Dammit
- Thread starter Brad
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No heavy handgun loads for a month or so. I need to get some strength back first. Just using a hand stapler at work will take getting used to. Will be nice to be back to my old poor penmanship instead of scrawl written with a thumb and forefinger. My techs didn't think my writing could get worse, they were wrong.
Pistolero
Well-Known Member
Yeah. I have broken an amazing number of bones over the years and have become somewhat of
and expert on the topic, unfortunately. I asked my orthopedic surgeon, after he had spent a good
bit of time pinning and screwing the upper end of my femur on back in '99 --- "Gee, doc, I have had
so many broken bones (he had been fixing them since '81, so had a partial list) over the years, are
my bones weak or brittle or something?" He literally laughed out loud. "No, I can absolutely verify
that your bones are stronger than average after spending a lot of time drilling holes and putting in
screws. Not weak! Hard as heck! A pain to drill." Well then why do I seem to break so many? Doc laughed
out loud (literally), and said "These are all very high energy events! You do too much wild stuff, I would say."
"Oh".
So - it will be amazingly weak for a while. Did he give you any workout bands? Don't know if you
sell them at work, but a LIGHT bunge or rubber sheet wrapped around a doorknob and do horizonatal
exercises to start to build it back up. If you had been down for full 6 wks it would be much worse, but
if you work at it, it will come back in about 1-2 wks, but it does take work.
Overall, breaking bones sucks.
Been there, done that, got the scars and T-shirts, both.
Bill
and expert on the topic, unfortunately. I asked my orthopedic surgeon, after he had spent a good
bit of time pinning and screwing the upper end of my femur on back in '99 --- "Gee, doc, I have had
so many broken bones (he had been fixing them since '81, so had a partial list) over the years, are
my bones weak or brittle or something?" He literally laughed out loud. "No, I can absolutely verify
that your bones are stronger than average after spending a lot of time drilling holes and putting in
screws. Not weak! Hard as heck! A pain to drill." Well then why do I seem to break so many? Doc laughed
out loud (literally), and said "These are all very high energy events! You do too much wild stuff, I would say."
"Oh".
So - it will be amazingly weak for a while. Did he give you any workout bands? Don't know if you
sell them at work, but a LIGHT bunge or rubber sheet wrapped around a doorknob and do horizonatal
exercises to start to build it back up. If you had been down for full 6 wks it would be much worse, but
if you work at it, it will come back in about 1-2 wks, but it does take work.
Overall, breaking bones sucks.
Been there, done that, got the scars and T-shirts, both.Bill
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
Glad to hear your hand is coming along. Do your PT, religiously. They are releasing me from PT, three weeks earlier, than the knee I had done in November. Probably because the PT on that one ran almost up to the surgery of the other. Strengthening the muscles, more than likely resulted in faster recovery time.
quicksylver
Well-Known Member
Been there done that too many times....oooooch!
Ever notice how plumbers and electricians brace the drill against something when they use a large hole saw.....now we know why
You'll be better by the time the really good weather gets here..hang in there..
Ever notice how plumbers and electricians brace the drill against something when they use a large hole saw.....now we know why
You'll be better by the time the really good weather gets here..hang in there..
