OT: Illinois DE Michael Buchanan Breaks Jaw
Just a quick note here that Illinois DE Michael Buchanan, who will be a senior this year and is expected to be the anchor piece of the Illinis d-line, broke his jaw in a fight. IT is wired shut to heal.
My cousin had to have his jaw surgically broken to correct a breathing problem and had it wired to heal. Despite excellent nutritional science, you'll still lose weight if you can't eat, and lose weight he did. About 40 lbs in the 6 weeks or so he had to be wired shut.
I'm thinking Buchanan isn't going to be at playing weight till October at the earliest, and he'll probably have lost a good deal of strength and stamina too. Bad sign for Tim Beckman's first year?
I imagine Buchanan will be getting acquainted with lots and lots of protein shakes.
i had that same jaw surgery and yeah it blows. I lost like 30 pounds in 4 weeks and I only weight 160 pounds. I feel bad for the kid.
I hope you mean OP's cousin and not the dumbass that had his jaw broken in a fight. Just sayin.
What if he was jumped or something? How do you know this is his fault? I'll feel bad for whoever I please. maybe you can be happy for him and that will cancel out my feeling bad for him.
Wish I could've seen that fight. Someone took on B10 lineman and ended up breaking his jaw. Too bad for him, though, can he get a redshirt?
I broke my jaw last year around this time, and had it wired for 8 weeks. I lost over 25 pounds the first week alone. He will not be in good shape to play for a while. Good luck to him because having your jaw wired shut was by far the worst experience of my life.
With Zook's recent record of putting out NFL-caliber linemen, I don't think playing for him sounds that bad...
A little bit yes, but I was not willing to try much more than milkshakes and smoothies. My doctor told me that some people would blend up just about anything to drink it.
Everything... except Chuck Norris.
I may be missing something... but how does he eat or drink if his jaw is wired shut?
you can't eat but you can still drink. but even when they let your jaw back open its really hard to eat food that isn't super soft because it hurts and its weak. At least for me I couldn't eat normally for 3-4 months
Asked for his reaction, Ron Zook replied, "well... PUNT"
He then dropped and did a snow angel in the dirt.
Someone please tell all those Orange County housewives that the quickest way to loose weight is to have your jaw wired shut.
I may actually be able to stomach that show if none of them can talk and look even more ridiculous than they already are.
Wait so your jaw is sewn shut for 4 weeks. Don't you have to eat to live?
I had jaw surgery to correct a dental problem 6 years ago. My jaw was actually broken in 4 places. I had, and will always have, 6 screws and a plate inserted my grill to correct the problem. I was "wired" shut for 8 weeks. I think it all depends on the particular surgery, but my "wire" job was actually a dozen or so bands that prevented a lot of movement of the jaw. I was only on pure liquids for about 2 weeks. After the initial two weeks until the 8 weeks ended there was a lot of mashed potatoes, applesauce, ice cream etc... It all really depends on the surgery. However, I couldn't really bit into an apple or similar fruits until about 6 months later. Interesting to see what happens.
Steve Everitt would have played anyway.
JUST SAYIN