Pics of my fasciotomy***It's Healed!!!

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Tiamat

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Dude, that looks so grotesque it almost looks fake! Wow, I bid you good luck on healing! Thats looks pretty major. I would have never thought that doctors would leave such a large wound open like that. It looks like you got got into a fight with a lion, or a swordsman.

Whats the pain like? I cannot even begin to imagine! Obviously you arent grossed out by it - you got some iron stomach!
 
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Kobota

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Originally posted by: Tiamat
Dude, that looks so grotesque it almost looks fake! Wow, I bid you good luck on healing! Thats looks pretty major. I would have never thought that doctors would leave such a large wound open like that. It looks like you got got into a fight with a lion, or a swordsman.
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all the fasciotomies i have found online were closed up the day of or the next day. when mine is closed tomorrow it will be almost 6 weeks.
 
MichaelD

MichaelD

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I must admit; the whole "tomato puree look" is very nauseating. :D

This thread still rocks.

Bump.
 
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Kobota

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Originally posted by: Tiamat

Whats the pain like? I cannot even begin to imagine! Obviously you arent grossed out by it - you got some iron stomach!
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actually it's not too bad. the most painful part is my foot caused by nerve damage. I dunno if the nerve damage happened from the fall or from the surgery. Then of course there is my hip that hurts any time i rotate it at all.
 
Joemonkey

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i showed my wife, a nurse, she is in awe of it all

you should have taken daily pictures and made a .gif so we could see the progression
 
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dudeman007

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Originally posted by: Shawn
uhhh. it still looks disgusting.

<---feels nausous now.
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Ugh serious. I wouldn't be able to stand that if I had such a big gap in my leg. Gross.
 
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Kobota

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Originally posted by: Joemonkey
i showed my wife, a nurse, she is in awe of it all

you should have taken daily pictures and made a .gif so we could see the progression
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haha, a bunch of my family members have been showing it to all the nurses they know and when i go to the doctor all the nurses walking by the room come in. When i was still in the hospital they asked if i cared if a bunch of nurses in training watched them change the dressing. One of the trainees started hiding behind another girl and said she didn't think she could be a trama nurse anymore.

 
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Kobota

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Originally posted by: dudeman007
Originally posted by: Shawn
uhhh. it still looks disgusting.

<---feels nausous now.
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Ugh serious. I wouldn't be able to stand that if I had such a big gap in my leg. Gross.
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i don't really have much of a choice. plus i think i have been desensitized to blood and gore from video games.
 
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gabemcg

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You should totally load a bunch of Info about yourself to an SD card, and jam it in there while you are all doped up on pain killers, and let it heal over.

It will be like a digital/biological time capsule!!!!

You could have Pics on it, a backup of this thread, you could sell "space" on the SD card to people on Ebay, I can see the auction title now...

"Get your data stored in my leg"

I would pay to have -->tubgirl put on the card in your leg!!!
 
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Kobota

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Originally posted by: gabemcg
You should totally load a bunch of Info about yourself to an SD card, and jam it in there while you are all doped up on pain killers, and let it heal over.

It will be like a digital/biological time capsule!!!!

You could have Pics on it, a backup of this thread, you could sell "space" on the SD card to people on Ebay, I can see the auction title now...

"Get your data stored in my leg"

I would pay to have -->tubgirl put on the card in your leg!!!
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sorry, no time for that. i have to leave for surgery to skin graft it in 5 hours.
 
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tomt4535

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Originally posted by: gabemcg
You should totally load a bunch of Info about yourself to an SD card, and jam it in there while you are all doped up on pain killers, and let it heal over.

It will be like a digital/biological time capsule!!!!

You could have Pics on it, a backup of this thread, you could sell "space" on the SD card to people on Ebay, I can see the auction title now...

"Get your data stored in my leg"

I would pay to have -->tubgirl put on the card in your leg!!!
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haha great idea :thumbsup:
 
Koing

Koing

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Man that is one hell of a big cut!

I wish you a speedy recovery and hope the pain isn't too much.

The SD card idea is crazy but quite interesting :)

Koing
 
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dmcowen674

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Originally posted by: Yossarian
that's probably the sickest thing I've ever seen in a living person. I don't see how it's possible to keep an open wound like that for 6 weeks and be ok. you should be very thankful for modern medicine!
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The skin is the biggest organ of our body. It is just missing from an area that is thick muscle and the muscle can handle the harsh conditions.

Once skin is back over the muscle it will be a pianful re-had to get the muscle back in good working order after beig exposed for so long but he'll be fine.

Good luck Kobota.

How in the heck did you break the bone so bad that required all of this???

 
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Kobota

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Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: Yossarian
that's probably the sickest thing I've ever seen in a living person. I don't see how it's possible to keep an open wound like that for 6 weeks and be ok. you should be very thankful for modern medicine!
Click to expand...

The skin is the biggest organ of our body. It is just missing from an area that is thick muscle and the muscle can handle the harsh conditions.

Once skin is back over the muscle it will be a pianful re-had to get the muscle back in good working order after beig exposed for so long but he'll be fine.

Good luck Kobota.

How in the heck did you break the bone so bad that required all of this???
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i'm not really sure but i think i fell off a roof after a few too many :beer:'s
now if only i could remember why/where i was on a roof
 
Koing

Koing

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Originally posted by: Kobota
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: Yossarian
that's probably the sickest thing I've ever seen in a living person. I don't see how it's possible to keep an open wound like that for 6 weeks and be ok. you should be very thankful for modern medicine!
Click to expand...

The skin is the biggest organ of our body. It is just missing from an area that is thick muscle and the muscle can handle the harsh conditions.

Once skin is back over the muscle it will be a pianful re-had to get the muscle back in good working order after beig exposed for so long but he'll be fine.

Good luck Kobota.

How in the heck did you break the bone so bad that required all of this???
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i'm not really sure but i think i fell off a roof after a few too many :beer:'s
now if only i could remember why/where i was on a roof
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lol that is brilliant you don't even know where the roof was!

Koing
 
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