You may have mentioned it but I was an infrequent visitor to the singles thread until Dec. I have screws, a plate, and some kind of T-bar in my right wrist they are now a permanent part of me.
Oh my.......
Ouch.
My brother broke his arm when he was 13, and has a metal rod in there that will be there forever.
I probably did forget to mention it. My mom wanted me to get a second opinion at first but then she talked to my worker's comp person and decided it would be okay. So I wasn't sure for a while that I actually was going to have the surgery. When I had the plate put in, they said it might be in permanently unless it was causing me problems. I was having problems with something (although I wasn't convinced it was the plate) so they decided to take the plate out. *shrugs* I guess I'll see if that helps.
How did you manage that?