clueless 2,898 #26 Posted October 18, 2015 If it works, it hurts!Chris in Florida. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WNYPCRepair 1,875 #27 Posted October 18, 2015 I have been hurting for 25 years, and I am only 56. Came back from vacation and my hip has been killing me for 3 days. Didn't injure it that I remember, I think it is just from sitting on the plane and at airports for so long. I figured my wife's plate would cause issues, but they send everyone through the scanners at Buffalo, and also at Denver, so no problem. However, they did not like the hot/cold pack we took. It is filled with clay, and they said on the XRay, it looked like explosives. Probably C4. On the way back, we checked it in our luggage, and when I got home, there was a note that they had checked our luggage, and the hot/cold pack had been examined. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
woodchuckfarmer 333 #28 Posted October 19, 2015 Ive got a plate and 6 screws in my right leg . Been in there since 1971 and its fine. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muz123 1,182 #29 Posted October 19, 2015 (edited) Some of my best friends are doctors now! Edited October 19, 2015 by muz123 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dcrage 621 #30 Posted October 20, 2015 I feel left out because I don't have a computer image of a chest X-ray showing the wires that put my sternum back together when I had my two heart valves replaced. They glow like crazy. The valves don't show that much, they are artificial, some sort of high tech material but not carbon fiber. I like to brag about having serial numbers for body parts. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 36,941 #31 Posted October 20, 2015 Have you any low production #'s Dave? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dcrage 621 #32 Posted October 20, 2015 Everytime I ask, the MDs assure me they (the valve design) was rigorously tested. I keep asking how they don't wear out since each valve has 4 contact points (2 on each flap) that are rubbing on each heart beat since 1998 and supposedly will out last me (I am 63 now) So I don't care about having one of the early run units. I just want the damn things to work (which they continue to do). 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muz123 1,182 #33 Posted October 22, 2015 Have you any low production #'s Dave? Just enough production! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 36,941 #34 Posted October 22, 2015 Just curious to see, Dave...you might be collectible some day. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 38,845 #35 Posted October 23, 2015 Were they NOS? I went for a brain scan the other day. They didn't find anything! 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dcrage 621 #36 Posted October 23, 2015 Never asked. Always assumed they were. Whatever, they are still working!!!!!!I do get some conversation mileage out of "body parts with serial numbers" line. One good thing that came out of that surgery (besides being alive). 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JERSEYHAWG / Glenn 4,487 #37 Posted October 23, 2015 Were they NOS? I went for a brain scan the other day. They didn't find anything! we must be related.glenn 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roadapples 6,981 #38 Posted October 26, 2015 I just have a little plate and four screws in my neck for two years now. May be getting too old to cut the mustard but I can still lick the jar! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chazm 412 #39 Posted October 26, 2015 U might be a old fart Redneck if.... U need a pill case to know what freakin day of the week it is... 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dcrage 621 #40 Posted October 26, 2015 It isn't so much what day of the week -- It is "Did I take my meds for the day yet?"The pill box provides the proof!! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
