I've torn both ACLs and had them replaced with cadaver grafts: Tae Kwon Do injuries. The first one ws accompanied by severely torn cartilage, and several femoral bone fragments; the surgeon was surprised that I was able to walk during the six months between the injury and the surgery. About a year after the second one I had problems with one of the screws that had inched into my knee, so I had that removed (I was awake for that one; it's pretty interesting), accompanied by a lateral release and polishing of a crack on the posterior surface of the patella.

I've also had emergency gall bladder surgery, a vasectomy, and all of my wisdom teeth removed. I recommend avoiding gall bladder attacks; I've never felt anything that came close to hurting as much.

I avoided surgery for a torn rotator cuff only because the idiot doctor we had at the time didn't diagnose it.

I'm planning throat surgery after this semester at school ends: perhaps in June.

 

This album: http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=U...l=A67520r2al48v

has a song called "Downs" on it about the singers car accident and following recovery.


Almost died in a car accident
they cut me from the wreck
flew me to the hospital
with a brace around my kneck
said I would relearn to walk
my wife sat there and cried
I thanked god for what I had
and what they had prescribed

Downs
morphine, seconal, percodan, codeine
Downs
pleasure seeing you around
A stiff upper lip when they got you on the drip
Downs

There's more, but you get the drift. He'd been drug free for 12 years, and then here's all his old friends back again.


He's managed to stay clean now that he's out of the hospital and can walk again. This was his first album since the accident, and it's his best by far.


Tough Love by Hamell On Trial

 

I had surgery on my neck in Febuary. Needed to remove some of my lymphnode for tests to see if I had a tumor or lymphoma. More of a biopsy than a surgery non the less. No biggie like some of these guys.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Kodokan_4
Best wishes Nick! I've taken care of hundreds of open heart patients in the SICU, and it's truly amazing what can be done with modern surgery.

What exactly are you having done for your IHSS/HOCM?

Are your docs planning a myotomy/myectomy, or are you having issues with mitral valve regurgitation?

Are you very symptommatic?

 

Years of being active in Sports has made several surgeons happy so..............(taking deep breath) here we go:

1987 Right need ACL Repair
1989 Right hand scist removal
1992 Cervical fusion c-5,c-6,c-7, took bone from hip for fusion (two differnt surgical areas) (yup, it was a broken neck injury)
1993 Right foot corrective surgery from previous injury
1993 Right foot corrective surger for the previous corrective surgey
1994 left foot corrective surgery
1996 Left knee scope, miniscus removal and ICL repar
2003 (new years eve) Right knee repar of torn patella tendon.

 

Have you guys heard of the tooth to tattoo ratio?

It's an old indicator used to estimate the survivability of patients that come into the E.R. or O.R.

It works like this: The fewer teeth, and the more tattoos that the patient has, the greater his survivability. The guys that are covered with tatoos, and have all of their teeth knocked out are nearly impossible to kill (says the tradition).

Don't get any ideas, Nick!

-Pete

 

March 31/02: Emergency surgery on my humerus as it snapped in the middle (complete seperation) from a severe car accident. Plate permenantly in my arm and 10' scar as a reminder. Thankfully, fully functional with just a tad bit of limited range.