red rick
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It looks like I am not going hunting this year . I have been having shoulder pain since July and it progressed 3 weeks ago to waking me up all night . I saw the orthopedic Dr. and he saw a tear in my rotator cuff on the MRI . He scheduled the operation next week and told me my arm will be in a sling for 6 weeks and 3 months of physical therapy .
I just retired in September and had big hunting plans this year . I wanted to take kids hunting and people that have never been hunting before . I bought 2 new shotguns for this recently to lend the new hunters .
I was going to wait until after hunting season to get the surgery . But since everything is set up already and I can't sleep very well and my insurance deductible has been meet and it is such a long recovery time ( 6 months ) I am going to get it done now . I want to be able to cut my grass and my dad's grass this spring .
I still hope that after my arm comes out of the sling I can take kids and new hunters hunting and sit with them and teach them . There will be four weeks of deer season left and 11 weeks of small game after my arm comes out of the sling . I don't know how much that I am going to be able to use my arm after it comes out of the sling though , so that might not happen .
I just retired in September and had big hunting plans this year . I wanted to take kids hunting and people that have never been hunting before . I bought 2 new shotguns for this recently to lend the new hunters .
I was going to wait until after hunting season to get the surgery . But since everything is set up already and I can't sleep very well and my insurance deductible has been meet and it is such a long recovery time ( 6 months ) I am going to get it done now . I want to be able to cut my grass and my dad's grass this spring .
I still hope that after my arm comes out of the sling I can take kids and new hunters hunting and sit with them and teach them . There will be four weeks of deer season left and 11 weeks of small game after my arm comes out of the sling . I don't know how much that I am going to be able to use my arm after it comes out of the sling though , so that might not happen .