im home after surgery

[IphoneTony]

well i am back and now typing with one hand. I fractured my hand and had to get pins put in it.. I had some pics on irovr..

So how did I do this, well I punched a dooor at work because I got so angry:angry: how how parents let their kids run wild in my store and trash the place..
this is all i can type it is a pain to type with one hand..

[kokogirl]

well i am back and now typing with one hand. I fractured my hand and had to get pins put in it.. I had some pics on irovr..

So how did I do this, well I punched a dooor at work because I got so angry:angry: how how parents let their kids run wild in my store and trash the place..
this is all i can type it is a pain to type with one hand..

Tony, I saw those pics! OUCH! I hate it when parents let their kids run amuck in public. That is one of the reasons I quit teaching... (parents letting kids act bad).

I hope it heals up fast! Maybe you need need a big pillow to punch a work instead of a hard door. Or one of those blow-up guys that you hit and they come back up.

[Hayesimus]

OUCH dude. Hopefully work won't make you take anger management classes or something. Hope your hand feels better soon. And iPhoning with one hand must be arduous...

[Lincoln]

Sorry to hear about that. Hopefully it heals quickly.

Did the door get hurt? :wink:

- John

[Youngbinks]

Dang, hope you get healed up soon. I too cannot stand parents that do not watch their kids. It's so dang annoying.

[Eragon]

Get well soon, Tony. :smile:

[IphoneTony]

thanks everyone

[Alexander]

Yeah, get well soon. I don't want kids until I'm 85.

[psylichon]

The only punch I've ever thrown in my life broke my finger. Small fracture in pretty much the same place as you. I don't throw punches anymore.

I hope you feel better soon, but I also hope you can control your temper in the future.... for your sake. That stress will put you in a early grave, for real... studies come out all the time drawing the parallels. Just hate to see ya hurt.

And yeah kids suck that's why I don't have any yet.

[themanofthedark]

kids+running free = death.

I hate small obnoxious children.

I really do.

[patrickj]

Hope it heals up for you soon Tony.

[Buffy]

Any child has the potential to be a hellion; it's the parents I want to strangle. There are friends who I avoid going to dinner with like the plague because they don't control their children, and it's not only embarrassing, I have a hard time holding my tongue.

Tony, take care of yourself and that hand. I hope the incident doesn't have negative repercussions for you at work. :frown:

[ColsTiger]

well i am back and now typing with one hand. I fractured my hand and had to get pins put in it.. I had some pics on irovr..

So how did I do this, well I punched a dooor at work because I got so angry:angry: how how parents let their kids run wild in my store and trash the place..
this is all i can type it is a pain to type with one hand..

I can certainly relate to the fact that kids can get on your nerves. Hope your hand heals quickly.

[Hondamaker]

Nice....I broke both hands punching a fridge once, so I know your pain. Hope you have a speedy recovery!

[psylichon]

Nice....I broke both hands punching a fridge once

Wow, sucks to be outta bread, huh.

Lol, seriously, did you really break both hands with a 1 - 2 stagger or did you just throw them both at the poor appliance simultaneously? I'm trying to visualize a dramatic situation here.

[Buffy]

Nice....I broke both hands punching a fridge once, so I know your pain. Hope you have a speedy recovery!

What made you punch a fridge and break 2 hands? :gasp: Knowing you, it was probably worth it, but still...

[IphoneTony]

Sorry to hear about that. Hopefully it heals quickly.

Did the door get hurt? :wink:

- John
lol no but some of my skin was on the door when i looked at it

[IphoneTony]

Nice....I broke both hands punching a fridge once, so I know your pain. Hope you have a speedy recovery!

did u punch it like ur avaitar

[Eragon]

Any child has the potential to be a hellion; it's the parents I want to strangle. There are friends who I avoid going to dinner with like the plague because they don't control their children, and it's not only embarrassing, I have a hard time holding my tongue.

