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okay, so this is my first journal entry (generally don't have too much to say for myself, but here goes....)
about two years ago I was playing indoor cricket and I was fielding at the aptly-named "silly mid-off" position about a metre in front of the batsman.
well it's all a bit of a blur but the batsman took a huge swing and connected, not with the ball, but with my elbow/forearm, completely shattering it.
later at hospital they showed me the xrays and the break to both the radius and ulna had been so violent that the gap between the broken ends of bone was about 2 inches (this is before they opened me up)
so in for surgery - two 90-degree pieces of hard-wire and an figure-8 of soft wire put in to hold the joint together - three days in hospital in a s**tload of pain and three weeks in a cast.
when they took the cast off it became clear that in repairing the elbow joint the surgeons had almost completely cut my tricep muscle from my elbow, making that elbow (my left one) stick out and look really swollen - not very attractive!
so anyway, over time I started using it a bit more and after about six months started doing some light free-weights again.
everything was fine until this morning.
i picked up my free-weights and started to do a bicep-curl when this HUGE pain stabbed through my elbow and up my arm - along the figure eight of soft wire - and i almost dropped the weight on my foot. I've been feeling a bit of movement in there reecntly (but nothing like this pain) and have been wondering if, as the muscles heal and grow, they are pushing the wires into - to say the least - uncomfortable positions.
so i call the hospital where i had the operation and they said "yeah, it's probably time to take the wires out - get a referral from your GP and come and see us to arrange it"
this means another general anaesthetic (I've already had four and apparently any more than two in one lifetime is not advisable), another two or three weeks in plaster, and a whole new round of physiotherapy and rehabilitation (and pain) - oh, and slower typing speeds
still, suppose it's gotta be done and the arm will probably ultimately be stronger for it
I just wonder how my boss cwaiggie is gonna feel about the time off and the impaired work ability? he's a great guy but he's got an IT call-centre to run.....
oh well - will let y'all know how it goes - will try to get some scans of my x-rays for y'all - they really do look awesome with the wires in - makes me feel all cyber and A.I  | |
yleise
Meister
1235 points | | holy crap! sounds very uncomfortable. if you're on earlies i'll do them for ya! (hate the late shifts) |
cwaiggie
Über-Meister
1708 points | you know what? I think he is right, I am a great guy!  |
digidave
Mega Über-Meister
4227 points | yleise - love your dedication to the team 
cwaiggie - you ARE my hero....if only i could find my feet  |
lostnconfused
Mega Über-Meister
3258 points | | ouch! good luck with it all and recovery quickly! |
Darkshine
Ogler
28613 points | Aw Ouch, Hugz 
Stop being a cripple  |
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