pulled a nick this weekend

I figured nick would get a kick out of this because he is the king hurting himself . sundat i was mowing the grass when i thought a big rock came out from under the mower & hit me in the shin about a inch long cut & hurt like hell . so i waiting till monday morning to go to the hospital they x-rayed it there is a 2 inch long piece of metal in my calf muscle but the doctors won't remove it unless it gets infected they gave me alot of happy pills & said if they had to remove it 2-3 months recovery time that really sucks being self employed

i'd get a second opinion and have that sucker removed. it will likely get infected and that will set you back even more time.

going most likely today i cant walk on crutches for more than 15 ft bofor pain is unbareble

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i'd get a second opinion and have that sucker removed. it will likely get infected and that will set you back even more time.

x2 it will become infected because it was not clean when it went in unless you really put time in on it everyday cleaning it ect.

Better off being out of work for a few weeks letting it go working at half speed do to the pain then having to corret a bigger prob which takes longer to heal.

going to see my family doc going to tell him it has to be cut fuck out to much pain

Damn that sucks! Any idea where the metal came from? Was it just in the grass somewhere?
I agree with everybody else, get it out. Hope you feel better soon and it doesn't take too long to heal.

So I'm a little lost here. If they where to not remove it whats the plan? I would say get it removed. Anyway I hope the happy pills help and you have a quick recovery.

their plan was to leave but i want it out of my leg

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Went to the family doc last night he thought the metal should be removed so he sent us to the ER & saw 3 different orthopedic surgens they won't take it out we where there till about 3 A.M they pumped acouple pints of IV antibiotics in my arm & sent me on my way

that sucks

Why won't they take it out?

its too deep into the muscle . My buddy just brought a wheel chair to the shop for me looks like it from texas chainsaw massacre

WOW, i have never heard of such a thing...thats crazy. I hope that everything works out for you.I still don't understand what the reason is why they wont pull it out. if you will heal from the surgery ok or not? that is a sucky situation

rationale is that they could do more damage trying to take it out then it is to just leave it in there. always a chance of cutting a nerve and causing permanent damage.

Damn I'm behind!! Way to go Chris! Sucks to hear that man, better keep a 5th of jack on hand or something!!

No jack just happy pills the wife won't even let me have a beer

Well she better be keeping your mind occupied in other ways!

Finally met a orthopedic specialist today surgery is on tues I'll try to get the xray pick up so it can be seen

glad to hear that. it will be well worth it to get the metal removed. It's rare that people have problems from the surgical removal of foreign objects unless it is near vital organs or nerves. there is a lot of muscle in the calf and not a complicated surgery to remove the metal. glad to hear you found a competent specialist.

should be a easy deal with in&out surgery the doc didn't seem that thrilled about what the ER ortho docs said about not removing it

Glad to hear it. Gonna keep the metal as a souvenir?

i am so glad you found some one. good deal

Is it this Tues?
Good luck!

Yes he is going in around 9am today to get it out.