NewsApril 14, 2017 1:40 PM ET7,496 views

The Ghost Inside guitarist undergoes 12th surgery

As scheduled, The Ghost Inside guitar player Zach Johnson underwent significant leg surgery yesterday at the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, IA. Johnson issued the following update earlier today via Instagram, indicating that all appears to have gone well:
"Surgery #12 is done. Not gonna lie, this one hurt like a bitch, but I hope it's the last. Took out the metal rod in my femur, the screws in my knee. Drilled out some bone from my right tibia, used a new incision in the middle of my leg to fuse that bone where my break was. New metal rod through the femur, metal plate over the fusion, new/bigger screws in my knee and hip. Hoping my hospital stay won't be too long! Thanks for all the well wishes."

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anonymous 4/14/2017 10:59:12 AM

Damn these dudes have been through hell and back.

anonymous 4/14/2017 11:25:42 AM

F.U.CK YOU CELINE

anonymous 4/14/2017 12:10:30 PM

"They went through hell and back with gravemarker mesh shorts for moshing pits." Deathcore Jon

anonymous 4/14/2017 12:11:35 PM

Sammy Bear here I seenn ghst insize 2004 in Bronx wit zao and irate they scked 1-0 ppl stoked mosh n prayer

anonymous 4/14/2017 12:12:46 PM

My cousin (Los Angeles native) has been to some of these guys rehearsals. They couldn't play their instruments very well & it ended up sounding like a happy median between Three Days Grace and some sort of pop punk. And they absolutely love it. Trust me.

anonymous 4/14/2017 12:16:55 PM

Ghost Inside cast boots comin soon, order up , 20 made! see my cartel. MOSHHHHHHHHHHHH n PRAY - Sam the love sponge potato Cortizone

anonymous 4/14/2017 12:33:04 PM

Don't like this bands music at all but fck. Nobody deserves this, hour the best for these blokes.

anonymous 4/14/2017 1:21:09 PM

ya'll n*ggas is corny keep talkin sh*t

anonymous 4/14/2017 1:24:04 PM

Hudson Cole here , please buy my old ghost inside and of mice & men shirts please and thanks :) xvx nchc I'm gay

anonymous 4/14/2017 1:29:36 PM

"New metal rod through the femur, metal plate over the fusion, new/" The metal news I've read in a while.

anonymous 4/14/2017 4:13:30 PM

they were heavy until the drummer had the nu metal rod put in his leg

anonymous 4/14/2017 5:32:50 PM

tough son of a bitch right there

anonymous 4/14/2017 6:43:54 PM

Yer band still sux m8 Jajajaja

anonymous 4/14/2017 10:55:40 PM

The advancements we have made in medicine are incredible. Just the fact that we are now doing surgeries on The Ghost Inside of someone blows my mind.

anonymous 4/15/2017 9:49:24 AM

THIS SURGERY NEWS GOT BORYING LAST YEAR JUICEBOX GIVE IT UP AND CROWDFUND

marching_band_rules 4/15/2017 10:24:31 AM

sucks but lol at the headline

anonymous 4/17/2017 5:48:17 AM

we gonna get an update every time this dude gets a headache too?




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