I'm going back to the hospital for more surgery on my arm. Those damn bony prominences never seem to go away. I found a great doctor in San Francisco who thinks he can solve my problem for good, although it will likely result in me losing half my elbow

Worst case, depending on what he sees when he slices me open, I'll come out having 1.25 arms instead of 1.5

Flying out tomorrow AM and surgery is first thing on Monday.

6/13/2009 6:45:26 PM

good luck joe

6/13/2009 6:46:55 PM

Good luck.

6/13/2009 6:47:13 PM

snoop bloggy blogg

6/13/2009 6:47:15 PM

do you have a kick ass bionic arm though?

if not, you need to get one of them shits

6/13/2009 6:47:30 PM

here's to hoping you come out like the $6 million man

6/13/2009 6:49:08 PM

Good luck.



Get a bionic arm, if you can.

6/13/2009 6:52:07 PM

good luck man

6/13/2009 6:53:45 PM

see if the doctor will wax your ass,cock and balls

6/13/2009 6:55:03 PM

<3

6/13/2009 6:57:41 PM

Quote :

"Those damn bony prominences never seem to go away."

It's called an erection, and if it's lasted more than four hours you should seek medical attention.

6/13/2009 7:45:22 PM

Hoping for the best for you

6/13/2009 7:47:13 PM

6/13/2009 7:48:24 PM

If that guy really got his arm bit off by a shark, then that tattoo would really be epic.

6/13/2009 7:50:26 PM

GL2U!

6/13/2009 7:56:17 PM

godspeed, joe#s.

6/13/2009 8:05:45 PM

heading to the airport

6/14/2009 6:25:57 AM

Good luck doctor numbers!!

6/14/2009 7:01:59 AM

The surgery went well. They removed a lot more of my arm than they thought they would, about half way between my elbow and shoulder. My arm barely sticks out of a tshirt now I wish I could have kept my elbow but at least I won't have any more problems with pain.

I get to leave the hospital this afternoon so I'm ready to get back to my parents house and relax for the next couple of weeks.

6/18/2009 10:52:17 AM

hey joe, glad to hear things went well! You'll have to get some slim fit t-shirts with the shorter sleeves

here's to a speedy recovery

6/18/2009 10:59:45 AM

godspeed in your recovery

but too bad you're not gay (are you ?)

you could have some crazy sodomizing fun

6/18/2009 11:01:54 AM

gl with recovery.

6/18/2009 11:03:45 AM

Dammit, I keep thinking someone went to Oregon and I want to tell them about this awesome bar in East Portland

6/18/2009 11:04:38 AM

by having a shorter arm - are there things that will be even more difficult now?

6/18/2009 11:11:24 AM

gl

6/18/2009 11:12:38 AM

I'd imagine push ups and bench presses would be quite difficult Omar

6/18/2009 11:12:55 AM

Quote :

"The surgery went well. They removed a lot more of my arm than they thought they would, about half way between my elbow and shoulder. My arm barely sticks out of a tshirt now I wish I could have kept my elbow but at least I won't have any more problems with pain."

Awww

This year has been rough for you

6/18/2009 11:13:44 AM

Sorry to hear it, good luck with recovery.

6/18/2009 11:16:01 AM

^^for real

hope you have a speedy recovery

6/18/2009 11:16:39 AM

Omar, I haven't really thought about things that would be more difficult but going on what slave said doing pushups with no support on my left side will make it harder until I learn how do do them with one arm.  

When I had my elbow I could put a lot of weight on it. Now my arm will probably not be able to ever support a lot of weight on the end.

I'll probably have to put a bottle under my armpit to open it whereas before I could grip it with my elbow and pin it against my body.

It's little things mostly, but with anything I'll be able to adapt. The past 10 years have been proof of that.

6/18/2009 11:29:11 AM

Two words - Bionic arm. Or something like a Borg arm. That would be sweet.

6/18/2009 11:31:52 AM

I actually have two arms at home. One is the electric battery powered one with a real looking hand on it that opens and closes. The other is mechanically powered that has a hook on it. That one has removable attachments so I can do other things like hold on to a dumbell.

I never use them because they are uncomfortable, hot, sweaty, and I feel that they are in the way. Now that my arm has changed those two prosthetics are worthless to me and I would have to have new ones made. Insurance will pay for it so I may go ahead and let them buy me a new one.

The new ones though will be more difficult to use since I would have to control the elbow and wrist/hand separately.

6/18/2009 11:47:00 AM

Sorry to hear you had to get another surgery but glad to hear it went well and they think they solved your problem. How are you recovering?

<3

6/18/2009 11:52:48 AM

Recovery is going well. They took the drainage tube out last night. The sutures look good with no signs of infection.

The pain is still pretty bad and I'm on some strong pain medications. But it's getting better and after about five days the pain should be very manageable. At least that's how it was with my other three million arm surgeries.

6/18/2009 12:30:38 PM

Heading back to the Oregon... again

6/18/2009 1:25:23 PM

Quote :

"The sutures look good with no signs of infection. "

Good news!

best wishes for a quick recovery. enjoy your pain meds

6/18/2009 4:06:52 PM

my doctor decided to keep me for an extra night at the hospital

this really hot nurse named lauren just gave me a sponge bath

she's 22 and wants to become a nurse. i told her she could take care of me as much as she would like

6/19/2009 12:28:02 AM

very nice!

6/19/2009 12:29:04 AM

joe doesn't even need to grow up to be a dirty old man

6/19/2009 12:31:17 AM

which hospital are you at?

glad the recovery is going well at least - could be a lot worse

6/19/2009 12:31:51 AM

im at ucsf medical center

they took my catheter out a few minutes ago. that's never fun ill be checking out around noon.. finally

6/19/2009 8:38:57 AM