I am having surgery tomorrow.

[softball3332]

I thought I should let you know that I am not going to be on the boards much tomorrow and Tuesday. I actually don't know how long I am going to be off as a matter of fact. I am having surgery tomorrow afternoon to remove two plates and 10 screws out of my left arm. The plates and screws are from reconstruction surgery I had about three years ago when I shattered the radius bone my left arm. I have been having problems with pain since Wednesday and it basically got worse. As for exactly how long I am going to be off, I don't know. It all depends on at this point how much tendon damage there is going to be. :Fever: I just don't want people thinking I dropped off the board.

It's also hard for me to type right now because I have a cast on my left arm and my left thumb is basically immoblized so not to cause any further damage.

[bcbgirl]

sorry to hear that. wishing you a speedy recovery :hug:

[softball3332]

sorry to hear that. wishing you a speedy recovery :hug:

Thanks bcbgirl! I will try to get on to let you all know how it went--it just depends on what they find and how bad everything is.

[ter2boo]

I wish you a speedy recovery softball(Just a question, did you play softball, is that how you got your name, I played for many many years :) ) Anyway, you will be in my thoughts. :hug:

[softball3332]

I wish you a speedy recovery softball(Just a question, did you play softball, is that how you got your name, I played for many many years :) ) Anyway, you will be in my thoughts. :hug:

Yes I did play softball. The 33 and 32 part of my name were actually my jersey numbers. I played from the time I was 6 up until three years ago--when I shattered my arm in a work related accident at the end of the softball season in 2004.

Thanks ter2boo.

[ter2boo]

I was a pitcher for alot of years, I played from the time I was little until I was out of school, I loved it. Anyhow, You will be in my thoughts :)

[JustyFanAlways]

Good luck and I wish you a speedy recovery :hug:

btw I used to play softball too I pretty much played every position

[softball3332]

Thanks justy!

I played mostly third and shortstop after high school. I was actually a pitcher until my junior year of high school after separating my right shoulder twice playing summer ball. I loved playing and I do miss playing at times because I had to give it up because of the injury I suffered to my left arm.

Thanks everybody. Hopefully I won't be gone long! :hug:

[shelly 72]

Please know that we'll be with you in spirt..just let us know how your doing as soon as you are feeling up to it.:hug:

[softball3332]

Please know that we'll be with you in spirt..just let us know how your doing as soon as you are feeling up to it.:hug:

I will do that! Thanks everybody! I just wanted everybody to know what was going on so that nobody was worried that I am going to be off the boards and I didn't want anybody to think I just disappeared....

[bcbgirl]

i played softball once with my cousin. i couldnt hit the ball, catch the ball, or pitch the ball. that was the end of my softball career.
feel better softball :hug:

[Fiona]

Wow! Good luck and get well soon!

[softball3332]

i played softball once with my cousin. i couldnt hit the ball, catch the ball, or pitch the ball. that was the end of my softball career.
feel better softball :hug:

don't feel so bad bcbgirl. I can't do any of those these days! :hug:

[bcbgirl]

i wasnt heartbroken. i wasnt that interested anyway. actually i was just going along with it to make my cousin happy. she liked it a lot. and she was good at it.

[dwts]

Best wishes!

[softball3332]

i wasnt heartbroken. i wasnt that interested anyway. actually i was just going along with it to make my cousin happy. she liked it a lot. and she was good at it.

My mom signed me up for t-ball the summer after I had leg surgery to correct a birth defect (that was back in 1982 I had the surgery). She signed me up because a lot of my friends were playing and she wanted to see how I would do. She didn't think that I was going to play for 21 years! There are days I wish I could play because I had to stop playing do to the injury that I suffered and the reason why I am having surgery tomorrow. It wasn't my choice to stop, but oh well. I have lived with it for almost three years now.

[novelist]

Good Luck with your surgery. Hope your back and posting with us real soon! :)

[PattiCake]

Get well soon! :Fever: :hug:

[softball3332]

Thanks everybody!

The surgery ended up having to be rescheduled due to the power being cut (there's a new thread to that). It ended up having to be rescheduled for next Monday.

[dwts]

Still, best wishes for a speedy recovery. :hug: Surgeries suck! :Fever:

[softball3332]

Still, best wishes for a speedy recovery. :hug: Surgeries suck! :Fever:

Yes they do. Thanks dwts.

[scrawny]

My thoughts are with you, softball. Surgery is no walk in the park. Rehab isnt either. I'll be thinking of you. Good Luck.

[softball3332]

My thoughts are with you, softball. Surgery is no walk in the park. Rehab isnt either. I'll be thinking of you. Good Luck.

This surgery isn't supposed to be that bad. It's only going to take about 45 minutes to an hour to remove all the metal and to check for tendon damage and repair that. Supposedly, I am not going to need rehab for this. I'll be in a cast for an additional three weeks afterwards and that's it. My surgeon said that it's easier to remove the plates than to put them in.

Thanks scrawny. :hug:

[scrawny]

:) You're Welcome :hug: