nathanielstyza
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^ i agree...genius is something pretty stupid to say...if u read back in the thread ud see that was what he called me
Just got my new summer toy
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^nate^
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for those of you at all interested in how collar bones are done these days, i'll give a brief overview of what i went through cus i just feel like it.
for athletes now they find for best functionality in the long run (for particularly bad breaks) that plates with screws show much better results than natural healing which was prior method for most every type of collar bone break. so i've got two plates and eight screws holding the bone perfectly back together and letting it heal, which were installed in open surgery. recovery time is faster than natural re-growth. in two weeks i'll be out of my sling and gently exercising it and within two months should be back to full activity. because this method is so new, there are still there are many doctors who would say no to surgery, which two doctors i saw did so. this really led me off in the wrong direction and could have resulted in waiting two months and then finding out i would need surgery (happened to a snowboarder friend of mine). so i left those doctors and the ones who were for surgery and headed down to mayo clinic for the final word. both the sports medicine and regular orthopedic doctors were completely up to date with the new studies from canada and were both completely for surgery.
so anyways that's my story for anyone who cares, the wound isn't bad, so far i can't feel the plate (prolly cus of swelling) and oxycondine is fun haha. the worst part is going to goddamn grad parties and having to explain what happened over and over and over and over again and of course every other parent is a doctor and has their opinion on the whole deal and gets really annoying.
still glad i bought the long board, earlier this week before surgery i was cruising down my slightly sloped drive in my sling doing some turns and it was really relaxing, helped calm me down. so just in time for college i'll be good again.
phew.. done
for athletes now they find for best functionality in the long run (for particularly bad breaks) that plates with screws show much better results than natural healing which was prior method for most every type of collar bone break. so i've got two plates and eight screws holding the bone perfectly back together and letting it heal, which were installed in open surgery. recovery time is faster than natural re-growth. in two weeks i'll be out of my sling and gently exercising it and within two months should be back to full activity. because this method is so new, there are still there are many doctors who would say no to surgery, which two doctors i saw did so. this really led me off in the wrong direction and could have resulted in waiting two months and then finding out i would need surgery (happened to a snowboarder friend of mine). so i left those doctors and the ones who were for surgery and headed down to mayo clinic for the final word. both the sports medicine and regular orthopedic doctors were completely up to date with the new studies from canada and were both completely for surgery.
so anyways that's my story for anyone who cares, the wound isn't bad, so far i can't feel the plate (prolly cus of swelling) and oxycondine is fun haha. the worst part is going to goddamn grad parties and having to explain what happened over and over and over and over again and of course every other parent is a doctor and has their opinion on the whole deal and gets really annoying.
still glad i bought the long board, earlier this week before surgery i was cruising down my slightly sloped drive in my sling doing some turns and it was really relaxing, helped calm me down. so just in time for college i'll be good again.
phew.. done
Reed.
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i got a new summer toy too...
http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?spid=22159
i think im buying a 5-foot deck for my longboard this summer too, really schmoze around on it
http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?spid=22159
i think im buying a 5-foot deck for my longboard this summer too, really schmoze around on it