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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (9218)4/8/2005 9:53:09 PM
From: Sully-  Read Replies (1) of 35834
 
"Did you ask them why?"

"How long will you be stuck with that cement block?"

The surgeon talked briefly with my wife. By the time I came
to, he was already operating on his next patient. Outpatient
surgery is like an assembly line these days. There isn't time
allotted for the surgeon to work on his bedside manner, let
alone hanging around waiting for the patient to wake up.

The surgeon told her that my ankle was pretty bad.

What did he expect? I was walking around for 8 1/2 months on
a grossly unstable ankle with two severed tendons.

He said that my tendons were "flimsy".

I'm turning him into the PC police for being insensitive to
my tendons. Those suckers got rode hard & put away wet for
48 years before I attempted to bend my foot on a 100° angle
to my leg for cripes sakes!

The surgeon said I would be in a cast for the next 6 months
(see edit below).

My ankle must have been bad. Before the surgery he said I'd
be in a removable cast (a moon boot) for 6 to 8 weeks.

He told my wife no weight bearing for at least the next 2 weeks.

Before the surgery he said no weight bearing for 2 or 3 days.

Anyway, I have an appointment next Thursday. I'll get a
detailed update then.

Have I said OUCH yet!!!

<<edit - I asked the wife if I had my facts straight. She
said everything but the cast. She said that I'll be in a cast
for several weeks, then I'll wear a brace for 6 months.>>

My bad, I'm blaming my faux pas on the drugs.
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