Rockman’s Report
8/30/10
It was 4 weeks ago
today, that I had my 2nd ankle fusion of the year and I have to say
that everything seems to be going so far so good and the major pain is starting
to level out and the entire foot is starting to settle down. I have a doctor’s
appointment tomorrow to get some x rays of the foot and ankle and see what kind
of progress we have in the fusion of the bone. My sleep pattern has started to
turn around for the better too. For the past 3 1/2 weeks I had been getting
only 2 to 4 hrs a day of broken sleep and it was really starting to wear on me.
I felt like I was starting to experience the movie, Ground Hogs Day, you know,
the one were Bill Murray wakes up to his alarm clock every morning and
experiences the same day over and over again? Well that’s the way it had been
around here. The only difference is I am not getting much sleep before the
alarm clock in my head goes off. Patty is taking it all in stride as usual and
is starting to feel better too just seeing the change in me.
It has been a long
and hard road for her to have to watch the man she loves have to go through so
much pain for so many months and then to have the first time around go badly
for me. Then to have to watch me go through it a second time, has got to be
very hard to watch. I can only imagine how I would feel for her if the shoe was
on the other foot and I was taking care of her through all of this. Wow, I don’t
even want to think about that, but I am very happy to say that things are
staring to turn around and get much better on all fronts for both of us. We
have a very positive outlook on things again and that I do have a future that doesn’t
have to be full of pain. I am actually really looking forward to getting this
foot healed up and getting back in the boat and get out and do some Fall
cranking during the full moon in October.
I love getting
together with all of my trolling buddies and having every one together all lit
up and pounding on the walleyes, and feeling that rush that comes with getting
wacked by a big fish, at night, just you and him doing battle under the light
of the full moon. Oh my goodness, I better stop talking about it, I started to
get all worked up, if you know what I mean. I know that there are a lot of you
that are hoping and praying along with me for that to happen, so thank you for
that. I think I will be good to go by the 23rd of October. At the
very least I should be able to get out for a couple of hours each night to wack
a few. I will take whatever the good lord gives me, that is for sure.
The fishing has still
been good at night out on the humps and the Musky bite is starting to heat
up on
Be safe
We will see ya
When we see ya
The Rockman