Pearls Before Swine: I Fear 80

[Lynn McGuire]

Pearls Before Swine: I Fear 80
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/05/02

Me too. Only 16 years away.

Lynn

[Paul S Person]

On Thu, 2 May 2024 23:49:46 -0500, Lynn McGuire

Post by Lynn McGuire
Pearls Before Swine: I Fear 80
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/05/02
Me too. Only 16 years away.

2 years here.

But I've never broken my arm. Or warn a cast. Knock on wood.

[Lynn McGuire]

Post by Paul S Person
On Thu, 2 May 2024 23:49:46 -0500, Lynn McGuire

Post by Lynn McGuire
Pearls Before Swine: I Fear 80
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/05/02
Me too. Only 16 years away.

2 years here.
But I've never broken my arm. Or warn a cast. Knock on wood.

I broke my right humorous 3/4 inch above the elbow (edge of the growth
plate) when I was five. Spent eight weeks in traction so they did not
have to pin it. Never had a cast. For my 60th, I got severe tendonitis
in my right wrist and elbow. Am considering surgery to resection the
lower tendon from the right wrist to the right elbow but the surgery
failure rate is high. I wear a right wrist brace all the time now.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G4KVGQS/

I broke both lower right leg bones in a car wreck when I was eleven,
right above the ankle. The right leg is a little shorter than the left
leg. Spent six ? eight ? weeks in a cast.

Lynn

[Tony Nance]

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Paul S Person
On Thu, 2 May 2024 23:49:46 -0500, Lynn McGuire

Post by Lynn McGuire
Pearls Before Swine: I Fear 80
    https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/05/02
Me too.  Only 16 years away.

2 years here.
But I've never broken my arm. Or warn a cast. Knock on wood.

I broke my right humorous 3/4 inch above the elbow (edge of the growth
plate) when I was five.  Spent eight weeks in traction so they did not
have to pin it.  Never had a cast.  For my 60th, I got severe tendonitis
in my right wrist and elbow.  Am considering surgery to resection the
lower tendon from the right wrist to the right elbow but the surgery
failure rate is high.  I wear a right wrist brace all the time now.
   https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G4KVGQS/

Interesting ... I broke almost the exact same spot[1] on my left arm
when I was 17, and it required surgery & pins. It healed fine, and I
learned to sleep on my back, but I'd rather it hadn't happened.

Tony
[1] I had a medial epicondyle fracture.

[Lynn McGuire]

Post by Tony Nance

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Paul S Person
On Thu, 2 May 2024 23:49:46 -0500, Lynn McGuire

Post by Lynn McGuire
Pearls Before Swine: I Fear 80
    https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/05/02
Me too.  Only 16 years away.

2 years here.
But I've never broken my arm. Or warn a cast. Knock on wood.

I broke my right humorous 3/4 inch above the elbow (edge of the growth
plate) when I was five.  Spent eight weeks in traction so they did not
have to pin it.  Never had a cast.  For my 60th, I got severe
tendonitis in my right wrist and elbow.  Am considering surgery to
resection the lower tendon from the right wrist to the right elbow but
the surgery failure rate is high.  I wear a right wrist brace all the
time now.
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G4KVGQS/

Interesting ... I broke almost the exact same spot[1] on my left arm
when I was 17, and it required surgery & pins. It healed fine, and I
learned to sleep on my back, but I'd rather it hadn't happened.
Tony
[1] I had a medial epicondyle fracture.

Yeah, if you pin the humorous bone to the elbow growth plate on a five
year old, you get a withered arm in a adult. Plus, my humorous bone was
broken in several places lengthwise. Not a green splint break.

Maybe that is why I hate sleeping on my back after eight weeks of
traction. I roll side to side all night long. My wife of 42 years
calls me "sheet stealer", she would know.

Lynn

[Robert Carnegie]

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Paul S Person
On Thu, 2 May 2024 23:49:46 -0500, Lynn McGuire

Post by Lynn McGuire
Pearls Before Swine: I Fear 80
    https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/05/02
Me too.  Only 16 years away.

