Western Iowa USA
Last Seen: August 17, 2008
Cuff, as in rotor cuff. I can think of a few more 4 letter words to go with it. Mine. Torn. Pain. None...as in how much golf I will be playing during the summer of 2008.
An hour ago, the surgeon confirmed what I strongly suspected. At the point where I was almost ready to get back to golfing after surgery last fall, I re-tore the Supraspinatus muscle in my rotor cuff and will have to have surgery again. His best case scenario was that I might be able to golf again in late August or early September.
This uplifting news comes after almost 6 months of restraints and physical therapy, cleaning clubs, watching videos to improve my game, being snowed in since November, anticipating my most active season ever after retiring at the first of this year, and getting a new set of woods for Christmas.
On the bright side, I do still have a right arm, and it may heal completely by the summer of 2009. In the mean time, I'll have to be content to ride along with my buddies and enjoy just being on the course with them when the weather is nice. I'll be working on my David Feharty impression, so I can comment on their shots, and maybe do some putting by June.
The rest of today will be spent getting my clubs rounded up and back in the closet. :-(
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Joined: 12/05/2007 |
Posted: Mar 19, 2008 | 11:03 AM PST
how did you do it the first time and how did you redo it?
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Cumbria, UK
Joined: 08/16/2007 |
Posted: Mar 19, 2008 | 11:48 AM PST
Jeeeeeze, the whole thing sounds painful. I hope you get back to it soon.
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Western Iowa USA
Joined: 11/17/2007 |
Posted: Mar 19, 2008 | 6:19 PM PST
Thanks thistle.The original injury was from a fall and it shredded all the muscles in the rotor cuff. I had 6 months of therapy, then surgery the first of October, and therapy ever since. 11 months now. Things were looking pretty good, then one morning in Feb, I got out of bed and knew something was drastically wrong. I'm really not sure what happened. I would have been far better off if the upper arm bone had broken and spared the muscles. Right now, I'm just trying to get into the mind set that this is nothing compared to what a lot of people suffer through. A minor fairway bunker on the way to the green, so to speak. Last edited by alcyone on March 19th at 6:21 PM. |
Joined: 03/21/2008 |
Posted: Mar 21, 2008 | 10:20 AM PST
Sorry to hear your sad news. However, I may have a bright side for you. How about two tickets to the 2008 Ryder Cup? Great tickets that include everything but the key to the locker room for $4,000. Read all about it at: http://www.rydercup.com/2008/index.html Let me know. |
North Carolina
Joined: 08/16/2007 |
Posted: Mar 21, 2008 | 8:24 PM PST
That's the saddest story I've read in awhile. But I'm glad you're looking to the brighter days ahead. You've retired now, and you'll still be retired when you're ready to play again, so you'll have plenty of time to catch up. Ever think of moving south to enjoy year-round golf? Livin's pretty easy here, especially out in the country.
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Western Iowa USA
Joined: 11/17/2007 |
Posted: Mar 22, 2008 | 7:03 AM PST
________________________________________ ______________________Paster Mark said, "That's the saddest story I've read in awhile. But I'm glad you're looking to the brighter days ahead. You've retired now, and you'll still be retired when you're ready to play again, so you'll have plenty of time to catch up. Ever think of moving south to enjoy year-round golf? Livin's pretty easy here, especially out in the country." ________________________________________ ______________________ Thank you Mark. I'd love to live where I could even play 9 months of the year, but I wouldn't move too far away from family even if I could play 365 days a year. Gotta hug those grandkids as often as possible. I can still golf, although my swing looks a little stranger than usual. I've changed my follow through and keep the right hand about face high instead of a high finish. Amazingly, I still hit the ball pretty fair and in reality, playing golf is one of the few things I can do that doesn't hurt. Looking at the short term, I could get by without surgery and play all year, but I'm worried about the long term so I think I'll have it done and write off most of 2008. I have two or three weeks and plan on playing every chance I get until the day they operate. I'll have a new blog entry about that later this week end. $4,000 for Ryder Cup tickets = 10 year's membership at my home course (including private cart shed fees), so I think I'll pass on that one and catch the action on TV. ;-) Last edited by alcyone on March 22nd at 7:05 AM. |
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