BLT

[IndyWS6]

A classic, timeless combination. That was dinner tonight. Thick sliced, pan-fried bacon, (store bought) iceberg lettuce and garden tomatoes…

I cook a lot. I enjoy it. But, I cooked tonight because Mrs. Indy tripped over a misaligned patio paver on Memorial Day and broke bones in her dominant elbow. Ortho consult yesterday says surgery with pins, plates and screws. Fu….. Schedule TBD, but mid next week at the earliest. Lots of pain (side rant - it’s damn-near impossible to get pain meds in the US for people that truly need them). But I digress… Family flew in last night for a wedding on Friday we “can’t” miss, so added complications. Not to whine, but I’m also a leader on a multi-million $ project that’s heading for go-live in 13 days with travel involved for deployment. So many competing interests. I’m exhausted.

 

[Monkey Man]

I feel ya bro'.

Are you sure the recommendation for surgery isn't a cash-grabbing move by the medico?

Just askin' 'cause I see it all-the-time. The elbow bones will heal, as they would "in-nature" where there aren't specialists to put Humpty together again with metal and screws.

 

[IndyWS6]

I’m no expert, but I saw the X-rays, and there’s a piece of bone that broke off and isn’t where it should be. The doc explained things in detail and everything sounded reasonable, so going with the recommendations…

 

[Monkey Man]

Fair-enough brother; I'm not gonna tell you what to do.

The piece that broke off would be dissolved and reused by the body. It's built uber-smart, smarter than any of us can give it credit for 'cause the design is so-far-advanced I doubt we'll ever figure it all out.

Hopefully the pins, plates and screws work out well for her.

 

[Monkey Man]

Hey Brother Indy, I hope you didn't take my post the wrong way.

I sincerely hope the missus recovers well brother.

 

[IndyWS6]

Hey Brother Indy, I hope you didn't take my post the wrong way.

I sincerely hope the missus recovers well brother.

No worries - it’s all good. It’s been a week and she’s still in a lot of pain. Almost no movement possible. I don’t see any way this would heal on its own and be close to reasonable mobility…

 

[Monkey Man]

It absolutely would bro'. The key lies in that ability I mentioned to be able to dissolve something it made and remake / repair something it made.

The body's #1 priority is detoxification & healing. Most peeps never get a look-in 'though, usually due to pain and impatience.

I know this can sound harsh; believe me I spent many decades being "that guy" 'til I grew tired of the blowback and also watching peeps die who I tried to help. I'm talking quite a few peeps mind-you. These days I just go to the funeral and say nothing. I'm not a hypocrite 'though, so that's good I s'pose. I always tell peeps "pain can't kill you" and the backup is that I haven't had a pain killer since a headache tablet when I was 15, 43 years ago. You wouldn't believe what I've endured so it's something I'm kinda proud of.

FWIMBW bone healing is a trivial matter in the grand scheme of the thousands of highly-complex repairs the body's capable of and actually carries out daily.

Way-too-big of a subject to get into here, but suffice it to say that this is all it does. Just as racing drivers sometimes say that if you're not braking or accelerating, you're not going fast-enough (I would argue that there's sometimes a place for coasting, but I digress), the body doesn't coast. It's literally doing everything it can to rebuild, repair and detoxify 24/7/365; it's just we who stand in its way, mainly through diet. Detox comes first except in emergencies (such as Mrs. Indy's situation).

I'm not even asking you to take any of this onboard bro'. I mean it sincerely that whichever route she takes, I damned-well hope she recovers well and can put this behind her. Terrible luck what happened, misaligned paver 'n' all. Fuck that shit! Nobody deserves that.

 

[IndyWS6]

I know this was originally a thread about BLT’s (), but as an update, Mrs. Indy had her surgery Friday afternoon. More complicated than they had hoped. Unexpected tendon damage was repaired, plus it took a plate that runs about 6 inches up the back of her upper arm with 4 screws, plus a screw through the “ball” to hold the bone in place and stabilize the joint. When the nerve block wore off yesterday at 6AM, excruciating pain. With advice from the surgeon, we doubled up on the narcotics to get in front of the pain. It’s been a long fucking two days, but she’s markedly better today. It’s about her, but I’m running on fumes. Exhausted.