My life ended yesterday! :(

[Whiskey]

BIGbouncer man, I pray you'll stick to lifting. Do it for yourself. Show those dum bastards a thing or two!! Through thick and thin, I hope you stick to it!! Our prayers are with you my man!!

Whiskey

 

[Guiness]

doctors tend to be more dramatic than they need to be. definately give yourself time to heal and i'm sure you can get back at it.

i recently had hand surgery and it is so depressing. all i talk about is getting back in the gym for real and the doctor or therapist will tell me i can do cardio. cardio sux. so i lift with one hand and pound legs. basic exercise works wonders for the healing process.

good luck

 

[Deepsquat]

My brother broke his elbow when he was 19...he had asperation to pitch in the magor leagues, threw the first no hitter in th50 year history of his high school, could throw 20-30- MPH faster then any one else his age ...could throw at your eyes and have it hit your ankles...but the elbow would not extend all the way afterr he got out of the cast ...but yopu know what fixed it???? weight lifting after a year or 2 he could extend his elbow like normal....as for the DMSO go for it ...very good stuff may help.

 

[Raffaz]

Stay strong mate, and dont give up

 

[Gage]

Good luck bro I'm pulling for ya.

 

[BIGbouncer]

Hey, have anyone of you guys tried prolobtherapy?(prolobtherapy.com)

Zyglamail told me he had tried this with good results. But I'm not sure the doc's where I live can do this, hmm..

One thing is for sure, I wont give up after reading all your posts. I have gained motivation to find solutions which can help me out(hopefully)!

But I'm nervous about my first work out. Maybe a miracle will happen, and my arm is 100% ok. Or it's fucked like the last 7-8 months.

Guess it's best to not have too high hopes this early..

 

[Fonz]

In june last year I unfortunately fractured my right elbow. The surgeons operated screws and cerclage into my elbow to make the bones(elbow) connect and stay connected so that it could grow together again. I have since the operation been troubled with my arm whenever the right tricep is activated. Thus, it's been very little weightlifting for the last 7-8 months...

Like I said, the time went by and it didn't get any better, so the the surgons finally decided to remove the screws and ceclage. They probably caused an irritation in my elbow, they said.

This operation was done yesterday, and the first thing I heared the surgon said when I woke up was "I hope you don't have any plans becomming a world champion".

The fracture has grown good, BUT, the elbow has some crushed parts which havn't grown any good. The bonetissue or whatever it's called is supposed to grow in straight lines, but in my case some of it have grown in cross etc.. This is what causes the problem.
Quote from report: "It looks like it is some irregularity in the jointarea equivalent olecranonfracture"

The surgeon keeps talking about how good RUNNING is. This actually made me mad/sad, because running and weightlifting is like night and day. Then he told me that I might have to take it easy for a FEW YEARS!

I just wanted to kill myself when I heard that, because I've had plans to compete soon.

Another quote from the raport: "It's possible the patient will not


This solution is VERY RISKY.

Ask the doctors to re-BREAK your elbow at the point where
you're bone grew skewed. Then they'd try to
re-position the fracture so that it grows straight.

Its 50/50. You just have to decide how important BB'ing is
for you.

If it doesn't work you could screw-up your elbow for life.
If you do nothing, no more weights.

Not an easy decision by any means.

Fonz.

 

[Dr.X]

Try to stay positive bro. As everyone else has already mentioned, doctors are not always right. I'd suggest doing a medline search on your condition. This will give you a broader view and understanding of what's going on and you may read about some experimental treatments that may be beneficial to you. Just don't give up or feel sorry for yourself. I severly dislocated my hip two years ago in a motorcycle accident and the MDs were questioning if I'd ever walk again. Fuck them. A year later I was onstage at Musclemania at took a top 5 finish. Bottom line....it's not going to be easy, but you can do it.

 

[BIGbouncer]

hmm..sounds scary man!

I don't know if that's a good idea, because those small "parts"(you know what i mean by "parts"?=) I'm talking about came when I first fractured it(crushed the elbow). A second fracture might cause even more small parts which will grow in cross etc and cause more problems.

The surgeon said the bone had grown very good. It was just those small parts that made it all bad..

The fractured bone hasn't grown wrongly agains eachother, if that is what you thought?