Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted March 29 Posted March 29 hopin' to get down that way this year CB Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted March 29 Author Posted March 29 2 minutes ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said: hopin' to get down that way this year CB Black Gold Shootout!! Ya’ can’t GRUMP for a week after that one!! 1 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted March 30 Author Posted March 30 It really wasn’t a bad day so far. I took Schoolmarm and the dog up to my Mom’s today for a belated birthday celebration. Hatfied and Kale, the youngest grandson, came up too! I had a secondary purpose in going. Mom had asked me to replace some door knobs. That didn’t go as planned. The place has settled over the years and those doors are out of alignment, so the bolts don’t slide into the strikers anymore. It’s a modular home and cheaply made. The door frames are lightweight and made mostly of plywood. 😡 I tried relocating the striker on one door, but it’s going to require more materials and more time and tools than I had with me today. So! One of the birthday presents I intended to give her isn’t being delivered just yet!! I’ll only offer a minor GRUMP this time! 3 Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 30 Posted March 30 (edited) 13 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said: It really wasn’t a bad day so far. I took Schoolmarm and the dog up to my Mom’s today for a belated birthday celebration. Hatfied and Kale, the youngest grandson, came up too! I had a secondary purpose in going. Mom had asked me to replace some door knobs. That didn’t go as planned. The place has settled over the years and those doors are out of alignment, so the bolts don’t slide into the strikers anymore. It’s a modular home and cheaply made. The door frames are lightweight and made mostly of plywood. 😡 I tried relocating the striker on one door, but it’s going to require more materials and more time and tools than I had with me today. So! One of the birthday presents I intended to give her isn’t being delivered just yet!! I’ll only offer a minor GRUMP this time! My house was built in '93 and has those same door problems. I've started a remodeling project and they are the next things to get done.....starting with the doors that get me in and out of the house. Edited March 30 by Forty Rod SASS 3935 1 1 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted March 30 Posted March 30 (edited) Can you file the striker hole a bit to allow the bolt to clear? Might even be able the grind/file the bolt a little as well. Edited March 30 by Eyesa Horg Added text Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted March 30 Author Posted March 30 I didn’t have those tools with me yesterday. It IS a thought, but it looks like my brother or brother-in-law will have to do whatever it takes because I will probably be sidelined again with this ankle fusion surgery and at least a couple months of recovery! The old place has shifted a good little bit. None of us is equipped to correct that. It ain’t like it’ll fall in or anything, but a redo of the foundation is what would be required. All of the entry points are secure. She lives there alone. She should be fine until one of us can get it fixed. 3 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted March 31 Author Posted March 31 The sports doctor says that there’s a fifty/fifty chance of the surgery working. I’ll be in a cast, (they will change the cast as necessary) for eight weeks or so. I’ll see my foot doctor on Wednesday and we’ll talk it over one more time. The surgery is tentatively scheduled for sometime Thursday if I decide to go ahead with it. The only other real choice is amputation. So if this works, I could be “out of the woods” when it’s over. If it doesn’t, I’ll just be out more time and the amputation will just happen later on. At the moment, I’m figuring on taking the gamble on the fusion surgery. For the moment?? I ain’t eat yet today and I’m HONGRY!! That makes me EVEN MORE GRUMPY!!! 😡 2 1 Quote
