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Originally Posted by cmac2012
Sounds plausible. Do you mean you weld on a round or square bit of plate with the rebar in the middle like an actually giant nail?
For some reason when I first read it I was thinking of a square bit, say 1 ft.² with rebar on each corner. That might be overkill though, A single piece in the middle ought to be good.
I keep reading of the surgery not working, I see those accounts about as often as it working. I also had the long head of the biceps rupture, that's one of the upper two tendons on the biceps. Almost like one of those evolutionary accidents, it fails much more often than the short head and you can get by without it but the muscle looks funny. Yields a Popeye bulge. And you lose some twisting power, supination I think they call it, used for turning a screwdriver for example.
John Elway won two Super Bowls with the long head tendon on his throwing arm ruptured and not repaired. He put mine back on.
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The first description -- a giant nail. Plan is to start at the bottom of the slope and essentially shingling with rolls of carpet, using the giant nails on edges & corners (more nails than used on actual shingles).
It sure wouldn't be cost-effective without free labor and scrap carpet from a giant flood.
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Concerning s-in-law's surgery, I'm not exactly sure how it was done -- it sounded excruciating so I didn't pay close attention! I think the surgeon took the head of the muscle and tucked it around the other side of a bone and screwed it inn place. Formal PT was minimal. I think in two months he had full use. Doc said if he did anything that hurts -- STOP. Think of a better way to get it done. S-in-L took that to heart and is doing well. I understand that eventually the head of the muscle will attach biologically to the bone.