Hi Walt Just thought I'd mention that in my case the surgeon decided that the plate would remain in place. It's now been about 3 years. The only sign is on the top of the wrist where one of the screw heads makes a very small bump in the skin.
Your son definitely needs to keep on top of the physiotherapy. I'm not sure I did quite enough. I'd guess I'd have only 70-75% of full movement and signing credit cards is a challenge! I can still play golf and split wood though (I'd like to blame my poor golf on my wrist but I was always crap....) Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:41:15 -0400, "Walter Hamler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Thanks Bob. I will certainly encourage him. > Interesting about the different approaches. His wrist and lower arm > have never been in a cast. Just a stiffener and a gauze wrapping, then > surrounded by a protective foam support for the first week. Now it is > just the two main pins and locator rod and the two other smaller pins > sticking out. The scars ( 4 cut slices ) are healed nicely but he > still has to keep it clean and use the Peroxide regularly! > > Walt > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's normal to keep the plate in unless it causes problems afterwards. > > They told me mine would have to remain in, but in the event it gave > > quite a lot of trouble because one of the screws worked itself halfway > > out and was bulging into my flesh. > > > > Incidentally, they also told me mine was the worst break they'd seen. > > I suspect it's standard operating procedure to say that to men - it > > makes us feel hard. They also told me I wouldn't be able to cycle > > again, and wouldn't regain full movement. I think that's to give us a > > challenge. > > > > I was back on the bike within a few weeks, and I was determined to > > make sure I kept well on top of the physiotherapy so I could retain as > > much movement as possible. Once the cast was off I also went into the > > gym to do additional wrist strengthening exercises. > > > > Now that the plate is out I have more than 95% of full movement. The > > only restriction is that I can't bend it forward to quite the extent I > > can the other one, so I still regularly do the 'reverse prayer' > > exercise to keep stretching it. > > > > I would strongly recommend to your son that he keeps well on top of > > the physiotherapy. > > > > Bob > > > > > >> > >> The surgeon told us that the plate would have to stay. He said it > > was > >> the worst break in that area of the wrist that he had ever seen and > > he > >> is not a young man. BTW, it was on a mountain bike at a course that > > is > >> "technical" in their vernacular! > >> > >> Walt > >> > >> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > That's the operation I had last year. Had another operation in May > >> > this year to remove the plate. Grizzly stuff, isn't it? > >> > > >> > Bob > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
