Surgeon help Newly injured

[dimitrigirl]

Good News !!! Dimitri will be having the surgery in St. Louis. I am excited but nervous and scared at the same time. I know it's going to be a long & hard road to recovery but the surgery is a start. Can you give me your imput on your first surgery? How long were you in the hospital? Pain? anything you can tell me !!!

[Joel]

check my blog entries from that month

http://www.leftarmbandit.org/2007_08_01_archive.html

Joel

[dimitrigirl]

Hi Joel
I read your blog, WOW!!!! How long were you in St. Louis and how long before you started PT?

[s8n]

my surgeries i was in for one night the first and i was in and out in hours for the second.
daniel

[dimitrigirl]

how long before you started PT

[dimitrigirl]

How long before did you stay in St. Louis for the first surgery

[s8n]

i was in stl for one night the first one and they don't have me on pt until they know if it's gonna work they say 50/50 shot so i dunno.my arm is completely gone as of now though
daniel

[Joel]

I went back home to Portland about 5 days after the surgery and started PT about 4-5 weeks later. I had to wait for a bunch of the muscles to heal after the operation.