surgery

soooo, my bone breakage is so bad i gotta get surgery. in the ER, the doctors and i were hopeful it wouldn't be necessary. but after seeing the shoulder and hand sports medicine specialists, i wouldn't have it any other way.

if you break your collarbone, most of the time it heals itself. pretty fast, too. and you regain almost full range of motion. but only if the bone displacement (overlap) is 2cm or less. mine is 3cm. this will make my left shoulder way weaker and my reach way shorter. if you put a plate in there, it will correct it and avoid this.

the scaphoid bone (i've learned) is a pesky hand bone that has a weird blood supply that prevents it from healing properly sometimes. it can take up to 3 months to heal, but sometimes it never heals. what does that mean? chronic wrist/hand pain. for life. if you put a titanium screw in there, it will hold it back together to help it heal properly. on top of all that, there is a slight twist where the fracture is on my hand. the screw will compress it back in place.

the doctors were like, "you are a young, active dude. get the surgery."

my appointment is wednesday morning.