Caution
The
contents of
the
area below is
not
for children or
the
squeamish.
These
are actual photos of
the
surgical proceedures
to
save my arm,
and
what was required to do
in
order to keep my arm
from
being amputated.
It
is quite graphic, but very interesting
from
a medical point of view.
This
page is in no way meant to offend
or
cause anyone any grief,
nor
is it a solicitation for anyone's pity.
It
is just an explanation of
what
I went through,
and
am still dealing with,
and
how it has changed my life.
Hell...
I get my best jokes out of it,
and
"AINT AFRAID To Tell Em"!
It
has made me a much stronger person,
and
taught me that as human beings
we
all have an inner strength
that
will help us overcome
any
and all of life's obstacles,
or
at least... To Keep Trying!
If
you believe in yourself, the one God,
the
earth spirits,
and
the power of prayer,
you
have all of the tools needed
to
recover with your own
healing
powers.
"Staples"
.
"Stitches"
Recently
I had two
surgical
proceedures to the elbow.
1.
Repair and re-attach muscle
and
tendon to bone.
2.
Nerve release and re-routing
of
the ulna nerve.
On
the first surgery they closed the wound
with
staples, the second surgery
was
with regular stitches.
Rotator
cuff Repair to shoulder,
closed
with staples.
When
My Doctors performed
the
very first surgery,
upon
opening my arm it was found
to
be filled with nearly two cups of pus.
This
was drained and cleaned out.
The
infection had nearly caused
my
arm to burst.
They
then examined the Radius bone
and
did not like what they found...
whereas
they started removal
of
80% of the radius bone,
as
the radius looked moth eaten
due
to the disease and infection.
Ya Need To Take
More What?
Wound
was left open
so
I could clean it out daily
and
prevent any further infection.
Radius
bone soon collapsed
due
to insufficient bone mass,
so
placement of a surgical steel rod
from
wrist to elbow was done to act
as
a radius bone and keep forearm stable.
This
proceedure had to be done twice
as
the first steel rod was not placed securely
and
it migrated out of place and severed
the
tendons and nerves to the right thumb.
(while
I was on vacation in Jamaica)
Second
rod placement
used
bone grafted from my hip
and
was a success.
It
is still with me to this day,
and
always will be.
Actual
photo of hip bone
being
grafted into the arm.
Soon
after the surgery
I
asked my Doctor
if
I was going to be able to play the piano,
and
he said yes.
I
told him good,
because
I could never play it before!
Yeah Doc...
The Paxil is working wonders!
......
Everything on the earth has a purpose,
every
disease an herb to cure it,
and every
person a mission.
This
is the Indian theory of existence.
-Mourning
Dove (Salish) 1888-1936
Some
people are like Diamonds...
And
a Diamond was once
just
a lump of coal,
that
did very well under pressure!
Why No Doctor...
What makes you think
I am in pain?