The gift that keeps on giving

[Gunz]

Found out today I have traumatic osteo-arthritis in my left hip. This is from compensating (limping) for years from blast injuries to my left leg/foot/ankle. The reason I'm posting this is for you guys who've suffered trauma. They may or may not tell you that you can develop problems in later years. Also, if you've had TBI, weird things can happen. I had TBI but they didn't call it that back then. It was just called severe concussion. But I developed a traumatic cataract in my right eye about 6 months later.

So, bottom line is, be prepared if your past injuries come back to haunt you a bit later on. It's nothing to get down about because it's minor compared to the original, but it can be something of a surprise.

 

[pardus]

When I deployed we were told to document every possible TBI, as symptoms can manifest 20 yrs or so later.
Even minor injuries in your 20's, can and probably will come back to haunt you in later life.

Be smart, get them documented ASAP after occurrence.

 

[Wench]

I just had microfracture done as part of a hip scope to treat grade IV osteoarthritis. I'm almost 9 weeks out now and it appears to have been successful. Pics of my OA (bone visible) and the microfracture process attached.

 

[TLDR20]

I thought this thread was going to be about herpes.

 

[policemedic]

I thought this thread was going to be about herpes.

It burns when I pee, Doc. Do you have a shot for that in your aid bag?

 

[pardus]

It burns when I pee, Doc. Do you have a shot for that in your aid bag?

Yeah, Motrin, now fuck off and do your job.

 

[Mac_NZ]

I thought this thread was going to be about herpes.

And I was totally like "surprise surprise, a Marine caught the clap" prior to opening the thread as well

 

[x SF med]

It burns when I pee, Doc. Do you have a shot for that in your aid bag?

3.2MM units of Procaine Pen G deep IM, preceeded 20 min with Probenecid 500mg po.... and the PPenG, right out of the fridge, both bullets at once, next to the sciatic/femoral nerve plexus on each side of the glutes... that'll teach you, fucker.

 

[Muppet]

Yeah, Motrin, now fuck off and do your job.

Priceless..

F.M.

 

[Gunz]

And I was totally like "surprise surprise, a Marine caught the clap" prior to opening the thread as well

I don't need the Discovery Channel to teach me how to catch the crabs.

 

[Red Flag 1]

3.2MM units of Procaine Pen G deep IM, preceeded 20 min with Probenecid 500mg po.... and the PPenG, right out of the fridge, both bullets at once, next to the sciatic/femoral nerve plexus on each side of the glutes... that'll teach you, fucker.

Complete with 16ga needle to push that stuff into a muscle. Even with that, we had repeat customers:wall:.

 

[x SF med]

Complete with 16ga needle to push that stuff into a muscle. Even with that, we had repeat customers:wall:.

we had a threepeat for 3 consecutive weeks.... it took my post above to stop him, since we did decide to bolus both bullets too... oddly enough, he was limping on both legs when he left...

 

[Red Flag 1]

we had a threepeat for 3 consecutive weeks.... it took my post above to stop him, since we did decide to bolus both bullets too... oddly enough, he was limping on both legs when he left...

LOL. Quite the learning curve.

 

[Gunz]

3.2MM units of Procaine Pen G deep IM, preceeded 20 min with Probenecid 500mg po.... and the PPenG, right out of the fridge, both bullets at once, next to the sciatic/femoral nerve plexus on each side of the glutes... that'll teach you, fucker.

Wow, Holy shit. I'm glad you weren't the Corpsman on the USS Shreveport. He just gave me tetracycline.

 

[x SF med]

Wow, Holy shit. I'm glad you weren't the Corpsman on the USS Shreveport. He just gave me tetracycline.

You don't fucking learn anything from oral tetracycline.... and... you are not guaranteed to kill all the nasty little germs ... some of the stuff out there now (due to the misuse of oral abx) now requires large multiple IV doses of Septra to kill (gonococcal infections have lost resistance to pennicillins and multiple higher spectrum abx must be used together).... and why he used a tetracycline for a Gonococcal or Syphillitic infection if you are not allergic to pennicillins.... ok.... I'll shut up now....

 

[Gunz]

I'm allergic to penicillan. It wasn't syphilus, for chrissake. It was some chick in Morehead City. We had 3 weeks of anti-VD lectures before our Carib MEU and I caught it from my buddy's GFs sister. She was supposed to be pure. :wall::wall::wall: Four days out at sea and I'm the the first guy in the battalion landing team to come down with the burn and we hadn't even hit a foreign port.


Wait...why am I writing about this on the internet??!!

 

[Totentanz]

I'm allergic to penicillan. It wasn't syphilus, for chrissake. It was some chick in Morehead City. We had 3 weeks of anti-VD lectures before our Carib MEU and I caught it from my buddy's GFs sister. She was supposed to be pure. :wall::wall::wall: Four days out at sea and I'm the the first guy in the battalion landing team to come down with the burn and we hadn't even hit a foreign port.


Wait...why am I writing about this on the internet??!!

I don't know, but I quoted it just in case you come to your senses...

 

[x SF med]

I don't know, but I quoted it just in case you come to your senses...

You funny Pete-ah-san.... he's a Marine, he is insensible.

 

[Gunz]

OMG someone apparently filmed my appointment at sickbay!

 

[Red Flag 1]

I'm allergic to penicillan. It wasn't syphilus, for chrissake. It was some chick in Morehead City. We had 3 weeks of anti-VD lectures before our Carib MEU and I caught it from my buddy's GFs sister. She was supposed to be pure. :wall::wall::wall: Four days out at sea and I'm the the first guy in the battalion landing team to come down with the burn and we hadn't even hit a foreign port.