oh....the Drama goes on

Today I went to see Dr. Stein, aka Dr. Hottie. Traffic was surprisingly light for all the warnings of mass confusion with the Metro wreck last night...BUT I forgot my camera so there are no new pictures for this visit...sniff...sniff

I had another very nice visit to College Park to see Dr. Hottie. We checked in with Hope and went to Exam Room 2, a new treat! We've always had Exam Room 1 before. Had a lovely new x-ray that shows some very thin whisps of white 'fluff' (highly technical terminology) that look to be propagating thru the gap to form new bone...the graft material is still hanging there around the 'fix' helping it along. I have to admit, I was hoping to see a more definitive connection....I guess I think I am still young enough to heal in that 6 to 8 week window that everyone seems to quote.

The term for the problem with the previous repair of the broken humerus work is called nonunion'....and no, that does not mean I haven't paid my teamsters dues, it means a failure of the bone to heal back together at the break. The titanium rod that I had installed on the 1st surgery, Sept 25, never really allowed the break to heal....and now....all these months later, I have a smaller piece of hardware with many more screws and a better shot at a solid repair,
if my old bones will just cooperate!

Dr. Hottie, he knows I love him...he's just so damn cute and even in the face of my taunting and teasing, he is professional and I have the utmost faith in his ability, I'm just worried I am too old and have crappy bones that won't heal. So, six more weeks in the sling, only allowed to work on this old laptop (much to Sean's chagrin-it's his), due to the mousepad instead of a regular mouse and a lower, smaller keyboard....I emailed Carolyn at work to see if there is one I can use at the
office so I can go back to the office even if I need to find a chair with a coffee table-style set up. I miss the kids the kids at work.....who knew? The office interaction is a big part of my day, plus I need to learn the new software for the sourcer/recruiters, so I can start helping more with that.

The long term prognosis is still good...but it may be as long as 6 months before we know if the surgery for the break was a complete success...Remember....I am a BIG SHOULDER SURGERY according to Dr. Hottie and Dr. Happy Hour!! As if there was any other way to be....!?!?!? XOXOXOXO - AL