Rip Snorter Posted March 31 Posted March 31 Wishing you luck! My general rule is keep the original parts whenever practical. 2 1 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted March 31 Posted March 31 For all you've been through, and finally got things healed up, amputation doesn't sound like a good plan. Hope it all works out BW. 🙏 1 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted March 31 Author Posted March 31 1 minute ago, Rip Snorter said: Wishing you luck! My general rule is keep the original parts whenever practical. My thoughts exactly! 2 minutes ago, Eyesa Horg said: For all you've been through, and finally got things healed up, amputation doesn't sound like a good plan. Hope it all works out BW. 🙏 My thoughts at this point have gone to “If you want to make God laugh, make a plan!” 1 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted March 31 Posted March 31 A bit OT, how you guys down there making out with the flooding? Looks bad on the tube. Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted March 31 Author Posted March 31 Some places are having a rough time of it!! My front yard always gets flooded, but other than that, we’re high and dry!! This particular area has done a lot to prevent disasterous flooding, but it’s not at all good in a few places. 1 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 1 Author Posted April 1 The surgery, if I decide to have it, will be outpatient on Thursday afternoon. Pretty sure that I will, but it ain’t Thursday yet… 1 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 3 Author Posted April 3 DAMN!! My leg hurts where they did the nerve block!! It’s raining like pouring cold piss out of a boot and I had to try to climb the stairs in the rain on crutches!! The surgery went well according to the doctor and he upgraded my chances for this to work to 75%!! I’m home now, but I had to suffer through riding through town with someone else, (Schoolmarm) driving! 😵💫 I’m pretty groggy and I HATE that! I’m going to be laid up for several weeks, (at least eight) and I’ll be in a splint ‘til the stitches come out, so I’m practically immobilized! They’ll put me in a cast when they take the stitches out. The weather is RAISING HELL around here with rain, wind, tornadoes, and flooding with occasional hail storms as well!! I ain’t complaining too much, am I??? I’m gonna take some meds, eat my supper, and take a nap!! Y’all grump for me ‘til I wake up!! 2 2 Quote
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted April 4 Posted April 4 Keep on Stumpin and Grumpin... Prayers up For 100%.. Jabez Cowboy 1 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted April 4 Posted April 4 It's a new day to Grump! How ya doin Blackwater? I and Ellie send you the best thoughts for healing. Prayers up Pard. 🙏 1 Quote
watab kid Posted April 5 Posted April 5 On 4/1/2025 at 10:00 AM, Eyesa Horg said: We're rootin for ya BW. DITTOs that , i dont want to hear you lost the limb , i think the gamble is worth it , 1 1 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 5 Author Posted April 5 I went in yesterday for a bandage/dressing change. The doctor said that I was doing well, but it HAD bled a lot. When they removed the old bandages it had stopped bleeding and no sutures were out of place. They cleaned it all up and after applying new bandages, they put it in a light cast!! I don’t know if that’s a good sign, but I’m taking it as one!! No major pain. I’m sleeping well. The meds are almost unneeded. I ain’t out of the woods yet. The biggest threat is infection followed by the possibility of the actual fusion not working, but I CAN see an opening in the trees and I am aiming for it! 5 1 Quote
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted April 5 Posted April 5 keep at it Blackwater , I only have 3 1/2 weeks of IV s , left on this run CB Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 5 Author Posted April 5 1 hour ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said: keep at it Blackwater , I only have 3 1/2 weeks of IV s , left on this run CB BTDT!! You take care of you for once!! 2 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 7 Author Posted April 7 (edited) Four days after the surgery and I have had little to no pain most of the time. The pain med they gave me to take gives me a very mild headache the next day. The most painful part so far is the place where they harvested bone from my knee for the fusion grafts. You might know they’d take it from the very spot where my knee rides the hardest on the scooter “seat”! I’m mostly remaining in the bed right now to make it easier to keep the foot elevated. You talk about aggravating!! I have to keep it elevated to reduce and prevent swelling, so I don’t get to sit up and certainly can’t stand and that means no fooling around in the gun/reloading room. I got the piece to repair my Dillon last Wednesday, but I didn’t get time to replace it and so that bit of unfinished business is nagging me. It seems like all the “westerns” on TV are just running on regular repeat and there’s seldom any good new stuff on!! Anybody seen “Jane Got A Gun” yet?? I have it set to record the end of the week, but if it ain’t worth watching, I will cancel it. OTHERWISE! I am “resting comfortably” and the doc seemed happy the other day when they changed my dressing. Being incapacitated pisses me off, SO PART OF ME IS GRUMPY AS HELL!!! I’m doin’ purty good for all of this! Y’all keep a good thought and help me out with the GRUMPIN’!!! Edited April 7 by Blackwater 53393 3 1 Quote
