less issues you will have down the road.

 

[Pesqueeb]

Also make sure you have a PT that is a back breaker. The harder you work in PT the less issues you will have down the road.

"Know the difference between a Physical Therapist and a Terrorist?"

 

[sunringlerider]

I’ve got a few plates, rods and screws. All still there.
The stuff in/on my pelvis would require a fairly large procedure to remove. The large bolt in my should could come out but it doesn’t bother me so it’s fine to stay.

I was told by my Ortho friends (live in a somewhat ortho town) that the only down side is if I were it lawn dart my shoulder again and break the bolt it would be pretty catastrophic to the surrounding tissue

 

[Westy]

for how old we all are, we're all broken somehow.

Just read up on the process used to repair my thumb and based on it requiring over 2 years to get feeling back in my thumb I think my doctor fucked up this step.

Elevate the thick skin flaps. Identify the dorsal ulnar
sensory branch to thumb and mobilize and retract volarly
or dorsally. Be sure to protect the nerve. Expose and
identify the adductor aponeurosis

 

[kidwoo]

I would have been fine not seeing that xray

 

[chuffer]

I would have been fine not seeing that xray

Based on the description and the thumbnail, I NFW-ed clicking on that.

We had someone lose their arm here in the valley in a destemmer (basically an auger with a huge cheese grater attached) two years ago. Same outfit had a guy suffocate to death in a big fermenter (full of CO2 gas) this year. Safety third / cool story, bruh.

 

[jonKranked]

I would have been fine not seeing that xray

be glad you haven't seen the fucked up shit i have

 

[jonKranked]

We had someone lose their arm here in the valley in a destemmer (basically an auger with a huge cheese grater attached) two years ago. Same outfit had a guy suffocate to death this year. Safety third / cool story, bruh.

osha must love them

 

[slyfink]

YMMV of course, and I suppose it depends on the nature of your particular "installations", but I was told that if none of my stuff came out in the first 6 months, that I needed to consider it a permanent feature. I second a consultation with your Orthopedic.

Edit to add: With my stuff, I was told by a number of my doctors that a lot of aches and pains I have is simply scar tissue/arthritis and that's "just how it's going to be". You may have to have a discussion about pain management if/when it starts effecting your quality of life.

Both of these points echo what I've been told by various surgeons and doctors for my back.

that said, I'd also suggest talking to an ortho, especially if you're having issues.

 

[boostindoubles]

I would have been fine not seeing that xray

I thumbnailed it for a reason. What did you expect in here?



I was running a pair of loppers two weeks ago and was reefing on a branch when I felt a feeling. Now I can ball my fist and flex the arm to repeat the sensation. It's pretty acute and in the hardware zone. I've got another plate behind the wrist on the outside of the Ulna. Sometimes when twisting that arm I can feel the edges of the plate and its unsettling how the bone and metal don't flex together.

When hardware comes out, the holes and all that fill back in over the next 6 weeks, amiright?

 

[boostindoubles]

It's been pretty stable the last few years with known limits and functionality. Somethings going on though and I'm trying to pin point it. It's not like I've broken this arm in seven places or anything.

At any rate I don't recommend going to the ortho doc and saying "it hurts, why?" Over the years I've learned the more I know going into the meeting the faster we get to the bottom of it. When I dislocated/broke my hand a couple years ago the hand doc was hell bent on surgery and hardware but I was able to self diagnose and rebreak/set the bones at home. In the end all he said was that the xray looked normal and he could still go in and plate it for security.

 

[CBJ]

Auger is like and adult equivalent of lawn dart. Seems like a good idea but you know somebody is going to get hurt.

 

[kidwoo]

I thumbnailed it for a reason. What did you expect in here?



I was running a pair of loppers two weeks ago and was reefing on a branch when I felt a feeling. Now I can ball my fist and flex the arm to repeat the sensation. It's pretty acute and in the hardware zone. I've got another plate behind the wrist on the outside of the Ulna. Sometimes when twisting that arm I can feel the edges of the plate and its unsettling how the bone and metal don't flex together.

When hardware comes out, the holes and all that fill back in over the next 6 weeks, amiright?

It's all good, I'm not really squeamish. That's just a gnarly break.

But yeah that sounds like hardware. I had to get some stuff dug out of my knee 10 years after the fact because it was doing something similar. Acute is the right word.

 

[Westy]

It's been pretty stable the last few years with known limits and functionality. Somethings going on though and I'm trying to pin point it. It's not like I've broken this arm in seven places or anything.

At any rate I don't recommend going to the ortho doc and saying "it hurts, why?" Over the years I've learned the more I know going into the meeting the faster we get to the bottom of it. When I dislocated/broke my hand a couple years ago the hand doc was hell bent on surgery and hardware but I was able to self diagnose and rebreak/set the bones at home. In the end all he said was that the xray looked normal and he could still go in and plate it for security.

You didn't chuck that stick into my rear wheel because your arm was hurting?

 

[boostindoubles]

My fear is nerves so wanting to look at the plausible one and done options.

Yeah that was a knarly one. The sound was on another level.

 

[boostindoubles]

You didn't chuck that stick into my rear wheel because your arm was hurting?

Your pain, my pain or something like that

I wasn't happy your wheel died but I also wasnt worried about missing out on riding slippery trails blind either.