Hi Honey

**snapdragen** · 11-13-2008, 08:22 PM

Originally Posted by Dogmama

Yup, I have hardware and an x-ray card to carry through airport security. They fused it with bone from my hip - you too? They fused C4-C6. I have lupus & sometimes that can mess with healing - if my body thinks the fusion is an enemy & decides to attack it - thankfully that didn't happen & that's a prime reason I used my own bone.

My doc tends to be anal retentive - he admits it. Orthopaedic surgery = sterile carpentry.

When do you start physical therapy?

Supposedly mine shouldn't set off the airport security, - guess I'll find out someday. My doc recomended cadaver bone for me, already cut, sized and sterilized. He knew I had enough with the pain, the hip harvesting would have put me over the edge.

Dr B won't let me think about PT until about 8 weeks out - so probably January? What kind of stuff do they do for therapy?

**crazycanuck** · 11-13-2008, 08:34 PM

That's way cool! So if i donate my body to science after I leave the planet, this is one benefit to someone else. Funky!

I certainly hope the US TSA acknowledges the x-ray cards etc..!!! Dogm, have you ever been hassled when you set the airport x-ray machine off??

**Trekhawk** · 11-13-2008, 08:51 PM

Glad to hear you got the collar off Snap. Im sure just getting a better sleep will help a lot. It can't have been fun sleeping in that thing. You are very brave Snap just the look of that Xray makes me feel a little queasy.

**Flybye** · 11-13-2008, 08:52 PM

It sounds like you have some great new Bionic parts - I am glad you are doing great.

I don't know if you remember or not but my DH had a major jaw surgery in January of this year and he has a plate and a bazillion screws - 17 I think. We went though airport security in with not even a tiny beep. He got in more trouble for trying to check 5 bottles of water though. I think he was hoping for more adventure - like meeting the sky Marshall over a bottle of Dasani.

Keep yer' neck up!

**jobob** · 11-13-2008, 08:53 PM

Originally Posted by Trekhawk

You are very brave Snap just the look of that Xray makes me feel a little queasy.

Heh, I was thinking precisely the same thing!

**Trekhawk** · 11-13-2008, 09:03 PM

Originally Posted by jobob

Heh, I was thinking precisely the same thing!

LOL - good to know I'm not alone in my squeamishness.

**snapdragen** · 11-13-2008, 09:13 PM

Originally Posted by Trekhawk

You are very brave Snap just the look of that Xray makes me feel a little queasy.

Originally Posted by jobob

Heh, I was thinking precisely the same thing!

Too funny.

**SadieKate** · 11-14-2008, 07:57 AM

Hey, snap, are those screws titanium? Could be why Security won't notice.

**snapdragen** · 11-14-2008, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by SadieKate

Hey, snap, are those screws titanium? Could be why Security won't notice.

Yup, Ti screws and plate -- it will make me faster, right?

My first night in a real bed....FAIL. I could not get comfortable, tossed and turned. Finally got up, made my "bed" in the recliner and zonked for the night. I guess I'm still more comfy in a semi-upright position. The good news is I got more than 4 hours of sleep! Yay!

**jobob** · 11-14-2008, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by snapdragen

Yup, Ti screws and plate -- it will make me faster, right?

Depends on if you had them painted.

**jobob** · 11-14-2008, 08:50 AM

btw, how is Chole reacting to all this upheaval in her life?

**snapdragen** · 11-14-2008, 09:42 AM

Originally Posted by jobob

btw, how is Chole reacting to all this upheaval in her life?

Most of the time she is my "nurse", hanging out by my side. At dinner time, or when it's time for a snack, she becomes my mother's dog.

**melissam** · 11-14-2008, 01:19 PM

Hey Snap,

Glad to hear your healing is going so well! Hopefully you'll be able to get 8+ hours of sleep in your own bed soon.

I had a titanium rod & pins in my leg and didn't set off security, so I like your chances! Should we have the oddsmakers in Vegas take bets on how your first trip thru security works out?

- Mel

PS I can bring my "hardware" for show & tell any time....

**Dogmama** · 11-15-2008, 04:27 AM

Yup, I'm titanium too & have never set off an airport alarm.

Snap, did they go through your throat? I think that's the typical way. I have a nice 3" scar on my throat now. You'd think they'd go through the back so we could grow our hair & cover the scar.

In physical therapy, they work on range of motion exercises - turning your head in different directions. I told the PT I just needed to be able to turn left - to see the cars on my bike.

It was awhile before I could get on the bike because the vibration really hurt my neck. Who knew? I did try to ride once with my cervical collar. Cars really avoided me. "Look at the nutcase on the bike!"

**OakLeaf** · 11-15-2008, 04:54 AM

Glad the healing's going well Snap!

DH has a plate in one thumb that dates back to the 1970s - I'm pretty sure it's steel not Ti because of how old it is. In all our travels it's set off a metal detector exactly once. He has a visible scar and it was easy to isolate the thumb with the wand, so they didn't give him too much trouble. Should be the same or better for you.

Now, a lumbar fusion or an artificial hip might be harder to isolate to TSA's satisfaction...

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