Glad you didn’t need the external frame AIoW - nothing as bad as your issue, but I once had about 3 months with an external meccano-like structure around a broken wrist as the comminuted fracture meant that it couldn’t just be set in plaster (too many little fragments broken inside, and needed to be packed with extra bone matter taken from my hip, and then all held in place by the frame…). Great times (not)…
1st Oct 2026 16:11:05
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Blimey - I seem to have killed WUP….
1st Oct 2026 14:44:40
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Again thanks all for your kind wishes.
1st Oct 2026 07:35:08
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MPH, you are right, its a hideous yet ingenious contraption that has revolutionise orthopedic medicine. Told pre-op had about 5% chance of needing one, thankfully didn't materialise. Small mercies and all that
1st Oct 2026 07:34:32
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Still no wiggle, holding out for a 3 Yr deal and a 1 year membership option
Spartan wins the Internet
1st Oct 2026 03:19:25
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Still can't wiggle my toes. Got to be worth a three year deal surely...
Speedy recovery, Alan. A member of our motorcycle group was taken out by a car many years ago and had to have one of those Ilizarov frames. Never have I seen a more gruesome piece of kit. However, it saved his lower leg from being amputated which was a result.
30th Sep 2026 20:15:15
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I think Nick is either giving us TMI or possibly TLI.
30th Sep 2026 20:08:48
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"Can't feel or wiggle toes atm". Don't worry Alan, JJ won't pick you until you're fully fit.l, so don't rush back. And then he'll probably play you as a wing back anyway. 😉
30th Sep 2026 20:01:11
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A good and swift recovery Alan
30th Sep 2026 19:37:11
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Maybe relegate Man City to NW Counties League?
30th Sep 2026 19:33:03
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Would take at least 9 years to get back to Prem.
Wish you a speedy recovery, Alan.
30th Sep 2026 19:15:45
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Facebook has just told me that 12 years ago I spent the evening in a forest with lots of (large) naked American people including some women locked in cages and some wearing frozen underwear (and nothing else) in a place that I believe Bert is familiar with Atwood TN.
30th Sep 2026 19:14:28
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Best wishes for a speedy recovery to my favourite wup Gimp:-)
30th Sep 2026 19:12:40
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Hope your recovery is smooth AIoW.
30th Sep 2026 18:32:42
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Good to hear, Alan. Best of luck with the recovery now.
30th Sep 2026 18:16:05
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I'm back...all is good, can't feel or wiggle toes atm, whilst nerve blocks are in place. Microbiologist was keen to get my scribe for use in research both for images and readings. Promised to link me in on this.
30th Sep 2026 18:07:50
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Not got a ilizarov frame either which was my biggest worry, can be a right ball ache to manage apparently. Huge thanks for the good wishes, much appreciated.
Imagine how much you'd laugh at a Stoke fan asking you "Do you remember when we won the Cup in 2011?"
30th Sep 2026 17:51:49
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On This Day in 1949
