I am going in Tuesday for Neurosurgery on my neck.  I have been losing range of motion and strength in my right arm and an MRI indicated bone spurs and a disc issue were messing up the nerves communication with my arm and shoulder muscles.

Having followed the recent thread on neck repairs/surgery I was encouraged so I had a consult and the doc (great reputation in this area) felt very positive about the prognosis.  At 57 years old, I am not ready to hang it up.

I haven't been able to shoot for 6 weeks so I am going in with a positive attitude and hope to be back for the archery opener this fall.

Wish me luck guys, I will post on how it went for those here that are running into this type of issue.

I will pray for your rapid recovery and return to the archery woods! Right now before I forget.

Best of luck on your surgery Bill! God bless and heal quickly!

Good luck. When they get done with my knee scope on Tuesday I will hope for YOUR speedy recovery too.  

Thanks for the kind thoughts and prayers guys.

I will be praying for good results for you too owlbait!

Bill

Bill - I had three vertabra seperated,cleaned up and fused with a metal strip in my lower neck about four months ago;  Had lost most of the function in my left arm;  now have about 3/4th of the mobility back - - still not fixed, but getting there.  Getting it all back takes time, but it'll happen.  Still can't shoot my bow, but I'm closer . . Mike

Good luck. Prayer sent.

A great big good luck to you Bill. Hope you are back in the groove soon. I don't know what I would do without bowhunting.  

Good Luck Bill! Lots of miles left at 57, don't even start thinking about slowing down until you reverse those numbers. Here's hoping the surgery goes well, and you are back to flinging arrows full time by the season opener.    

Thanks guys.  You don't know how much the positive support means to me!

Bill

Bill, I'm 56 and my surgery Tuesday will be either my 13th or 14th. I feel good and looking to logging a lot of miles in the woods and shooting hundreds of thousands of shots. You'll do fine and be back at it before you know it!

Nothing but the Best to You! And hopes of a speedy recorvery.

Best of luck.  Once you are ready to pick it back up, give me a shout and maybe we can shoot some.

Good luck on the surgery.  Get back in the game ASAP
ChuckC

Stay strong my friend and don't let it put you down.  Set some goals to accomplish after the operation and post them where you can't ignore them.  No doubt, no fear, just do it.  Hope you will be back shooting real soon.

Have similiar issues although no surgery yet.  Still getting injections and works for a while.  I'm 57 as well and will have to do the same thing as you pretty soon.  

Best of luck.

Jerry

Thank you to all.  I was going in positive but your comments make me feel much better about it.

Thanks for all your support.  The men and women on this site are a great community!

Thank you all again.

Bill

Best of luck with the surgery and hope you heal up and are back enjoying the bow very soon.  

good luck with your surgery, it takes time to heal..looks like you will have a few months of physical therapy, hope you and Owl both have fast and complete recoveries.