My man had his teeth and jaw fixed today.

[warrior queen]

He was hit in the jaw at work by a tow cable that parted under load and the end caught him on the right side of the face, breaking off two teeth.
Turns out, not only couldn't the teeth be saved (they had broken into multiple pieces - he must have been in agony!) but the jaw has a couple of hairline fractures as well.
He was just starting to develop an infection through the shattered teeth too, so coming back now was just in time!
He could have had the work done in Darwin, but my maxillofacial surgeon is probably the very best in Australia, so he wanted to come back here.

Anyway, it's done now, and he's on antibiotics, maxi painkillers, and anti-inflammatories.

 

[MissMaidenMinx]

I hope he has a quick recovery. That must have hurt like a bitch!

 

[warrior queen]

Given the damage, I'm not sure how he managed to wrestle me into bed and keep me there for almost 18 hours!
He even got up and made me breakfast while I slept.
And then of course, it was another day waiting before he got seen by the doc.

 

[butters]

lucky he didn't get his face ripped off

 

[eric60red]

Oh very painfill, my son inl aw was head butted and ended up with broken Jaw, he had to have mouth sewn up and had to have everything, juiced so he could take it in through a straw

 

[warrior queen]

Oh very painfill, my son inl aw was head butted and ended up with broken Jaw, he had to have mouth sewn up and had to have everything, juiced so he could take it in through a straw

His jaw has 2 partial hairlinee fractures, so he won't need to be wired.
But steak is off the menu (unless it's my super-tender ribeye!) for 4 weeks.
The loss of the teeth will be an issue - both molars. Can't do much about that till the jaw heals.

 

[warrior queen]

lucky he didn't get his face ripped off

Very lucky! He was hit by the cable after it had already hit a few structures on the boat... and he was up on the flybridge at the time, so most of the momentum had gone.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

He was hit in the jaw at work by a tow cable that parted under load and the end caught him on the right side of the face, breaking off two teeth.
Turns out, not only couldn't the teeth be saved (they had broken into multiple pieces - he must have been in agony!) but the jaw has a couple of hairline fractures as well.
He was just starting to develop an infection through the shattered teeth too, so coming back now was just in time!
He could have had the work done in Darwin, but my maxillofacial surgeon is probably the very best in Australia, so he wanted to come back here.

Anyway, it's done now, and he's on antibiotics, maxi painkillers, and anti-inflammatories.

I had the same experience in Vietnam tho several of my teeth were destroyed, and my skull was fractured. They let me wait a week for the dentist to return from R&R, without pain-killers. Drinking and eating was an ordeal. I feel for your guy.

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

i bet he's loving the medication right now. lol

feeling perc'd out all day

 

[trysail]

He's lucky to be alive.


People get cut in half when the arrest cables on aircraft carrier flight decks part.

 

[zipman]

I had the same experience in Vietnam tho several of my teeth were destroyed, and my skull was fractured. They let me wait a week for the dentist to return from R&R, without pain-killers. Drinking and eating was an ordeal. I feel for your guy.

This explains a lot.

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

I'll bet he ain't eaten no cooch.

 

[pink]

I'm sorry he got hurt. You have more drama in your life, woman.

 

[thør]

Given the nature of the accident, he's lucky to be alive. When cables snap, nothing is safe.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

This explains a lot.

But the funny part is, youre not qualified to express an opinion on the subject. Whatever you think about it is, for all intents and purposes, ass-gas.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

i bet he's loving the medication right now. lol

feeling perc'd out all day

Youve obviously not had the problem. The drugs simply make the knife blade dull.

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

Youve obviously not had the problem. The drugs simply make the knife blade dull.

it works just fine for me..lol

 

[warrior queen]

I'll bet he ain't eaten no cooch.

Hahaha..... No, he didn't!
But any movement must have hurt. And yet he still made me walk funny

 

[warrior queen]

I'm sorry he got hurt. You have more drama in your life, woman.

Why see this as drama?
It's just a mishap. Like me burning off my eyelashes the other week.....

Drama is when our exes decide to play stupid and do stuff we can't control

 

[TonyClifton]

Same thing happened to me once in a Demolition Derby.

 

[Shagly]

He was hit in the jaw at work by a tow cable that parted under load and the end caught him on the right side of the face, breaking off two teeth.
Turns out, not only couldn't the teeth be saved (they had broken into multiple pieces - he must have been in agony!) but the jaw has a couple of hairline fractures as well.
He was just starting to develop an infection through the shattered teeth too, so coming back now was just in time!
He could have had the work done in Darwin, but my maxillofacial surgeon is probably the very best in Australia, so he wanted to come back here.

Anyway, it's done now, and he's on antibiotics, maxi painkillers, and anti-inflammatories.

Did you find a good lawyer to sue his employer yet?

 

[warrior queen]

Did you find a good lawyer to sue his employer yet?

Why on earth would we do that?
They're paying all the medical bills, and paying him during his time off.
If we sue, not only does he lose the incredibly lucrative contract, but word will get out in the industry and he'll likely never work again.

 

[Shagly]

Why on earth would we do that?
They're paying all the medical bills, and paying him during his time off.
If we sue, not only does he lose the incredibly lucrative contract, but word will get out in the industry and he'll likely never work again.

Suing is the American way, wait, your down under.

 

[warrior queen]

Suing is the American way, wait, your down under.

We have caps on payouts for injuries here - like $150K for an eye, $230K for a hand (guesses only.)
So if you sue, not only will you likely lose your job, but the compensation wouldn't be enough to cover anyway.

 

[TonyClifton]