2 years here.
But I've never broken my arm. Or warn a cast. Knock on wood.

I broke my right humorous 3/4 inch above the elbow (edge of the growth
plate) when I was five.  Spent eight weeks in traction so they did not
have to pin it.  Never had a cast.

Late news I think: it's "humerus".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humerus_fracture>

[Dudley Brooks]

Post by Robert Carnegie

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Paul S Person
On Thu, 2 May 2024 23:49:46 -0500, Lynn McGuire

Post by Lynn McGuire
Pearls Before Swine: I Fear 80
    https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/05/02
Me too.  Only 16 years away.

2 years here.
But I've never broken my arm. Or warn a cast. Knock on wood.

I broke my right humorous 3/4 inch above the elbow (edge of the growth
plate) when I was five.  Spent eight weeks in traction so they did not
have to pin it.  Never had a cast.

Late news I think: it's "humerus".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humerus_fracture>

That depends on your sense of humor ... and what your right arm looks like.

[Lynn McGuire]

Post by Robert Carnegie

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Paul S Person
On Thu, 2 May 2024 23:49:46 -0500, Lynn McGuire

Post by Lynn McGuire
Pearls Before Swine: I Fear 80
    https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/05/02
Me too.  Only 16 years away.

2 years here.
But I've never broken my arm. Or warn a cast. Knock on wood.

I broke my right humorous 3/4 inch above the elbow (edge of the growth
plate) when I was five.  Spent eight weeks in traction so they did not
have to pin it.  Never had a cast.

Late news I think: it's "humerus".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humerus_fracture>

Thank you for those horrible pictures. I already lived the experience,
I did not need to see those pictures. I course I went and looked at
them like an idiot.

Lynn

[BCFD 36]

Post by Robert Carnegie

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Paul S Person
On Thu, 2 May 2024 23:49:46 -0500, Lynn McGuire

Post by Lynn McGuire
Pearls Before Swine: I Fear 80
    https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/05/02
Me too.  Only 16 years away.

2 years here.
But I've never broken my arm. Or warn a cast. Knock on wood.

I broke my right humorous 3/4 inch above the elbow (edge of the
growth plate) when I was five.  Spent eight weeks in traction so they
did not have to pin it.  Never had a cast.

Late news I think: it's "humerus".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humerus_fracture>

Thank you for those horrible pictures.  I already lived the experience,
I did not need to see those pictures.  I course I went and looked at
them like an idiot.
Lynn

I saw at least one closed humerus fracture when I was an EMT with BCFD.
I don't need to see any others.

Ick

[Kevrob]

Post by BCFD 36

Post by Robert Carnegie

Post by Lynn McGuire

Post by Paul S Person
On Thu, 2 May 2024 23:49:46 -0500, Lynn McGuire

Post by Lynn McGuire
Pearls Before Swine: I Fear 80
    https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/05/02
Me too.  Only 16 years away.

2 years here.
But I've never broken my arm. Or warn a cast. Knock on wood.

I broke my right humorous 3/4 inch above the elbow (edge of the
growth plate) when I was five.  Spent eight weeks in traction so
they did not have to pin it.  Never had a cast.

Late news I think: it's "humerus".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humerus_fracture>

Thank you for those horrible pictures.  I already lived the
experience, I did not need to see those pictures.  I course I went and
looked at them like an idiot.
Lynn

I saw at least one closed humerus fracture when I was an EMT with BCFD.
I don't need to see any others.
Ick

The lay person's name for the humorous is the funny bone. :)

[BCFD 36]

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Post by Paul S Person
On Thu, 2 May 2024 23:49:46 -0500, Lynn McGuire

Post by Lynn McGuire
Pearls Before Swine: I Fear 80

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Post by Kevrob

Post by BCFD 36
I saw at least one closed humerus fracture when I was an EMT with
BCFD. I don't need to see any others.
Ick

The lay person's name for the humorous is the funny bone. :)

That's not funny!