Well I got the word Thursday that I have to go back in the hospital for a manual manipulation of my knee. The replacement is good but I'm not responding to the PT. So on 9/30 I get it bent and start rehab all over again. This may put my hunting season on the back burner, I hope not but we shall see.
Hey Ron,
That's tough news. Hopefully the treatment goes well. It's a long season so hopefully you can get out there while the weather is still decent. Hang in there...
Get yourself better before you worry about the season. That is important.
Got any place where you can hobble maybe 50 - 100 yards and sit that has even a chance of a deer walking by ? That might get you thru.
ChuckC
They will get you straightened out Ron, hang in there. Like ronp said its a long season. Most of the time when I get back to my jeep after a morning sit the deer are hanging around it. So you might want to try parking and just sitting in a lawn chair with a cup of coffee outside of your vehicle. :thumbsup: I hope that you have a quick recovery buddy.
I know how you feel. I lost a whole season due to a bad hip. Hopefully you can catch a late season hunt.
Good luck!
Shame you're not in N La. My family has a lease that we hunt. We don't use them too much once season starts other than to haul deer out, but we have ATV trails all over it, and a lot of them I can get my truck down if I need to. I could put up a couple brush blinds and drop you off 15 yards away. It is a little warm up until just before Thanksgiving though.
QuoteOriginally posted by ChuckC:
Get yourself better before you worry about the season. That is important.
Got any place where you can hobble maybe 50 - 100 yards and sit that has even a chance of a deer walking by ? That might get you thru.
ChuckC
I like that idea for me and my knees are still in pretty good shape! :biglaugh:
Praying for you buddy!!
Sorry to hear that. Hope it works out.
May you recover sooner than expected and have the critters worrying about their health!
Thanks for all the good thoughts :notworthy: ......I just have to put my head down and get through this.
Ron, Maybe you can hunt close to a dirt road with a good chair and just sit, some of my best deer have been taken within spitting distance of a road. Just being in the woods will help the knee...
That complication you developed after surgery, sure put the kibosh on your recovery.
Nice to know that they have a way to fix the problem that doesn't involve more surgery! That would really suck out loud in stereo!
I've still not fully committed to doing my replacement... something is nagging at me and I think it is all the back issues. Medical care isn't quite the same here as where I was before, so I'm hesitant to be compromised and then after a torturous rehab, find out the back is crap!
I get to travel 3 hrs west to a young friend's on 9/30 and hunt few days that week... I'll be sending up prayers for you as I travel and hunt!
Keep the Son in your eyes!
Hey Ron-
I can always load you into Jeff's deer cart, and wheel you in and out. Those hills might be a bit hairy, but..... :goldtooth:
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Originally posted by kat:
Hey Ron-
I can always load you into Jeff's deer cart, and wheel you in and out. Those hills might be a bit hairy, but..... :bigsmyl:
F-Manny
Be strong Ron, you'll get out there.
think you can fit in the baby back pack i use for Ari? no bopping me in the head like he does though, with you that might leaves lumps!
I realize every joint replacement is different, but I find it encouraging that they don't have to go back in. You may have had it tougher than some of us, but I think you will find it well worth the trouble in the end. I think I could have made it little way back into the woods on crutches if I'd had the job just before season. Get a buddy to lug a chair out there and just enjoy the woods time. Who knows? That perfect shot could happen right in front of you. Hope so anyway.
Good Luck
Good luck to you Ron, wish you the best
Good luck Ron, remember you don't always have to go deep sometime you just gotta step off the road.
Good luck Ron! Wishing you a speedy recovery!
I like Ken's Idea.
Maybe you could find some old timber company land. The old log roads could give you an easier time. The deer like those old trails especially if they run parallel along a hill like a bench.
Hope it goes well and you get some hunting in, Ron!
Bisch
Oh, Ron...
From the posts of your NY buddies, I dunno... I think you'd be better off avoiding this year in the woods...them boys might hurt you worse them the therapists... :eek: :scared: :knothead:
:bigsmyl:
I think you may be right Dr. Nock...... :jumper:
Hope your recovery comes along well enough to still get in some hunting!
I feel it man! It has been two years since I had a hunting camp and that is how old my new tent is. Hang in buddy, and do what you can.Whhatever you can acheive, it's all good!
This year, I will be back, and I am hoping for the healing that only the wild can give.
Killdeer :campfire:
Well tomorrow is the day.....I go back in the hospital to have my knee manually bent to gain range of motion. They will sedate me [out cold] and bend my knee as far as they physically can. Then into a machine that will bend my leg all night long. Hope this does the trick.......
Prayers your way Ron. Rehab is tough!
That does not sound like fun. Good luck on the rehab.
Be thinking about you Ron!
I'm going to try really hard to avoid any complications that would impede my own rehab so's to avoid what you're going thru!
I'm sure if you'd have had your druthers, you'd druther have avoided the esophagus issue!
How's that now anyway??? Prayers up for ya, Hoss!
Smoke sent to the Great One, Ron!!!!!
