If y'all got any prayers left... I could probably use a couple... http://forums.mathewsinc.com/images/smiles/icon_smile_praying.gif http://forums.mathewsinc.com/images/smiles/icon_smile_praying.gif

I have decided it is time to fix what is physically wrong with my carcass or find out if there is no relieving the constant pain and irritating restrictions to my everyday activities.

Wednesday I go to the Vascular Surgeon and Thursday I see the Orthopaedic Surgeon; hopefully within a week or so I will know if I can return to an active life or if I’m destined to feel this miserable for the remainder of my life.

If I would of had even one small inkling that I would live past 40, I would have been more careful with my body. http://forums.mathewsinc.com/images/smiles/icon_smile_big.gif

got'em. hope everything works out for you.

Good luck to you Javi :peace:

prayers sent.

Praying for you.

Hey brother, a prayer is the least we can do for you.:amen: I'll send a couple your way. Hope it works out for you!

I am praying for you also.

Prayers sent Mike. I know what you mean about living past 40.....who would have ever thought????:noidea: :p

And it doesn't get better with age..... I am a direct result of too many John Wayne movies as a kid and have lived my life with a testroserone level much higher than my I.Q. When I get out of bed in the morning I sound like some-kind of weird musical insturment while trying to cross the room and it doesn't get better with age. But wouldn't trade it off for anything. Most of all the pains are from memories and expierence.

I'll be down in Tenn. the latter part of this week surronded by 100's of Catholic Clergy and will see if I can get some of them to send a few prayers your way. (my brother gets Ordained as the Bishop of Knoxville, Tenn. Thursday)

Hope all goes well. We're pullin' for ya.

Well one down and one to go... http://forums.mathewsinc.com/images/smiles/icon_smile_big.gif

The visit to the Vein doc was enlightening to say the least... Just two small surgeries and I should be fine... http://forums.mathewsinc.com/images/smiles/icon_smile_thumbup.gif It isn't Lymph Edema as was previously diagnosed... it is curable with surgery and after recovery I should have the full use of my leg after nearly 20 years of unnecessary misery...

I love my new doctor...:D

Glad they worked for ya.:wave:

Well one down and one to go... http://forums.mathewsinc.com/images/smiles/icon_smile_big.gif

The visit to the Vein doc was enlightening to say the least... Just two small surgeries and I should be fine... http://forums.mathewsinc.com/images/smiles/icon_smile_thumbup.gif It isn't Lymph Edema as was previously diagnosed... it is curable with surgery and after recovery I should have the full use of my leg after nearly 20 years of unnecessary misery...

I love my new doctor...:D

that's great news. hopefully the ortho guy will give you some more....:peace:

best wishes with round #2

hopefully they have some magical monkey paw dust hidden back in an old leather bag.

or better yet, these days with some of the technology they have................a reasonable treatment with a good prognosis. 3 dimensional scans and other techniques are quite amazing.

wishing for the best.

camoham

Got 'em and will keep givin em for you til all is a dun deal....:amen:

Wish you well and good health !:peace:

Hi Mike I see your on here now and was just wondering how things are going? What did the doc say? Still praying buddy.:peace:

Well through the miracle of modern medicine (Xanax) I got through the MRI this morning... but I won't know anything until the 30th on my shoulder.

I hope all goes well. Keep your chin up. We're all rooting for ya!!:cheer2: :biggrin1:

The surgery on my leg is to close the great saphenous vein because the valves are not working properly and so do not allow the blood to return to my heart.

I have had this condition since the mid 90's and various doctors have diagnosed it to be everything from a fungus they had in Viet Nam, or a virus to you're too fat and have lymph edema... It simply amazes me that some doctors can keep their license to practice... Oh well... I guess they can just bury their mistakes... Not a single one would acknowledge my pleas for help or referral to a specialist, until I found this young doctor who was both honest and smart enough to admit he didn't know....

