General Discussions

**swiftmed** · 09-23-2007, 01:00 PM

Hey Guys,

Well i have just come out of hospital last week, and have had an operation to straighten out my right leg because i have rickets. here is a picture of my leg:

Those metal bars are connected to my bone. my bone is currently snapped into 3 seperate pieces.

Here is some XRays of my Femur bones from a previous operation too!

And what gets me through the day? my daily coctail of 35 pain killer medication:

I always knew i had a screw loose, but now im worth so much to the British Government they want to Recycle me when i die!!!

**ForrestCroce** · 09-23-2007, 01:43 PM

We seem to have the same computer monitor.

What's the prognosis? Is this temporary? I hope so...

**swiftmed** · 09-23-2007, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ForrestCroce

We seem to have the same computer monitor.

What's the prognosis? Is this temporary? I hope so...

Hey, yeah its a lovely monitor isnt it. ive just purchased another and am now running dual 22" monitors. looks great.

The prognosis isnt that great. the operations im having are very new, and long term affects etc are still unknown. my condition will never go away, but the metal bars that will soon go inside my bones to keep them straight SHOULD take some of the pressure off my bones and hopefully take away a little of the pain.

For those who know nothing about rickets, read about it here!