He knows even the "Old Ones" NEED to be in the woods!!!!! ;)
Ron,
Prayers headed your way. Keep us posted as I'm sure there are enough here that if there is a way to get you in the woods, even if a drive for some, it can be done.
Take Care,
experience serious arthur-i-tis in my low back and hips myself.
Makes being mobile not fun
Prayers for a fast recovery
That flexing machine can really work wonders. I probably would not have worked as hard at rehab if I had not had that thing bending my knee for me. Was walking around plenty, but that doesn't flex your knee like it needs to be flexed. I still have high hopes you will be able to enjoy this season yet.
Wishing you the best!
Hope all goes well this time :thumbsup:
Good luck to you Ron!
Good luck Ron. I'll be thinking of you.
Well I made it home after the overnight in the Hospital. Pain block is starting to wear off and I can really feel it. I need a nap and then I have to go to the gym to start to work this knee. Hopefully I can get this moving .....so I can hunt some this year.
Hopefully youll be in the woods before long.
Ron, don't be too quick to head into the woods; any little mishap can set you back. Hang in there.
Shick
I hope it all works and goes smoothly. Good luck!
Glad to see you made it through the "torture machine" Ron!!!!!
Hopefully you'll get the "kinks" worked out soon, Brother!!!
Good luck on the rehab. You need to get back in the field.
Don't know how I missed this earlier.
Hope you are doing better and keeping that range of motion going in the knee.
Sorry to hear this, Ron. Best of luck in your rehab! I hope you're able to hunt this season and wish you a speedy recovery!
Well the pain blocker wore off about noon time today.........holy cow........but I went to the gym to get it moving this afternoon. It's like starting all over again. Back to PT on Monday and maybe I can shoot a bit next week.
Well the pain blocker wore off about noon time today.........holy cow........but I went to the gym to get it moving this afternoon. It's like starting all over again. Back to PT on Monday and maybe I can shoot a bit next week.
Sometime things don't go as planned, hopefully plan B will get you back to normal. Be sure to ask the therapist and doc about any concerns, or question. I discovered a problem I had was related to an old knee injury in 2006, it was continually stiff and causing other problems, but a stretching exercise helped cure the problems. I read an article by a trainer in Western Hunter, and thought about what a physical therapist told me, about the need for stretching, it worked. Take care and get well.
Sorry that the new knee is giving you problems. I had my right knee done in May . Three weeks in I was on the lawn tractor and trying to hook the lawn sweeper . I heard a loud yeeping and before I knew what was going on I got ran over by my 85 lbs Labrador that was chasing my neiborers dog out of the yard. So much for needing manipulation ! Fortunely no damage done but it did tear the scar tissue ! No Doc needed.
But talk about och!
QuoteOriginally posted by Hud:
Sometime things don't go as planned, hopefully plan B will get you back to normal. B
Hud, you think Ron Wants to get NORMAL...His Normal might be a tick off bubble, me thinks!
After the esophagus problem post surgery that laid him up and off his rehab, this seems about par and given how ugly it could have been on both counts, I'm sure Ron is glad to be back in the saddle and moving forward...albeit a day late and dollar (weeks?) short!
Keep the Son in your eyes, Ron... this too shall pass!
I'm pressing forward even though it don't look like it.......lol!
Rehab/PT started again today......just like starting over. The young lady who is working with me says I need to take baby steps and not try to jump the fence all at once. It's brutal, and painful but it has to be done so we will push forward. Thanks to all for the support and encouraging words. Hope to get out in the late season [fingers crossed]...... :notworthy:
hope all goes well and would love to spend some time in the woods with you this year if possible!
I hope all goes well for you Ron.
Rehab is more about attitude then toughness, perhaps?
I got some new exercises to do to strengthen myself for my own knee replacement and over-did it first time thru... and ended up with such back pain I couldn't straighten up or walk hills on a recent hunt.
Only good part was the hurricane dumped so much rain we hardly got to be in the wood. Bad news is that I got dog sick thru whatever...
Tough can be stupid... a Can Do attitude can get you thru... listen to the PT and "steady as she goes!"
Still Pulling for you Ron. Keep up the good work.
Well I guess I'm making some improvement but it is hard to see the progress. Rehab is ongoing and no easier than it was on day one. Able to get out and do yard work and some short shooting sessions but hunting may not be in the cards this year. I'm still hopeful.
Sounds like after what you've been thru, you're still fortunate. Glad you're getting around at least...
Re-plowing past ground I'm told in rehab is a booger! Don't loose faith and keep o n keeping on Ron! Pulling for ya!
:biglaugh: Rehab is everything you heard.......it goes well for some, just have to do it and put in some effort.
Just got up to date on your situation Ron. I am told that I have a knee replacement in my future. Prayers going up for you.
Hang in there and stay positive. Remember, every day is a good one, some are just better than others!
If the rehab doesn't work quickly enough, maybe you can get one of the motorized chairs. Only question is whether the camo on it will be painted or dipped. Hang tough with the exercises, and the rehab will work out, even if it is not as quick as would be desired. Prayers are still being sent.