Tony, take care of yourself and that hand. I hope the incident doesn't have negative repercussions for you at work. :frown:

I'm one of those fathers who has extremely aggravating kids. Not that they get in trouble before I can reign them in, but rather I really don't like having to growl/discipline them when we're out in public. I have a fairly thick skin, but behavior like that in Tony's store would have qualified my kids with a triple dose of sore buttes, and a time-out with me in our van.

Problem with kids these days is that they like to push buttons. What they don't realize is that they'll soon be in tears.

Next time you see a father growling at his three daughters, think of me rather than think that this guy is an obnoxious moron.

[themanofthedark]

I'll have to say - i was a pretty bad pain in the ass when i was younger.

No more!

[geordisjd]

My first kid, Daniel, was perfect: beautiful, calm, sweet, never did anything wrong.

Then, many years later, came Jessie. At 2 weeks of age, I already bought a book called "Parenting the high need child". He walked at 10 months, and from then on, has never stopped running. I would put him on the ground and he would start running without looking back. I had him on a leash for years. He would climb on everything too. The higher, the better. At 15 months, he made it over the 6-foot fence in the backyard when my back was turned the other way, and out he was in the street. He got into everything, he threw things everywhere. At 18 months, he locked himself in the bathroom and we had to call the firefighters to take down the door. He was always covered in bruises from head-to-toe and we were suspected of child abuse! At 2, he put the kitchen on fire (not willingly).
At 5, he managed to escape us in Times Square and was lost for one hour. Fortunately, he had a little bit of reason at that stage and was watching us hiding behind a trash can.
Now, at 10, he still can't stay still for a second, but he's sweet as can be and even does well in school.

http://gallery.mac.com/jacdem/100266/IMG_0173/web.jpg

[psylichon]

Geordi, you are not helping my wife's "kid initiative" campaign. She won't be pleased.

[geordisjd]

Geordi, you are not helping my wife's "kid initiative" campaign. She won't be pleased.

How's that???

[Hondamaker]

Wow, sucks to be outta bread, huh.

Lol, seriously, did you really break both hands with a 1 - 2 stagger or did you just throw them both at the poor appliance simultaneously? I'm trying to visualize a dramatic situation here.As a result of my then live-in g/f talking to her ex-boyfriend on MY phone, I took it out out on my poor fridge with multiple 1-2 staggers. Funny thing, the next day I opened the fridge and all the eggs, which had been in the door, were broken all over the bottom of the fridge! LOL!! I had to clean it up with two broken, sore hands. LMAO...

[psylichon]

Sorry for your pain Honda, but that's pretty damn funny. Talk about adding insult to injury!

[Buffy]

Aw, Geordisjd, I think both your boys have very sweet eyes. That's a great pic, by the way.

And Dave, from the snippets we get about both you and Jen, it sure sounds like you'll be great parents. It takes some wisdom, a little creativity, a good sense of humor, and plenty of patience...among other things. :wink:

I was an extremely challenging child to raise; always pushing the envelope. It probably took three times the effort on my parents' part to raise me than it did to raise my brother. I was never out of control, I wasn't a troublemaker...only because they wouldn't tolerate it. They stayed on top of things, constantly. I think some parents today are overwhelmed, don't know how to parent, or are just too lazy to do it. :frown:

[psylichon]

How's that???

My biggest fear is a hyper kid. Jen and I are ... SOOOO... the anti-hyper type. Just don't know how we'd cope.

[Eragon]

Invest heavily in a wooden spoon factory. :)

[geordisjd]

My biggest fear is a hyper kid. Jen and I are ... SOOOO... the anti-hyper type. Just don't know how we'd cope.

Adopt...a cat!
My dog is hyper and neurotic. My cat is so laid back...

[Buffy]

Invest heavily in a wooden spoon factory. :)

<---laughing

[phsycology]

Hope it heals and that you don't encounter any more problems with it.

