The regular readers of this blog know about the continuing saga of my right forearm. I broke it at the gym last August (I had an existing plate in the arm, fell on it and the titanium plate was stronger than the bone, and so the bone broke). Had surgery three days later to remove the old plate, repair the fracture and put in a new plate. The bones in that arm have some localized osteopenia, and the fracture seemed to take forever to heal. I started having pain in the wrist and into my fingers not too long after the surgery, and it was determined that the plate would have to come out of the arm. The goal was to make it six months after the original fracture, and I made it to seven months one week.
Started having increased pain last week, so I called the doctor's office for an appointment. Got in the next day and it was determined that we couldn't wait any longer, so my St. Patrick's Day will be spent having surgery to have the plate removed from the arm. I am assured that this surgery will not be as painful as when the arm was fractured (thank goodness, that was AWFUL!) and that I will be able to start using the arm almost immediately. I will have a soft bandage on for at least several days, which means wrapping my arm in a garbage bag for showers and washing my hair with one hand. I will be tough........I can endure anything for clean hair!
While this news is only peripherally related to hormones (my testosterone and Vitamin D helped the fracture to heal!), today I was updating my PDF file of my medical history, and I thought it was a good time to remind you to do the same.
My medical history includes:
- Name, address, phone, date of birth, email address
- Current medications
- Current list of names and dosages of bioidentical hormones
- Current list of all supplements
- List of all previous surgeries (and for me this takes up most of the page, this will be my 17th orthopedic surgery, most of the surgeries were due to a car crash back in 1992)
I make it all fit on one page, and I have it as a PDF file that I keep on my phone. I have printed out two copies, one for my purse, and one to give to the staff at the hospital on Monday morning. It just makes everything more efficient.
If you don't have a written medical history, then take this post as a gentle reminder that you need to have one. If you have one, take a look at it this weekend and update it if necessary (mine was up to date except for one dosage change on one supplement).
Have a great weekend, everyone, and Happy St. Patrick's Day! I hope to be back online by Wednesday of next week, although I may be typing one handed for a few days.
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