Brother having surgery

[53' Stude]

Ladies and gentlemen, please say a prayer and or keep my brother in mind. He’s having Achilles repair/surgery tomorrow at 8:30 am. Tore his left side Achilles Wednesday playing basketball with church pastor and members.

Thank You all and god bless

 

[JeffKeryk]

Wow, that's gotta be a painfull one. I hurt mine playing foorball many years ago.
The surgeries they do now are so far advanced from my day; he's gonna be fine.
They will get him into rehab therapy fast and push him!
All good! No worries... He will be home and shooting hoops again before you know it.

 

[53' Stude]

Wow, that's gotta be a painfull one. I hurt mine playing foorball many years ago.
The surgeries they do now are so far advanced from my day; he's gonna be fine.
They will get him into rehab therapy fast and push him!
All good! No worries... He will be home and shooting hoops again before you know it.

Thank You Jeff for kind words

 

[BISCUT]

Nasty and painful! Wishing him the best.

 

[Dave Hess]

Prayer sent.

 

[ollie]

Prayer coming his way Sir!!

 

[ZeeOSix]

... nope all goes well !

 

[53' Stude]

Thank You all folks. Much appreciated

 

[JC1]

I hope your brother has a speedy recovery.

 

[Aredeeem]

Ugh, my son tore both in in two different incidents. One was surgically sewn together. The other cast in such a way that the tendon ends grew together and reattached. He’s doing ok but what a pain recovery was in both cases. I sincerely hope your brother’s rehab results in a positive result.

 

[53' Stude]

Thank You sir.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

I hope everything goes well

 

[Dave Hess]

Yep, rehab is very important.

Maybe a few Physical Therapists can chime in….

 

[K.Aoi]

Broke my ankle last year and had to get surgery to fix it. Actually the worst pain (except the immediate aftermath) was after the nerve block wore off ~18 hours after the surgery. I woke up and had to pop an extra hydro, turns out that drilling through your bones hurts like hell!

Anyway, good luck to your brother, and make sure he doesn't skimp on the physical therapy once he's able to start it! Don't cut it short because he feels good, see it through to the end as it really does work wonders.

 

[Zee09]

 

[Malo83]

Wishing him the best.

 

[carviewsonic]

A good friend of mine tore his playing tennis, at age 61. The surgery went well, and he was back to playing tennis the next year. Hoping your brother does even better!

 

[Al]

Prayers sent. I was lucky..years ago I probably had a partial tear. At time I was running about20 to 30 miles a week. I never curtailed my running. I was so lucky and so stupid.

 

[JimPghPA]

I've seen the surgery done where the surgeon ties the parts together with a super strong surgical string that is threaded through hole placed in the bones. Special metal ends are use on the string. The surgeon gets exposed to scatter radiation from the fluoroscope or multiple shots of X-Ray every time they perform an operation like that. After years of practice the exposure they receive is much more than what the patient receives even when considering the additional X-Rays, the patient normally receives. That is a hidden burden surgeons have to put up with that in general is not talked about, and another reason to have respect for anyone who works in that field.

 

[K.Aoi]

I've seen the surgery done where the surgeon ties the parts together with a super strong surgical string that is threaded through hole placed in the bones. Special metal ends are use on the string. The surgeon gets exposed to scatter radiation from the fluoroscope or multiple shots of X-Ray every time they perform an operation like that. After years of practice the exposure they receive is much more than what the patient receives even when considering the additional X-Rays, the patient normally receives. That is a hidden burden surgeons have to put up with that in general is not talked about, and another reason to have respect for anyone who works in that field.

Yes, the tightrope, at least as it's referred to as with the ankle one. I have one of those as you can see below. You can just barely see the channel that was drilled through my Tibia and the attachment on the other side, this is what they use instead of the long bolt they use to use that you'd then have to go get removed a few months later.