FW: Stacy's surgery update

 

 

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From: Stacy Murphy [mailto:hppsco@optonline.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 7:39 PM
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Subject: Stacy's surgery update

 

Well,

 

Here we go:

 

For all of you who have asked – I have to have a titanium plate put in my collarbone on Thursday October 11^th.  The surgery will be at the Tulley Center in Stamford at 12 noon, and god willing with no complications, it should last about 2 hours.

 

I met with a Sports Medicine Specialist, Michael Schwartz who looked at my broken clavicle. He indicated I had seemingly been misinformed, my shoulder was a very bad break, and it would never heal, and definitely never meet in the middle to mend the 2 broken ends together.

 

Because of the time lapse of a month, he could no longer use arthroscopic surgery as an option, and I needed a larger incision with the titanium plate. He would have to clean up all the scar tissue that has formed, and,…. unfortunately separate or re-break the bone. Since my bone has never connected – we don’t have to worry about that do we? He is hoping, but not promising to be able to make my shoulder go back to the original position it should – although there is no guarantee, and right now it is 3 inches shorter than my other shoulder – as the bones are crossing each other. I promised to be a good patient (Liz, DeeDee, Peggy L) and wear my sling and I will need to do physical therapy after a while too.

 

 I have enclosed a jpeg for all to see what these newfangled plates look like now. They are not the old Frankenstein steel clunkers – but are pre-curved to fit into the clavicle and even have tapered edges so they don’t stick up out of the skin. He even told me they come in a fancy array of bright colors------whooppeee. L

 

It is supposed to be a 2 hour procedure – if there are no complications, and I hope to leave that afternoon.

 

I will now join the rank of the humans who set off metal detectors when they travel.

 

“Just a minor flesh wound – I’m not dead yet!” – (Monty Python – The Holy Grail)

 

Wish me luck.

 

Oxoxo

Stacy