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Re: Rotator Cuff surgery: grounded 8-10 weeks

Is that your whiskey arm?
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soyAnarchisto wrote:Is that your whiskey arm?

I'm ambidextrous when it comes to drinking whiskey :D
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Re: Rotator Cuff surgery: grounded 8-10 weeks

Hey Rob,
Good luck with your procedure and healing up. Sorry we missed you yesterday. It's been so hot in the valley, the fog has been coming in early and staying around until late morning here on the coast.

Brent
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Re: Rotator Cuff surgery: grounded 8-10 weeks

Get that shoulder fixed and get on with the recovery. My pops just had it last summer. He is a different person now as he can use his arm again. Betting your not flying for about 4 weeks unless its your left arm in which case it will a bit longer.

Heal up quick. Betting we are going to see a lot of "Hot Air" soon with the down time... :lol:

The time will go quick. Heck I am about 6 plus weeks in now without an airplane.

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Re: Rotator Cuff surgery: grounded 8-10 weeks

Hey Brent it was beautiful at Lucas, we missed you guys too.

Kevin I'll bet you are right. If we play hard things break then we got to fix em.

G'Day
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Hi Rob, hope all gos well. I had bouth of mine done a few years back. Then have had them re done .
Dont over do it on your recovery. I have screws in my right shoulder and will need it redone in the near future.
What I am saying is dont over do it and dont let it stop you from doing what you love to do.
Take care and fly safe..

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Re: Rotator Cuff surgery: grounded 8-10 weeks

Rob;

Bummer !!!!

Sucks to have to have repair in good weather season, but having the repair soon after an injury is probably a good plan.

I tore mine up in High School football but did not get it repaired until a few years ago They had to do a lot of extra excavations to repair the extra damage that 40+ years of instability had caused.

As someone else said, do your PT!! and don't get overly aggressive. It is a slow process but it will pay off. Mine is now like new, well not exactly since it is attached to an older model fuselage.

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Hey Rob,

Speedy recovery.

In the meantime, there are plenty of things you can do with one arm:
Drink whiskey
Slide down a fire pole (often follows drinking whiskey)
Hitchhike
Flip off people who refuse to give you a ride
Scratch your b... well, you get the idea.
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Re: Rotator Cuff surgery: grounded 8-10 weeks

Rob,

Remember Weed is a good painkiller after the surgery.

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Re: Rotator Cuff surgery: grounded 8-10 weeks

good luck Rob..mine's been torn for years.. Left one.. right one has a very small tear also .. I've worked around it and suffered through for all these years... probably too late to fix. but I just work around the limit on my right shoulder... Can't lift anything up straight forward past my belt with my left.. pain is sharp in the front of the shoulder..
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I wasn't super impressed with the attachment gear, with the use of cabanes to the spreader bars. Poor engineering if you ask me, but then again I am wearing a PK Floats Polo shirt.



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Re: Rotator Cuff surgery: grounded 8-10 weeks

If they ask you if you need any painkillers be sure to take some. We will allow an exception here that lets you post under the influence before it wears off because we don't want you posting cranky or irritated in any way. Also be sure to get some therapy in that big man cave you have. :D
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Re: Rotator Cuff surgery: grounded 8-10 weeks

Tomorrow is the big day, whoop pee :( I do look forward to getting rid of the pain and full or almost full use of my arm back.

I'll be looking for you Oregon or SW Washington guys to fly PIC in the Maule or at least work the throttle and flaps. If I ride right seat work the yoke. I can't let my new engine just sit. I'll buy the food and gas too.

If this sounds interesting PM me.

Cheers...Rob
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Re: Rotator Cuff surgery: grounded 8-10 weeks

I'll be looking for you Oregon or SW Washington guys to fly PIC in the Maule or at least work the throttle and flaps. If I ride right seat work the yoke. I can't let my new engine just sit. I'll buy the food and gas too.


That sounds like a FAR better plan than being pissy for for 4 months!
Also, that is more like what we expect from you, Rob. :lol:

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Will you buy the gas for my plane to come out and fly yours? :?
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Re: Rotator Cuff surgery: grounded 8-10 weeks

As long as your feet work - can I come out for a visit?

'Greg

OregonMaule wrote:Tomorrow is the big day, whoop pee :( I do look forward to getting rid of the pain and full or almost full use of my arm back.

I'll be looking for you Oregon or SW Washington guys to fly PIC in the Maule or at least work the throttle and flaps. If I ride right seat work the yoke. I can't let my new engine just sit. I'll buy the food and gas too.

If this sounds interesting PM me.

Cheers...Rob
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Re: Rotator Cuff surgery: grounded 8-10 weeks

Be sure to write. 'not this arm!' on the opposite side, don't want a F-up when your under. My friend went in for knee surgery & they cut the wrong one open. Then he had to heal up before they could reschedule for the correct one... True story.
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L-19 wrote:Be sure to write. 'not this arm!' on the opposite side, don't want a F-up when your under. My friend went in for knee surgery & they cut the wrong one open. Then he had to heal up before they could reschedule for the correct one... True story.

They called today and verified RIGHT shoulder. As a joke I tool a permanent marker and wrote cut here on the right, and no cut on the left. ha ha

G'Day
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Re: Rotator Cuff surgery: grounded 8-10 weeks

[quote="soyAnarchisto"]As long as your feet work - can I come out for a visit?

'Greg

For sure Greg. You can be PIC we'll make it fly. I will need a few days but then yee haw let er rip.

G'Day PM me...Rob
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