Going to ask the orthopedic surgeon if I can go shoot!

[RonRC]

I am going stir crazy just looking at my front stuffers. You can clean and rust protect only so much as an excuse to handle the muzzleloaders.

So, I have an appointment with the orthopedic surgeon on Tuesday. I will ask if I can come out of the full leg stabilizer and go to the outdoor range. Physical therapy is coming along nicely. Flexibility has increased. I still need to recover a little strength in the knee.

If he says "Yes," I am going to be out on that range with a car full of black powder necessities. (However, it will be the car with no clutch. Not ready for that, yet)
Ron

 

[BigAl52]

Dont ask him just come out and shoot with us if you feel that good Ron. Phil and I are going Monday to Ft Lupton. Im bringing my good friend Terry along with me. We will hold you up. Al

 

[Muley Hunter]

It's the last thing i'd ever ask a doctor. Just go do it.

 

[Whokalouie]

Go go go, what the doc don't know..............

 

[RonRC]

Dont ask him just come out and shoot with us if you feel that good Ron. Phil and I are going Monday to Ft Lupton. Im bringing my good friend Terry along with me. We will hold you up. Al

What time are you gentlemen going, Al?
  I have physical therapy at 9 am.
Ron

 

[BigAl52]

Im leaving my house about 8 if the rain forest can take a break. But I plan on staying for a while as Im on vacation next week. So come when your therapy is over. Throw the guns in the truck do your bend and stretch them come to the real therapy. Al

 

[patocazador]

If he's not a shooter or hunter, he'll say no.

 

[RonRC]

The full-leg stabilizer permits me to get around, but very slowly. It has metal bars that go down the sides from thigh to ankle and another behind the leg so that the leg won't suddenly bend. Hauling the shooting box, rifle and other shooting paraphernalia up from the basement, out to the car and returning them at the end of the day is the real challenge.
I will have to see where my energy level is after physical therapy, tomorrow.
I won't even mention the shooting to the orthopedic surgeon. The key will be if he lets me shed that leg stabilizer and put on a less restrictive knee brace.
Ron

 

[Muley Hunter]

Cripes! Stop babying yourself. I went shooting with two broken vertebra. It took me 15 min to get my socks boots on. I didn't post about it. I just did it.

 

[Kentucky Colonel]

Cripes! Stop babying yourself. I went shooting with two broken vertebra. It took me 15 min to get my socks boots on. I didn't post about it. I just did it.

Muley thinks about posting about his socks? :say whhhhhat:

 

[patocazador]

Ron, all you have to do is ask yourself if it would be worth going through the whole procedure again if you happen to re-injure it. Then act accordingly.

 

[Muley Hunter]

Cripes! Stop babying yourself. I went shooting with two broken vertebra. It took me 15 min to get my socks boots on. I didn't post about it. I just did it.

Muley thinks about posting about his socks? :say whhhhhat:

No, I didn't post about breaking my back. Do I have to explain the socks part to you too?

 

[RonRC]

Patocazador hits the nail on the head. If the knee gives out and bends too far, then the tendon tears out of the holes drilled in the knee. The area, as it is, has to take all of my 145 pounds of body weight (give or take 85 pounds ).
I wrote the post mainly out of frustration and exasperation.
Ron

 

[Muley Hunter]

Go shoot. You'll feel better.

 

[Kentucky Colonel]

Cripes! Stop babying yourself. I went shooting with two broken vertebra. It took me 15 min to get my socks boots on. I didn't post about it. I just did it.

Muley thinks about posting about his socks? :say whhhhhat:

No, I didn't post about breaking my back. Do I have to explain the socks part to you too?

:Shh:  No, no. It's O.K. We're not judging. :Shh:

You have an unnatural affection for your socks and you dream of posting about them. :clown:
Whatever floats your boat, Muley.

You don't need to explain it to me... I don't think I want to know.  :face:

 

[Kentucky Colonel]

Go shoot. You'll feel better.

Can you just use a wheel chair, Ron? 
Pretend you are mobile artillery.

 

[Muley Hunter]

Cripes! Stop babying yourself. I went shooting with two broken vertebra. It took me 15 min to get my socks boots on. I didn't post about it. I just did it.

Muley thinks about posting about his socks? :say whhhhhat:

No, I didn't post about breaking my back. Do I have to explain the socks part to you too?

:Shh:  No, no. It's O.K. We're not judging. :Shh:

You have an unnatural affection for your socks and you dream of posting about them. :clown:
Whatever floats your boat, Muley.

You don't need to explain it to me... I don't think I want to know.  :face:

They are kind of soft and warm.

 

[Whokalouie]

Tape a couple slats to your leg, pull on pants with suspenders and do as Chester did?

 

[Muley Hunter]

I always try to catch Chester bending his leg. I never did. He had that down pretty good.

 

[exMember]

They didnt, just I sure listened to a lot of whining about it :lol: :lol:

just kiddin petey.


Hows buddy doing these days? has his symptoms cleared?

Ron, I highly recommend that you just fight back the urge and take some more time to heal. Its not worth the possibility of a slip and having to go through it again.