Monday, June 28, 2010

Healing with hardware


Healing with hardware
Originally uploaded by spottyhorse67

7 comments:

Joy M. Drennen said...

RE: Healing with Hardware

The whole picture looks like hardware. How many screws? Do they stay in as well? I'm not real excited about you getting back on a horse before everything is in place, but I figure Steve & Katie will keep you in line.

Love, Mom

Jessica Boyd said...

Looks like six, I think, and they will stay in. They could be removed later with another surgery, but I think I'll just not bother.

I will be careful. I have no desire to continue with this any longer than absolutely necessary!!

Unknown said...

Shoot. I'd say you're ready. I mean there's like a dozen screws in there! That's gotta hold, right?

(Of course I'm riding with a stress fracture on my foot, so don't listen to me.)

Jessica Boyd said...

Oh, no, Breathe. I WILL listen to you. Bar says I should. He's nearly as bored as I am.

Thanks!

Kathy Sierra said...

That is SO bad-ass. It's like something from the X-men. Not that I'd want to trade places :)

Good luck with the newer, Now With 20% More Metal!! you.

Jessica Boyd said...

Ha! Thanks, Kathy. I was hoping for Adamantium, but apparently that is only a fictional metal. Damn.

Dave (aka Buckskins Rule) said...

That's some serious hardware. Trust me on this...DO NOT have them removed. The pain is excruciating.

Before the Navy would let me enlist, I was required to have the screws removed from my ankle. 27 years later I can still recall the feeling of the screws being threaded out of my bone.