30 couple years ago I had an ortho surgeon tell me that pain is weakness leaving the body. And he meant it. He spent his residency at a field hospital in Viet Nam and a year or 2 after that. I used little morphine for the femur fracture and hip fracture dislocation along with the 90 degree ankle dislocation. Called me 45% disabled in the legs after that.
What impressed me about that surgeon is he was head surgeon on a guy I pulled out of a car accident. That guy had a split off 2x4 going in through his left shoulder and deltoid muscle and coming out just below his right kidney.
We had to cut the board off on both ends to get him out of his car. That guy was out of the hospital in a couple weeks in about 90% normal condition. He has some more healing and therapy to do but was not far from done.
Ever since then I keep the attitude that what he told me is accurate.
The simple way to think that is below.
Nemo
