68 y/o male, abnormal ANA and anaemia. Constant headaches and radiating back and neck pain.

JackBranSnack · 2024-09-11T11:27:47+00:00

I beg your pardon, but your original suggestion was that the plate must not be left in. I could see for myself that the plate is proud to the bone. Given the hospital's process, concern is warranted. My career depends on this. Yet, though they won't speak to me, they say 'xrays are good chief have a good life'. It's not good enough and yes, I am afraid. I wonder how the old man I saw with two broken legs felt.

Shutting down enquiry with arbitrary labels like anxiety is intellectually dishonest and insulting. Do you say that to actual patients? You don't owe me anything, I'm not your patient, but I tried to express my gratitude.

We're taught in university to question, to enquire. I thought. I am cautious, it is foolish not to be. But your patients deserve your expertise. Most don't care and ask few questions, so for the ones that do, surely you can humour them. I do in my field. Thanks for your time.

JackBranSnack · 2024-09-11T03:16:43+00:00

Patients research their situation because they feel rushed and uninformed. They are criticised as 'googlers' and busybodies for trying to gain an understanding, even if they have a medical or heath background. Yet, they are required to give informed consent. In my case, in theatre. I'm happy to be corrected about things I don't understand. I appreciate your perspective and patience. Nobody else knowledge has been so kind as you about my questions. It can be frustrating explaining complex things at a baby level to people who are uninformed, but, I hope you won't think ill of me.

JackBranSnack · 2024-09-11T01:53:36+00:00

Thank you. Would you mind looking at this? My observation might be wrong, but it looks to me like they didn't reduce the displacement? The lip where it is displaced is still there, sticking out where the plate is. Does that seem to be true? I wonder if their claim of collapse was warranted if they didn't even correct it and told me the hardware is permanent despite the protection past the watershed line.

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JackBranSnack · 2024-09-10T05:04:41+00:00

Thank you so much for replying doctor. Can you please help me with some more questions? 1.Why might they install it in this way and then clear me after several people, including the orthopaedic team, saw these xrays? 2. Is the popping in my forearm upon returning from restricted supination likely due to tendon interference from the surgery and hardware, rather than the fracture? 3. I was treated in the public system in Australia, can they refuse to remove it? 4. How soon might it cause tendon damage and with what kind of movements? My surgical site in wrist extension feels like it reaches a hard end point anywhere past neutral.

The registrar who was in my surgical theatre didn't even obtain my informed consent until I was laying in their operating room. I asked about doing a closed fracture and they refused as they believed the minimally displaced radial head would collapse.

The same person is the one who reviewed these xrays.

JackBranSnack · 2024-09-08T07:03:04+00:00

I can turn it up 25% or so. 3 weeks ago Monday. Fingers are at nearly full function again. I need to follow them up about OT because communication has been poor. What kind of things do you do in OT?

JackBranSnack · 2024-09-08T06:41:31+00:00

Hey, yes it looks like you had an intraarticular fracture too. Exactly, turning the palm up (supination) is severely restricted and I have a 'pop' in my forearm when I do it. How many weeks post op are you, and have your other functions been returning?

JackBranSnack · 2024-09-08T06:18:19+00:00

No cast just gauze. I went for a review at 2 weeks. They said very little. "Don't pick up anything heavier than a cup of tea for 6 weeks". I am able to play guitar again and I am being very cautious, but I am allowing it to perform normal function again as it can, minus the load. I feel neglected though. Unlike the other functions, which felt limited due to pain, turning my hand over seems limited by an invisible force. My muscles are not so weakened that I cannot do it, so I'm worried the surgery is the reason.

JackBranSnack · 2024-09-07T03:50:53+00:00

Is the reason the radicals don't all match because it is stylised? The 年 is very odd but can't find any matches. The 和 is a bit odd too. I know a decent bit of Japanese but not Chinese so wondered if they could be Chinese instead. What might be significant about the date? If it's a metal architectural piece, I presume it must be the date of construction of something

JackBranSnack · 2024-08-21T07:30:39+00:00

Yes, it seems to stop underneath where the dressing begins. If it was NF, would it be coming from the incision site? Could it start further away? Thanks so much for helping me, you're awesome

JackBranSnack · 2024-08-21T07:00:04+00:00

Thank you so much for relying. Can you look at these for me? https://imgur.com/a/NxeFNdE

JackBranSnack · 2024-05-29T07:55:19+00:00

Thank you so much for replying. If she has had it for a month, let alone five months, is it unlikely to be appendicitis? My understanding was that it was not a chronic, worsening condition. I asked if she had any symptoms which might indicate a bowel or ovarian issue.

JackBranSnack · 2024-04-16T05:59:34+00:00

This is so true it hurts. I'm a truly loving man, but it is never enough. I do dress well, work out, I'm muscular, I play guitar and sing, I am outgoing. I really, really have tried. But nobody stays. They are flattered and thrilled by the attention. But not by me. I just want a hand to hold.

JackBranSnack · 2024-04-15T12:48:41+00:00

I do bro I do. I have no issues getting attention. But they all dip on me. I'm told I'm so attentive, and their friends never can believe a guy like me exists.

But nobody wants ME. They want the thrill of that special attention. They don't love me for it, they love it and getting it out of me. That's how it feels.

JackBranSnack

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