Comments on: Recovery Update and Donut Rejects

By: hardyandtiny

hardyandtiny — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:09:39 +0000

Four pieces…fuck. How’s the joint at the hip?
Wish I were in the Busan area, I’d defintely come by with a few beers. Hang in there. More video!

By: Jeff in Korea

Jeff in Korea — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 14:45:52 +0000

Wes,

The steel rod was a consideration for my second surgery. the were deciding whether to replace the broken plate or to jam a rod down my bone. The convened a board of surgeons and decided to replace the plate with a longer, wider one rather than stick a rod in my bone. They decided against a rod because i have large bones and they thought the rod would be too small and weak. They also were worried about stability because my femur was in 4 pieces after the first break and two more pieces after the second break and they were worried that there wasn’t much of a middle to put the rod down.

I wish my scar was only 6 inches. Mine was about a foot long after the first surgery and is now about 14 inches after the second surgery….plus the bonus 3 inch scar on my hip where they removed the bone for the bone graft.

I emailed you about the insurance.

By: Wes

Wes — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 14:04:53 +0000

I was surfing youtube and i came across your video. i took special interest in it since: 1, i drive a motorcycle, and 2 i broke my femur when i was younger. i spent 2 weeks in the hospital and another week home before i could return to school. i had a rod inserted into my femur (right) thru my hip after they drilled out the marrow. i have a 6 inch scar there now. my hip after surgery looked exactly like your leg, stapled and covered in weird colors. i am currently a resident of busan as well. i live in gwangalli. i was wondering if i could ask you a couple of questions about insurance. like what do recommend and where to start. shoot me an email back if you have time, i know there’s plenty of that while staying in a hospital. thanks.

By: Hugh

Hugh — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:49:01 +0000

Ha ha

Did you ever see the movie “L.A. Story”, with Steve Martin? There’s a scene your story reminded me of.

Steve Martin phones a fancy, hot restaurant (L’Idiot), which insists on a detailed financial statement and credit check before it will seat you by the kitchen. It turns into a contemptous interrogation of whether he should be allowed to go there

MaitreD “Hmm. Let’s say, hypothetically, we allowed you to eat here. What might you order?”

Martin “Uh, the duck?”

MaitreD “The Duck! You think with a bank statement like this you can order the duck! SACRE BLEU!!!”

(Ok, I’m really avoiding the inbox on my desk, now)

By: Kevin Kim

Kevin Kim — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:53:56 +0000

Qu’ils mangent des baignets! Enfoirés!

You have my sympathy. And that phrase, “the inviting, yet sickly sweet smell,” perfectly captures what a Krispy Kreme doughnut is: a little, glazed torus of death.

I grew up on those things; there was a KK about 10 minutes’ drive from where I used to live in Alexandria, VA. Here in Seoul, two boxes of a dozen doughnuts will set you back an incredible W17,000 (a few months ago, anyway). I wonder what prices will be like down in Busan, once they actually start letting normal folks into the doughnut shop.

Kevin