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EATONU03

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First off everyone i wanted to say thanks for ur comments and best wishes for my last post goin in for my long awaited surgery. And if it wasnt for my close personal friends ( Ralph and Dave) who saw what was left of my car this thread would probably turned out like the one on the SVT page.

Yes i agree with some of what they were saying that i made a stupid choice n got extremely lucky BUT, just about everyone that posts on here AND in the world has done something stupid. so for all the haters and people who thought i made this up for attention on SVT page and said because i dont have 62367363623 posts like them they say im full of it i could really care less what they think/say. im not pointing a finger at all of ya cuz there were a few that did wish me luck but mainly i got thrashed on cuz i didnt talk about some girl or racing a friends 11 second civic with a zo6 or sum crap.....so again i imagine this post will get blasted like the last one.

the reason i was rushed into surgery was with the exces bone growth it had entrapped the femral artery and siatic nerve and i was running the risk of losing my leg or being in a wheelchair for the rest of my life, and being 26 with a great 1 year old son i couldnt have that.... so really i didnt care the risks of the op and wanted it done.

anyways.....from my surgery if u wanna hear about it, i went in thursday mornin and had hip surgery to remove a calcium build up which greatly reduced my movement. before the op, my surgeon Dr. Hans Pape was hoping to get back 60 degrees on hip flexion.....after the op he was happy to state everything went better then planned and they were able to get slightly over 90 degrees. after the op i was shown pics of the chunks of bone material removed being held by one of the assistants and it was about the size of a 20oz pop bottle. nifty was all i could think of.

on saturday july 12th they had me up outta bed on a walker cuz im not allowed to have any weight on my right foot as the bone and incision heal up. now as far as everything goes im doin great and even with the 14 inch long incision down the front of my thigh i have a fraction of the pain i did before the op, so im very pleased about the entire thing. i now have 41 staples and should be getting them removed in 2 weeks. i was shipped out of presby tuesday july 15th and sent home via ambulance for the reason with the hip brace i now have to wear for a few months i can't move my hip at an angle greater than 55 degrees soooooo im pretty much reclined for a while.

as for taking time to post again if we got any haters on here its cuz im pretty much stuck to bed rest and if not in there i have to be in my new PIMPIN reclineable wheelchair....lol anyways im back n now i gots a long road of rehab ahead of me but this time.......its going to be a walk in the park compaired to what i went thru last time.......


thanks again everyone

and sorry for the grammar errors last time i was in the mist of packing, typing, and chasing my son while writing it, not to mention im a lil dumb and at the time had a hard time being moble.
 

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Don't know why anyone was bitching at you but I, for one, am always glad to hear of people coming through a surgery with flying colors. Anybody that belittles doesn't understand how much can go wrong between anesthesia, the knife, infections, etc.etc.etc.

Best of luck to you!:beer:
 

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Glad to hear you're recovering well, and that the surgery went better than expected.

On a side note, how long have you been in Bradford, PA? I'm originally from Salamanca and still have a lot of family/friends up there. A couple of them are small business owners in Bradford.
 

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thanks guys......glad to see everyone on here isnt a total douche....

ive been in bradford since i was 7 and traveled between here and pittsburgh to keep in touch with friends. and as far as salamanca goes i havent been there since before my wreck, i use to go to the casino with friends, walk in with $40 and as soon as it was gone id call it a day, tried the texas hold'em tournys over there a few times too but thats bout it
 
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how long is the healing process

I was told about 3 weeks for the staples, then its just a matter of how much I can endure myself with therapy. My surgeon told me to keep weight off my right leg for up to 90 days, he gave me that number for the simple reason that the recovery time is based on someone that is 76 and not 26. and he said that with my age it will greatly shorten the healing time. he just wants to make sure that with the ammount of bone material they removed it doesnt weaken the neck of my femur. and i DEFF dont want a set back of breaking that. as far as being up and moble again im being conservative by saying Nov/Dec. now with the muscle tissue that attrified (however its spelled) i know its goin to take about a year to gain that back which doesnt bother me at all cuz as far as therapy and rehab goes..........

im on the back 9 with this, im still going to work my a$$ off but itll be easy this time around :dancenana:

thanks man
 
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ive been in bradford since i was 7 and traveled between here and pittsburgh to keep in touch with friends. and as far as salamanca goes i havent been there since before my wreck, i use to go to the casino with friends, walk in with $40 and as soon as it was gone id call it a day, tried the texas hold'em tournys over there a few times too but thats bout it

Yeah, the casino is about all that town is good for, lol. Anyways, if you ever need any plumbing work or your carpets cleaned I know who you can call, lol.

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