[psylichon]

Adopt...a cat!
My dog is hyper and neurotic. My cat is so laid back...

We got the laid back cat thing covered. Doesn't assuage my fears.

[geordisjd]

Hey, Tony, have any picture of your hardware?

Here's mine:

http://gallery.mac.com/jacdem/100125/wrist/web.jpg

2 plates and 8 screws! Titanium, permanent. No anger management problem here. I was running on my way to the O.R. because I was late, and some idiot had washed the floor in front of the main doors without putting a sign up. I flew up in the air and landed on my wrist (right, of course), which was shattered in about 12 pieces. So I had surgery, instead of my patient. One week later, I was back at work. You can't stop a type-A personality with just one little fracture.
Any better hardware stories out there?
And no, it doesn't trigger the metal-detectors anywhere.

[psylichon]

No hardware, but I was hit in the head with a golf ball when I was younger and still have a bald spot. I'll post it on iRovr then...

[geordisjd]

No hardware, but I was hit in the head with a golf ball when I was younger and still have a bald spot. I'll post it on iRovr then...

What will you post? The bald spot or the golf ball? Did you keep it? I still have a foot-long rusted nail that went through my foot 20 years ago.

[themanofthedark]

What will you post? The bald spot or the golf ball? Did you keep it? I still have a foot-long rusted nail that went through my foot 20 years ago.
post it.

please.

[psylichon]

No, the ball was never found.

[Youngbinks]

When I was two and a half (maybe 3) I was playing out on the pool deck. You know, typical child shenanigans, jumping up and down, running, doing spins on the handrails. Despite my mother telling me to stop or I would hurt myself, I kept spinning and eventually lost my grip and fell off the rail onto the deck. I started screaming and bleeding. My mom just thought I just had a bloody nose so took me to the bathroom to wash me up. She went to wipe my face with the washcloth in a downward motion and everything was fine, when she went to wipe upward, she realized my nose was disconnected from my face...

The little cartilage piece in between the two nostrils was completely separated. I was screaming, she was panicking. Called 911 and I was rushed into emergency plastic surgery. Lasted about 4 hours so they could reconnect everything. Thankfully there's no scar mark to this day. 12 years later I had a surgery to fix my deviated septum which happened during the same fall.

[geordisjd]

When I was two and a half (maybe 3) I was playing out on the pool deck.

Ouch.........

[Eragon]

Can't say I had any exciting injuries. The night before my father's funeral in 1988, I went outside after being cooped up alone all day and punched a metal dumpster sitting across the street at a neighbor's house. Don't know why I punched it with my right hand. Didn't do anything to me.

The next day, during the funeral, my hand was in agony after shaking hands with family members and friends. A couple of days later, I went to the campus clinic and was told I had a boxer fracture. I was casted up and put back on duty. Problem was that I am right handed. Kind of hard to write and do homework with my left hand. Oh well, what are grades?

[kokogirl]

I wish I had an exciting injury to share, but I do not. I had an ovary removed when I was 25, though. I have a big ol' scar on my belly. It is NOT attractive.

[geordisjd]

Can't say I had any exciting injuries.

Sad story...:(

[Eragon]

I wish I had an exciting injury to share, but I do not. I had an ovary removed when I was 25, though. I have a big ol' scar on my belly. It is NOT attractive.

Actually, you and other mothers like you bear the scars of child-bearing. May not be physically visible, but the experience is more than any husband/father can honestly say he had to go through.

[kokogirl]

Actually, you and other mothers like you bear the scars of child-bearing. May not be physically visible, but the experience is more than any husband/father can honestly say he had to go through.

That is true, but childbirth is not really considered an injury. It does hurt a lot though. Thank goodness I got cute babies as rewards!

[Buffy]

Can't say I had any exciting injuries. The night before my father's funeral in 1988, I went outside after being cooped up alone all day and punched a metal dumpster sitting across the street at a neighbor's house. Don't know why I punched it with my right hand. Didn't do anything to me.

