Mixii
junior member
- Joined
- Aug 19, 2021
- Messages
- 47
- Age
- 68
- Country
- United States
- Gender
- Female
@Mojo333 and @Spex10
Oh, believe me — I'm under no delusions about what was done. Not one, but two bone wounds to heal (bone healing is an awesome process), two implants and a graft to incorporate, soft tissue trauma, a leg that needs to right itself after having everything pulled about, and a body that needs to sort out all this information. It's a lot. But also a lot less brutal than it used to be even five years ago. What used to be a very bloody surgery resulted in a mere cup of blood lost for me. I'm in awe. And the addition of robotics into the field will help open it up to women who previously didn't have the physical strength to do this surgery. (Carpenters for orthopedic surgery, furniture makers for pediatric OS, jewelers and watchmakers for hands and eyes.)
I'm mostly impatient and annoyed, which means I'm doing okay and healing.
What I WANT to do and what I DO do are wildly different things right now. All good.
Oh, believe me — I'm under no delusions about what was done. Not one, but two bone wounds to heal (bone healing is an awesome process), two implants and a graft to incorporate, soft tissue trauma, a leg that needs to right itself after having everything pulled about, and a body that needs to sort out all this information. It's a lot. But also a lot less brutal than it used to be even five years ago. What used to be a very bloody surgery resulted in a mere cup of blood lost for me. I'm in awe. And the addition of robotics into the field will help open it up to women who previously didn't have the physical strength to do this surgery. (Carpenters for orthopedic surgery, furniture makers for pediatric OS, jewelers and watchmakers for hands and eyes.)
I'm mostly impatient and annoyed, which means I'm doing okay and healing.
What I WANT to do and what I DO do are wildly different things right now. All good.