Today I found out what they stuck in my back.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by Don Fernando

my dad had something like that in his back too, they installed it when he broke his back.

I'm amazed at how many people have this stuff in them.
Fortunately for me I didn't have this done 20 years ago. From what I understand it'd damn near kill a guy.

I'm glad they took care of you my friend. Here's to a speedy recovery!

wow ... its actually pretty cool in some way. only thing that matters is that your okay, and im glad for the fast recovery! cheers!

Glad to hear you are doing well Scott.

It's really neat what they can do these days, and I can only imagine what it will be like in another 20 years.

Originally Posted by shilala

I'm amazed at how many people have this stuff in them.
Fortunately for me I didn't have this done 20 years ago. From what I understand it'd damn near kill a guy.

My mom's friend got it about 15 years ago and now her back is so bad she has to walk with a cane. Really nice lady, she ****ed up her back from hauling her wheelchair bound son in and out of his wheel chair/bath/toilet.

[TripleF]

So, so, so glad you hear you are doing better.

[Cenookie]

Glad to hear that you are up and moving, take it easy with the workouts. And here to a complete recovery.

[Don Fernando]

Originally Posted by shilala

I'm amazed at how many people have this stuff in them.
Fortunately for me I didn't have this done 20 years ago. From what I understand it'd damn near kill a guy.

They removed the hardware from my dad's back about a year later, when the broken bones were healed. Will they get yours out too?

[shilala]

Originally Posted by Don Fernando

They removed the hardware from my dad's back about a year later, when the broken bones were healed. Will they get yours out too?

Nope, I get to keep this stuff forever.
My buddy had a rod pulled out of his hip that they put in there a lot of years ago, he was in a car wreck. The rod started working it's way out of the bone and it was killing him.
I think that "put metal in and take it back out" stuff is a thing of the past.
Only reason I think that is because I work construction and guys get hurt bad all the time, be it at work, home, or out drinking.
I just never hear about docs putting metal in and taking it back out anymore.
When I was at my appointment Thursday I saw a whole bunch of models with bone repair hardware screwed on it. I was pretty impressed at all the stuff and all of it was permanent.
I know they sometimes do the "halo" thing when breaks are so severe that they have to build a framework outside the body and a guy has to lay strung up in a hospital bed for months.