tommarow is the big day

[Lloyd Smale]

going in early tommarow morning for my ankle replacement. Wish me luck. Looks like ill be on here alot in the near future. My doctor doesnt want me to do anything but sit with my foot elevated for 3 weeks. then the fun starts!!!

[Wild Bill 7]

Good luck, we will be praying for a fast recovery.

[historicfirearms]

Good luck Lloyd. Hope you have someone to come over and shovel snow for you. If I lived closer I would come help out. Maybe some day I will make it back to the UP.

[DLCTEX]

Have a speedy recovery.

[bearcove]

Good luck! My knee surgery was last monday and its doing good. I'm going nuts, watched 20 movies and read a bunch of books. Went outside and walked around my boat, started to climb the ladder but stopped. Wanted to load some ammo but still a bit foggy from pain meds, so I'll wait.

3 weeks sitting sounds like a real challenge.

[Lloyd Smale]

haven't shoveled my driveway in 10 years. My neighbors got a good sized tractor and it has a blower attachment and he does my driveway everytime theres even an inch of snow. My old snowblower proably has 2 hours run time in the last 10 years.
Good luck Lloyd. Hope you have someone to come over and shovel snow for you. If I lived closer I would come help out. Maybe some day I will make it back to the UP.

[Lloyd Smale]

yup that's going to be the hardest thing. I can take lots of pain but not much boredom. I was out sizing 9mm bullets this morning and about had a tear in my eye when I shut the heat off in the loading room.
Good luck! My knee surgery was last monday and its doing good. I'm going nuts, watched 20 movies and read a bunch of books. Went outside and walked around my boat, started to climb the ladder but stopped. Wanted to load some ammo but still a bit foggy from pain meds, so I'll wait.

3 weeks sitting sounds like a real challenge.

[bearcove]

Yesterday I went out and got a bunch of my paperpatch bullets and wrapped on paper for hours. Night stand has pyramids of them drying.

Just don't trust myself to pay attention well enough to measure powder, did size some brass with the hand press. Wife was wondering how I got spent primers in the bed.:mrgreen:

[white eagle]

Best of luck
time to get the reading glasses out :bigsmyl2:
mine is coming up fast to

[40-82 hiker]

haven't shoveled my driveway in 10 years. My neighbors got a good sized tractor and it has a blower attachment and he does my driveway everytime theres even an inch of snow. My old snowblower proably has 2 hours run time in the last 10 years.

Will pray for your speedy recovery. I agree about the boredom: worse than pain.

WTT: your snowblower for a box of Pb. We each pay our own shipping. [smilie=l: Couldn't use it anyway!

Seriously, however, good luck with the surgery and recovery.

[ph4570]

Good luck -- you will be as good as new.

[bedbugbilly]

Good luck to you and we all hope you have a fast and speedy recovery! Follow what they tell you to do and you'll be back on your feet in no time! Prayers your way!

[Outer Rondacker]

Good luck.

[Uncle R.]

Best wishes and prayers for you Lloyd.

Uncle R.

[762 shooter]

Good Luck!

I see a post count of 15,000 in your near future.

762

[Taylor]

I didn't know they did those.My doctor told me ankle was too far gone and beyond repair.

[Hickok]

Lloyd, God's speed for a quick recovery. Hope you can be up and going by the time spring gets here!

[skeettx]

Good recovery!!
I wish you well and looking forward to all your postings
Mike

[lightman]

Good Luck and hopes for a speedy recovery. Gather up all of your brass that needs prepped and get it to an easier place to reach. Get a hand priming tool and get a bunch of cases ready to load. Start to like the cooking shows and dress shows on tv! You can get through this! Thinking about you.

[Bad Water Bill]

LLoyd
Tell your grand daughter to give you that teddy bear.:bigsmyl2:

Signed
GIRTY

[Rick Hodges]

Good luck and God's Speed on your recovery.

[Artful]

Pray sent for your full and speedy recovery - might be fun to check out your local library links to free downloads

[Thumbcocker]

Pulling for you here.

