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This is the last surgery i have had.  Thirteen months ago I jammed my wrist on a 175kg clean and it resulted in a dislocated lunate bone. Due to circumstances with insurance and work, I was not able to get the diagnosis and proper teatment until August this year.

Im going to post pics and a day to day of how im recovering.

Just so everyone knows here is a wiki on the lunate….

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunate_bone

This is the x-ray of the hand

5 pins 1 anchor 3 hours of surgery!  It hurts quite a bit even weeks afterward. 

I i didn’t have the surgery I would have lost the use of my fingers. the tendons to all of my fingers were being severed by rubbing on the lunate.

Post OP!  I was in surgery for 3 hours. By far the most difficult surgery i’ve had.

He put me in a soft splint because of the swelling in my hand/wrist. Im in a hard cast now.

Here are 19 of the 30 stiches (the rest on the other side).  This photo was taken right before i put the hard cast on.

The surgeon told me that he put the bone in place and sewed my hand up then flipped it over to do the other side.  When he put the pin against the bone it popped out again and he had to go back in and redo it.

Here is the hard cast.

By the way its a pain in the ass typing with one hand! :)

Damn!!! How much weight was it that you were lifting?

Does that hurt still?

I was doing a clean with 175kg and I took the entire weight of the barbell in my wrist.

It hurts quite a bit fairly often.

I am just glad you finaly got the surgery!  Hopefully your recovery will go great and you can strat lifting again.  I am glad you put up those pics, I had no idea the surgery was so intens.  I cant beleive those pins that are sticking in your hand, how bad did it hurt when you woke up?  Does it still hurt?  How long tell you can lift again?  Well hury up and get that thing all fixed up becuase the 94kg weight class has it easy right now without madmax, once you come back its game over!     madmax 2012

Yea the pain was intense. I dont know what to relate it to.

I go back to see the doc Oct 15 and i’ll know then.

Hey Bro good luck on the recovery
 
Butch

Are you going to be back 100% better after they take the cast off?

Oh no Max, that’s terrible. Hopefully you recover soon so you can start lifting again. And I bet that it’s a pain in the butt typing with 1 hand. I have a hard enough time typing with 2, lol. Good luck!

 Thanks,

I appreciate it.

 
I’m not sure.  If the ligaments have healed i will be able to start PT…if not i will need to have the bones fused together.


Either way the doc says i shouldnt lift heavy again.

Wow I cannot imagine how that must feel. Having been a strength athelete  for 23 years I would never want to be put in that position (never lifting heavy). Keep your head up Max and focus on recovery you never really know how well your body may heal. Anythings possible remember that and do not let your focus get in a bad place.
 
Butch

I heard about how much you lift madmax, and I know you are in the same weight class as me, listen I like winning, and…..well…maybe if I pay you a little money hear and there you will just not compete again once your healthy and keep letting me win gold medals, does that sound like a deal!???  

 Thanks

Where there is a will there is a way.

 There can be only one Redwood Empire Champion!!

OK so today i woke up at 4:17AM in a lot of pain.  Now i’m not the kind of person who likes to be taking pain killers and over the last 10 days or so i have tried to ween myself off them, ive basically not had anything for 10 days except Advil. Last night though i was really having trouble.

I took two percocet and tried to sleep.

Taking it one day at a time.

This surgery was brutal. The doctor said he had to disect the nerves out from scar tissue. 3 hours of surgery was not easy on Max either.

My hand has been feeling pretty jacked up today. So lots of painkillers.

I’m limited to what i can do during the day (can’t drive on all this stuff) so been pretty bored.

can you still squat?  are you doing anykind of training right now?

I’ve been using the safety squat bar alittle but my training has basically been on hold. 


I’m not worried about being able to get in shape.  I’m worried more about getting my hand back.

Its been crazy recently with the pain.  I can do the littlest things like open a door or wash dishes and the next day the hand is cripplingly sore.


I always wonder if its still intact.;)

Hang in there Max.

Im sure you will recover.


Plus you need to win the Paleo challenge right?

This is what I see every night before bed….YAY

Hopefully the pain will subside this weekend. At least enough to enjoy the Highland games tomorrow!

Today has started out OK no pain meds yet but i’m thinking ill be needing them later.

Gonna go to the highland games today, sounds fun!