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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.
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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