Re: [iPad] Hi - I'm alive

 

> I knew something had to have happened for us not to have heard from you. Glad you are getting the medical help and pray the recovery goes well. Don't strain the shoulder messing with these devices; get the proper rest.

Thanks for your thoughts, Carl.

I have a very comfortable desk chair, and with a little extra support for the right forearm, can use the keyboard on the desk. Of course I don't try to do much typing with the right -- hit the spacebar an the cursor keys occasionally.

> Remember the iOS devices have AssistiveTouch in the accessibility area of the General section of the Settings app. This will help with letting you rest the injured shoulder but still do two hand tasks with one.

I'll look at assistive features on the iPad, but I've been doing OK there so far.

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Re: [iPad] Cydia Paid $8 Million To Jailbreak Devs Last Year, 1.5 Million Devices Use The App Every Day [JailbreakCon] | Cult of Mac

 

I've paid for a few too. 

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On Sep 30, 2012, at 5:31 PM, Carl Brooks <carl@iamthereforeipad.com> wrote:

Look like Apple is missing a few coins by not adapting the Jailbreak community. I personally have paid for many Jailbreak apps within the last few years. 

Thanks,

Carl W. Brooks

On Sep 30, 2012, at 6:01 PM, Just Murray <krismurray@gmail.com> wrote:

8 million. 750k per month or so? 2500 a day is spent at the cydia store?

http://www.cultofmac.com/193551/saurik-cydia-payed-8-million-to-jailbreak-developers-last-year-1-5-million-devices-use-the-app-every-day-jailbreakcon/

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Re: [iPad] Cydia Paid $8 Million To Jailbreak Devs Last Year, 1.5 Million Devices Use The App Every Day [JailbreakCon] | Cult of Mac

 

Look like Apple is missing a few coins by not adapting the Jailbreak community. I personally have paid for many Jailbreak apps within the last few years. 

Thanks,

Carl W. Brooks

On Sep 30, 2012, at 6:01 PM, Just Murray <krismurray@gmail.com> wrote:

8 million. 750k per month or so? 2500 a day is spent at the cydia store?

http://www.cultofmac.com/193551/saurik-cydia-payed-8-million-to-jailbreak-developers-last-year-1-5-million-devices-use-the-app-every-day-jailbreakcon/

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Re: [iPad] Hi - I'm alive

 

Jim,

I knew something had to have happened for us not to have heard from
you. Glad you are getting the medical help and pray the recovery goes
well. Don't strain the shoulder messing with these devices; get the
proper rest. Remember the iOS devices have AssistiveTouch in the
accessibility area of the General section of the Settings app. This
will help with letting you rest the injured shoulder but still do two
hand tasks with one.

Thanks,

Carl W. Brooks
http://www.iamthereforeipad.com

On Sep 30, 2012, at 2:06 PM, Jim Saklad <jimdoc@me.com> wrote:

> Tuesday, 9/18, I stumbled while walking one of the dogs (not the dog's fault), and fell forward. Damaged my R big toe somewhat, abraded my right knee, but took most of the impact on my right shoulder -- hard, direct, frontal impact to the joint from hitting the asphalt.

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[iPad] Mau honeyB

 

Cats/dogs are on topic-just part of the group, right ?
 
 
I renamed my iPad "Titanic" and it is syncing now.
 
 

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Re: [iPad] Hi - I'm alive

 

My best wishes for a speedy & complete recovery. You were missed on our shared forums.

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>> Speaking of alive and cats. Where is the toughest cat of all been?
>> Anyone heard from Jim in a while?
>> Carl W. Brooks
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> Well....
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> Tuesday, 9/18, I stumbled while walking one of the dogs (not the dog's fault), and fell forward. Damaged my R big toe somewhat, abraded my right knee, but took most of the impact on my right shoulder -- hard, direct, frontal impact to the joint from hitting the asphalt.
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Speaking of alive and cats. Where is the toughest cat of all been?
Anyone heard from Jim in a while?
Carl W. Brooks

Well....

Tuesday, 9/18, I stumbled while walking one of the dogs (not the dog's fault), and fell forward. Damaged my R big toe somewhat, abraded my right knee, but took most of the impact on my right shoulder -- hard, direct, frontal impact to the joint from hitting the asphalt.

That was 4:30 PM. We hoped it was "just" dislocated. By eight hours later, when we got home again, we had learned otherwise. The shoulder joint (in humans) is formed by 3 bones -- the scapula ("shoulder blade"), which forms all of the socket of the joint, the clavicle ("collar bone") that braces the scapula in position, and the head of the humerus, the long bone of the upper arm.

I didn't damage the clavicle; I didn't damage the scapula. I didn't even "break" the humerus in any normal sense. I shattered the head of the humerus.

It's strange to see an xray showing a normal, healthy-looking humerus going up toward the joint, an then just ending. Ending in a collection of little spicules of bone that used to be the head of the humerus, the ball of the ball-and-socket shoulder joint.

So, Wednesday and Thursday I got my pre-surgical exams and testing, and Friday, the 21st, I got my surgery ("R shoulder hemi-arthroplasty"). That's half of a total shoulder replacement.

I did get to choose my own preferred surgeon, and anesthesiologist, which was nice.
Came home Sunday evening, and have begun a long, slow road of healing, learning new ways to do things (thankfully I'm left-handed), and rehabilitation.

Here are before and after xrays:

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