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I wish you well.

sorry to hear this as well. Praying for speedy recovery and unexpected blessings in the time spent off your feet.

I feel your pain. I lucked out and slipped at the top of our drive and only landed on the back of my head--nothing there to hurt. Sorry you'll miss our Polar Bear Trap shoot. We'll all be thinking of you. Best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery. Mike

Lloyd,
Shooting can provide a therapy if you are able to just get out there. Sometimes life is just too short not to get out there! This I know!
Karl

Karl:

Bless you! Looks like we both had the same "deal" bestowed upon us. Same leg even. Mine is a two-tone lightgrey-darkgrey "walking boot" that comes up to my knee. It works great for everything except sleep (racing ski-boots aren't any bigger or heavier). Confirmed the need for the surgery yesterday but need to get some swelling down first (aren't all newly broken things usually swollen?). Anyway, go back in early next week to set the date. Liked my doctor and his crew (which helps, at least for me).

As to shooting therapy, we've got a "new" old gun here that needs to be checked out and I've got to go down into my "magazine" to select the appropriate loads for that task. My boy will have to do the honors but I'll be in the truck cab watching closely. Santa Claus also brought me a flat of 12-bore 2 1/2-inch hammergun shells from RST for Christmas that will work in my son's new gun as well. Serendipitous!



These were 16s from a few years ago now (pre-COVID), but the latest box looked much the same. The selections weren't quite as vast as they were then (the webpage was mostly sold-out and my selection was one of the last options available), but it makes for a welcomed gift when you can't think of anything else to tell your wife to get you.

lloyd,
Several years ago after undergoing a soft tissue repair of my left shoulder, and waiting a few weeks, I went out on the sporting clays course with my friends and shot some clays one armed/right handed with my 20 ga. Merkel to good effect. It felt really good!
Be aware that it takes 4-6 weeks for soft tissue recovery, but 8-12 weeks for bone. At our ages, sometimes because we can, doesn't mean we should!
Karl

My thought exactly, when I saw your bare toes out in sub-freezing temps!

Heal quickly, my friend.