New Stainless Rigging Hardware...

[Gary Bergman]

Aye!...Went and had my right elbow replaced last week,and jeesh!!...What an interesting piece of hardware!..I'll post a few less gory pic's in a day or two after I bounce them to the computer. A wedge-shaped stainless imbed was inserted into the end of the radiius after sawing off the radial head I had from the factory..What's different is that the working end of the replacement then has a ball joint that receives the new stainless and teflon radial head replacement. Seems like in theory I'll have a little more range than original due to the ball-joint, but I'll be fine with just havin' a halfway-workin' elbow again!..This was operation number six in the elbow, and hopefully the last. Next up, a 'Carticell' treatment for my left knee, as the scope job wasn't enough, but I'm too active for a replacement at this time..This round will do another cleanout, then a biopsy. About the time we head down the ICW, the Dr. will go back in, clean it one more time, then plant these cloned cells over the crack.. A patch of tendon is placed over them, and I neeed to be really good at not loading that stuff up. Back to the elbow replacement, the parts seem to be working well, but I can't really tell much, it's only been a week....

[Thorne]

What, no silicon bronze parts seized with tarred yacht marline???

;0 )

Best of luck with your new .6 million $ elbow! I've had the scope job on the knee, but no joints replaced....yet.

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

We have the technology. We can rebuild him. :D:D

[Dave Fleming]

Geeze Gary, don't ever try to fly with out a full medical dossier at hand.

:D

When is all this surgery gonna end?

Lookin at ya, one would think you weigh less than a handfull of Planters Peanuts!

BUT, with all that iron mongery youse is carryin' you are probably considered as live ballast by the CG on Royaliste.;)

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

They won't let him fly. He sets off the metal detectors like he's carrying a personal arsenal. :D

[Noah]

Sheesh Gary, that sounds rough.

BTW is the Royaliste in Santa Barbara? I'm out in California visiting friends and wondered if that was her in the harbor.

Noah

[Gary Bergman]

Ahoy Dave!..Still two more; one one my left knee again, cloning cells, and an ugly re-sectioning of the left wrist..then it's over!..This one's no piece of cake; takin' it as easy as I can...starting to use the arm, getting good rotation etc..Noah, we are in Oxnard, 30 minutes downstream on 101 from SB..we'll be here this week, filming a documentary on fri and sat-sun., then tear down the yards, and haul her the first of May, and ship her to Cleveland on the 4th....