The next day, during the funeral, my hand was in agony after shaking hands with family members and friends. A couple of days later, I went to the campus clinic and was told I had a boxer fracture. I was casted up and put back on duty. Problem was that I am right handed. Kind of hard to write and do homework with my left hand. Oh well, what are grades?

Oui, you made my eyes water.

[Hayesimus]

well one time when I was prob 4 or younger, I was outside playing in the dirt. My bro got this long metal bar curved at the end and said he was gonna chop up the dirt. I remember him saying "stand back" and then THUD! I don't remember anything after that but I am told I had the metal lodged in my head. Theny mom heard me crying and went outside. My brother was hiding me behind his back. Then my mom saws and hurried me inside and laid me on
the table. They said blood poorer across the table. Then on the way to the hospital they said I was extremely inactive compared to my usual hyper self. I had to get a few stiches and apparently it was nothing serious at all. I guess I'm just a bleeder. LOL

[geordisjd]

That is true, but childbirth is not really considered an injury. It does hurt a lot though. Thank goodness I got cute babies as rewards!

I'm not sure why childbirth is not considered an injury.

We recover from fractures and other kinds of trauma a lot better.

Childbirth should be considered major trauma with irreversible consequences.

Childbirth not only hurts, it changes your body forever. Even when it's not obvious to other people who know you, it's very obvious to your gynecologist, and most of all, it's obvious to you. It's not just what's visible. It's all those functions of your body that are never the same again, and get worse with time. Your bladder function, your GI function, your sexual function, your sensations down there for good or bad, but mainly bad. Some of it decreases the quality of your life on a daily basis, on a hourly basis. Even when surgery isn't eventually required, we live with all those little problems that we don't talk about, except to your gynecologist, sometimes, sometimes not. Mostly, we adapt, but we're never the same.

[phsycology]

Last year, I was aging rugby for my school, and someone was on the floor ansthey sat up. I ran up and leapt over him, only for my knee to colide with his head. He stood up fine and I went down clutching my knee and had to be carried to the nurse where she told me to walk it off. I went to hospital the next day and was told I had fractured my knee.

Another time, I was on a broken tire zip wire on a school trip, and it flung up at the end, and i fell flat on my face from about ten feet high, and fractured my wrist.

On another school trip, a boy through a small stick at me which hit neon the head. It apparently stuck there for a while, but I went down holding my head, and then began to stand up when a boy began to scream that I was bleeding. I took my hand away and noticed that it was bleeding. I ended up with a small hole in my head which had to be glued.

[themanofthedark]

you lead a rather exciting life, then?

[Eragon]

I'm not sure why childbirth is not considered an injury.

We recover from fractures and other kinds of trauma a lot better.

Childbirth should be considered major trauma with irreversible consequences.

Childbirth not only hurts, it changes your body forever. Even when it's not obvious to other people who know you, it's very obvious to your gynecologist, and most of all, it's obvious to you. It's not just what's visible. It's all those functions of your body that are never the same again, and get worse with time. Your bladder function, your GI function, your sexual function, your sensations down there for good or bad, but mainly bad. Some of it decreases the quality of your life on a daily basis, on a hourly basis. Even when surgery isn't eventually required, we live with all those little problems that we don't talk about, except to your gynecologist, sometimes, sometimes not. Mostly, we adapt, but we're never the same.

My wife had 3 C-Sections. None of the Cs were emergency. The first CSection was performed by a barbarian who left behind scar damage. The last two were performed by the same doctor. For us ignorant engineers, watching your third child being pulled out of an incision is unforgettable. So unforgettable, in fact, that I forgot to check in with my wife's mother (too busy cuddling/giving first bottle in nursery) :embarrassed: Bad daddy.

[IphoneTony]

TOOK this with my iphone at doctors
http://www.everythingicafe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=2856&stc=1&d=1208487430

[Hayesimus]

WOW! either you're real boney or that iPhonoe has x-ray VISION!

