Sounds serious, don't it?
It is what the Doc is going to do to my right wrist the 20th
of this month. The scheduling lady first said Friday the 13th.
I nixed that idea. She asked if I am superstitious. I told her
no, I just think it might be unlucky.
An x-ray of my wrist shows that there is no cartilage left where
the little bone (ulna) meets the big bone (radius). I have had
pain there for over a year, getting progressively worse. I can't
do a whole lot with my right hand that involves any torquing or
flexing of my wrist. This of course includes shooting a gun, either
long or short.
I recently bought three S&W revolvers and haven't been able to
shoot them much. I shot twelve rounds through a Model 28,
maybe 30 rounds through a three inch Model 10, and just haven't
been able to fire the 686 I bought a month or so back. The only
long guns I have been able to shoot are a 10/22 and a Mini-30,
both with aftermarket pistol grip stocks. It isn't so much the
recoil that hurts, but flexing my wrist down to hold the guns
Properly can be right excruciating.
My Doc assures me the surgery will make things right again. My
understanding is that he will take a saw (Dremel Tool?) and lop
off a chunk of the ulna, then wrap a piece of tendon (maybe he
said ligament?) around it. Said I should be good to go in three
months.
It will be nice to be able to use my right hand again, especially
for shooting.
We shall see.
It is what the Doc is going to do to my right wrist the 20th
of this month. The scheduling lady first said Friday the 13th.
I nixed that idea. She asked if I am superstitious. I told her
no, I just think it might be unlucky.
An x-ray of my wrist shows that there is no cartilage left where
the little bone (ulna) meets the big bone (radius). I have had
pain there for over a year, getting progressively worse. I can't
do a whole lot with my right hand that involves any torquing or
flexing of my wrist. This of course includes shooting a gun, either
long or short.
I recently bought three S&W revolvers and haven't been able to
shoot them much. I shot twelve rounds through a Model 28,
maybe 30 rounds through a three inch Model 10, and just haven't
been able to fire the 686 I bought a month or so back. The only
long guns I have been able to shoot are a 10/22 and a Mini-30,
both with aftermarket pistol grip stocks. It isn't so much the
recoil that hurts, but flexing my wrist down to hold the guns
Properly can be right excruciating.
My Doc assures me the surgery will make things right again. My
understanding is that he will take a saw (Dremel Tool?) and lop
off a chunk of the ulna, then wrap a piece of tendon (maybe he
said ligament?) around it. Said I should be good to go in three
months.
It will be nice to be able to use my right hand again, especially
for shooting.
We shall see.
