THR New "hippy" as of 11/7

[Z15]

Good to hear Lou! Sounds like you've put together a winning recovery!

A question for the moderators ...and Lou's x-rays help with my description of this. When the surgeon removes upper portions of the femur, what previously looked like rounded bumps up there now have some sharper points and angles. If Lou were to lift his leg out to the side, is there a period of time during which those points and jags can irritate tissues in there...and what happens to those...does the body coat them with some new bone to round them off again?

Curious...

Z

 

[girlienerd]

Awesome news and progress Lou! Keep it up.

 

[Josephine]

Do you mean these, Roger?

The orange one is the greater trochanter to which major muscles are attached. It has always been there so not problem.
The blue one is the lesser trochanter and ditto!
The red one is the cut edge of the neck which can be sharp-ish but there are no ligaments or other structures in that region to be a problem. And yes, it does seem to round off after a few months. That's the nature of bone.

 

[Z15]

Josephine,

This is John Z...I updated my Signature to clarify that. It's just that in my age group every 3rd guy in the US is named John so I've long gone by Z...

My question is actually about the orange area. I hope to get my x-rays in the mail any day now but I would swear that (when I saw mine at the surgeon's) mine was chopped off with bit of a corner on it. If the body slathers some new bone there then I won't worry about it.

Z (John)

 

[NH_Lou]

Hi Lou, good visit with your OS and great pickie of your new hardware.. good for another 50 odd years ....

Here's hoping Charlie! :biggrin:

 

[Josephine]

Josephine, This is John Z...I updated my Signature to clarify that. It's just that in my age group every 3rd guy in the US is named John so I've long gone by Z...

Ooops! Sorry, Z. I must have confused you in my mind with zrog! Just shows I shouldn't start posting on BS when I just woken from a deep nap!

My question is actually about the orange area. I hope to get my x-rays in the mail any day now but I would swear that (when I saw mine at the surgeon's) mine was chopped off with bit of a corner on it. If the body slathers some new bone there then I won't worry about it.

I see what you are referring to. Yes, bone 'rounds out' over time. Bone has a propensity to remodel itself and you might be interested to know that the bone you have now is pretty much exchanged for new stuff after about a year! It grows from within where there are bone cells called osteoblasts which create new bone cells which gradually build up the bone. On the outside, underneath the periosteum, are another kind of bone cell called an osteoclast which 'eat' away the old bone and thus keep the bone shape. If it weren't for the osteoclasts, we would end up being a big slab of bone by the time we were 30 years old! :th_heehee:

You might also be interested to know that bone is the only tissue in the body that doesn't scar. So long as the fracture is undisplaced, after about a year, the osteoblasts and osteoclasts will have remodeled the bone to the point where there is no trace of the fracture left. Natty, huh?