The Descriptive Process

[Joe46]

I guess you can learn things on the firewood forum. Why just yesterday I learned that Solo make the best saw!

 

[slowp]

I picked up tips from this thread.

http://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/how-to-fix-my-mess-up.256868/

 

[Nuzzy]

I guess you can learn things on the firewood forum. Why just yesterday I learned that Solo make the best saw!

 

[northmanlogging]

I picked up tips from this thread.

http://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/how-to-fix-my-mess-up.256868/

Thanks cause what I needed right now was a headache...

Them folks sound like they're going to get someone killed someday...

 

[1270d]

Going to be tough to work for a while

 

[HuskStihl]

Oh no. D'ya get both bones or just the radius? I'm super sorry to see this happen to you, and very much hope there's no damaged nerves

 

[treeslayer2003]

1270, dang im sorry.......ouch!
how did ya do it?

 

[lfnh]

bummer.
thankfully, not compound.

suppose you could ask the Doc to cast in a 13/64 save edge at 10* down. nah, just kidding!

 

[1270d]

Washed out on a root on my dirtbike. Broke the back off of the wrist socket thingy, john probably knows what it is.

I can still grind chain for sure. Be another learning curve in the harvester though.

 

[northmanlogging]

Good times good times...

you'll be playing the guitar soon enough, Did they just cast it up or did you get some new hardware? The hardware sure seems to help it heal a whole lot faster.

 

[1270d]

Got a splint for now. Orthopedic doc this week for a cast or plate or both

 

[northmanlogging]

down side is tsa and court house goons will tell you that those things don't set off their machines... They're lying, buts whats new... and you gets to be cut on when you didn't really need to, but they do get the bones closer together so it does heal pretty fast, and if they plate it then you can get some use out of it, casts are just in the way really... with the plate at least you can hold a pencil like Bob Dole.

 

[Samlock]

The little I know about operating a harvester - won't be easy with that hand.

Looking at silver lining, the man is made of the roughest ingredients available . Get well, 1270d!

 

[madhatte]

Applying for a pretty hefty promotion. Wish me luck.

 

[HuskStihl]

Good luck from texas!

 

[Metals406]

Go get it Nate!

 

[1270d]

so the ER doc said he couldnt get my wrist set right after a couple attempts and referred me to an orthopedic surgeon. who is out of town. the fill in guy doesnt have a stellar reputation for good work and cant see me till friday. kinda worried the bone will start to heal in that time and need a rebreak. anyone have experience/advice?

 

[paccity]

when i powdered my wrist they first did a not so good of job at the er. went to the surgeon a two weeks later " good surgeon" said that if i wanted too use my wrist again they would have to go in and replace a lot of bone. lots of screws pins and an isofix and 8 months of rehab i can use it with little pain and mobility loss. my advice is get it done rite the first time.

 

[treeslayer2003]

good luck Nate

 

[madhatte]

Thanks, all!

I agree with the statements about getting a wrist fixed right the first time. Mine was smashed pretty bad and held together with pins and wire; it healed pretty well thanks to the excellent work done by the Harborview surgeons. My brother, meanwhile, had almost the same break a year later, and it was botched on a first attempt. Later they went back in, re-broke it, and repaired the damage with donor bone from his hip. He's mostly OK now, but there is definitely some loss of range-of-movement, and he suffered a few months of unnecessary pain and inconvenience as a result of the first-round mistakes.