RandyMac
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No, but you can get a rhythm going.
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No, but you can get a rhythm going.
Surgery wasn't optional for me, I tore everything apart. But I will say the recovery sucks.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
Yeah, but yer bones are made of steel.
Seems like the rotator cuff sorta sort themselves out... I go in spurts of them hurting and hating life, to not feeling much but limited motion. Just have to be careful of how they're used anymore, climbing in and out of the skidder wrong a few times will set em off.
The fun one is my shin... it pops where there taint no joints... I tell myself its just the muscles or tendons working around the broken bits...
Occasionally one of the angry bits will make a loud pop and feel good for a week or two, tell I fall down again and upset em all over again...
As far as saws go Mr. woods maybe its time to invest in some new not iron and break down and get a lighter saw? Blasphemy I know, but the extra 20-30 pounds those ole Macs are toting is maybe causing more harm then good.
The fun one is my shin... it pops where there taint no joints... I tell myself its just the muscles or tendons working around the broken bits...
Occasionally one of the angry bits will make a loud pop and feel good for a week or two, tell I fall down again and upset em all over again...
As far as saws go Mr. woods maybe its time to invest in some new not iron and break down and get a lighter saw? Blasphemy I know, but the extra 20-30 pounds those ole Macs are toting is maybe causing more harm then good.
HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
Rotator cuff surgery isn't awesome
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
Not much, but just like ACL repair in non-athletes, much of the surgery may be driven by $
They do it on dogs now. That's why I'm ascared to take The Used Dog to get his knee checked out. Or is it an ankle? I don't know dog anatomy very well.
KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
I agree. Got 2nd and 3rd opinions; two said yes, one said no. The latter suggesting I accept my trail and all-terrain running days of sharp changes in direction and speed are over, and concentrate on healing and I'd be able to return to road running eventually. I didn't want to hear that. The ego simply wasn't ready to accept it. Your post has made me realise I should go back to that specialist and tell him he was right and I should have listened to him.
treeslayer2003
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i just had to like this twice
Yup. Years ago I got pinned under a log I was bucking. There wasn't any choice of whether or not surgery was necessary. I had excellent insurance so I got excellent care. I've always wondered if I would have had the same level of care if I'd been paying for it out of my own pocket...or trying to.
RandyMac
Stiff Member
Ron, do the physical therapy thing, often enough it will help.
HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
I can tell you from experience that if I diagnose you with a head and neck cancer, you are much less likely to die if you have good insurance, or lots of money. The county hospital does not provide the same level of expertise as MD Anderson. BTW, even tho they have more money than God, MD Anderson is not particularly generous with its time or care.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
I always contemplate what grades they got in med school.
I wonder, "Is this a D guy I'm listening to, or an A guy?"
America leads in triage, but sucks in the treatment of sickness and disease. Big Pharma has turned them into pill pushers.
I know a local ER doc pretty good. Real down to earth -- not much older than me. Had us do a bunch of fab for him over the years.
He doesn't sugar coat the medical industry at all.
He reminds me of you Jon.
HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
America has two health care systems. I look forward to a day when Clinton's boy Colt could expect the same outcome my boy Jacob would get if they were both diagnosed with something serious.
treeslayer2003
Addicted to ArboristSite
never gonna happen bro
HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
Tru-dat. Tru-dat.
paccity
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when i blew my wrist up the first place the county hp in coosbay put it some what back together. i'm grateful that i got a second opinion when i finally got home. younger naval surgeon fresh out of the service rebuilt it again . said that if he did not go in and do it rite it would pretty much be fused and not useable , hope he is still doing a good job for other folk. doc's are just like regular folk, some care about there people , some care about how soon there going to retire. still took a lot of painful physical therapy to get my hand to work from all the nerve damage at the wrist tunnel. still is not 100% but good enough.
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Samlock
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Uh oh, those shoulder damages the guys are telling about sure don't sound fun to me.
I however have a funny joint injury. Kinda. Two years ago I had few thorns buried deep into my left palm. Well, those thorns infected my hand with some crazy bacteria, which chew off the lower and middle joint of my left f-finger. Good thing is, it doesn't bother me at work. Downsides are: I can't play guitar no more, because stressing the string makes the bad finger dislocate. Plus while I'm driving I can't communicate properly with others.
I however have a funny joint injury. Kinda. Two years ago I had few thorns buried deep into my left palm. Well, those thorns infected my hand with some crazy bacteria, which chew off the lower and middle joint of my left f-finger. Good thing is, it doesn't bother me at work. Downsides are: I can't play guitar no more, because stressing the string makes the bad finger dislocate. Plus while I'm driving I can't communicate properly with others.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
I 'liked' your post for the strangeness factor, not cause your fingers got ate away.
How'd the thorns get embedded so deep?
