Thread: I've been screwed

No joke. 5-6 years ago I had by pass surgery. When they put me back together they used plates and screws instead of wire. 2-3 weeks after the surgery one of the screws came out and turned over so they had to remove it. Now I go in the morning to get another out. You know it looks like they could have used a little lock tight. Any way thought you folks would get a good laugh out this. I ask my back Doc who replaced a disc 2 years ago and now going to go back in to fix something else to when he finished with the back to flip me over and take out the screw. Not a chance. So I go in the morning to a cardiovascular surgeon for a 2 minute operation to remove a screw. Looks like no coffee for me in the morning.

Hang in there! I hope it goes well in the morning.

hehehe, sorry to find humor at your demise but 'Human Loctite' is funny!

Maybe the Stud and Bearing would have held the screws in place?

It's OK to find humor in these situations. You know if you can't laugh at yourself at times like these your way too serious.

Hell with surgery, get one of those power magnets from Harbor Freight and steer it toward an opening.

Originally Posted by rhensley

It's OK to find humor in these situations. You know if you can't laugh at yourself at times like these your way too serious.

"A splendid principle."

Remind them to use lock nuts

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Hell with surgery, get one of those power magnets from Harbor Freight and steer it toward an opening.

Titanium. don't think it'll work.

Originally Posted by rhensley

Titanium. don't think it'll work.

Well it seems that with a strong enough magnet it would 'slightly' be effected but not much. No I'm no scientist, but this is a cool video with a simple explanation (well kind of) of how even aluminum can affect a magnet.

https://terpconnect.umd.edu/~wbresly...-magnetic.html

Sorry you're having such a rough go of it, rhensley. Yep, gotta find the funny bone in situations like these. It's in there, somewhere.

A few years ago when Scott had already finished chemo and was recuperating from major abdominal surgery, he went to the doc to get his PEG tube taken out. They weren't sure if they had the right tool to remove it, so they rescheduled him. Scott, being the person he is, decided he could remove it himself with a generic syringe if he had an extra pair of hands...

Picture, if you can, Scott seated in an office chair staring at the ceiling of the grindhouse, Hunter standing over him gloved up with sterile bandages on standby, as Scott syringes himself and they pull the PEG tube out together. *spurt*

Those were good times

Originally Posted by portlandrazorco

Sorry you're having such a rough go of it, rhensley. Yep, gotta find the funny bone in situations like these. It's in there, somewhere.

A few years ago when Scott had already finished chemo and was recuperating from major abdominal surgery, he went to the doc to get his PEG tube taken out. They weren't sure if they had the right tool to remove it, so they rescheduled him. Scott, being the person he is, decided he could remove it himself with a generic syringe if he had an extra pair of hands...

Picture, if you can, Scott seated in an office chair staring at the ceiling of the grindhouse, Hunter standing over him gloved up with sterile bandages on standby, as Scott syringes himself and they pull the PEG tube out together. *spurt*

Those were good times

That would be a sight to see.