C'mon you guys, I'm getting sympathetic pains just hearing about this - ow, ow, ouch, argh!! Seriously Greg, I wish you a swift and complete recovery. AZ Build a Lookaround! The Lookaround Book, 2nd ed. NOW SHIPPING http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: PF Exhibits on 09-25-04 > From: "karl shah-jenner" <shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri, October 01, 2004 9:19 am > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > : This brings up an interesting topic for me. My ortho surgeon told me it > : would take about 6 months to see if my arm heals up in a usable way. The > : broken bones are not aligned correctly. If, after 6 months, I don't have > : adequate range of motion and lack of pain then they will perform surgery > to > : re-align the bones. Is this what happened to you? My wife has a very hard > : time understanding the logic of this and feels they should just dive in > with > : the knives now. > > > no, no! > > let the body have a go first. I had a double fracture of my leg with a bit > that rotated around inside slicing up all the muscles for two weeks because > the doctor said I had a torn muscle.. and told me to walk every day to > strengthen things. a later x-ray revealed the extent of the damage and > the VERY red faced doctor discovered the bones had begun to knit at a funny > angle. I was supposed to lose 15% mobility, but wonky bones or not, my leg > works fine - I don't limp and theres no pain whatsoever. > > Rule 1. body gets to have a go first, then if it cocks things up the > doctors get to have their day inside me (no proctologist jokes please) > > k
