one handed dirt fishing

[fongu]

Well, I will be dirt fishing one handed for awhile. I saw a doctor Wednesday and I have a broken left wrist and tendon injury and a spur growing into my left tendon on my elbow. this is not from the fall I had several weeks ago, but an old injury from over a decade ago. Got to take some medicine to get the inflamation out of my wrist and elbow and then probably have surgery on both areas in August. A couple months of physical therapy and I should be good as new. I just hope and pray this doesn't mess up my plans for metal detecting in Amsterdam in November. I'm lucky that I'm right handed. It would be wonderful if I could avoid surgery, but that is the quickest way to get back in dirt fishing form. Hope the rest of the members on this forum are holding up better than this, but getting older does involve some suffering now and then.

 

[oldranger]

Good luck Fongu... I hear ya about OLD i got
one of those ZERO birthdays next month..

Hope you have a quick recovery

Ron

RLTW

 

[dld]

I hunt one handed because of a shoulder injury, it is doable. Get a good belt with pouch and arrange things around you that you can reach with the good hand.
I have been beach hunting lately and carrying a sand scoop, you just have to lean the detector against your body and use the scoop.
Same goes for digging with a trowel, Good luck

 

[MNCoinhunter]

Good luck..don't give up !!

 

[Fishrgal]

I like how you said oldER. Since I hit 62 I refuse to call myself old, just oldER! I figure if I can still go out with my chainsaw and cut down a couple acres of dense forest and log them up, AND load them and unload them, I am not an OLD lady yet!

 

[Orion42]

I've been using one arm for years since I blew out my elbow. Can't go out for as long, but still get to for a bit. You figure out ways to do things.

John

 

[Uncle Willy]

Tell me about it. Your problem doesn't sound like fun at all. Good luck with the fix and recuperation.

Bill

 

[Jim/ MacBeth SC]

Well, nobody every told me that growing old would be a picnic, but
it still beats the heck out of the options. LOL! Regards, Jim

 

[cjw63]

Hang tough buddy...keep swinging! Blessings to you