Learn Me Broken Collarbone

11 year old me is giving you a painful high five for the sweet jump. We're collarbone buddies. Good luck with the surgery.

Wally wrote: Don't worry, they will give you something to sleep before the surgery.

Yes. Yes, they will. You will go: '100, 99, 98, 97, 9.........' and then wake up.

whether you can sleep or not isn't important, the lack of being able to eat or drink anything is always a pain.

At the scary cutty building.

remember, sharpie the correct shoulder so they don't cut the wrong side

drummerfromdefleopard wrote: remember, sharpie the correct shoulder so they don't cut the wrong side

That's always such a necessary and at the same time terrifying thought/thing to do.

Tom Suddard wrote: At the scary cutty building.

Good luck!

In reply to drummerfromdefleopard:

I thought that was a joke until I took my wife for a procedure and they made her circle and initial the correct hip.

In reply to Wally:

I've caught an error with the incorrect side on paperwork when going in for an ACL tear, I made sure to mark it before going in, and they had me do the same thing regarding the initialing.

Tom just got out of surgery, everything went well and he is now the proud new owner of six stainless screws

In reply to Marjorie Suddard: Whoo Hoo!!! Glad to hear it.

In reply to Marjorie Suddard:

Hope they used the correct loc-tite!

Feel better soon, dude!

In reply to Marjorie Suddard:

How are YOU holding up?

I'm fine. Just really relieved.

My family will be praying for yours.

Hoping for a speedy recovery.

tell him to not keep doing it:

Marjorie Suddard wrote: Tom just got out of surgery, everything went well and he is now the proud new owner of six stainless screws

That's great! Glad it went OK. Now he gets to have fun at metal detectors...

That's great, Margie! I was going to say "break a leg" before the surgery, but, you know, people might take that literally.

You sure they are stainless? Not Titanium? And a 300D with a slush box should keep him out of trouble for a while....

Curmudgeon wrote:

Marjorie Suddard wrote: Tom just got out of surgery, everything went well and he is now the proud new owner of six stainless screws

That's great! Glad it went OK. Now he gets to have fun at metal detectors...

They are probably a "type" of stainless steel. Stainless steel is a HUGE category of steel alloys.

Also, my plate and screws don't set off metal detectors.

Yeah, sorry, they are titanium. So really, this surgery has been a bargain!

Margie

Nevermind. Apparently his are titanium.....

remind him to come inside during thunderstorms from now on

I had two big plates and 12 screws in my forearm for a few years back in the 80's. I never set off airport metal detectors then. Jewelry doesn't now either. I'm not sure what the threshold is to trip the alarm but implanted bits seem below it.

Glad to hear he's OK, hope he has a quick recovery!

Hope you had the prerequisite fun with him as he was coming out of anesthesia.