I lost much of the quality of mobility for the better years of my life to their incompetence and only wish I could get each of them in a dark room for a little while... I know I shouldn't feel this way... but I sit here in discomfort as I have for a good many years and can't help feeling the need to vent...

hope it all goes well for ya. praying for a fast recovery for ya. good luck and god bless.

You are in our prayers:wave: :D :wave:

It simply amazes me that some doctors can keep their license to practice...

Javi, that's why they call it "practicing" medicine. :doh: :noidea: :frusty:

If I would of had even one small inkling that I would live past 40, I would have been more careful with my body.


I'm with you there buddy! I got piles of aches and pains, 15 years of competitive martial arts, skiing, water skiing rock climbing, and all the injuries associated with them all, and THEN imagine turning 35... in Boot Camp! There were kids in my Division that i could (chronologically speaking) have been their parent. But I was able to keep up with them as long as I kept sneaking my 800mg Motrin in the morning and a Lortab before lights out.

Anyway, I'll light a candle for you, and me, and all the old farts trying to keep up playing a young man's game.

Javi, living with pain isn't good on you or those around you. Sometimes operations work, sometimes they don't. I've been cut, poked and prodded and have the T shirt to prove it. Remember brother, do what the doctors ask of you to help your recovery. Then once you get to feeling so darn good that you don't think you need to keep up with therapy, doctor visits, eating right and such .... have someone smack you back in to reality.
My dad always told me what don't kill you will make you strong :Cry: I sure could of saved a lot of pain and sleepless nights had I not listened to him just this one time :frusty:
Hang in there, sounds like you've got several here that are concerned and remembering you in their thoughts and prayers. Hope you don't mind if I jump on board :wave:

jim p.

If you want a second opinion, let me know. My brother is an ortho surgeon.

Well through the miracle of modern medicine (Xanax) I got through the MRI this morning... but I won't know anything until the 30th on my shoulder.

A fine example of better living through Modern Chemistry!!!:peace:

The surgery on my leg is to close the great saphenous vein because the valves are not working properly and so do not allow the blood to return to my heart.

I have had this condition since the mid 90's and various doctors have diagnosed it to be everything from a fungus they had in Viet Nam, or a virus to you're too fat and have lymph edema... It simply amazes me that some doctors can keep their license to practice... Oh well... I guess they can just bury their mistakes... Not a single one would acknowledge my pleas for help or referral to a specialist, until I found this young doctor who was both honest and smart enough to admit he didn't know....

I lost much of the quality of mobility for the better years of my life to their incompetence and only wish I could get each of them in a dark room for a little while... I know I shouldn't feel this way... but I sit here in discomfort as I have for a good many years and can't help feeling the need to vent...

Vent, Vent , Vent away. Don't hold that crap inside. It doesn't do any good in there.

I don't pray near as often as I should. Mainly because I think he stopped listening to me a few years back. Prayers sent, who knows maybe he is listening to me now a days...:noidea:

Got the results from my shoulder MRI this morning... surgery Friday April, 10th 7:30 am:peace:

Good luck Mike.

Got the results from my shoulder MRI this morning... surgery Friday April, 10th 7:30 am:peace:

Will continue to pray for a quick and full recovery buddy.

You'll be all healed up in time for hunting season :D

Got the results from my shoulder MRI this morning... surgery Friday April, 10th 7:30 am:peace:

Well, at least it ain't April 1st! Just curious, draw hand or bow hand?

I had the bow shoulder rotator fixed and shooting the bow after a bit actually made it feel better when I shot regularly, when I stopped during the rain it started hurting again. Fine now though and better than ever!

Good luck, I will keep you in my thoughts on the 10th!

Well, at least it ain't April 1st! Just curious, draw hand or bow hand?

I had the bow shoulder rotator fixed and shooting the bow after a bit actually made it feel better when I shot regularly, when I stopped during the rain it started hurting again. Fine now though and better than ever!

