My summer just went down the crapper (Page 3 of 3)

Great news Bill.

Looks like the worst is over, hope it goes on like this.

Wish you the best my friend!

Andre Wittebroek

Ditto on this. Glad to hear it went well. Take your rest and don't start doing stuff just because you feel better. I know two people at work who recently had this surgery. One took the full six weeks off, did the full course of PT and has great range of motion. The other came back to work after two weeks and isn't ready for PT because it's not healing well.

Bill absolutetly do the rehab, I have a brother in law that had what he called the toughest thing he has ever gone through. He feel asleep at the wheel driving home from work in Iowa, he rolled his car with his left arm dangling out the open window. The injuries were horrible, the docs thought they might have to amputate. Dislocated shoulder, multiple fractures, screws , plates, frankenstein stiches, 3 surgeries!! To make a long story short he was back to work in ONLY a year, they called it a small miracle. The rehab was so bad he felt like quitting or worse, being a man of deep faith and a drive to succeed, he did what the docs thought was nearly impossible. He just recently went back to work, has nearly all his motion back, and is pain free!

Got another quick story about wanting "to get back to normal"...it has to do with me. I went through a plate glass window at age 12, I had a large piece of glass nearly cut my skinny little left arm in half. All my tendons were severed with a gash on my forearm. The docs operated for 12 hours to repair it as best they could. The docs told my mom that I might never be able to open my hand completely. I was sent home and told to sqeeze a rubber hand ball as often as possible to strengthen my hand and fingers. I have limited range to this day, but the docs were so surprised that I did exactly what they said x 10!! I wanted to play baseball so bad, I made myself do it.

You want to hear a funny story. Years back I picked up an acoustic guitar at a pawn shop, and decided i was going to take lessons from a friend of mine. Another long story short, I gave the guitar to my brother, my middle and ring fingers must be partially sewn together at the repaired tendons. They both move at the same time, my buddy says..." dude, you might want to get an electric and learn to "slide", you got some messed up fingers and motion. I've been living with for 38 years and just kind of forgot that my left hand is far from normal

Best of luck Bill....Dave

Hey Bill,

OBEY your doctor

OBEY your physical therapist...listen to some good tunes to motivate your repetitions...:)

AND

You will return to being yourself!!! 

Consider reading your wife's copy of The Pillars of the Earth to escape reality!  I'd loan you some of my trashy romance novels, but you might not be willing to stoop that low to escape reality...:lol:

Good luck with everything, I hope your daughter's foot is getting better, my daughter is having hand surgery on Friday, I'm a nervous wreck! What's going on around here....Everything Is Broken!!!