Choctaw Jack Posted April 7 Posted April 7 BW, Not a bad movie (Natalie Portman?) Good watch to kill the time. Or, as my wife reminds me, you can always watch it through your closed eyelids. Good luck, and get better soon! Choctaw 1 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted April 7 Posted April 7 Ok BW, here goes! For about 3 weeks now my right thigh, down to my knee has been killing me, most times up to the top of my pelvis! When I get sciatica on the left side, my spine hurts and spasms and generally goes away after 3 weeks! Not this new BS! Went to the hospital this afternoon, could barely drive as my leg was in so much pain. They gave me a script for Flexeril, hope it works. GRUMPPPP! At least lying down brings almost instant relief, so sleeping hasn't been too bad except for the 95# Rottweiler that thinks it's her bed and likes to lie on top your legs! Although my assache is pretty minor compared to yours. Glad it's going pretty well overall for you though. Figures they'd take bone from where it rides on the damn scooter. GRUMPS FOR BW 1 1 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 7 Author Posted April 7 Eyesa!! I hate to hear that you’re having back/leg trouble!! BTDT!! The one saving grace in my ordeal has been that the nerve damage and peripheral neuropathy have aswaged most of the pain potential! Only the episode that hospitalized me for two months involved a lot of pain! When I regained my faculties after the morphine wore off, I realized that it was a chronic pinched nerve in my hip and a cortisone shot took care of it! This episode has been a breeze so far where pain is concerned! I’m just going slap assed crazy from inactivity and boredom!! I hope your meds work and I hope they can isolate the problem that’s giving you misery!! 2 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted April 8 Posted April 8 I've no doubt you're going crazy. Hopefully this last stint will be worth and an end your BS. I've no idea what I did to cause my current issue. Usually when I do a "stunt", I know the back spasms and left leg sciatica are coming soon!! So far the new med seems to helping a bit. Combined with ibuprofen. Gruummppss for both of us! 1 Quote
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted April 8 Posted April 8 Keep on Grumpin... The World needs more Grumps.... Sunny and 65 F , but windy.... We measure wind here by hanging a 12 pound anvil on a stout Chain, is it's out at the 3 or 9 0-clock it's starting to get windy... Quote
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted April 10 Posted April 10 No Smiley Faces ... Ever. But Laughter is Ok ... Grump on ! Jabez Cowboy Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 10 Author Posted April 10 I has been a week since the surgery. Pain has not been a problem, but I am having a hint of a cramp in the calf muscle on that leg. It usually passes in a few minutes and isn’t painful. It’s just weird!! My follow up with the doctor is on Friday, the 19th, when I expect that they’ll remove this cast, remove the stitches, do some further X-rays, and put a fresh cast on. I haven’t been out of the house since last Friday! I roll around on the scooter several times a day to get a fresh beverage or to visit the “facility”. I aim to drag my laundry around to the washing machine and get it done, A: to get it out of my sight, B: to have clean clothes for my visit, next Thursday to the Kentucky State Match and to my follow up on Friday! We had to split the bottom of my britches leg to get them on after the surgery. They’re “carpenter’s” pants with wide legs, but still had to be cut a little ways to get ‘em over the cast. I’m wondering if the legs on my bib overalls are a little bigger so’s I don’t have to split THEM! Here’s hoping… The trip to KY is for my mental health! Like I said in a previous post, I’m bordering on going slap ass crazy!! I recently purchased a 10ga shotshell press and what may be an original Marlin 1898 shotgun. That’s right! A genuine WIDOWMAKER! The feller I bought it from knew next to nothing about the Marlins and the pictures were not that great, so I’m looking forward to seeing what it actually is! They were purchased from folks at EOT and have traveled by “Cowboy Caravan”. Stone Creek Drifter will be bringing them to the match and I will be meeting him there. The sad part of all this is that I was going to shoot this match as the kickoff for my year! Now, I won’t be able to even set the press up for several more weeks and I can only look the Marlin over, AND I can’t shoot the match besides!! I reckon I’ll just GRUMP a while and try to maintain what little sanity I might ever have had! RATZAFRAZZINFUMBERCARPINBLASTOCRAMMITZ!!😡 3 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted April 10 Posted April 10 👍👍 thanks for the update. BW, here's to not wrecking your britches!🍻 1 Quote
