Distal Biceps Tendon Rupture - any experience/info/advice?

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SteveW

Trad climber

The state of confusion

Oct 11, 2010 - 11:20pm PT

Best wishes and thoughts for your surgery, Dave.
You get better fast, you hear!!!!

Wade Icey

Trad climber

www.alohashirtrescue.com

Oct 11, 2010 - 11:21pm PT

Cheers and good healing I had the same surgery at 40. 10 years later It's better than new. Done a few walls since and it's bomber. Be patient and view your rehab as training to climb. took me about a year to get back to 100%. though I can't bring myself to dyno any more.

This guy was a real inspiration to do the work.

and before you know it:

Ed Hartouni

Trad climber

Livermore, CA

Oct 11, 2010 - 11:38pm PT

best wishes going your way BrassNuts, for a successful surgery and a complete recovery

don't forget, there is always stinkbugging...

neebee

Social climber

calif/texas

Oct 11, 2010 - 11:53pm PT

hey there say, brassnuts and crimpie... sorry to hear all this... sorry i am so late to send best wishes here... will sure be praying...

best wishes for tomorrow, too...
god bless..
:)

neebee

Social climber

calif/texas

Oct 12, 2010 - 12:05am PT

hey there say, brassnuts, and any that may need it...

here is a neat, small page about various answers to the
"why me, at this time" etc, type wonders--meaning the chore
did not seem so hard, etc, or, we seemed to be in shape,
at the time--
as to what sets off such rips, and similar rips, to occur, in other areas:

http://www.eorthopod.com/node/10924

well, just added it, for if any needed to wanted to take
a peek at it...

god bless, all...

*oh my... well, nite all, not a good night for me, all my typing is going backwards, here--had to fix-up too much of it... :O .... :(

BrassNuts

Trad climber

Save your a_s, reach for the brass...

Topic Author's Reply - Oct 12, 2010 - 12:20am PT

Thanks for everybody's information, advice and encouragement! I'm off to bed shortly. In the am I'll be picking up Callie at DIA very early, then an ECG (the 'benefit' of being 50...), then off to surgery. I'm planning to be able to enjoy a drink with my CG tomorrow night to celebrate a successful surgery. Mixed with percocet, it should be a good time. Cheers :-) Oh yeah, BrokedownClimber, I'll look forward to that cold one at OC's in the near future!

RDB

Social climber

way out there

Oct 12, 2010 - 12:41am PT

I tore both mine off two years ago, also distal tears. It sucked and glad they were several months apart. Key as everyone has said is surgery, get it done quickly. Hopefully within 7 to 10 days max. Don't let the docs talk you out of surgery. Make sure you get a surgeon that understands what you do and that you need a working bicep. Rehab was actually pretty easy. I tore my first in early spring and was on M6 and vert ice by winter. Second one was not repaired as well and has taken longer to come around.

Real key is get it done quickly. The faster you do the faster your recovery will be.

Crimpergirl

Sport climber

Boulder, Colorado!

Oct 12, 2010 - 08:16pm PT

BrassNuts update:

I got up at 2am and drove to get to the KCMO airport (my g'ma had passed away and I was out of town at the funeral). Got a 6:45am flight and was in Denver at 7:40.

We drove straight to the hospital for his ECG. Then they took him directly in for surgery well before the scheduled time.

The surgery went fine and happily the surgeon did not have to use a tendon graft from his leg. The surgeon did have to trim a little bit of the tendon away as it was trashed - this shouldn't affect the outcome.

BN had some "spicy" pain for a while but we got it under control at the hospital. He is home now fighting sleep with his forearm stuck up in the air to reduce the pain.

eeyonkee

Trad climber

Golden, CO

Oct 12, 2010 - 10:20pm PT

Best of luck on a a swift recovery.

Mason

Trad climber

Yay Area

Oct 12, 2010 - 10:24pm PT

Dude, that sounds heinous. Can't imagine having my bicep tendon slingshot up into my arm and away from the attachment point.

Crazy! Hope the surgery went well.

Brokedownclimber

Trad climber

Douglas, WY

Oct 12, 2010 - 10:34pm PT

BN-
In the picture you are doing exactly what you should be doing: KEEP IT ELEVATED!! I had pain killers (percocets) for my pain after my tendon reattachment in my leg, but the side effect is you can't $hit worth a $hit. Drink gallons of juice (they recommend prune juice, but I hated the stuff and drank orange juice by the gallo. After 2-3 days I simply quit the pain pills.

Rodger

SteveW

Trad climber

The state of confusion

Oct 13, 2010 - 12:01am PT

Callie
I'm SO RELIEVED!!!!!!

I hope you both are getting lots of well deserved ZZZZZZ's!!!!

Crimpergirl

Sport climber

Boulder, Colorado!

Oct 13, 2010 - 10:41am PT

Thanks again. The advice and well wishes do mean a lot to him.

He slept well last night. The hardest part is keeping the cat off the arm. She did this with my feet too. It's as if she knows they are injured (or more likely she is looking for the hot spot)!

Ah, the old anesthesia/pain killer constipation thing. That is some bad stuff. We are pumping him full of juice and metamucil. Being clogged is heinous beyond words. :)

Rick A

climber

Boulder, Colorado

Oct 13, 2010 - 10:47am PT

Glad to hear everything went well. Both of you should be planning climbing trips for the summer.
Rick

Fritz

Trad climber

Hagerman, ID

Oct 13, 2010 - 10:52am PT

Best wishes for a quick and full recovery!

RDB

Social climber

way out there

Oct 13, 2010 - 11:18am PT

It will all be just a memory soon enough.....just pump the juice and S.S.ers or the side effects will be much longer lasting and more life changing :)

Looking good!

scuffy b

climber

Eastern Salinia

Oct 13, 2010 - 11:24am PT

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Pound the juice and fiber, stay ahead of the pain, of course you know
all this.
Physical therapy, no problem for someone with your dedication and
drive.