Treehumper down and getting back up.

Good to hear the report Rob. The swelling will go down as the weather cools up there. Hand is still only at about 70-75%. Thinking about filing a complaint with the provider.
 
oldoakman said:
Good to hear the report Rob. The swelling will go down as the weather cools up there. Hand is still only at about 70-75%. Thinking about filing a complaint with the provider.
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Spent most of the day today in the running shoe walking around the house and had to elevate and ice it. To be expected. Are you still doing therapy?
 
No, they kicked me out in mid july. Still not near 100%yet. Have to have a serious conversation with the doc. No more flexibility in the ring finger than before the surgery and the middle finger still hurts from him messing with it. Fingeers and has and always stiff. Still can't close a tight fist. Was at ISA in Milwaukee and spoke with Amanda Carpenter after her presentation. She told me to expects year or two for full recovery of motion.
 
UGH. Sucks you got the boot. Pisses me that the insurer is the one who decides what is adequate medical care instead of the doctor and therapists. When you can't get the complete care to accomplish the goal of the procedure seems to be a wasted effort. Hopefully they gave you some strategies for self-directed therapy to keep working on regaining full range of motion.
 
I don't think it was the insurance that shut the door. What pisses me off the most is that there was never any information given about goals or timelines, just do this and see you next time. I liked the thearapist, and she was good, I have my suspicions about the competency of the doctor though.
 
Yes! That is my complaint as well. In my case it was with the oxycodone. A drug that is known to cause a physical dependency and potentially addiction yet, there was never a plan to keep the use of this to a minimum and move to a non-narcotic pain med. They leave it up to you to ask all the pertinent questions and push for what you need.

As for who shut the door, you'll never get a straight answer, the insurer will say it was the doc or the therapist and, they'll tell you it was the insurer. This just reminds me to have a discussion with my PT about the language he uses in the updates sent to the insurance co.
 
Finally saw the break that lead to my injury.
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Does look like that branch had been cracked before. Could you see where the rope was? Did you keep it?
 
It does appear to have been cracked. I didn't notice it but I believe it was a few feet up from the break.

This is still at the yard. Next time I'm out there I'll bring it back so we can do some analysis.
 
Yeah, TL, couldn't see that from the ground and I didn't register that when I loaded the limb. I wanted that limb to work so I could get up there. Once it passed the load test, I was good to go. Finding the evidence to support my belief.
 
The broken piece you show in pic was under your TIP by what would say directly or a few feet under and was that a more vertical or horizontal limb ..I read first post from accident you said 4 in correct? Were you directly in a crotch? . I had a TIP break out on me years ago . I was not in the crotch completely only six inches outside of crotch 4 plus inch diameter red oak .
 
According to my crew, my rope was about a couple feet above this point. The limb was angled upward, possibly 30 deg. It was definitely a bad set. Going through my thoughts at the time, I was justifying a poor set after several shots at my intended TIP. Once on this limb, I then decided it would suffice to get me to a point I could advance from. Basal anchor set, I then loaded the limb, some flex but it held with my full weight hanging on it. Instead of taking the time to reset I rationalized that it would be ok to get me in the tree. Where I should have stuck to proper protocol I took a shortcut. What would've saved me 10 minutes has cost me and the company at least 6+ mths let alone the pain and frustration of dealing with the healing process.
 
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