[xs11jack]

Lloyd, may God pour out His blessing on you and your family. And may He guide the hand of the surgeon. Blessing for a quick healing.
Ole Jack

[MrWolf]

Hoping you have a fully and not so boring recovery. You will figure out a system that allows you to do most of what you want.

[David2011]

Lloyd, hoping and praying for a quick recovery for you. May you be upright on two feet soon.

David

[Blackwater]

Prayers rendered for a speedy and complete recovery.

[smoked turkey]

Lloyd I want to add my wishes to the others and wish for a total and complete recovery. I am praying that the surgery team will all be sharp and that thing will go perfect for you. My advice to you is to do exactly as the doctor and those in therapy tell you. It will pay big dividends by promoting a faster recovery and better use of your ankle.

[Lloyd Smale]

the bear is still in her bed every night!!!
LLoyd
Tell your grand daughter to give you that teddy bear.:bigsmyl2:

Signed
GIRTY

[Lloyd Smale]

I didn't know they replaced ankles either till my doc told me.
I didn't know they did those.My doctor told me ankle was too far gone and beyond repair.

[6bg6ga]

Lloyd, have a speedy recovery. Meanwhile the sound of rustling keys is me grabbing the keys to your Vette.

[Bad Water Bill]

Lloyd, have a speedy recovery. Meanwhile the sound of rustling keys is me grabbing the keys to your Vette.

Girty will be watching things till her personal friend LLOYD is ready to climb poles again.

You will never survive if she sees or hears you within a mile of Lloyds property.

[buckwheatpaul]

Lloyd, I have a friend that had an ankle replacement several years ago...doing great...as will you....good luck and: Heavely Father, I come to You to ask that You guide the doctors and health caregivers that perform Lloyds' surgery and his recovery. Please take his pain away and remove any fear. In Your name I pray.....Amen

[No_1]

Good luck Lloyd.

[Bad Water Bill]

the bear is still in her bed every night!!!

80 years of giving comfort and still going strong.

Best of luck today with your surgery.

[Taylor]

Good luck to you my friend.I wish to hear about the outcome.I suppose the healing process will take quite awhile.Is it a long the lines of a knee replacement?

[Dale53]

Here's for a speedy recovery, Lloyd! We'll be pulling for you,BIG TIME!

All the best to you and yours,
Dale53

[Houndog]

I can't add anything to what's already been said so I'll also wish you a speedy recovery and will be praying for you and your doctors.
Houndog

[Hickok]

Today is the day for Lloyd, and we are all praying and wishing the best outcome for him.

[trails4u]

Thoughts and prayers your way Lloyd!

[blackthorn]

Prayers for a successful operation and a speedy, full recovery.

[Artful]

Any word on how the operation went?

[Markbo]

Dont hear about ankle replacements much. I have been through a hip and knee with my spouse. Boredom... I hate it. But dont do anything dumb before the rehab starts! You'll have plenty of cussing opportunities then.

You are in my prayers Lloyd. May God bless you and keep you
Mark

[Lloyd Smale]

well ive been out for a couple days now. This ankle replacement has made back surgery seem like a walk in the park. Lots of pain and the crutches and walkers just don't work for this old fart as well as they did when I was 20. Then my wife had the knee walker put together wrong and when I got on it the first time I went right to the floor and knocked my foot real good and that's not helping. I guess I cant complain though. Ive got loved ones around me that will do anything for me and what more could a guy ask for. Biggest problem right now is my younger sister called yesterday and said she has cancer. She has some tumors in her hip and there testing her today to see how far it has spread. What a kick in the teeth for her. She was the only kid in the family that didn't smoke or drink or raise hell. Should have been me!!!!!!

[Outer Rondacker]

Hang in there. Best of wish sent your way.

[leebuilder]

My buddy had a operation on his ankles, just to relieve some complications with a prior accident. Dont force it let it heal!
Even then avoid any shock for a while.
Be well

[blackthorn]

Lloyd--prayers for you and for your sister. Our daughter had brain surgery for a lung cancer related tumor 2 weeks before Christmas and so far so good. A loved one's cancer leaves us feeling so frustrated and insignificant. In the end it is in God's hands.

