broken clavicle...surgery or not?
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Yeah getting a 10 thousand dollar surgery for free is a bonus. Thats it though, you read sites and its like ask your doctor this and ask them that and well they dont want to waste time on people so unless its a easy diagnosis they look at you like your making the stuff up. I had other issues one time and explained to them what was wrong with me and how i felt, they tried all your basic stuff, antibiotics, bloodwork, samples and they did not find anything wrong and then i would say but i still feel exactly the same no progress they were like well maybe thats just the way it is now. They do not want to order the big stuff, full body scans, stuff like that unless your dying i swear it. So i still live with that ailment even though nothing is wrong with me, but there is. What can you do here except head to the states and pay to get the proper treatment which i am seriously debating.
You have to be pushy. You aren't paying for the doctors daughters new BMW up here. You're paying high taxes and it goes indirectly to their salary. Speak up for yourself and refuse no as an answer. I've learned that's the only way to get anywhere with our medical system. Nice guys finish last.
Quote: Originally Posted by steven ss .
Yes although i will have a bump forever and it will never be aligned I have full motion, bone is forming and healing, and I should be jumping out of the sky again next year =]
Sounds familiar. All the doctors told me there would be a permanent bump but my range of motion was great. What they didn't tell me was that having a shortened shoulder meant my trapezius muscle was going to be half the size and basically squished in closer to my body causing chronic pain and weakness.
I really hope it all works out for you though! The amount of shortening is obviously a big factor. I had over 2cm which is why I ran into so many problems. I would ask the doctor how much shorter your collar bone is now.
I can't explain how happy I am to fix the crooked bone that my fracture resulted in. I am stronger than I have ever been in my life right now. I think a big part of it is because this injury and the subsequent multiple recovery periods gave me a new outlook on life and I will no longer take a proper functioning body for granted. If this never happened to me I wouldn't have had my progression from physiotherapy into intense weight lifting sessions. I would probably still just be doing recreational activities which keep me fit but now I am actually training hard for the first time in my life.
Yes although i will have a bump forever and it will never be aligned I have full motion, bone is forming and healing, and I should be jumping out of the sky again next year =]
Sounds familiar. All the doctors told me there would be a permanent bump but my range of motion was great. What they didn't tell me was that having a shortened shoulder meant my trapezius muscle was going to be half the size and basically squished in closer to my body causing chronic pain and weakness.
I really hope it all works out for you though! The amount of shortening is obviously a big factor. I had over 2cm which is why I ran into so many problems. I would ask the doctor how much shorter your collar bone is now.
I can't explain how happy I am to fix the crooked bone that my fracture resulted in. I am stronger than I have ever been in my life right now. I think a big part of it is because this injury and the subsequent multiple recovery periods gave me a new outlook on life and I will no longer take a proper functioning body for granted. If this never happened to me I wouldn't have had my progression from physiotherapy into intense weight lifting sessions. I would probably still just be doing recreational activities which keep me fit but now I am actually training hard for the first time in my life.
I have 2cm shortening on my right shoulder as the result of the clavicle and scapula fractures; however I don't experience any pain or weakness as a result. This just goes to reinforce the idea that injuries need to be considered an an individual basis and that that general statements about outcomes are hard to make.
Right, which is why at no point in my message did I state that he was making the wrong decision or to rethink anything. I was just curious as to how much shortening his fracture caused. This is a message board where people communicate with each other and type messages into input boxes to converse with one another.
I have not seen him yet but I may not do it this fall for some other reasons though, in fact after the removal I have to be very careful, not lift heavy etc, for about 2 months (max) until the holes mend too. But I can't afford it since my every day obligations involve a lot of heavy lifting, so I plan to wait. I look forward to be metal-free though and I will do it as soon as my program changes. Probably you do it first, I would keep mine in a sling for some weeks for full protection, do you remember a guy here whose clavicle snapped after the metal removal, not in the actual fracture site but in a hole? he got back for a new set of plate/screws, this is what we must avoid.bsbs1876 said:
Quote: Originally Posted by willy81 .
I have not seen him yet but I may not do it this fall for some other reasons though,
in fact after the removal I have to be very careful, not lift heavy etc, for about 2 months (max) until the holes mend too.
But I can't afford it since my every day obligations involve a lot of heavy lifting,
so I plan to wait.
I look forward to be metal-free though and I will do it as soon as my program changes.
Probably you do it first,
I would keep mine in a sling for some weeks for full protection,
do you remember a guy here whose clavicle snapped after the metal removal, not in the actual fracture site but in a hole?
he got back for a new set of plate/screws, this is what we must avoid.
I am also not looking forward to having 6 weeks of downtime. I spoke with a very reputable doctor when it comes to clavicle surgery. His name is Dr. Mark Sanders and he is from Houston, TX. He said that in all of his hundreds of patients he has never seen a re-fracture if the patient waits 6 weeks to resume lifting and sports. In the grand scheme of things this is not a big deal. I know I will get out of shape a bit once again but muscle memory will bring me right back in no time.
I have some days when the plate really doesn't bother me at all, and then other days when it starts acting up and I think to myself "I can't wait to get this thing out of me". So all in all I think it's best to try to eliminate those bad days by opting for removal when possible. I'm hoping it will make the seat belt in my car a lot more comfortable too. My plate is longer than yours and I also have 4 more screws than you. All of this metal just seems like it should not be sitting in there for the rest of my life. Especially considering I should have about another 50 years on this planet.
I have not seen him yet but I may not do it this fall for some other reasons though,
in fact after the removal I have to be very careful, not lift heavy etc, for about 2 months (max) until the holes mend too.
But I can't afford it since my every day obligations involve a lot of heavy lifting,
so I plan to wait.
I look forward to be metal-free though and I will do it as soon as my program changes.
Probably you do it first,
I would keep mine in a sling for some weeks for full protection,
do you remember a guy here whose clavicle snapped after the metal removal, not in the actual fracture site but in a hole?
he got back for a new set of plate/screws, this is what we must avoid.
I am also not looking forward to having 6 weeks of downtime. I spoke with a very reputable doctor when it comes to clavicle surgery. His name is Dr. Mark Sanders and he is from Houston, TX. He said that in all of his hundreds of patients he has never seen a re-fracture if the patient waits 6 weeks to resume lifting and sports. In the grand scheme of things this is not a big deal. I know I will get out of shape a bit once again but muscle memory will bring me right back in no time.
I have some days when the plate really doesn't bother me at all, and then other days when it starts acting up and I think to myself "I can't wait to get this thing out of me". So all in all I think it's best to try to eliminate those bad days by opting for removal when possible. I'm hoping it will make the seat belt in my car a lot more comfortable too. My plate is longer than yours and I also have 4 more screws than you. All of this metal just seems like it should not be sitting in there for the rest of my life. Especially considering I should have about another 50 years on this planet.
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