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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Yesterday I had the post-surgery 'concrete' cast and staples removed, and issued an adjustable 'boot'. Man what a difference! I now can adjust the 'boot' whenever the swelling increases and relieve some pressure.
My sincere thanx for all the prayers, well wishes and inquiries. What a crowd...
Also my thanx to Ace Hardware, Craftsman Tools, Office Depot and Ginsu Cutlery.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Looks like good carpentry work, except your hardware cost way more than it would in the hardware store. I think I have more hardware in my arm, but I don't have an xray. Hope everything heals as good as it looks, iffy, and that you're back to doing whatever old farts like you do. |
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Location: Las Vegas, NV | Here's to good healing! Make sure you do the PT. It really helps.
I had ACL reconstruction about 2 years ago, so I have a couple of screws in the knee area, and a nice scar down the front of the knee where the harvested a third of my patella to use as the new ACL (supposed to be stronger than the original). I just remember getting the staples removed. My doctor took a week vacation around the time I was supposed to have them removed, so they stayed an extra week (not sure why someone else there couldn't do it). This allowed some tissue growth around the staples. Needles to say, when the first one "stuck" a little on removal, it was cold-sweat time. Not fun at all. |
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Location: Indiana | I have an arm like that...
Best of luck iffy. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Dude!
Are those the Fender sized or Gibson sized pickguard screws from Stewmac?
For what they charged you sould have gotten an on-board tuner! |
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Location: South of most, North of few | looks as if they left an extra screw in there. Is that for future use?? |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by MWoody:
For what they charged you sould have gotten an on-board tuner! I think they thought that being a barometer was all I could handle.
Originally posted by Trader Jim:
Is that for future use?? I believe that was the first one installed to hold 'things' together for the 'truss rod' installation. :D |
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| You're gonna have fun at airports - "Assume the position, sir."
Glad you're on the mend, Johnny. I expect to see you do a jig come January. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Single action?
Tell people you have a "Kaman bar" installed and that you are waiting on the "LX" knee joint. |
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Location: Indiana | Originally posted by g8r:
You're gonna have fun at airports - "Assume the position, sir."
I thought so too but oddly enough, the 5 inch plate in my arm has never set off the airport detector.
I was also disappointed to find I couldn't hang a refrigerator magnet on it. |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | Originally posted by MWoody:
Dude!
Are those the Fender sized or Gibson sized pickguard screws from Stewmac?
For what they charged you sould have gotten an on-board tuner! Just don't ask where the dummy plug goes!! :eek: |
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Location: south east Michigan | Geez Iffy... Looks like you're screwed on this one. :D ;)
Get better soon. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | It might be the next T-shirt!
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Phil Wong:
Just don't ask where the dummy plug goes!! :eek: Hey, I was born with one. No big deal. But it's staying right where it is! ;) |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Iffy, I'm disappointed you didn't go with carbon fibre. Hope it's healing well, My ACL repair ached for years afterwards, even though it didn't ache beforehand (although my knee did have a nasty habit of popping out). |
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Location: Vernon CT | Hey Iffy, It almost looks like a bridge and bridge pins!! ;) |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
I believe that was the first one installed to hold 'things' together for the 'truss rod' installation. :D Aw geez Iffy! I just made a truss rod crack in the other "Iffy Medical Procedures" post (How's that for a double entendre?), then I see you beat me to it. Great minds think alike I guess. :p
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Location: SoCal | I like the Ovation logo they left on the bone..... |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by Trader Jim:
looks as if they left an extra screw in there. Is that for future use?? Jim,
Thats what I thought. Maybe something he might use to trade you for one of your guitars |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Lock-Tite and Liquid Steel....only way to go!
Get better soon...  |
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Location: Cicero, NY | We have the technology.
We can rebuild him.
He will be able to walk up and down hills again.
(Get better, iffy. Don't forget, we'll be seeing you in Feb! Let me know what screwdrivers, I mean GUITARS I can bring!) |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Originally posted by Weaser P:
He will be able to walk up and down hills again.
He obviously wasn't very good at that before. (Sorry Iffy) |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by The Artist (FKA Richard):
He obviously wasn't very good at that before. (Sorry Iffy) Ouch!!! 
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Location: South of most, North of few | Johnny, you going to unveil the news of your NEWEST hardware?? (of the graphite variety) |
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