Rip Snorter Posted April 10 Posted April 10 33 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said: I has been a week since the surgery. Pain has not been a problem, but I am having a hint of a cramp in the calf muscle on that leg. It usually passes in a few minutes and isn’t painful. It’s just weird!! My follow up with the doctor is on Friday, the 19th, when I expect that they’ll remove this cast, remove the stitches, do some further X-rays, and put a fresh cast on. I haven’t been out of the house since last Friday! I roll around on the scooter several times a day to get a fresh beverage or to visit the “facility”. I aim to drag my laundry around to the washing machine and get it done, A: to get it out of my sight, B: to have clean clothes for my visit, next Thursday to the Kentucky State Match and to my follow up on Friday! We had to split the bottom of my britches leg to get them on after the surgery. They’re “carpenter’s” pants with wide legs, but still had to be cut a little ways to get ‘em over the cast. I’m wondering if the legs on my bib overalls are a little bigger so’s I don’t have to split THEM! Here’s hoping… The trip to KY is for my mental health! Like I said in a previous post, I’m bordering on going slap ass crazy!! I recently purchased a 10ga shotshell press and what may be an original Marlin 1898 shotgun. That’s right! A genuine WIDOWMAKER! The feller I bought it from knew next to nothing about the Marlins and the pictures were not that great, so I’m looking forward to seeing what it actually is! They were purchased from folks at EOT and have traveled by “Cowboy Caravan”. Stone Creek Drifter will be bringing them to the match and I will be meeting him there. The sad part of all this is that I was going to shoot this match as the kickoff for my year! Now, I won’t be able to even set the press up for several more weeks and I can only look the Marlin over, AND I can’t shoot the match besides!! I reckon I’ll just GRUMP a while and try to maintain what little sanity I might ever have had! RATZAFRAZZINFUMBERCARPINBLASTOCRAMMITZ!!😡 A good move would be to have some sort of all terrain wheelchair or scooter, otherwise from what little I have gathered about you, you'll get carried away and be on your feet way too much. Have fun, be reasonable and stay safe. Almost at the end of a long cure, be a shame to have a setback. Yes, the nasty voice of reason! 1 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 11 Author Posted April 11 I’m waaaaay ahead of you!! I’m not even planning to get out of the car at KY State! I can drive right upto the pavilion and directly behind the firing line of every stage! I will do a little visiting from the driver’s seat and return to the house, likely never touching the ground, except perhaps to visit a restroom! They will meet me at the valet parking with a wheelchair for my doctor visit. I won’t have to even stand more than to transfer from the seat of the car to wheelchair! As with the last couple of episodes in this saga, I’m taking things very seriously, sometimes to the chagrin of Schoolmarm and Hatfield! I have parts and components literally stacked up in the gun/reloading room and I could probably get a few things done in there, but I’m just sitting/laying on my posterior, watching old movies and selected sports events. I’m pretty set on getting through this without having any issues or setbacks!! Even if it DOES cause me to go around the bend a ways!! 3 1 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 11 Author Posted April 11 I’ve been more than 48 hours without any pain medication at all. No aspirin or gabapentin in that time and none of the ‘script meds for four days. Today, my other knee and a couple of other arthritic joints are complaining a little and the modified foot aches a little. I’ve got some racing and a baseball game to watch this evening and I figure it’s time to insure my comfort for the evening’s entertainment! My youngest grandson is visiting this weekend and he just walked in with the biggest steak burger in the county and a mess of crispy golden fried ‘taters!! A couple of them big Bayer Back and Body, a glass or two of some sweet iced tea and supper with the family and I’ll be set for the night!! Y’all keep up the GRUMP!!! I’ll catch up with ya’s in the morning!!! 3 Quote
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