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.:cen

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?

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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. :shrug:

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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.

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"A splendid principle."

Remind them to use lock nuts ;)

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Originally Posted by Hirlau

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

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Titanium. don't think it'll work.

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Originally Posted by rhensley

Titanium. don't think it'll work.

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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 :beer1:

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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 :beer1:

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That would be a sight to see.

Finally a diagnosis to what we all have thought! "A screw loose!"
Good on yer!
~Richard

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Originally Posted by cudarunner

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

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I worked at a recycling place that had a Eddie current system. Very large earth magnets. A conveyor belt carried things (small metal of all kinds along with dirt and foam rubber etc.) and basically threw this stuff over the magnet at a speed that the non metal things went farther than the metal. some how the magnet slowed the metal down enough to separate it from the other stuff. I really can't explain it to well but if you could see it in action you could under stand. I wonder if that is what got this whole thing started. This is the second one to come out.

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Originally Posted by Geezer

Finally a diagnosis to what we all have thought! "A screw loose!"
Good on yer!
~Richard

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That's what the wife has said all these years and now there's proof.

Will they let you keep the screw?

You paid plenty for it I am sure!

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Originally Posted by 32t

Will they let you keep the screw?

You paid plenty for it I am sure!

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Back when I was a NEW Newbie, there was a member who was having his back fused for the second time. Another member posted a pic of the screw that would be used. Seems the poster worked in the industry and posted that Each Screw cost $2500. Seems that the company justified the cost to cover R&D plus they had a representative in the operating room to guide the Dr to make sure that those screws would be properly installed.

Hell, give me that $10 aspirin any day.

Good luck.
Hope all goes well.

Pete <:-}

Good luck with your procedure.
Being a recipient of a fair bit of titanium myself, all in my scull and wrist. I can attest to the bones ability to fuse to the titanium. My Dr shared with me that that’s partly why they moved to ti from s.s. With respect to pins and retainments in the body..
Those magnets at work could be affecting the fusion process to some degree for sure I would think.
Had an MRI shortly after all the ti was installed, and yeah very unpleasant ‘pulling” sensation as the tech mapped out the areas he didn’t want to pull full magnetic power on.
Will never willing have another mri if there are other options available..
Again sir, best of luck that this is the last one.
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Sounds like you've been " un-screwed " . Best of luck on your procedure and recovery !

I'm officially UN- screwed.

Glad it went well. Take care of yourself