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Old 07-25-2019, 10:46 AM
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Finally had the surgery yesterday for relief of ulnar nerve problems in right wrist and elbow. Surgeon very satisfied with results, expects nearly full restoration of use of my right arm and hand. This comes after a year of constantly increasing pain, loss of grip strength, and loss of motor skills (including inability to write legibly). So I am looking forward to the next several weeks of recovery, even though for now I am bandaged from knuckles to armpit, unable to lift 3 lbs, and can't shower for the next two weeks until the surgical dressings and sutures are removed.

Next week I see the ophthalmic surgeon to schedule cataract surgery. About a month ago I went to bed after reading a book without eyeglasses, woke up next morning with extremely blurred and fuzzy vision, unable to read newspaper headlines, much less normal sized print.

These things come to me about a year after surgery on the left shoulder for damaged bursa and nerve, arthritis, bone spurs, damaged bicep tendon, and torn rotator cup. Permanent limitations on the left shoulder and arm.

I have been thinking about my retirement (November 2015) and sale of Lobo Gun Leather. If I had been even moderately pig headed and continued pounding hides for another few years I would really have a problem right now. Probably a few hundred unfilled orders and irate customers, and me unable to do the work anymore. Thankfully, Mark Fedders and family are still young, healthy, strong, and doing beautiful work with my old designs as well as their own innovations.

Counting my blessings here, folks!
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Old 07-25-2019, 12:08 PM
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Wishing you a speedy and complete recovery sir!

Tony ... just up the road.
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Old 07-25-2019, 12:20 PM
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Best wishes for a full recovery!

I have finally figured out a way to deal with all the myriad problems of getting older. The older I get, the better I was!
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You never think of the consequences of things you do when you're younger . But time has a way of catching up , and when it does it bites you in the a** . Hope everything works out . After my last back surgery , the worst thing was not being able to take a shower . Pain I can live with , but no showers ..........
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Old 07-25-2019, 12:45 PM
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Glad to hear things are progressing and headed in the right direction. Be patient and it will be wide open and straight ahead before you know it.

Can't wait to hear about that new CZ rifle you got. No rimfire blues for you.
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Old 07-25-2019, 02:48 PM
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Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Lobo. (Acquired second hand one of your, or the Fedders’, holsters recently. Very nice work, sir!)
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Old 07-25-2019, 05:09 PM
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Hope your recovery is great but after all the other surgeries the cataracts is going to be a piece of cake. You'll be amazed at how much better you can see and "I didn't know how bad my vision was until after the surgery" will be something everyone will hear from you.
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I had ulnar nerve surgery about three years ago. The feeling came back into my right little finger. As you point out, the dressing and lack of a shower was a pain. The enforced idleness was no fun either. In the end, it's worth it.
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Old 07-25-2019, 06:07 PM
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we have all said it before: Old Age is not for sissies!!
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Old 07-25-2019, 09:35 PM
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64 is the new 54....hmmm? I had less aches and pains 10 yrs ago than I do now, more get up and go, with a better memory too. But it’s all good, another happy birthday on the way
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Old 07-25-2019, 11:30 PM
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hope you get to feeling better soon,, sounds like you have had it rough
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LGL, it's a good thing you ain't a horse or it would be the glue factory for you!

I'm not in much better shape either.
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I've come to the conclusion that if a great number of us members on this forum, me included, ever had a group meeting we had best have it near medical facilities. With beer and an assortment of strange/odd/off the wall food selections. And designated drivers. LOL.
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Ah, the golden years. A friend's dad said, son the golden years aren't as great as they want you to believe they will be.
I guess any day above ground is better than under it though.
I had a ganglion cyst removed from my right wrist. Didn't have hardly any pain afterward but I bet it took a year for the strength to come back in it.
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At a family reunion a cousin said that instead of being in the "Golden Years", as we get up in years we get into the "Metallic Years", because we get Gold in our teeth, Silver in our hair and Lead in our pants.
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I saw a great quote that seems to apply to a lot of us lately..." I always thought that getting old would take a lot longer."
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Be thankful for modern medicine or you would have to get tougher. I would probably be dead if not for modern medicine. We truly live in the best of times in spite of what all the doom and gloom people say.
I plan to keep working physically til I can’t . Seems to me I know a lot of old farmers who keep on moving so I am going to try to copy them.
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UPDATE: Made happy hour at the club two days in a row! Miracles of modern medicine! I am very pleased.
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