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.

Comments

[fenmere.livejournal.com]

Oh, I asked for my teeth! They're gross!

[virusq.livejournal.com]

They let you keep your teeth? They wouldn't let me! Damn!

[fenmere.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they told me that they really weren't supposed to let me keep them, but that they would if I promised not to touch them and to sterilize them immediately upon arriving home.

[fenmere.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I don't think I was supposed to tell anybody about it.

[westrider.livejournal.com]

Not only did my Dentist let me keep them, he drilled them out for me so I could put them on a necklace.

Never got around to it, but I've still got the teeth in a little bag in a drawer.