What to do while recovering from surgery.

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In another post I metioned taht I'm home recovering from surgery for a least 8 weeks.....The nature of the wound means I can't carry at home.So I've hidden my handguns strategically in the house.I'm never more than a few feet from a gun..it's not ideal,but at least I'll have a fighting chance.Adapt to you situation......
 
My $ 0.02

I'm in a similar situation, longer term. I can carry but it's "inconvenient." :)

I spend most of my days at the home, at the computer, in sweats or jeans shorts. FWIW, I keep a .380 at hand & in sight. If I change rooms for any length of time, it goes with me.

I'm leery of stashing guns around the apartment due to concern of a break-in while we're absent. We'd have to get some more handgun safes & bolt them down everywhere we wanted a weapon. We're empty-nesters, so leaving a weapon in plain sight, while we're at home, is not a problem. No kids, no grand-kids, yet, and not too many visitors. Gun-friendly friends get to see my .380. Other visitors get to see my concealment vest or they don't get to see my pocket holster. Unwanted visitors? Well . . . Hasn't happened yet! :D
 
Proceed with caution. I just had an electronic stimulator placed in my spine (4 weeks ago). Now I can lift more than 10 pounds, but for the limit time (2 weeks), I carried on P3AT on my ankle. :D Drooled at my others.
 
The hard part is going to be not being able to shoot for a while..I hope I don't loose all my ability.I plan on doing dry fire exersizes and I may have to shoot a couple of rounds out the back porch when the snow melts(I live in the country).My big plan for next week is to strip and detail clean all my guns.The boredom is killing me.
 
The inter net is my friend these days......and my shooting buddies,who email and call almost every day......who whould thing a bunch of yahoos that I shoot with would be such good and supportive friends.They've really come through........:cool:
 
The nature of the wound means I can't carry at home.
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If you don't mind me asking, what exactly is the nature of your wound? I ask because I would recommend that you get a fanny pack to CCW around the house. Stick a J frame revolver in it and it would be quite comfortable.
 
Another option is a very small shoulder bag. Any old bag with a shoulder strap would do. Sounds like a nuisance - but how badly do you want to have a handgun at arms reach at all times? Other option is to simply lug one around in the hand at all times; when you stop, sit, or lay down, set it down within arms reach.

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The wound is on my abdomin..the hard thing is I haveto carry around a little machine called a "wound-vac"(it's a machine that "sucks" the wound closed to speed healing).....although it does have a little pocket,that my j frame may fit in......you guys got me thinking.....while on the couch I have my j w/in reach,and one gun in each room from there to the bedroom..that and the fact that I live in a low crime area,have a good feild of view of my property,and keep the door locked,leave me pretty confidant that I have a chance if attacked...if nothing else I can bludgeon the guy w/ the wound=vac:scrutiny:
 
You can ankle carry or carry off body.

As far as boredom, movies, gun mags, check some of the other gun boards, and spend some time dryfiring every day.

I've done four stints of surgery recovery in the past decade, and yes, the time passes slowly. Dry firing and practice your weapon manipulations one-handed and support handed helps pass the time. Short practice stints are better...
 
Wounded here too with a Glock 19 in a fanny pack. My wound is an ND from a guy I was driving to the range. The right arm is out of commission for a while but not forever :)

Good to find other gun guys recovering from surgery :D
 
I am pretty much recovered now.Just a very small "spot".....back to pocket carry....back to work.
You know it always seems to take forever to go through something..but when you're on the other side..it seems like the time flew.Hang in there and stay safe and do what the Dr's tell you(this is what my wife says anyway);)
 
I'm just recovering from an operation that left a one foot scar from my sternum to just below my waistline, so shooting was out of the question for me. The best I could reccomend is if you can sit up without too much discomfort to dry fire a lot. For now I hobble around out back with the .22 shooting chipmunks. If you can do something like that it will keep you doing a little shooting. Of course being 19 helps speed up recovery;)
 
About 21 months ago I had an emergency abdominal surgery to fix a ruptured colon, then a second surgery 6 months later to put things back the way they were. Both times I just caught up on reading, gun cleaning and reloading. I wasn't allowed to lift anything over 10 lbs so my 8" incision could heal. (I freaked the teenager out talking about maybe sneezing too hard and spilling innards.) Of course, after I healed, I was back to carrying bales of hay and bags of feed.
 
Mike,

I gotta ask . . . although I have a pretty good idea of what will cause that to occur . . . what caused that rupture to happen?
 
Diverticulosis - apparently it runs in the family some. Small pockets form, thin out, and grainy food particles wear a hole in the pocket. Now I can't have nuts, popcorn, strawberrys or raspberries.
 
I think it sounds like you are doing what you can for the situation. Hope you get back on your feet soon.
 
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