This is what my insides look like....kind of.

Hullo dear readers

I had two doctor's appointments this week.
Yesterday was with the Trauma specialists at MHMC, they told me that:
--my incisions look like they're healing well
--my cracked ribs will be sore for months, that is normal
--they took xrays of all of my broken parts and mentioned that my collarbone may need surgery because the broken piece had moved further away from its original spot
Today I saw my Orthopaedic Surgeon who told me:
--my pelvis is healing as expected. I am going back on May 31st and we will see about getting me walking on that leg
--my collarbone has indeed moved, but it will still heal ok. I may have a slight bump on my right shoulder, but that's all. I will take that in lieu of a scar & surgery
--I have to keep on the blood thinning shots for another month
--I don't have all of the hip precautions that I did when I left the hospital, I just need to make sure I'm resting my right leg and not actively trying to lift my hip
--The funny feeling on the top of my right thigh will probably lessen if not go away completely, but the numbness on my outer right thigh may very well stay that way forever.
Here are some photos to show you all kind of how things look inside my pelvis. THIS IS NOT MY XRAY. I FOUND THIS XRAY ON GOOGLE.COM.

I put this image that I found into MS Paint and drew a rough estimate that shows where my "hardware" is. It's bigger than it looks on here and the surgeon referred to it as "major surgery". He said to me:
Dr.: "You did a number on your pelvis"
Me: "Well, **I** didn't do anything to my pelvis, so to speak."
Dr.: "*laughs* Of course not, but, I think you know what I meant."
What I can't show you on here (because I don't remember from my xray that I saw) where exactly all the cracks were. There was also something that went around to the back, like where my butt is, but I can't show you that, either. Sorry!

This image represents where my scars are from the surgery.

The dark line on top extends from my right side "love handle" all the way across my lower belly and ends about 3" below my belly button. The whole thing is probably about 1' long. That's where they had to cut me open to fix my pelvis. The other, smaller, dark line is the incision that they made on the side of my right thigh that is about 3" long. I'm not sure why they made that one, but, it's there.

So, if you wanted to know more, now you do! If you didn't.....maybe you skimmed this entry? Or didn't read it at all? If you read, thanks for reading! If you didn't...well...you didn't get this far.

B