OT: Hi Everyone

[paf077]

Well, i haven't been around too much lately, but I will be for the next 5-6 months at least.

Just had my shoulder surgery today, finally!!!. rotator cuff repair and plexus brachial also, I had 3 ligaments fixed and the major nerve
to the hand patched up. It's quite sore but bearable (spelling?) . My shoulder has to be strapped for a full month and after I will start
physio. My hand is completely numb, the neuro surgeon said it will be for about a week and after we will find out if worked. there were
no garanties that it would, only 60%. better than nothing , so I agred to it. I went in the operating room at 8:30 and came out at 1pm.
2 surgeons and 3 nurses. I was home for 4:30, and still a little groggy.LOL Now I feel fine. I'll keep you posted.

It is very akward and Longgggg to type with just one hand.


Paf

 

[ProviaFan]

Dasm! That makes my sinus problem and sore throat infection seem so... inconsequential.

Hope you have a quick, pain-free, and uneventful (in a good way) recovery.

Edit: oh, since you're typing one-handed, here's a little trivia: "stewardess" is the longest word of the English language that can be typed with one hand.

 

[RustyNale]

paf077, glad to hear you came out of it okay--relatively speaking of course

J----you seem fixated on stewardesses......course, give me a nurse in a white outfit any day...

 

[TofBnT]

Get well soon, but glad you will be around!!

 

[Smoke]

What was the reason for this operation? Accident? Football Injury?

If you'd rather not say, no problem, I'm just the nosy type.

 

[networkman]

stewardesses? Bah..

I'll have a waitress - hold the dressing!

 

[paf077]

Originally posted by: Smoke
What was the reason for this operation? Accident? Football Injury?

If you'd rather not say, no problem, I'm just the nosy type.

Hi Greg, no i tore it up almost 2 years ago , 01/2002, at work fixinf a overhead door clutch, the guy taht was holding the ladder left and the ladder slipped, so i grabbed the steel thrust on the way down with my left hand. ( I'm Lefthanded by the way) I had to fight the workman's
compensation board to get paid. they said it wasn't my job , even if it was at work, the dumb bureaucratic a$$es. It took a year to finally get evrything going. I only stopped working for 3 weeks at the time. And did all my renovations after this. I only had 40% of power left in that arm and hand, Now I hope to get it back to 90%. We'll see later, the orthopedic surgeon says it will take almost a full year to completly heal. But for the next 4-6 months I'm off work and will be around.


Paf

 

[Smoke]

I have a real good friend (known as ?Legend? on my mini-team) that suffered a similar injury. He is a captain on a crew-boat servicing off-shore oil rigs for Tidewater. Coming back from one trip in rough rainy weather, he stepped out of the bridge to check the rigging and slipped on a freshly painted deck that had not been ?sanded? (made less slippery) and fell on the point of his left shoulder. BTW, he?s left-handed too.

I really hope your recovery goes well, Paul, and you get back the full use of your arm and hand.

 

[Zim Hosein]

It is very akward and Longgggg to type with just one hand.

Well at least you have a valid reason for typing w/ one hand

I hope you have a quick recovery paf077

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: paf077

Originally posted by: Smoke
What was the reason for this operation? Accident? Football Injury?

If you'd rather not say, no problem, I'm just the nosy type.

Hi Greg, no i tore it up almost 2 years ago , 01/2002, at work fixinf a overhead door clutch, the guy taht was holding the ladder left and the ladder slipped, so i grabbed the steel thrust on the way down with my left hand. ( I'm Lefthanded by the way) I had to fight the workman's
compensation board to get paid. they said it wasn't my job , even if it was at work, the dumb bureaucratic a$$es. It took a year to finally get evrything going. I only stopped working for 3 weeks at the time. And did all my renovations after this. I only had 40% of power left in that arm and hand, Now I hope to get it back to 90%. We'll see later, the orthopedic surgeon says it will take almost a full year to completly heal. But for the next 4-6 months I'm off work and will be around.

Paf

Glad you're on the mead. Wow that could've ripped your arm off :Q