Well, that's weird...

[shadesofmauve]

The last time I read up on procedures I had as a teen, I read, basically, "Oh, that was excruciatingly painful and left really nasty-ass scarring. We do it better now."

This time I found "Growth plate stapling was used because growth would resume when staples were removed. And then people realized it didn't."

So, er, yeah, the staples in my growth plate to temporarily halt growth and twist my knee back into position may theoretically be contributing to weirdness now? It's amazing what you learn when you haven't actually had an X-ray in ten years.

Also, if anyone's really macabre and wants inch-long titanium staples that were in my knee when I was sixteen, I still have 'em in a little plastic baggy. I'm thinking of mailing them to my friend Evan.

Without an explanation.

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[shadesofmauve]

Okay, in this particular instance it wasn't the surgeon being macabre at all.

This was back in high-school...

My friend Evan found out about 'em and when I was having the removal surgery, and he asked if he could have 'em. I said sure, asked the doc, and he, er, returned them to me after they were removed (sterilized, obviously).

However, at some point in the intervening time someone got to my geeky friend Ev, or perhaps he just had a change of heart, and he decided it was weird and had been a bad thing to ask, and he didn't want them. Which is why I'm thinking of mailing them to him now.

[emony42.livejournal.com]

Oh, please do! I'll pay for postage. Now if only we could watch him open the package - I'd love to see his reaction! Thing we could talk one of the girls into surreptitiously filming it?

[shadesofmauve]

LOL. Do you think he'd even remember what they were? Or would it just be totally WTF?

[emony42.livejournal.com]

I'd bet on WTF, but with him I'm never completely certain. We could tuck a note of explanation at the bottom of the box, but either way it would be entertaining.