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Curled up like a rubber band at the top. MRI showed a complete tear. For the first day or two I couldn't pick up anything heavier than a pencil. You could feel with your fingers that there was nothing there on the inner part of the elbow joint; now there is. Go figure.

Yea, the doc said it couldn't reattach itself, and yet... I met an orthopedic surgeon at a get together a few months ago and he said it's a miracle. I don't feel comfortable about that but it is hard to fathom. Science can't explain this one.

I avoid doctors. About 8 years ago, I had to go to the ER for kidney stones, but only because my wife insisted after seeing me curled up on the floor in pain for several hours. Then another trip to the ER about 3 years ago for a ruptured bicep tendon, also very painful. That doctor wanted to do...

Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S.