You're a piece of shit fan. This isn't deep pits of Reddit or some loser nerd forum where nhilistic ideology is a way of life to make terms with being a miserable cunt bag. He wasnt all pro but he provided leadership, hardwork and entertaining games. Take off your fedora hat [Reply]
Never hated Alex, just thought he did less with his surrounding talent than a good QB could have and it was frustrating. After all the times he turtled up to avoid contact and took a sack, it was this one time he tried to extend a play and got hurt.
I'm glad the redskins are on the hook for all that guaranteed money... [Reply]
Never hated Alex, just thought he did less with his surrounding talent than a good QB could have and it was frustrating. After all the times he turtled up to avoid contact and took a sack, it was this one time he tried to extend a play and got hurt.
Sums it up nicely.
He played too conservative for an NFL QB but from what I read from Patrick, Alex helped him prepare for the NFL immensely and from the results Alex seems to have done one heck of a job.
It's pretty disgusting that some people take pleasure in somebody else's gruesome and life changing injury. Obviously they have never been in excruciating pain or witnessed the emotional and physical agony a person goes through when they are sick or injured. It's not like Alex Smith is a terrible human being, he isn't...he's a good person.
For those of you that get enjoyment out of this, get help. It's borderline psychotic. [Reply]
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
Osteomyelitis is a ****ing bitch, and given all the hardware he has inside, getting and keeping it clean is exceptionally difficult.
Drunk ass Dr. David Chao says it's rarely long term. So my guess is there's a 1% chance he plays again.
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Infection always a worry with open fracture (where bone pokes thru skin from inside out), but with quick surgical action and antibiotics, osteomyelitis is rarely a long term complication. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Cave Johnson:
Drunk ass Dr. David Chao says it's rarely long term. So my guess is there's a 1% chance he plays again.
David J. Chao, MD
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@ProFootballDoc
#AlexSmith
Infection always a worry with open fracture (where bone pokes thru skin from inside out), but with quick surgical action and antibiotics, osteomyelitis is rarely a long term complication.
He's wrong and that tweet is likely dated, especially if he still has hardware in, external supports, and has already had osteo + several debridements. The problem is that any kind of internal hardware is extremely "sticky", and pathogens can easily form a biofilm upon them. If that happens, you have two options: remove the hardware or give them long-term antibiotics. Unfortunately for Alex, they couldn't remove the hardware in the short term because his leg had no other form of stability, which is why they had to keep going back in to clean it out.
Without looking at imaging, it's also not possible to know if he lost any native bone due to his past infections. I saw a patient not long ago that essentially had his entire middle finger eaten away over the course of about a week. Granted he was older and diabetic, but it's still nothing to fuck with. [Reply]
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
He's wrong and that tweet is likely dated, especially if he still has hardware in, external supports, and has already had osteo + several debridements. The problem is that any kind of internal hardware is extremely "sticky", and pathogens can easily form a biofilm upon them. If that happens, you have two options: remove the hardware or give them long-term antibiotics. Unfortunately for Alex, they couldn't remove the hardware in the short term because his leg had no other form of stability, which is why they had to keep going back in to clean it out.
Without looking at imaging, it's also not possible to know if he lost any native bone due to his past infections. I saw a patient not long ago that essentially had his entire middle finger eaten away over the course of about a week. Granted he was older and diabetic, but it's still nothing to **** with.
Does this go for all internal hardware? I know plenty of people with plates/pins/etc, and after a couple of years it's forgotten about. [Reply]
Originally Posted by sedated:
Does this go for all internal hardware? I know plenty of people with plates/pins/etc, and after a couple of years it's forgotten about.
Any time that you have anything prosthetic in your body it is something to be cognizant of, but it really depends on the severity of infections you get elsewhere. If you have a regular UTI, you don't need to freak out; but if is untreated for a while or progresses to where you end up with a bloodstream infection (bacteremia), then your risk of seeding that hardware goes up profoundly (and bacteremia is an extremely serious infection, regardless).
For example, if you have endocarditis on your regular heart valve, antibiotic therapy is generally shorter and less intense (pathogen-dependent) than if you have a prosthetic valve.
What got Alex is that the compound fracture provided an avenue for infection and the hardware made it easier to stick. [Reply]
Originally Posted by sedated:
Does this go for all internal hardware? I know plenty of people with plates/pins/etc, and after a couple of years it's forgotten about.
