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Hey guys, some of you know this past weekend I broke my thumb. I went to get X-rays yesterday and then today went to the doctor. It isnt good. 40* angle off my hand with the bone seperated from the hand. I am going in for surgery tomorrow morning to get it straightend and then pins will be put in to hold it in place because of the location.

From the way the break looks, they said I should be in alot of pain as I am right now, but here I am able to type this out without any hesitation.

So tomorrow, I will be going under the knife and they will be using anestetics (sp?) . Its my first time having surgery and im just a bit shooken up and dont know what to think about it other than its for a good reason.

Any prayers, thoughts or comments would be great.

Thank you.

Good luck hope u get better.
i was the same way about a year ago when i got a hernia for the 2nd time (other was on the left side and now this was on the right.the first time i got one was when i was 4 ) and i had to go under the nife i was scared but  u got ot think of  it this way the doc's  do this every day. also the thing that sucked the most was u cant eat  for like a few hours befor and after.

Good luck man! We will keep you in our prayers.

Good luck , you will be fine.... :ThumbsUp.gif

God Bless Man!!!  ;D 

Will keep you in the prayers.  Best of luck to you.

I will send a prayer your way. Dont worry the surgery isnt bad, I had a plate put in my leg. It hurts for a while and then later when the weather changes but you will get used to it.

Fred, don't worry too much.  Doctors really do know what they are doing most of the time.  Surgery doesn't hurt, rehab does!  I had 3 operations on my hand after I cased a jump at Hardrock and it is all better now.  Plus the drugs are really good!  Good luck, Mike

Tell them you are really really vervous. They will give you some valume the day of the surgery and when you go in you will feel right. Then they give you an i.v. and you fall asleep about 10 seconds later. you wake up, hopefully not puking, probably feeling a little nauseous and your thumb throbbing like a mo-fo. Get the hot nurse to give you a pain shot in the rear and go back to sleep for a while. repeat as needed. good luck. 

Thats about it!!!  Good luck tomorrow when you go under the knife!!  You should be fine.

Fred,

I am sorry to hear you need surgery  :-\

They will give you something by IV before you go into surgery - so you will be relaxed. They had to give me 2 doses - LoL!! You will wake up as if nothing ever happened...you will most likely feel like sleeping the rest of the day (take it as time to relax)  ;)

I will keep you in my prayers...let your thumb heal - try not to push it to hard - I look forward to seeing ya at the races in the future!!

Jennifer ;D

You'll be fine, Fred. Which thumb? R/L? Just take it slow and don't try to rush the rehab or you'll be sorry  :'(   It's the down time that will hurt you the most as I know you love to ride.  :P
Eat right to help heal faster. As for the future, Pledger has a bionic arm. Now you will have a bionic thumb.  ;)
God Bless
Mud n ur i

It won't be as bad as you think.  The worst part is them putting in the IV and that's not bad at all.  They will wheel you into the room and next thing ya know is your waking up and it's all done.  Good luck

Just take it slowly, and you will be fine !!! The rehab will probably hurt more than the actual surgery. Mine did anyway.
 They put a nerve Block in through my arm pit, which was really weird, but hey, whatever works, and it does !!



 GOOD luck, take your time, you will be fine !!!!   Oh, thoughts and prayers also ;)

make sure you get a hot nurse ;)

that makes two of us i have a broken ankle, and when you go into surgery just do what i did when i had surgery, just go in there and relax, do think of it, and if they put u under the sleepy stuff its even better u won't feel a thing but after that u will be a little sore. so just wanted to say good luck with the surgery and heal up quick, i am also trying to cut my cast off to go riding, but get this i asked my doctor if i could go riding and he said it will even better if u go ride with the cast because atleast i don't have to worry about u hurting your ankle, great doctor but my ankle doesn't hurt so i don't know if i should cut the cast off or not? but any way Feel Better soon!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks guys and girls, it lightens up my day to read these comments.

"We can rebuild him..but we don't have alot of money.."
     - Family guy


Thanks guys, if I am able to get on here I will let you all know how it went.

Prayers for you svtbolt04,,

I had my wrist cut on when I broke it. The worst part was the pins. Mine (the pins) were left exposed. They stuck out the side of my hand and also the cast. The Dr. made a real nice removable metal cover over the pins. "LEAVE THE COVER IN PLACE" I took the cover off and promptly bumped those pins on the table not even 10 minutes later............*@#$&@$%!!!!!!!!!


Everything healed up just fine.


DZ 350 wrote:
my ankle doesn't hurt so i don't know if i should cut the cast off or not?

Leave it there or you could be facing bigger problems. Learn to ride with it in place.

dude i went to 2 orthapedics for my wrist the 1st said i need surgury they need to put it back in place need pins ect. then he said i will be parilized if i dont get the surgrey and the exray shows a clean break. the 2nd doctor said i just need a cast and when i told him what the other said he was in shock. so i was in a cast for three weeks bone heald really quick and i just got back from riding and i fell no pain

you cant always trust doctors they want money >:(


well good luck bro hope you get back on soon :drive.gif

whoooo, i cant see straight but im doing fine.

thats great! 

great, hope you have a speedy recovery.

Great to hear it went well...

Wishes for a speedy recivery ;)

Glad to hear, sounds like that's a big thumbs up  :ThumbsUp.gif lol    Is that your throttle thumb by any chance?  Next time, don't push down so hard.  hee heee  ;D

get well soon.

How many fingers am I holding up?

glad everthing went okay. heal quick ;D

LOL  :Clap.gif  :ThumbsUp.gif


Well at least, worse part is over and done with,
I'm glad you made it A-okay through  surgey.I know  know how stressful
that is, been there and done that!! :)

I ride twist my man, im crazyyyyy.

And yes, its my right hand. Right now im praying for rain so the last FTR race is cancelled so i can still keep second place overall.