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SharonAnne9x23

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  1. Thank you Ron. I have many goals and being on the range minus the cane is one of them. The support I feel from those on this forum is heart warming. Perhaps I can get out to the next major match at Rio Salado. The cane will be the giveaway. Many thanks everyone. Blessed Be SharonAnne
  2. Hello Practical Shooters! It has been a while. Kyle, I do enjoy getting my nails done and having them long and looking good. I am not sure how your buddies would take it if you were to get yours done but what the heck, life is short, do what makes you happy. I have had my Spinal Cord Stimulator in place for over a year now. At first I was using it incorrectly. Previously I had a TENS unit and I had the most relief when I turned it up as high as I could stand. However, with the SCS this is exactly the opposite. I was causing myself more pain. The substitute programmer who set mine up needed remedial training. When my regular programmer got back from vacation he told me how to use it. The right way is the LOWEST setting you can feel. Oops! The leg and lower back pain is pretty much controlled. It is odd how when one pain goes away you get more aware of others. My feet still burn so walking is a short distance thing as well as standing. We have been decreasing the narcotic amount I take and we have hit a road block. I originally went on Methadone over 10 years ago to control the severe abdominal pain from adhesions. They are basically scar tissue where you don't need it. They can pull organs out of place and block bowels. In 2 weeks I will have a nerve block to see if it will help reduce the abdominal pain. I will keep you updated. In 4 weeks I have the followup for the procedure and my medication refills. I am going to a pain management clinic and part of the program is you must see your Doctor or in my case my RN Nurse Practitioner, to get another month supply of narcotics. I also have to do a urine drug screen every month. They must monitor drug levels to be sure you are taking your meds and not selling them. I heard one Vicodin sells for about $40 'on the street'. What I take makes Vicodin seem like a baby aspirin. If I didn't need it I could make a fortune if I had such illegal leanings. At the same time I will have my SCS tech reprogram it to see if we can get more pain relief in my feet and abdomen. So, I keep on keepin on. It has been 5 long years since I last worked and 7 since I last shot. I continue to hope that I will return to do each of them again, Nursing at the skill level I formerly demonstrated and practical shooting as the token 'busted up ol' fart'. DVC SharonAnne
  3. ooh ooh I forgot! We got a puppy! She is a 'Miniature' Australian Shepherd. In this case the 'miniature' just means not as big as the full size Australian Shepherd. The last time She was weighed She was 35 pounds. The 7 year old Papillon my step-daughter left with us can stand upright under her belly. She is mostly black with white and orange highlights with a white collar. She is quite a pretty pup. I have to be careful around her. If she knocks me down it will be a big production getting back up. Anyway it is fun having her around. Blessed Be SharonAnne
  4. hello all. It has been a while since I last posted. I am getting around somewhat better. I even drive myself to my Dr. appointments! I am wiped out when I get home but it is good for my spirits. There are so many "can't dos'" that it is good to find something I "can do". The end of my oral antibiotics was pushed back to the end of October. I was approved for my lumbar MRI with anesthesia; all the admission paperwork was done over the phone and the date was set. The day before the MRI the Hospital called to say my approval had expired the day before so my Pain Dr. had to re-apply. I have the new approval in hand (three months later) MRI with and with contrast, with anesthesia. Later this morning I will call the hospital to get a new date to get it done. Another hoop to jump (crawl) through on the way to a Spinal Cord Stimulator! I look out the window at our '07 Harley 1200 Sportster with less than 1000 miles on it and just sigh. Perhaps I will be able to ride again some day. oh, one more thing, I FINALLY am getting my nails done again. They made us take them off at work in the hospital, and then with my illness and recovery time, it has been SIX years since I had them done. It feels SOOO good! Many thanks to all for the prayers and for all the interest shown to me. Practical shooters are the BEST! Blessed Be SharonAnne
