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aikigreg

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So I have a screw loose.
Sep 3^rd, 2009, 8:20pm

Like that's news to anyone......

I was whining Saturday about my foot hurting just to put on my shoes, and that it got worse of course as the day wore on. Foot hurt still the next day, and hurt to stand on Monday and more on Tuesday. Tuesday night I had a jolt of fire when I bent down to scratch and I felt a big knot. Looking at it made me thing that I had broken my foot and the bone was pushing up through the skin. This is my reconstructed foot.

Turns out instead that a screw has backed out of my reconstructed foot - no wonder it was hurting. Hopefully surgery is next Friday. TTTT may be out, but if it is, I'll be there crewing for anyone and everyone who needs it.

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Re: So I have a screw loose.
Reply #1 - Sep 3^rd, 2009, 8:28pm

Quote from aikigreg on Sep 3^rd, 2009, 8:20pm:

Like that's news to anyone......

I was whining Saturday about my foot hurting just to put on my shoes, and that it got worse of course as the day wore on. Foot hurt still the next day, and hurt to stand on Monday and more on Tuesday. Tuesday night I had a jolt of fire when I bent down to scratch and I felt a big knot. Looking at it made me thing that I had broken my foot and the bone was pushing up through the skin. This is my reconstructed foot.

Turns out instead that a screw has backed out of my reconstructed foot - no wonder it was hurting. Hopefully surgery is next Friday. TTTT may be out, but if it is, I'll be there crewing for anyone and everyone who needs it.

Greg, I'm sorry to hear about the foot. I was hoping(as I know you were as well) that the surgery would have been a little more successful so you wouldn't have to do this again. Keep your spirits up.

The main this is your health , there will be other Ultra distance events. I can't believe you didn't throw an embolism(from the screw backing out) & have major health problems.

Keep us posted on any news, & let us know if there's anything we can do.

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aikigreg Moderator recumbent ninja Posts: 3685	Re: So I have a screw loose. Reply #2 - Sep 3^rd, 2009, 8:51pm Oh they know of my displeasure, but apparently this is a thing that sometimes happens. The screw is no longer needed anyway, and recovery will be quick, just potentially not quick enough. But hey, at least I'll be a couple grams lighter now.
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Killer Bee

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Re: So I have a screw loose.
Reply #3 - Sep 3^rd, 2009, 8:54pm

Quote from aikigreg on Sep 3^rd, 2009, 8:51pm:

Oh they know of my displeasure, but apparently this is a thing that sometimes happens. The screw is no longer needed anyway, and recovery will be quick, just potentially not quick enough.

But hey, at least I'll be a couple grams lighter now. Smiley

True, you'll be lighter, but you'll always have a screw loose. Smiley

Let the freak flag fly man. Smiley

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Re: So I have a screw loose.
Reply #4 - Sep 3^rd, 2009, 10:16pm

Quote from aikigreg on Sep 3^rd, 2009, 8:20pm:

I was whining

I've been around some of you whiners. The ones that break titanium screws and crush carbon-graphite cages into little splinters inside of them and say "Doc, it hurts a little"... I even drove screws into my older brother's skull once and he didn't mind it at all.

Greg, if Doc says you can race, we'll go for broke, and if you can't, well you've already done far more than we could anyway. Take care.

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Opus the Poet Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 1353	Re: So I have a screw loose. Reply #5 - Sep 4^th, 2009, 12:36am My condolences, Greg. I know how much hardware problems can hurt, especially sticking into things they are not supposed to stick into I hope the healing is quick enough to let you do whatever you want to do on TTTT day (weekend)
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Re: So I have a screw loose.
Reply #6 - Sep 4^th, 2009, 12:58am

Quote from aikigreg on Sep 3^rd, 2009, 8:20pm:

Like that's news to anyone......

I was whining Saturday about my foot hurting just to put on my shoes, and that it got worse of course as the day wore on. Foot hurt still the next day, and hurt to stand on Monday and more on Tuesday. Tuesday night I had a jolt of fire when I bent down to scratch and I felt a big knot. Looking at it made me thing that I had broken my foot and the bone was pushing up through the skin. This is my reconstructed foot.

Turns out instead that a screw has backed out of my reconstructed foot - no wonder it was hurting. Hopefully surgery is next Friday. TTTT may be out, but if it is, I'll be there crewing for anyone and everyone who needs it.

Man I hope I don't have that problem

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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: So I have a screw loose. Reply #7 - Sep 4^th, 2009, 7:19am Maybe they could use a really strong magnet, and noninvasively screw it back in... Sorry to hear this, pal, but life gets in the way sometimes. There will be other races, to be sure!
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JimFPU Five Star Member RBENT member, retired in Tennessee. Posts: 1014	Re: So I have a screw loose. Reply #8 - Sep 4^th, 2009, 7:26am Sorry to hear that Greg, but don't you think they would have used Loc-tite!? I'd sue.
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aikigreg Moderator recumbent ninja Posts: 3685	Re: So I have a screw loose. Reply #9 - Sep 4^th, 2009, 9:42am or at least a wingnut I hear it works great on the CA2.....
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jcsadowski Five Star Member Clown #1 Posts: 1199	Re: So I have a screw loose. Reply #10 - Sep 4^th, 2009, 10:11am Quote: Wingnut. I hear it works great on the CA2.. For about 50 miles or so.
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larry rbent member Posts: 35	Re: So I have a screw loose. Reply #11 - Sep 5^th, 2009, 7:31pm Get well soon Greg. Thanks for moderating our chatter here!
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Bud_Bent Moderator Posts: 3311	Re: So I have a screw loose. Reply #12 - Sep 5^th, 2009, 9:40pm Dang, sorry to hear that, Greg. Here's hoping it heals soon.
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Hull 697 rbent member Posts: 28	Re: So I have a screw loose. Reply #13 - Sep 5^th, 2009, 11:48pm You been hanging around Seguin recently? I found a screw in my back tire today. Phillips head. Hope your foot heals fully and quickly.
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tohopko Recumbent Addict Posts: 9	Re: So I have a screw loose. Reply #14 - Sep 11^th, 2009, 10:11am Greg, Good luck with surgery! With 10 srews from the knee down, I'm really hoping you keep the loose screws to yourself. Jim
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