Re: FW: OT: Frankenstein, and RFI

2007-07-24 Thread mike wilson
From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] If anybody else here has had a similar injury I'd be interested to learn how much movement you managed to recover, and in what period of time. When I broke the wrist the surgeon told me not to expect to recover full movement, and suggested I might not be able

RE: FW: OT: Frankenstein, and RFI

2007-07-24 Thread Bob W
of the worst possible injuries - sounds bloody awful. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mike wilson Sent: 24 July 2007 08:34 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: FW: OT: Frankenstein, and RFI From: Bob W [EMAIL

Re: FW: OT: Frankenstein, and RFI

2007-07-24 Thread mike wilson
Bob W wrote: I suggest you take up with a sadist. that would be nice, although I'm making it fairly painful for myself at times. I'm determined to regain as much movement as possible. I must say, I don't remember noticing any difficult with you walking. Smashing a knee-cap must be a

FW: OT: Frankenstein, and RFI

2007-07-23 Thread Bob W
My plaster cast was taken off today, only 3.5 weeks after breaking my wrist. Here's a picture of my Frankenstein-like scar: http://www.web-options.com/Scar.jpg The photo also shows clearly how much my muscles have wasted in such a short time - that's a big surprise. Otherwise it's doing very

Re: FW: OT: Frankenstein, and RFI

2007-07-23 Thread Toine
I had a similar fracture. They fixed it without surgery and now my wrist has a few degrees extra tilt. My wrist works normally despite the odd angle (the first years it made a clicking noise while rotating). If you had surgery the angle shoot be fine and all you need to do is exercise, exercise

RE: FW: OT: Frankenstein, and RFI

2007-07-23 Thread Bob W
List Subject: Re: FW: OT: Frankenstein, and RFI I had a similar fracture. They fixed it without surgery and now my wrist has a few degrees extra tilt. My wrist works normally despite the odd angle (the first years it made a clicking noise while rotating). If you had surgery the angle shoot

Re: FW: OT: Frankenstein, and RFI

2007-07-23 Thread Bob Sullivan
Bob, That scar looks like the surgeon couldn't sew a straight line, or cut one! Wow. You'll need a good physical therapist to push you in recovery. Find a pretty one, it's harder to disappoint them. Regards, Bob S. On 7/23/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My plaster cast was taken off