Good luck, I will keep you in my thoughts on the 10th!

thanks.. bow shoulder..

thanks.. bow shoulder..

Those first few days drawing again were tough, but it came back faster than I thought. I had it down to 45 per the doc and got it back to my weight, 66, in no time! I think it was only two months. Shot my daughters Genisis before I was supposed to.

Feel free to complain to me when you get going, I know how bad it can be. But I will also remind you to quit whining and go shoot! LOL.

thanks.. bow shoulder..

Get out of your splint as soon as the Dr. and Physical Terrorist allow you to start working the range of motion and keep the scar tissue at bay.
Trust me the last thing you want is "Frozen Shoulder".. I get to go BACK under the knife on the 17th of April to get allteh scar tissue cut away.

Get out of your splint as soon as the Dr. and Physical Terrorist allow you to start working the range of motion and keep the scar tissue at bay.
Trust me the last thing you want is "Frozen Shoulder".. I get to go BACK under the knife on the 17th of April to get allteh scar tissue cut away.

Man, I laughed my but off with that one.


Good luck Mike..

Man, I laughed my but off with that one.


Good luck Mike..

Thanks... I'm sitting on the beach in Port Aransas, Texas right now soaking up some sun and adult beverages, chasing the drinks down with some great food... Headed out in a little while to do a little night fishing under the lights..

next week this time I'll be in a cast.. so fun is what I'm all about this weekend...:D

Thanks... I'm sitting on the beach in Port Aransas, Texas right now soaking up some sun and adult beverages, chasing the drinks down with some great food... Headed out in a little while to do a little night fishing under the lights..

next week this time I'll be in a cast.. so fun is what I'm all about this weekend...:D

Man, after 6 months of rain here I am jealous.

Thanks... I'm sitting on the beach in Port Aransas, Texas right now soaking up some sun and adult beverages, chasing the drinks down with some great food... Headed out in a little while to do a little night fishing under the lights..

next week this time I'll be in a cast.. so fun is what I'm all about this weekend...:D

Mike you know what I've been through and you are about to take your turn so keep your spirits high and in the end you will rejoice. There were times when I thought I might have made a mistake and lost patience wjth the rate of recovery but all that was for nothing as it all turned out well. I'm about 95 percent recovered now and this last surgery on my bowarm has taken 14 months to this day and I have no pain at all, still building up endurence however. You'll be fine Mike, it will just take a while and follow the doc's instructions.......no more/ no less.
Dean Pridgen

Mike you know what I've been through and you are about to take your turn so keep your spirits high and in the end you will rejoice. There were times when I thought I might have made a mistake and lost patience wjth the rate of recovery but all that was for nothing as it all turned out well. I'm about 95 percent recovered now and this last surgery on my bowarm has taken 14 months to this day and I have no pain at all, still building up endurence however. You'll be fine Mike, it will just take a while and follow the doc's instructions.......no more/ no less.
Dean Pridgen


Thanks for the words of experience Dean... we had a blast at the coast and I'm looking forward to the light at the end of this tunnel...

I'm praying for you Javi... :hug:

Good luck Mike. Catch us up when your up to it.

Good luck Mike. Catch us up when your up to it.

Thanks... will do

:rockon: Surgery went well, although a good bit longer than expected. So far so good... No major pain for now and just sitting around watching the tube and dozing....

good to hear Javi rest up and enjoy the pain killers.

:rockon: Surgery went well, although a good bit longer than expected. So far so good... No major pain for now and just sitting around watching the tube and dozing....

Glad to hear things went well Mike. I will be prayin for a quick and complete recovery for you. In no time at all you will be back out there showing everyone how to shoot.:peace:

glad things went well. just take it eeasy for a bit...

:rockon: Surgery went well, although a good bit longer than expected. So far so good... No major pain for now and just sitting around watching the tube and dozing....

Glad to hear!

Good to hear buddy. Relax for alittle bit. You'll go stir crazy soon enough!:peace: :peace: