Jimmy

[Jw2]

Former President Jimmy Carter Suffers Broken Hip

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/13/722948126/former-president-jimmy-carter-suffers-broken-hip

Former President Jimmy Carter is recovering after falling and breaking his hip this morning, according to a statement from the Carter Center.

The center said Carter was preparing to go turkey hunting when he fell in his home. It added that he is now "recovering comfortably" after undergoing surgery at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia. His wife, Rosalynn, is with him at the medical center.

"President Carter said his main concern is that turkey season ends this week, and he has not reached his limit," the statement reads. "He hopes the State of Georgia will allow him to rollover the unused limit to next year."

The 94-year-old has had success with hunting — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported last month that Carter had "bagged a large wild turkey" on a recent trip.

The former president was in office from 1977 to 1981. He was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2015. He announced several months later that a brain scan showed the cancer was gone following treatment.

[takncarabizniz]

Wow, he's like a Timex, takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'.

The gentleman president...

[D2D]

Falls at that age are tough!

Good to know he is still active enough to go turkey hunting!

[Jw2]

After former President Jimmy Carter’s broken hip, do you know your risk?

https://www.ahchealthenews.com/2019/05/22/after-former-president-jimmy-carters-broken-hip-do-you-know-your-future-risk/

Former President Jimmy Carter’s recent surgery for a broken hip highlighted an all-too-common injury for elderly people that can have devastating consequences on health and mortality.

The 94-year-old Carter was turkey hunting when he tripped and fell, sustaining a fracture of the hip that required orthopedic surgery, according to news reports.

His story is not unlike many of the patients I treat. Everyone experiences the inevitable consequences of aging, and one of the most significant is thinning of bone that is the underlying cause of fragility fractures — those small or sometimes devastating fractures that occur with minimal trauma.

Like President Carter’s, many fragility fractures are breaks in the hip just below the hip joint.  These are serious injuries that require patients to have surgery, a hospitalization and often an extended rehabilitation. The effect on your mobility and independence can be significant.

The National Bone Health Alliance estimates Americans suffer nearly two million fragility fractures each year. The breaks result from osteoporosis or “porous bone”.

Many people do not realize that bone is a living tissue made up of calcium and protein. Your bones undergo a constant process of remodeling, and when more bone calcium has absorbed than what has been replaced, the overall density of the bone suffers, and the bone becomes weaker. That raises the risk for a fracture.