Gotta get tough this year.

[Timber Stalker]

Well about 5 years ago I had maniacs surgery on my left knee. That worked for about a year then the pain came back. I’ve been doing steroid injections to keep the pain at bay with good success, until now. I had an injection planned for two weeks before now season and it didn’t work! My knee is really flared up but I’m going to hobble my way up the mountain and have to sit ant se what comes to me. Not how I usually hunt but I’m forced to this year. Maybe it will work out better we will see. Getting older is definitely forcing me to rethink a lot of things I do and how I do them. Gotta get tough to get old they say. There is a lot of truth to that.
Good luck everyone have a safe and happy hunting season.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

I had the same problem with one of my knees and my Dr told me that eventually the steroid injections quit working. No problems now as I have had a replacement knee for 22 years! (I have 5 replacement joints and all work great.....and the best part is they are pain free!

 

[Timber Stalker]

Yeah, I knew the steroid injections were just a temporary fix. I was just hoping to make it through one more hunting season. For them to stop working right before hunting season is a real bummer. Pain is a real thing I’ve dealt with it on and off for most of my life whether it’s back knee legs, arm, neck, damn everything at one time or another. Doing labor and construction work my entire life I didn’t help things.

 

[JimP]

My brother in law was a lot like you, he would take injections and hobble through the hunting seasons and then put up with the pain for the rest of the year. Being a electrician and the normal work activity didn't help very much. Then his doctor told him that it was time for the replacement. Once he had the replacement on the one knee he beat himself over the head for not doing it sooner and then the next year he had it done on his second knee. He couldn't believe the difference in mobility and how much easier it was to get to where he wanted to go to.

Where I work I talked to dozen of people who had both of their knees replaced and they all said that they wished that they had done it sooner than they did. The vast majority of them got back to doing what they had done 30 years before as far as hiking and skiing and enjoying the outdoors.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

Jim is spot on. The 5 I have are 2 knees, 2 shoulders and an ankle. They are all from playing football in college, for the army and in Canada. My replacement s are the least of my worries.

 

[Timber Stalker]

Jim is spot on. The 5 I have are 2 knees, 2 shoulders and an ankle. They are all from playing football in college, for the army and in Canada. My replacement s are the least of my worries.

The knee pains isn’t my biggest worry either CC, I have to get one done soon but also got to get my prostate yarded out, It has cancer. 2025 has been a struggle. I just turned 55 and feel 75 all of the sudden.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

I am going to be 84 next month and a cancer survivor (twice). Get the best medical care and trust them. When my colorectal ca came back in my lung, I was told I had a 10% OF MAKING IT 5 YEARS.........THAT WAS 35 YEARS AGO!

 

[Timber Stalker]

You are an inspiration cc I followed you for quite a few years on this forum and I’ve always appreciated your posts

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

Thanks buddy, it is a joy to see the sun rise every day......especially when I'm outdoors doing what I love!

 

[buckbull]

The knee pains isn’t my biggest worry either CC, I have to get one done soon but also got to get my prostate yarded out, It has cancer. 2025 has been a struggle. I just turned 55 and feel 75 all of the sudden.

That sucks. Sorry to hear that.

 

[tim]

I feel you pain.
3 injections in August, each knee and my ankle. The injections do have diminishing returns. The last injection into my ankle worked, but the one before that did not. Keep pushing. I am 56 if that matters.
The Pic was a couple of days ago.

 

[Timber Stalker]

Very nice moose! I just did a week long hunt, I hobbled my way in and out every day and just sat there hoping something would pass by. I had a small 5 point bull come to 8 yards of me. I didn’t even try to shoot it. If I was going to go through the pain it needed to be a big bull. Im pretty sure I’m done elk but his year. But I will see how I feel next weekend.

 

[ScottR]

The knee pains isn’t my biggest worry either CC, I have to get one done soon but also got to get my prostate yarded out, It has cancer. 2025 has been a struggle. I just turned 55 and feel 75 all of the sudden.

Praying for you on the prostrate!

 

[ScottR]

I feel you pain.
3 injections in August, each knee and my ankle. The injections do have diminishing returns. The last injection into my ankle worked, but the one before that did not. Keep pushing. I am 56 if that matters.
The Pic was a couple of days ago.

That is really cool! Ike and I are working on making a moose hunt happen next year in Canada, I'm pretty excited!