[themanofthedark]

WOW, that's a picture of a printed x-ray.

[Hayesimus]

no. it's definitely xray vision...

[Eragon]

Are the pins permanent, Tony? Does this mean you'll never again make it through a metal detector?

[geordisjd]

Are the pins permanent, Tony? Does this mean you'll never again make it through a metal detector?

Titanium pins don't trigger metal detectors, but my son's cast triggered a bomb detector at DIA.

[Eragon]

Titanium pins don't trigger metal detectors, but my son's cast triggered a bomb detector at DIA.

A colleague at the Flats was hurt in a hiking accident while climbing a 14'r. She ended up having pins put in her leg. When she came back to work, she could not get through the passive metal detectors. Guards had to swipe wands to clear her.

[IphoneTony]

pins will come out in 4 weeks

[Hondamaker]

pins will come out in 4 weeksCool, at least they're temporary.
In 1986 I was in a head-0n collision with another car, I stomped on the brakes really hard at the same time as the impact, so the center of my femur just exploded. Had to have a steel rod placed into my femur and had to keep it there for 2 yrs. Kept the rod and the screws that held it in place. I'm glad it was temporary like yours.

[Buffy]

Cool, at least they're temporary.
In 1986 I was in a head-0n collision with another car, I stomped on the brakes really hard at the same time as the impact, so the center of my femur just exploded. Had to have a steel rod placed into my femur and had to keep it there for 2 yrs. Kept the rod and the screws that held it in place. I'm glad it was temporary like yours.

WOW. I hope you passed out (mercifully) from the pain. :frown: That is an excruciating break. What caused the collision?

[Hondamaker]

WOW. I hope you passed out (mercifully) from the pain. :frown: That is an excruciating break. What caused the collision?I wish I had passed out! I was in 2 northbound lanes on traffic, and sanitation truck was in the right lane, letting someone out of a parking lot, and I was in the left lane, both northbound lanes, mind you. The car coming out of the parking lot didnt look to see if the coast was clear, and pulled out and into my direction. I saw him at the last second, slammed on my brakes, badda boom badda bing, hit him head-on. The guy didn't have a license or insurance!

[Buffy]

I share your frustration with the uninsured and unlicensed driver...I jumped off my soap box just in time, but typically, the innocent pay the price. I'm glad your pins were temporary, and I hope you have full use of your leg without many aches.

[Hondamaker]

I share your frustration with the uninsured and unlicensed driver...I jumped off my soap box just in time, but typically, the innocent pay the price. I'm glad your pins were temporary, and I hope you have full use of your leg without many aches.Thanks, it's fine, and it took several years, but it's fine. I'm actually running in a 5K next saturday!

[Buffy]

Thanks, it's fine, and it took several years, but it's fine. I'm actually running in a 5K next saturday!

Congrats, that's impressive! I'm terrible at distance running, so envious of those who can do it. I went to watch the NYC marathon one year, and I'll admit it brought tears to my eyes - so many people running for so many different reasons and causes! Good luck. (I would say "Break a leg", but given the current topic thought I'd better not...) :wink:

[Hondamaker]

Congrats, that's impressive! I'm terrible at distance running, so envious of those who can do it. I went to watch the NYC marathon one year, and I'll admit it brought tears to my eyes - so many people running for so many different reasons and causes! Good luck. (I would say "Break a leg", but given the current topic thought I'd better not...) :wink:LOL...
I hate long-distance running. A friend says he can beat me like he did last year, so I've been training to beat him.
My wife ran the NY marathon 2 yrs ago, as well as others in the past---Boston, Cleveland, Columbus, Chicago. She does triathlons too. I did one ONCE, will never, EVER do it again!

[Youngbinks]

I love running the 5K. I did cross-country in high school and we ran the 5K, though not on a nice even road, often on the most uneven ground ever. Still a really fun run.