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I think what the Doc is worried about is the shock /recoil from firing guns. I can get around pretty good. i can't turn my neck..... but I can turn my body. They put bone in between three of my discs and screwed them together. The basic plan is that they all grow together. I guess the situation is fragile until after some time goes by and it all grows together. Sudden shocks and movements can interfer in proper healing and I sure don't want to go through that surgery again. It hurt!!!! LOL

USA1 wrote:

03Lightningrocks wrote:

USA1 wrote:

Hoi Polloi wrote:

USA1 wrote:My invitation must have been lost in the mail.

I'll overnight it to you if you'll come!

Thanks. I would love to if the logistics were more suitable.
Y'all have fun. I hope someone takes a camera to document all the shenanigans for the rest of us to see.

I was thinking you didn't have the proper paperwork to travel this far North on 45.

This ain't Arizona.

I'm just being a bad sport because I am no more than an hour away and I don't get to go. i have some really cool guns too. Man.... this just stinks!!!!

P.S. I was trying to get a fence built just this side of the Woodlands until my son told me he was going to School in Houston. It is already hard enough to talk him into driving four hours to see me on the weekend. if there was a fence to climb over, I would never see him.

USA1 wrote:

Hoi Polloi wrote:

USA1 wrote:My invitation must have been lost in the mail.

I'll overnight it to you if you'll come!

Thanks. I would love to if the logistics were more suitable.
Y'all have fun. I hope someone takes a camera to document all the shenanigans for the rest of us to see.

I was thinking you didn't have the proper paperwork to travel this far North on 45.

Hoi Polloi wrote:

USA1 wrote:My invitation must have been lost in the mail.

I'll overnight it to you if you'll come!

Hahaha.... your too nice.

USA1 wrote:My invitation must have been lost in the mail.

No.... we never sent you one.

I am out. Unless I want to risk a repeat surgery. I hope everyone has fun.

I have an appt tomorrow afternoon. I am gonna ask for permission to go shooting. I don't see how it could hurt unless they are concerned about the shock. I am still a maybe. I might wear out quick, but I might get to go.

suthdj wrote:The only problem I have since the operation is sometime I wake up in the middle of the night and can not get air in my lungs or choke on a spec of food or water and have trouble getting air down the pipe this could be related to the operation or not,

I have been having the same issues. I assumed t was because they had my esophagus all jerked around to get to my disks. It is getting better, but I have to think before swallowing or it goes down the wrong way.

OK... you fellers are not making me feel any better. For gods sake... tell me these things don't just keep getting worse for everyone. I was told by my Doctor I could go back to weight lifting and a normal life after this. I have not been able to work out since April because of this.

C5-C7 had to be put back in place and fused together. The padding (or what ever it is called) between them has worn away. I also had a narrowing of the canal the nerves run through. They put bone pieces in between each disk and drilled out the canal the nerve runs through. I had almost lost the use of my right hand and arm so this was the only way to fix it. They go in from the front and like posted above, I also had trouble even talking. Going in from behind is harder because of the neck muscles.

Sorry about the off topic...... but it is getting better by the day. Watching Dallas beat Houston would go a long way toward my recovery so I trust you Houston fellers will cheer for the Cowboys to aid me in my hour of need.

Oldgringo wrote:

03Lightningrocks wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:Saturdays work best for me, as I often have church obligations on Sundays that take a lot of my time. Location-wise, I'm for Elm Fork, although Alpine would be OK. I categorically refuse to spend another penny ever again at Quail Creek.

I can bring the following and will let people try them:

1. 5" Springfield Loaded .45 ACP
2. 3" Kimber Stainless Ultra Carry II .45 ACP
3. 4" Kimber Pro Raptor .45 ACP
4. 5" Taurus PT1911 .45 ACP
5. S&W Full sized M&P45 .45 ACP
6. Glock 19 9mm
7. S&W 642 .38 Special
8. S&W 640 .357 magnum
9. S&W M&P340 .357 magnum
10. Colt Government .380
11. S&W Model 29 .44 magnum
12. Ruger 4.5" 22/45 Mark III Hunter .22 LR
13. AND a Keltec P3AT, in case anyone is considering buying one and needs to be dissuaded ( ).

I may need help with the ammo - especially the .44 magnum - if there are a lot of people interested. Also, I have no .380 on hand, so if you want to shoot either the Colt or the Keltec, bring your own.

Geeze.... I could just show up with my ammo and shoot TAM's guns. then I don't have to clean mine. Seriously though, I am not thinking I can shoot yet. My surgery on my neck was two Tuesdays ago. I am in a neck brace but I don't know if shooting a gun would cause the bones that are trying to grow together to split apart. I will ask my Doctor on my Monday appointment. This really sounds fun.

I am a maybe unless I get a 100% OK from the Dr.

I've been wonderin' if you were still with us?

The Doctor lied to me. They all said it wouldn't be all that bad. I woke up with tubes coming out of places that shouldn't have tubes. I hurt like nothing I could ever imagine. I was pounding the heck out of the morphine drip but they failed to mention it only dispenses pain medication every 15 minutes no matter how many times you push it. I couldn't eat or drink for a week. I had to let ice melt in my mouth for moisture. Yeah.... They won't fool me again. It still hurts but the arm and hand paralysis that was starting has stopped and even began to reverse. I guess they got the disks repaired. I have been told to expect 90% recovery and no more issues with nerves getting pinched by disks for at least 20-30 years. That works for me. For a while there I thought I was done for...LOL. Four more weeks in this neck brace might make me crazy(er).

Is there a link to Elm Forks web sight? I am wondering if they have any restrictions on ammo. FMJ or not for rifles. Stuff like that.


I found it using GOOGLE FOO.... http://www.elmfork.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Annoyed Man wrote:Saturdays work best for me, as I often have church obligations on Sundays that take a lot of my time. Location-wise, I'm for Elm Fork, although Alpine would be OK. I categorically refuse to spend another penny ever again at Quail Creek.

I can bring the following and will let people try them:

1. 5" Springfield Loaded .45 ACP
2. 3" Kimber Stainless Ultra Carry II .45 ACP
3. 4" Kimber Pro Raptor .45 ACP
4. 5" Taurus PT1911 .45 ACP
5. S&W Full sized M&P45 .45 ACP
6. Glock 19 9mm
7. S&W 642 .38 Special
8. S&W 640 .357 magnum
9. S&W M&P340 .357 magnum
10. Colt Government .380
11. S&W Model 29 .44 magnum
12. Ruger 4.5" 22/45 Mark III Hunter .22 LR
13. AND a Keltec P3AT, in case anyone is considering buying one and needs to be dissuaded ( ).

I may need help with the ammo - especially the .44 magnum - if there are a lot of people interested. Also, I have no .380 on hand, so if you want to shoot either the Colt or the Keltec, bring your own.

Geeze.... I could just show up with my ammo and shoot TAM's guns. then I don't have to clean mine. Seriously though, I am not thinking I can shoot yet. My surgery on my neck was two Tuesdays ago. I am in a neck brace but I don't know if shooting a gun would cause the bones that are trying to grow together to split apart. I will ask my Doctor on my Monday appointment. This really sounds fun.

I am a maybe unless I get a 100% OK from the Dr.