Ain't no bionic elbow no mo...

TG3K

TG3K

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A little over a year ago I had this installed in my left elbow to fix a bad break. Tuesday I had it removed, as it was giving me problems. Its job was done; the bone is healed. After the break, it took me 3 or 4 months to get my playing back up to strength, mainly due to tendon and nerve damage that affected my fretting hand. This time around, I expect the recovery to be quite a bit faster.

Before:

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After:

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ChristThePhone said:
Did they let you keep the parts ? Cool :)
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I had to ask for them, but it's apparently not a rare request. They cleaned and sterilized them, and handed them to me wrapped in the same type of package surgical instruments are sealed in.

solo-act said:
If they let you keep the parts, the ultimate FU would be to screw them into or bolt them onto your guitar.
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I've had suggestions ranging from a necklace (my wife said "Ewww!), to a capo, a slide or a whammy bar, lol.
 
Xrocker said:
At least you'll be able to get through an airport now.
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Pretty sure it's titanium, so the metal detectors wouldn't see it anyway. I have more hardware than that in my back, and it's never set off the alarms. I even had some friendly guards at a courthouse try to find my back hardware (after showing them the x-ray), and even with the scanner and wands cranked up, they couldn't detect it.

Geezerjohn said:
Interesting. I made a suspension bridge.
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You got me beat. My mom only made seat covers for the minivan with mine.
 
My initial thought when I read Xrocker's post was to make a "skin flint" comment, but then I thought better of it.
 
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