Knee replaced today,gonna catch up on gun stuff.What do you do when your cooped up in house.

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So knee was replaced.Limted movement and cooped up for a week or so.No work for weeks after that,so free time it is.
Gonna inspect ,lube wipe down all firearms. Gonna try to prep all brass that needs it.Reload lots of pistol ammo for spring.Load up my hunting ammo for next year.Going through gun gear,loading supplies etc.Gonna weed out what I dont need or use and list them on THR and give you guys first crack at it.
Also doing some gunsmithing for freinds.
Question is what do you do or have you done gun related when your down and have time on your hands.
 
Been there, done that. As well as two rounds of shoulder surgery.

1. Ensure you have snap-caps for every caliber firearm you own.
2. Learn to enjoy dry fire, if you don't already (Amazingly, some guys don't do this. I know, right?)
3. Ensure you have the industrial size bottles of Hoppe's #9, BreakFree (or your favorite CLP) and whatever gun lube you like (Lucas Extreme Gun Oil and Gun Grease for me).
4. Ensure you're good to go with brushes, Bore Snakes, patches, rods and jags for every caliber firearm you own.
5. Go to Wal-Mart or order on Amazon Seasons One through Five of Miami Vice on Blu-Ray.
6. Go to Wal-Mart or order on Amazon all five of Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry movies on Blu-Ray. Oh, make sure you have your DVDs/Blu-Ray discs of Band of Brothers, Pacific and Flags of Our Fathers at hand also.
7. Arrange all your Stephen Hunter novels in order of year of publication (you do have all of Hunter's books, right?).
8. If the coffee table in front of your big-screen TV is not big enough to arrange at least five firearms and your cleaning supplies, send wife out to buy a new, larger coffee table.
9. Tape several sheets of printer paper on the wall all around your TV screen to use as aiming points for dry fire.
10. Send wife out for more primers, powder and brass if needed. Send a buddy with her to act as an interpreter.
11. Tell wife the reloading bench will not be in the family room after about another eight weeks.
12. Order new LazyBoy recliner if old one is starting to seem worn out.
13. Good luck with pain meds.

Old Dog (getting second knee replacement done this summer) out.
 
As hard as it is for some of us to not be always doing something, don't rush your recovery. A few extra down time weeks now can save you a bunch of hurt later. And I have a hunch that your wife is very capable of getting things done. On an unrelated note, I'm 5 months in for my ccw, law clerk says a week or 2 more. Hope it's not just some horse**** (see what I did there). Get well and God bless.
 
@Ks5shooter I had my right knee replaced in 2013.
One recommendation REHAB!!!! The more you exercise and stretch that joint the better recovery. Listen to your physical therapist.
I did break down and clean my firearms and in the latter part of the recovery spent some time on the handgun range. But mostly REHAB REHAB REHAB.

Good luck with the process and hope you are out enjoying the outdoors and spending time on the range very soon!
 
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Please recover quickly and follow the proper advice. You don't want to add to the recovery time. Don't reload when on the nifty kind of pain meds unless it involve repetitive motion and the like. If your like me and use your basement, don't monkey up your knee going down the stairs. If you have a cat, but a bell on. So they don't sneak up and trip you.

I read a lot when I am stuck at home. Use the Kindle reader on the Ipad. Hope your recover quickly. On a side note, Gunny just had surgery and is recovering at home.
 
Knee operations can be a breeze, or really painful and drawn out. Most of that is up to you and your desire to work at getting better. :)

I’ve had three procedures on my right knee; once after a dislocation of the knee and patella. That one hurt, especially since I was in a cast for two months and had to really work to get back. Later I had a meniscus tear/articular cartilage damage on femur, and two years later I finally had an ACL tear with the patella tendon used to replace it. This one had a months long, painful rehab because the knee was already compromised and I had to have that big tendon heal before I could work on the knee movements. :(

As the guys said, rehabilitation is the key. Don’t overdo it early because that metal needs to bond with the bones, but work diligently with your therapist to get and keep the leg muscles in shape and regain proper motion and you will be up and about like the younger you very soon. :thumbup:

Good luck and get well soon!

Stay safe.
 
Out of curiosity, is there a specific activity, occupational or recreational that you and/or your doctor can trace back to being specifically implicated in your need for a knee replacement? Like osteoarthritis resulting from ________? At 51, I'm always worried about what I might be doing to my body when I run and, especially to my knee joints of course and the available scientific information is limited and sometimes conflicting and so that's why I ask.
 
Hope you’re recovery goes well, as others have said, allow yourself time to heal

Last time I had surgery I was hurting pretty good for 3-4 days, used that time to catch up on gun research and reading, after that practiced dry firing from my recliner. I’ll admit I did let boredom get ahold of me and couldn’t resist the temptation to do a bit of online shopping for components and reloading stuff I had previously been able to do without
 
This thread is trending towards medical advice.
Regarding the OP question, make good use of your down time to be very honest in getting rid of junk. If you’ve had some sort of man cave for a prolonged period, or if you have simply lived in the same home for a number of years, you probably have accumulated a lot of stuff that is useless.

Getting rid of useless stuff can be very refreshing.
 
kidneyboy said:
Add dry fire to your list. I had MOHS surgery on the back of my neck on Monday and was dry firing just before I read this post.
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I have had MOHS surgery on the back, front, and both sides of my neck plus on my upper lip that ran into my mouth, and one that went from the corner of my left eye back to my ear. All were a breeze except the lip one required me to be a bit careful when eating for awhile and the eye to ear one was annoying as I was still wearing bifocals at the time and they didn't fit worth a hoot until I got the bandage off.

When stuck in the house I help my wife with housework if able, read, browse the net, and take NAPS. Naps are refreshing, :thumbup: house work dull and boring. :thumbdown:
 
Make some notes. Preferably in a computer memory so they can be passed about at need.
Notes about reloading: Why this bullet was preferred over that bullet. Why that loading machine was just dandy EXCEPT for that one little thing that still raises your blood pressure. And HOW you overcame that irritant.
Notes about guns: Which handguns you preferred for what purpose. What handgun was neatest over all and why. What was your favorite, even if a pain in the yarmoosh at times. Same with rifles, modifying the structure as needed.
Write about the time you went to the range and remembered everything but magazines or half moon clips. Write about the time you went to the range and ran out of gas about two miles past the last gas station. All those dumb things that make funny stories and you don't want anyone else to do.

I am sure there are things you can do better or easier than anyone else. Might as well pass them on. More interesting than sorting one's sock drawer.
 
I watch a lot of YouTube, there's several internet gun guys I like.
Grand Thumb
Honest Outlaw
The Warrior Poet
The AK Guy
The Hive

I also play with switching out accessories for my AR, research new guns, accessories, and ammo, and hunting videos (mostly coyote).
 
I dunno. I had neck surgery a couple months back. Disc fusion or whatever the official name is.
3 new pieces of bone in place of damaged material, titanium plate and 8 screws. I was only off for 2 weeks but ready to be back at work after about 3 days...and I don't even like my job that much. I spent my short period of down time shooting rimfires and restocking ammo.
 
Bennj said:
As hard as it is for some of us to not be always doing something, don't rush your recovery. A few extra down time weeks now can save you a bunch of hurt later. And I have a hunch that your wife is very capable of getting things done. On an unrelated note, I'm 5 months in for my ccw, law clerk says a week or 2 more. Hope it's not just some horse**** (see what I did there). Get well and God bless.
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She is very capable indeed,anyone who can train 1400 lb horse can take care of me and the farm as well.With both our CCW when they said they were a couple weeks out it was just about spot on.thanks all for well wishes and info.
 
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