-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-


 WC> My orthopedic surgeon said the same thing back in 75 and I
 WC> took his advise and skipped it. He did repair a knee
 WC> telling me it would still give me some problems. On the
 WC> latter point he was wrong as the knee is fine 28 years
 WC> later.

 CA> Muscle is what holds us together and supports joints. I think
 CA> the physical condition of the patient combined with their
 CA> ability to heal after surgery (age?) are all factors in this.
 CA> Some heal so fast it's like magic. My father-in-law healed
 CA> three times faster than I did and he was in his 70's. My mother
 CA> heals faster than I do now.

I still heal fast. Trying to do too much yesterday to
get Win 3.1 up and running on a much abused and reconfigured
486 I cut the crap out my right hand on the chassis
tugging on the dead CMOS battery while applying a soldering iron to it.
Only the deeper cut remains open 12 hours later with the
larger shallower one already closed up.
Three days from now there'll be no sign of either wound.
I kept on working on the machine wrapping a couple wraps of tissue
around my wrist to catch drippage.
Once I hook up an external CMOS battery that machine should be good to go
in a minimalist fashion.
I need to read the docs for the Promise Tech BIOS'ed I/O card I'd
added to reconfigure it to replace the existing I/O So I can use
the 40X acer CD-ROM instead of the Creative propietary
sound card CD-ROM interface.
All the software is already setup for the ACER drive on another
machine so it's easier to check the docs and rejumper and move
the drive cables. Got to check and see if there's a jumper to
disable on motherboard I/O but either way I expect it'll work
given my experience with that I/O card.
Previously I was just using the BIOS and for that all you need
do is slap it into an ISA slot.
I believe you can hook it up to the IRQ for secondary primary drive
which the mainboard I/O lacks so I'm confident in any case.

 CA> At the time of my shoulder injuries I was still in pretty good
 CA> shape. I may have made a mistake in turning down the surgery.

I doubt it would have been a good idea even them.
Dr. Wassel is an extremely well repected orthopedic surgeon
and he advised againt it and that's good enough for me.
This dude was an airforce major and had more degrees
from more universities and other credentials then
I've ever seen on anyones office wall before or since.
You did have to look out for his handshake though as being
a bone breaker it was... well let's just say an order
of magnitude beyond firm.
The guy wasn't overly wordy but he did lay it out straight
for you and let you make the call.
I'm however annoyed I did not push harder for a spinal fusion
when I was more mobile but another doctor, I'd tried
to get Wassel, refused to do it citing morbidity rates.
Wassel wasn't on the Voc. Rehab's approved list however
the quack that did operate on me _was_ :-(
Would have been a walk in the park for me in 95, today
I'm quite sure it would kill me.
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