Well after 35 years of problems with my right knee that I injured while I was in the Navy the VA has finally allowed something to be done as far as making it better. I am going into surgery here in just awhile. They are calling it a ACL reconstruction. While they are in the knee they will look at everything and fix what they can.
I am hoping that this will allow me to hunt Elk in areas I have stopped hunting because of the knee.
We'll see how it goes.
Knee surgery
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Knee surgery
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Captainkirk
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Good luck Tom! Keep us posted on your condition. Here's hoping for next Elk season!
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Best of luck to you. We will keep you in our prayers that the Lord guide those doing this work.
I became very dependent on a stout walking stick the last few years I hunted. Instead of having a perfectly flat bottom or a rubber cup, it was cut similar to a deer's hoof. It seemed odd that way, but I left it the way the boys cut it for me years ago. It would really dig in when I needed that help going up hill or just stabilizing me. Yet obviously it was not good on pavement. They left the fork in it at the top which is what I'd originally asked for to be used during handgun season as a rest if needed. It also came in handy during muzzleloader season if there were no trees to stabilize against.
I became very dependent on a stout walking stick the last few years I hunted. Instead of having a perfectly flat bottom or a rubber cup, it was cut similar to a deer's hoof. It seemed odd that way, but I left it the way the boys cut it for me years ago. It would really dig in when I needed that help going up hill or just stabilizing me. Yet obviously it was not good on pavement. They left the fork in it at the top which is what I'd originally asked for to be used during handgun season as a rest if needed. It also came in handy during muzzleloader season if there were no trees to stabilize against.
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Best of luck with your surgery and recovery. I prayed for your success in this venture.
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Well the surgery went well as for as I can tell.
For some reason the Surgeon didn't come in and fill me in on what was actually done and give me his take on how it went.
So all I know is that it hurts! Especially on the back side which points to the PCL?
I will be using crutches and wearing this brace in this pic for about 2 weeks. I go to my first PT tomorrow morning 
For some reason the Surgeon didn't come in and fill me in on what was actually done and give me his take on how it went.
So all I know is that it hurts! Especially on the back side which points to the PCL?
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Glad the surgery went well. Praying you have a full recovery.
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Thanks for the support guys. It is appreciated very much.
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Prayed for your recovery and healing.
Jesus replaces the old covenant and speaks to the believer the moral code of God by His Spirit directly to the heart. He is the eternal, everlasting revelation of God to mankind. In Him is both the knowledge of righteousness and the power to live right.