Dusty Chalk Posted December 11, 2015 Report Posted December 11, 2015 "Well that escalated quickly" Sucks about the meat and the pain meds, though -- hope you get well soon.
skullguise Posted December 11, 2015 Report Posted December 11, 2015 Only good thing is that its done. Hope all heals well, and quickly....sorry about your meat bath, too....
Absorbine_Sr Posted December 11, 2015 Report Posted December 11, 2015 I was actually able to consume the roast. Chewed with the good side of my mouth. The roast was very tender but needed more flavor. And thanks for the well wishes. Bryan is prepping meds for me for Saturday. 5
Torpedo Posted December 11, 2015 Report Posted December 11, 2015 Get well soon, Mike. Damn stupid teeth
Hopstretch Posted December 11, 2015 Report Posted December 11, 2015 18 minutes ago, jvlgato said: Ouch! Sorry Mike. Feel better soon! This!
swt61 Posted December 11, 2015 Report Posted December 11, 2015 6 hours ago, guzziguy said: Heal quickly, Mike! This!
skullguise Posted December 13, 2015 Report Posted December 13, 2015 I'm done for the holidays! Had a very nice Hanukkah celebration at my sister's tonight, the last family party of the season. It was a little low key, normally my dad and step-mom host; but my dad wasn't feeling well so it moved. It was a little bit "thrown together" but that made it actually more personable. Saw some very nice folks we see only a few times a year, and had some great food and chats. But that's it now. The benefit of being Jewish with early holidays....now I can relax and coast through Christmas! 9
HeadphoneAddict Posted December 14, 2015 Report Posted December 14, 2015 Picked up my daughter from the airport today, after she's been gone at semester abroad since August. Had a nice meal together and then we got to present her with a brand new Subaru Impreza Sport to replace her old Subaru that was totaled in our accident last December. 13
MexicanDragon Posted December 14, 2015 Report Posted December 14, 2015 Nice, Larry! I'm sure it was a good feeling both seeing her again, and giving her a pretty sweet gift. **BRENT**
Dusty Chalk Posted December 14, 2015 Report Posted December 14, 2015 Good to see she is recuperating, and very generous gift.
CD44hi Posted December 14, 2015 Report Posted December 14, 2015 Great news and great gift indeed! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Dreadhead Posted December 15, 2015 Report Posted December 15, 2015 Installed new mantle over the fireplace and the requisite holiday decorations 4
Grahame Posted December 15, 2015 Report Posted December 15, 2015 So those are the 'Elf & Safety, Seasonal "DO NOT USE FIREPLACE" Red Tags?
Pars Posted December 15, 2015 Report Posted December 15, 2015 10 hours ago, Dusty Chalk said: Good to see she is recuperating, and very generous gift. ^ This!
HeadphoneAddict Posted December 17, 2015 Report Posted December 17, 2015 On December 14, 2015 at 7:17 AM, Dusty Chalk said: Good to see she is recuperating, and very generous gift. Thanks, but I wish the news about her right ankle talus bone avascular necrosis was better. She can only take about 10 steps at a time, and still uses a wheelchair and crutches most of the time. Her right ankle joint X-ray looks terrible at the doctor yesterday, and it causes her great pain with bone on bone arthritis. She'll need an ankle fusion to reduce the pain, although she'll have much less function of the joint. She'll need another MRI to determine how much of the Talus bone is still viable. The left ankle with all the hardware is doing much better, with a nice smooth joint space between the Tibia, Fibula, and Talus bones. A nice car was the least we could do, but it will never be enough, not even with the fund that will pay for 3 years of law school if she's accepted. 1
Craig Sawyers Posted December 17, 2015 Report Posted December 17, 2015 Holy crap Larry. I have no idea how I missed this, but have looked back over the history just now, and seen the photos post ops and the state of the car. I am so sorry that you and your daughter have been though so much grief over the last year. What a nightmare. Thank god that modern cars can take such a horrendous impact and still protect you at least to some extent with a 100mph+ impact speed. Best wishes to you both for continued recovery.
Dusty Chalk Posted December 17, 2015 Report Posted December 17, 2015 Yeah, understood, Larry, but it could always be worse. I have a friend who was paralyzed from a motorcycle accident since he was around 20, was told he would never walk again, recovered enough to walk again (took decades), and then had a Segway accident and is now paralyzed again (he's around 50 now). I'm not trying to say which is worse, I'm just saying cherish her ability to walk at all.
HeadphoneAddict Posted December 18, 2015 Report Posted December 18, 2015 Sorry to be such a Debbie Downer. Today was the one year anniversary of our car accident, and still neither of us can walk without assistance. I'm sorry to be so negative, but maybe after my first post-op X-rays tomorrow, from my second femur surgery, I'll be more positive. If my femur bone is finally healing then it means most of my current pain is due to overworked muscles from physical therapy, plus my fibromyalgia. Two weeks ago I did a whole flight of 12 stairs up and down in therapy, alternating legs with each step, and I haven't been the same since. I felt better two weeks ago than I do now, feeling like therapy is kicking my ass. My daughter's going with me to see the surgeon in Denver tomorrow AM, and then we'll head to Boulder so we can take her sister to see a movie together, before heading back home.
skullguise Posted December 18, 2015 Report Posted December 18, 2015 Rant away Larry. Ultimately it's better to have you here ranting then not to have you here. Only wishing the best for you and your daughter with each new day. And hoping the slogan "no pain no gain" is appropriate, and it means you ARE progressing with PT. 2
HeadphoneAddict Posted December 19, 2015 Report Posted December 19, 2015 So, part of my pain was from one of the lower femur screws backing out and coming loose, and it was hitting my IT band and popping against it, and referring pain up my leg when I would bend and straighten my leg. It was halfway out and the head of the screw was about 1" under the skin. This is not uncommon. I elected to have them cut me open in the office to fix it today, and it was so loose it came right out once he cut deep enough to expose the screw - the threads in the bone were stripped, so it could not be tightened and retained. The good news is I didn't need both lower screws, and could even go without the second lower screw without issues. Also, a leg fracture in someone my age takes about 12 weeks to heal, and at 6 weeks post-op I'm 50% healed. It's more healed now than it was pre-op in November when I was at almost 11 months. They gave me a sterile suture removal kit so I can take the stitches out in two weeks while I'm at Duke, and I don't have to go back for 6 weeks. My Apple Watch says I walked 3 miles today, using just a cane, and I've only taken Oxycodone once today (for the outpatient surgery).
dsavitsk Posted December 19, 2015 Report Posted December 19, 2015 Ouch. And isn't there some sort of medical Loctite?
Craig Sawyers Posted December 19, 2015 Report Posted December 19, 2015 When the bone is mended will they take out the metalwork?
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