End coming for my riding season

[jemorrisonjr]

Well it looks like my riding season will end on the 13th of september..

 

I will be going in for rotator cuff surgery.

 

Riding season is short enough here in wisconsin this just makes it shorter..

 

:sick::sick:

[lshafer]

Good luck with the rotator cuff. You'll be better than ever next year. Maybe we'll get lucky and it'll be 40+ degrees in February . Us Wisconinites can handle a little cold weather riding!!

[myminpins]

Best of luck with your surgery. At least you know it's coming. Last year, I broke my ankle in three places October 4th. I was so ticked as October is gorgeous here.

 

Recovery well and quickly!!!!

[Flyinfool]

I hope everything goes well with the doc.

With winter coming it might make it easier to behave and not jump back on the bike to soon.

 

You will just have to cage it to any local M & Es, since you'll have nothing else to be doing.

[Phoneman1981]

Hello: Good luck with the surgery. Heal quick and check in often!!!!

[saddlebum]

Good luck with that. If it is any consolation I guy I work with had that done two years ago and you wouldn't know it if you saw the way he he slugs away in the truck shop or plays sports.

[Guest]

Good luck with the surgery. Two guys at work had it done recently and they're both expected to be out for 3-4 months. Biggest thing to do is the rehab but im sure you already know that. According to my guys that was the rough part but they did it. But at least you will be feeling much better when its done.

[naturbar]

definitely push yourself hard (but be safe) in rehab - you'll be almost good as new...best of luck on your surgery.......

[SteveW]

Good luck with your surgery, the rehab is the hard part but it will get better.

[chabicheka]

[CaptainJoe]

Doesn't the snow start flying on the 14th in WI?

So you lost 1 day... LOL

 

Good luck with the surgery... make sure you do the exercises in rehab and at home, you will heal quicker.

 

My wife had frozen shoulder and it took her about a year to get it straightened out without surgery... Seems when you have an injury of that type you should exercise/streech the shoulder instead of placing in a sling for a month.. I still get angry thinking about it... what a Quack!

[Mike G in SC]

Jim,

Good luck and,,,, do the rehab thing.

You're young (younger than me), you'll heal quick.

 

Your DR must not ride or he would put this off till November.

 

Good meeting you in WI in July.

 

Mike G in SC

[adventurer 08]

I'm going to have the same surgery on the same day. Good luck. That means no more riding or deer hunting for this year. Do your rehab. Watching all the deer hunting shows on TV is driving me crazy already. I's going to be a longgggg winter this year.

[jemorrisonjr]

Still going to deer camp.... Guess I'll just do the Beer hunting half....

[RandyR]

Still going to deer camp.... Guess I'll just do the Beer hunting half....

 

I think I'd be getting a Thompson-Center Contender pistol in 7mm/08 with nice long eye relief scope on it.

[adventurer 08]

Good Luck.

[sKiZo]

Lucky me, my doc gave me the option of either surgery or therapy - I went with therapy. Don't believe you mentioned if your problem was traumatic or just old ... er ... older age. I did mine falling off a roof - that's more in the category of stupidity I guess. Tip to self - stay off roofs in winter - it can get slick up there. Mine was a 40%+ tear which is borderline for therapy, but apparently there's a whole lot of redundancy in the muscles. Went for it, and absolutely no problems since. Knock on wood, toss salt over shoulder. Yeowch?

 

Anyway. Stretch, stretch, stretch. Once you lose range of motion you're fu ... fu ... functionally impaired for good. Best tool for the job? Get a heavy duty closed pulley and hang that from a doorway. Run a piece of nylon rope thru and tie a couple handles to that about chest level sitting down. A couple chunks of sawed off broomstick drilled for the rope work well. You pull the bad shoulder thru with the good one, scream, repeat as needed. You can get all kinds of action on the shoulder by moving the chair around - front stretch, back, to the side, across the chest - just make sure you attack all angles and make it hurt without hurting yourself. Concentrate on the angles that give you the most problems - once those settle down, all the rest follows. Couple days, you'll be amazed the difference. Keep that rope handy and give it a go anytime the shoulder starts to stiffen up, which it probably will for a while, especially up there in cold country.

[jemorrisonjr]

Mine is 80% torn in one place... and another tear that they didnt tell me how much...

 

Only option was surgery

[guns_usn_20]

Best of Luck on your Surgery from Afghanistan

[jer878]

October 4th for a knee clean up. Then follow up on the 10th with a hernia repair. Should be in good shape by April

Edited August 26, 2011 by jer878
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[jemorrisonjr]

Best of Luck on your Surgery from Afghanistan

 

Be safe out there and keep your head down

 

Thanks for your service

[jemorrisonjr]

Ok, made it home from surgery...doing good....

[Phoneman1981]

Great. Thanks for the update....

[adventurer 08]

:301:had my surgery also yesterday. felt a little spacey but real good. i just came in from sitting outside in the sun it felt good. the wife and i had a nice long on the bike monday so that will be it till maybe a nice day in december.

[63w]

Ann and I are happy to hear that all is well (so far).

 

Are both of your bikes winterized and put away for a long winters nap?

 

Get better SOON.

 

Michael and Ann