CLAVICLE

The Adventure Continues



Today, PG had an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in sports medicine.



The surgeon was kind enough not to comment about what a contrast PG’s shoulder was to those attached many of his other patients, genuine athletes.



The doctor said he could perform a surgery to insert a funny little bent plate and screw the plate onto PG’s clavicle to hold things together. Then, in three or four months, another surgery would be necessary to remove the bent plate because while it was in place, PG would be unable to raise his arm higher than his shoulder.



The second approach would be to do nothing at all, which would result in the broken chip healing into the rest of PG’s clavicle. This would result in a bony clavicle knob that would be visible in x rays, but unlikely non-observable for those who glanced at PG’s shoulder.



The doctor was willing to go either way at PG’s discretion.



Suffice to say, a choice of having two surgeries or an invisible knob was not difficult for PG to make.



Knob it is.



Bonus Quote:




We are reaching deep within ourselves to adjust the master knob.
Kevin Kelly






PG expects to be blogging again tomorrow.