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Thanks! Progress is slow and steady. I want to take a second and thank my wife Elizabeth for her patience, and great support. She has been and is my biggest cheerleader! It was pretty tough the first week and a half, but she just kept my head in the game and kept me from getting discouraged at the slow progress. Thank you Sweetie!
Hopalong
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Yup l found one in a Cracker Jack box said something about a revolver (pre 8 shot too) some day l migt find it dist it off and take a picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Someday :-P
Hop
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Saw in Front Sight where my buddy Corey Estill made GM in Limited!!!!!! :-)
Congrats my friend.
Hopalong
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Usually do about 3/8 of a mile brisk walk after PT. That helps to keep down the stiffness and cuts the ache. If it still bothers me l do the cold jell pad. Today the PT place had a no show during my time there, and l was able to get another 30 minutes in on equipment not available to me at home!!!!!
Strides getting longer. Took me 3 long strides to go down the paralell bars where it used to take me 5 when l first started PT :-D
next week Pt Mon, Wed, Fri. Lets see how spreading it out works.
Happy All Hallows eve, and you folks like me in the area of red on the weather channel keep an ear oit for the weather.
Hopalong
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No new name changes yet. I had what was the "good" side done as it went south on me in a real hurry.
P.T. today was really rough and am really sore, but in a good way. Have been off even Tylenols now for a week. Almost took some after P T today though.
Walked farther today than i have yet. Muscles still weak, but getting better. Keep the progress up as it is going now and l will be like a 30 year old Sam by the time l hit 50!!!!!!
Hop
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Looks like Jerry was a no show. The California crew did pretty good any way. 17revolvers is about average for this match. We will see how the new division set up works starting in February. Maybe it'll be better.
Hop
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Most of the pain from the surgery gone now. Only took 7 percoset in all. What pain left is at the spot of the cut, and from PT right in the groin area where all the old scar tissue is from my sugery as a post toddler. Still on the walker except around in the house for short forays. Stride looks good in the mirror at PT. Legs and upper body all getting stronger from PT and excersises i do at home. Wife commented last night as we were walking that i havent walked that fast for that long of a time in years :-) looking good for now. Have a long way to go to get where i want to be.
Hop
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So can i use my 6" 646 in limited now? It has a factory 686 barrel on it. Just a little bit bigger of a hole at the noisey end!
Hop
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Weekend done with. Pt today focusing on range of motion (something i havent had in a LONG while)
Have one spot on inside of thigh where muscles attach to the pelvis that wont cooperate. Gonna be a long go of it! ! ! ! ! !
Most of pain from tbe surgery about gone. Still some deep ache where the cut the old joint out and put in the new.
More Pt tomorrow. Not fun, but necessary.
Hop
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Dont tempt me with primers! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Not gonna be ready for prime time but progress doing pretty good. Still on the walker. At home though and doing PT 3x a week for tje next 6 weeks. Then Dr. Will decide what to do after that.
Good luck with the match :-)
Hopalong
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No it didnt. We did the leg that was almost two inches longer first as that hip was the worst pain wise.
Dr P. Will add around an inch to the other when we do it. He can only add so much because of th nerves that go down the leg can take just a little stretching and the complete leveling job would be too much to do.
Have a great weekend everyone.
Sam
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Nik and all
since l have been concious enough to get pain meds after the surgery
l have never had more than 1500 mg combined of tylenol or percoset(Roxicet) and am now only doing 500 mg a day if l take any at all. Usually 1 only after PT and getting to where l take no pain relievers at all. Follow up visit with the Surgion Wednesday we will talk about anti inflamitories then.
Thanks for all the well wishes, and information. All taken and used. See ya'll on a range sometime.
Hopalong
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More of the same today! Toothguy pmd me a different pain med will be talking to Dr about it. May not need it aside from anti inflamitory part that i can really use. Most noticesable swelling susiding but down in there it is still tight. Gonna need ebery bit of the 8 weeks to get somewhat respectable range of motion. Doing ice pack theropy after every time i do excersises. Gonna need a new freezer handle soon.
Tomorrow is another oportunity to do something different! :-D
Hopalong
Thanks toothguy!
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Chills,
Glad you got out the ole slab sides! Biggest thing i see when i have been not shooting is the "little things" Glab you had fun. That is why we do this anyway. Unless you have the first name of Jerry, Rob, Travis. . . . . . :-)
Hopalong
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Eddie,
Trying to get healed up. Not 10' and bullet proof! :-D
Today i go do my first out patient PT. On top of what i do @ home i got a feeling i might hit the percoset or doule up on some tylenol tonight.
I'm a side sleeper. One of the NO NO s is crossing the imaginary centerline of my body with the surgical leg. Have managed to sleep on my back until last night. Dr. Said to try and avoid side sleep, but if i really have to that i put a large firm pillow between my knees to avoid the bad position. I did so after 0230 hrs but woke up really sore in the middle of my femur and where they cut me. Have pretty much worked it out with the morning home PT :-) , but wont be doing that again any time soon.
More later.
Hop
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Pretty much a replay of yesterday. Today i was able to do more of the excersises than yesterday, but it made me way more sore. Took a percoset today! Man they make me feel blah :-X
Hop
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Went to pick up the mail yesterday, and darn if there wasn't a get well soon card from the home office :-) :-) :-) :-) Don't know how they found out about my hip replacement, but sure was nice to get the card!
Thank you,
Hopalong/Sam Keen
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Did my excercises recomended by my surgeon and Vanderbuilt Orthopedics. Man some of them relly kick BUTT! Quite sore now but a good sore. Pain less intence now, but wider of an area on my pelvic area and leg.
Hop
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Now there will be pre-ban Grand Masters and after the ban Grand Masters! Just like AR-15s :-D:-D:-D
Hop
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Rodney carries for medicinal purposes, but just ask Cliff. It relly makes your head hurt the next morning!
My left leg is more muscled up than the right. Now it really looks funny swollen vs the skinny right leg.
The right leg and left knee already complaining because of the new and different use. . . . . Too bad they just gonna have to suck it up!
Now to go walk the beagle.
Hop
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First full day home. Went and saw pt scheduled for 3x a week for 8 weeks. Whole leg is stiffi andsore but not in the hip joint itself. Knee will be complaining as the dr straightned my walking motion. Getting alongon and off the comode, and in and out of car, and in and out of chair tbe hardest and most painful. Dr prescribed percoset, and i have taken only one today. Just got a shower. Gonna sit ond a cold pad to help with the swelling that goes from my top of buttox to my ankle now.
Hop
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Going home this afternoon! ! ! ! ! ! :-D
Now the real work begins ;-)
HOPALONG
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I want to say thanks to all the shooters for an easy to run match. Thanks also goes out to the crew who set up the match. Thanks also to all who wished me well with tbe hip replacement. As of now i will be going home sometime tomorrow. Hip itself doesnt hurt, but man the leg muscles
Hopalong
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Got up and walked 100+/- ft today. The hip pain l had is not noticeable if there at all. Muscle pain around the joint. . . . . . . .Thats a whole nuther story!
Thanks for the well wishes. See ya'll out on a range in the future.
Hopalong
IM845DV8 10 year anniversary
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I'm no Mark. Siggy is correct as he is a very special person, but 9 years and still going. 7 more posts and 4000 posts here we come!
Hop