Oct 6, 05:38 PM by Steve | Screwed

Posted in Health

I had my post-op follow up today to get my dressings removed and get an x-ray (pictured above) of the fix. The doc said that the break was unusual, in that it was in a different plane than typically occurs. I don’t remember all the technical terms, but basically the break was sideways instead of up-and-down. The three screws in the middle are across the oblique fracture, compressing the two pieces together, and the other screws are holding the plate in place. The good news is that it should all be very stable and I already have a good amount of range of motion back, without much pain. The bad news is that now I can definitely feel that my ribs are hurt too…

1. If you feel around your collar can you feel the screws through your skin?

   — Jon at Oct 7, 09:50 AM

2. cool image, mine were the old films. I wonder if I can scan them.

   Glad you’re feeling better

   — bill at Oct 7, 03:57 PM

3. Jon, I can’t feel the screws but I can feel the plate. Everything is still swollen and numb so it’s hard to tell what’s what for the time being.

   Bill, both of the collarbone x-rays were scans of the transparencies. The first one was a digital image printed as a transparency and the most recent one was a traditional filmed x-ray. The rib x-rays from a few weeks ago was a scan of a paper printout.

   I got back on the trainer this morning for about 10 minutes. I’m going to ease into it.

   — Steve at Oct 7, 04:41 PM

4. i love this pictures. just something freaky odd about seeing those screws in there. later.

   — aham23 at Oct 10, 09:23 AM

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