Going under the knife

[Burnszilla]

Tomorrow morning I'm going for surgery at Stanford Medical Center to have the metal plate and thirteen screws removed from my left tibia. It's been 10 months since I broke my leg and the plate has been bothering me so they're going to remove it in the morning. The doctor said I will be walking out of the hospital an hour after I wake up.
Wish me luck.

June 10, 2007: getting ready to leave the hospital:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1095/698048418_9fbabe57d6.jpg

[mrich12000]

Good lucksee7ya this year at the mountain rally:bow :bow :clap :clap that looks so painfull..

[Bob_M]

It looks like they are taking good care of you, it looks like they even installed a computer that drops down from the ceiling so that you can continue posting through the operation.

[Easy]

Best of Luck!!! :thumb

Here's to your speedy recovery. :drink

Easy :german

[BubbaZanetti]

Take care buddy!

[Newstar]

Best of luck to ya!

[Paul_F]

Best of luck......and the next day after walking out of the hospital, you ride, right?

[SheRidesABeemer]

Hope everything goes smoothly ...don't take picture...please!

[dancogan]

Good luck! How long to be back on the bike?

[PAULBACH]

Will be looking for you in Wyoming.

Please do send pictures - when you take that first ride!

[jdmetzger]

Good luck and fast healing!!!

[wezul]

The worst is over, take it easy and heal up quick.

[Voni]

Healing Hugs!

Voni
sMiling

[DarrylRi]

As they say in show business, Break a Leg!

:bolt

Best of luck!

[tessler]

Good luck champ. I'll check your FB status lines for updates :D

It'll be ok, you hear? :thumb

[SIBUD]

Glad to hear you are going to be metal free.


Best of luck on the surgery. :clap

[SNC1923]

Heal up quick, B. Give us an update and enjoy the anesthesia.

[bobs98]

Best of luck, heal quickly!

[Rapid_Roy]

I hope the unscrewing goes well, and you heal quickly.

[knary]

:lurk

Be well, Burnszzzzie

[screwtop]

Hope they give you a nice "IV Cocktail" in Pre-Op like they gave me. Will you get to keep the spare parts? I hear titanium's pricey stuff. Best of luck and hope your recovery is speedy!

[Braddog]

Get well soon, metal free is the way to be!

[gened12]

Good luck, and don't forget to ask them to check your final drive while they are at it....


You may want to ask them for the plate back, titanium is expensive...:deal


cheers

Denis R1200RT:p

[kbasa]

I hope it went well for you.

Do you get to keep the parts? Knowing you, you'll fabricate some kind of video/camera/bike gizmo out of the bits. :ha

[Burnszilla]

I'm alive and I'm home. Thanks all. I now know what a stab wound to the leg would feel like. Ouch.
Vicodinized.

[Mika]

Better living through chemicals!

Glad you are doing well!

[MLS2GO]

Was minding her own business driving the limit (unusual for her), but as sche crested a hill on her Road Glide, she came upon a car driven by a lady that decided to back up over a hill to get to the turn she missed. My friend swerved to the road ditch after maximum braking made it apparent she wasn't going to get stopped and the lady was still backing up. She swerved for the road ditch and almost made it but caught the left side of the bike and her leg. Not good.
After having the titanium rod taken out she had it made into the shifter linkage (visible on a HD) for her new Road Glide.
A very expensive and painful way to add sparkle to your bike.

[Muriel]

Glad your procedure went well. You'll be back on the bike again in no time.

Best,
Muriel

[rik]

I'm alive and I'm home. Thanks all. I now know what a stab wound to the leg would feel like. Ouch.
Vicodinized.

Sleep long and prosper. Cheers to a speedy recovery.

[The_Veg]

Glad to hear that it went well!

I'll bet the plate will make a REAL BOSS sidestand-foot! :thumb

[ian408]

Yeah!

I should have asked to photograph the surgery :D

[DarrylRi]

Yeah!

I should have asked to photograph the surgery :D

What a gread video that would have made!

[The_Veg]

What a gread video that would have made!

I wonder what background music would have been mixed in, knowing the stuff that makes it into ride-vids?

[ian408]

I wonder what background music would have been mixed in, knowing the stuff that makes it into ride-vids?

I'm going with this:

<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/497ZmAsGAT4&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/497ZmAsGAT4&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>


About as long as the surgery lasted :lol

[PAULBACH]

Glad to hear you are safe at home. Those titanium parts should make great tent pegs. Looking forward to meeting you in Wyoming.

[iRene]

Glad to hear you're titanium free!
Didja manage to score your hardware for show and tell?
(I'll show you mine, if you'll show me yours... :buds )