Hey Gang...while Ron's off to Italy stuffing his face with pepperoni.....let me bring you up to speed.
After the Tendon repair on Dec 24th...4 weeks later when the cast came off there was no pronate or supinate of the hand...the 2 bones in the forearm locked cause my little stem cells sent more repairmen in the necessary. This happens in under 3% of bicep tendon resections....go figure.....ANyways had a great season even with the brace they didn't want me to ski with.
OK, so, the local Dr. here that did a wonderful job of reconnecting the tendon has never done the forearm release....so off to the expert in Chicago and they were just great. 4-6 weeks of rehab, Indocin 2X per day to prevent bone growth (they also radiated the area the day after the surgery) and I'll be swinging the golf clubs. WOuld prefer to be on the snow but, oh well.
Thanks for all your good wishes and Jim...I had the helmet on with the camera...the shots should be great.
And Lynn..they had me hooked up to a morphine pump which I did not use but they insisted I take a Vicadin the next morning and that knocked me on my butt...so no more of that. The pain is minimal and it feels so good to have the simple pleasure of the hand being able to rotate for just every normal day motions.
Best to all and thanks again!
Gary
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