  5. Yes! Press on regardless. Damn the mosquitoes!!!!! Huh?!? What ice bergs? Where? Oh darn.
  6. Must look after those infections. Unattended they can be VERY nasty. I am happy for you that you are able to return work. Blessed Be SharonAnne
  7. Hi Jim. A pelvic injury can be one of the most dangerous and painful to endure. What your friends have done is a testament to the quality of person you are. I wish you as speedy and as pain free a recovery as possible commensurate with the greatest degree of function. My thoughts and prayers are with you and those who love you. Blessed Be SharonAnne
  8. Hi Jadeslade. I am hanging though not so sure about how tough. 2010 is out of the question. I cannot walk far enough to do one good field course. Maybe 2011 Blessed Be SharonAnne
  9. Thank you Sarge! I gratefully accept all prayers and blessings. Blessed Be SharonAnne
  10. Hi Susan. Thankyou. I am hanging in since there is no other choice. It does get hard to do on the days when my day is dominated by watching the clock, waiting for the next time I can take my "break-through" pain meds. Like today. It sounds funny to think of 'young' as being 30. I remember when I thought it was old. Now I am frightfully close to twice that. It would be wonderful if my SCS works as well as it does for the young man of your acquaintance. If it does I can return to Nursing in some form. In spite of the pain and the disability, the worst thing for me has been that I am no longer a Nurse. I truly loved my work. I understood from it how people can say they found their 'calling'. I certainly did. I said Nursing is not what it did, it is what I AM. I AM a Nurse, or I was. Maybe someday again. I truly appreciate all thoughts and prayers. I DO believe in the power of prayer. I believe it is the only thing that pulled me through. Thank you Susan. Blessed Be SharonAnne
  11. Hi Bigpops. Yes God only gives us what we can handle. As Mother Theresa added, " I just wish He didn't have so much faith in ME!" Thank you. Perhaps we might meet at the Nationals. I will be the one with the cane! Blessed Be SharonAnne
  12. I have not shot since the 2004 Open Nationals. I have a chronic pain condition from abdominal adhesions (scar tissue). In March 2005 I had abdominal surgery to release the adhesions and repair a blocked large colon. I had reached the point where I felt like shooting again when I suffered a compression fracture of the T-12 vertabrae while at work in late March 2007. The procedure to repair it was successful but I acquired an MRSA infection in the bone. Two emergency spinal surgeries later, two months of my life I cannot remember, and I wound up in extended 'care'. I was losing 5 lbs a week and kept asking to have blood work done. No deal. Only when I was so weak I could not sit up and in so much pain I screamed if I tried to sit up, did they call 911 and another spinal surgery. Five months among hospitals, rehab, and extended 'care' before I finally went home, in a wheel chair. I have six vertabrae fused, T-10, T-11, T-12, L-1, L-2, L-3. I cannot bend at the waist and am on total disability. My primary physician told me I could never work my old job, RN on a telemetry unit, ever again. Now, Feb, 2010 and I can walk short distances with a cane. The pain is constant and we have maxed out the amount of narcotics I can take. We are investigating a Spinal Cord Stimulator for pain control. If all goes well it can be placed in January 2011. I will complete my 3 year course of antibiotics on the end of July 2010. I miss pistol shooting so much. Practical shooters are the best people I have ever met. At the Hemisphere Shoot in 2000 I had the good fortune to be squaded with the Womens Super Squad. Lisa, Kay, Doni,Julie, Gabrielle Kraushofer,Barb Sumrall and Kays' hubby, some guy named Jerry who shot a revolver very well.I was a total unknown to them but they made me feel very welcome and were wonderful fun folks to spend a match squaded with. In 2004 I shot way badly and had gun trouble too so I had the 'honor' of finishing second last in Open. Even so I would be back every year if I could. Maybe by the fall of 2010 I can try shooting locally. My old home club of Rio Salado has a lot to offer. Good luck to all and I miss you all so very much. SharonAnne USPSA L2387
  13. I was ROing a stage. As soon as the shooter finished and saw 4 holes in a target he demanded a reshoot. He was informed that 2 ROs had seen him engage the target from two different windows. All shooters were warned in the walk through that several targets could be seen from more than one window. It was up to the shooter to decide where to engage the targets from. The shooter claimed it was an illegal stage. After his buddies ridiculed him for being a whiner and using bad judgement he meekly walked away. Too many shooters have been 'raised' on 'shoot from here' stages and matches. One of the tenents of IPSC is that it is freestyle and stages are up to the shooter to decide the best way to shoot them.
  14. you STARtled me! when I read your Star was on the way I thought for a moment that Star was again producing the Star Universal loading press. oh well
  15. It will not get you 10 but have you looked into the Para USA web page? You can buy 3 Para magazines for $75 through the Para Owners Association. Joining is free and the instructions are on the page. Factory magazines for $25 each is hard to beat. Yes it is for 3 only but it gets you on your way with Para Factory quality mags.
  16. you are a bum, no good, washed up and should take up knitting.* *this same advice was given to a young shooter from Arizona named Rob just before the 1986 World Shoot started. Please follow this advice the same way he did
  17. M'Lady, I have read that 1.5X is 'disconcerting' when shooting up close. Not having such a scope I don't know.
  18. you have to reload some time. why not while running? It may slow you down but if you wait until you stop you will do a standing reload, how much time will that cost you? Much more than the difference between running with out reloading and running with reloading I am sure.
  19. I have been reading a lot on the long range and bench rest boards lately and the powders recommended most for heavy bullets and .223 are Varget, Reloader 15 and IMR4895. On the Sierra AR15 data, TAC get the highest velocities with the heaviest bullets, up to 80gr.
  20. there IS one scope for up close to 500 yd and beyond, it is the March 1-10X24 on a 30mm tube. It costs only $2,520. Have fun! Or. Counter Sniper Optics has a 1-8X30 on a 35mm tube. $2,299 for Aluminum and only $4,789 for Titanium.
  21. Belus, as an alumnus of both Rio and Cactus I can tell you that you are in for some fun. The Rio range has 4 USPSA clubs using the same facility. You can shoot a USPSA match there every weekend. The Tuesday Night Steel is awesome. 120-160 shooters through 4 stages in 5 hours, with results posted, amazing. Besides Angus, at Rio there is Rob and Matt B and occasionally Matt M., Don Golembeski and a few other top GMs. Just being there is an education into practical shooting. I used to shoot Tuesday Night Steel at Rio, Thursday night Paper and Steel at Cactus, every weekend at Rio and once a month weekend at Cactus. It IS Heaven for the practical shooter.
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