Surgery in 8 Days

[nekko]

Back to home. Pre-op blood analysis shown an infection.javascript:void(0); I got a hard sinusitis two days before surgery and decision was taken to postpone surgery for 3 weeks. I also got trouble with my voice/throat.  Thank you for you kind messages.

To be continued....

[Lori Cee]

Oh no...  I'm so sorry!  I hope that you are feeling well and that the delay is ok.  Hopefully the extra couple of weeks sees you enjoy a very happy Easter with friends and family and that you are fighting fit and more prepared than ever in a few weeks!

[lori.36]

Oh what a bummer.  Sorry to hear your news, but now we will be surgery buddies.  I am going in on May 11th for my surgery, is that your day?
It will be fun to have someone to go through the agony with.
Again sorry.

[hernanu]

Just a short delay, you'll be fine, and will forget about the delay later. Get better, then get really better.

[nekko]

Lori.36, I will go back to hospital on the 11 for having surgery on May 12. So yo will have preceded me for 24 hours. I Will think to you on the 11 !

[phillwad]

Nekko
I think it is today or tomorrow - good luck and enjoy the bed rest
Cheers - Phill

[hipnhop]

good luck man. it will turn out well.

[Tin Soldier]

That bites.  Getting all prepped mentally and then it gets postponed.  Sorry to hear that, but stick with it.

BTW - Birmingham, UK is known for making quality metals products for more several hundred years, right?  I think it was swords more than athroplasty, though.

Not trying to hijack, but I'm curious about the metallurgy.  I'm not an engineer, but I am a geologist and a hobby blacksmither, and I have always wondered about the constituents in a HR implant.  Any of you guys know if there is any iron in a standard MOM HR like BHR, C+, or biomet?   I've heard somewhere of high carbon chromoly alloy.  DeSmet's paper on the BHR vs the C+ talks about carbon in the BHR.  Can you have a high carbon Cr, Co, Mb alloy with no Fe?  That seems a little odd to me.  The whole metallurgy on these things is a mystery, probably because it's all proprietery.  The folks in the drilling industry are very tight about carbon levels, hardness from heat treating and so on, in their drill steel.  All due to trade secrets.  Anyway, beyond the cereal box label on the BHR that says it's Cr, Co, Mb, I'd like to know more about the constituents, percentages of, heat treating and so. 

[phillwad]

nekko

Well taking some extra days to make sure you are well - good move. 

Cheers - Phill

[nekko]

Thanks Phill. I am going to get my voice back !

[nekko]

Now, time has come for packing and travelling to hospital. Surgery is planned for the 12.
So, next post will be from the other side of surgery....

[FlbrkMike]

Good luck nekko!
May your recovery be swift and complete.

[ScubaDuck]

May everything go smoothly.  I always think that we should wish the surgeons well on this site since we don't really have much to do but lie there unconscious.

Dan

[halfdone]

Bonne chance nekko!

[phillwad]

Nekko - hope your surgery went well and they let you have some good French wine as part of your recovery  ;D

Phill

[nekko]

Now 6 hours post surgery and very hippy  !

[halfdone]

Felicitations nekko! "Good things come to those who wait"  :)

[FlbrkMike]

Awesome nekko!!  You'll be doing laps by tomorrow.

[hernanu]

Excellent Nekko! glad to see you're out.

[ScubaDuck]

Excellent news!  I hope everything goes smoothly in the hospital.

Please keep us up to date on your recovery.

Dan