Ralph and Gail

[bearcove]

Glad to hear you survived. The anesthetist asked me if I had any ?s before they started, "No, just don't forget to wake me up when your done." He laughed and said " Yeah anyone can knock you out I'm here so you'll wake up"

Sorry about you sister, Lost mine when she was 11yo. Leukemia.

Get well, both of you.

[Blackwater]

Good to hear you're in good spirits, Lloyd. When you're facing challenges like this, one's spirits count for a lot more than we realize when pain is involved. As to your sister's diagnosis, I'm very sorry to hear it. We all have an appointed time to go, but cancer is no longer a checkout notice any more. Many survive it to go on and live good, long lives, and mean a lot to the folks they know. Prayers up for you both, and don't let the pain, or the fear of your sis's news keep your outlook from being bright.

[buckwheatpaul]

Lloyd, glad to hear about how you are doing....sad to hear about your sister....so here we go: Heavenly Father, I come to you to ask that you help ease Lloyds pain and guide the therapist that will guide and help Lloyd heal. Comfort him and his family and guide them through the long process of healing. Father, I have a special request for Lloyds younger sister. Father she has cancer. Please guide her physicians that will treat her. Please guide the health specialists that will attend to her other needs. Father please remove any fear and allow her to face this ordeal with the assurance that You are in charge and that You can heal her. Father, I recognize that all is possible through You so please wrap your loving arms around his sister and carry her through her challenge! Amen....Paul

[Lloyd Smale]

thank you guys for all the good wishes and prayers. As usual this place is full of good people when a guy is down. For me its no big deal. A bit of pain and inconvenience but nothing like what must be going on in my sisters head. Save the prayers for her guys. She was a much better person then I ever was anyway.

[skeettx]

The neat thing is God is BIG and we can pray for BOTH of y'all :)
Mike

[Artful]

Good to hear your doing OK - sorry about lil' sis but we will pray for her as well.

[DLCTEX]

Prayers sent for your sister. I hate cancer!

[leeggen]

Lloyd seems that you are apretty good guy. It shows just from your statement about saving the prayers for your sis instead of you. May God help both of you.
CD

[Geezer in NH]

My prayers for your sister. I know you will be fine as your concern for her shows. Sure is a kick in the spirit but she may receive the blessings of the Lord and be fine also.

[buckwheatpaul]

The neat thing is God is BIG and we can pray for BOTH of y'all :)
Mike

God has broad shoulders to help carry us when we are in need.....a big AMEN!

[6bg6ga]

Lloyd, glad to hear that your doing better and are getting around now. Sorry to hear about your sister. Keep the faith

[shoot-n-lead]

Prayer sent for you to soon be jumping fences...well, actually, for a great recovery.

[Lucky Joe]

Wishing the best for you and your sister. Prayers sent.

[Lloyd Smale]

Kind of **** for both of us. I took a digger and smashed my casted foot. LOTS of pain but luckly all the ankle mechanics were still in place so I didn't need surgery again. Just ALOT of pain med. Feeling better this morning though. lots of the swelling is down

Sister isn't so lucky. She had a pet scan (spelling) and it showed 4 spots of cancer on her spine. Its a real rare cancer that is considered a uterus cancer. She had precancer leasions about 3 years ago in her uterus so they took it out entirely and told here its extreamly rare for this type of cancer to spread out of the unterus. Well shes the rare case. They are doing surgery on Monday then kemo and radiation. they hope to get it all but the doctor warned her that once this type of cancer spreads its one that likely can pop up somewhere else and is hard to stop. Something about the cancer cells being ALOT smaller then normal cancer and harder to detect. So shes going through a tough time. So PLEASE if you have a spare minute during your day say a prayer for her. Shes a good person. Much better then the other 5 kids in the family were. Only one that never drank or smoked or did drugs. She was a goody two shoes if there every was one and lives for her kids and grandkids. Not just because she my sister but I will say they don't make people much better then her.

[buckwheatpaul]

Lloyd thanks for the update on your sister. Hope you are doing better after your incident with the cast.

Father, I have a special request for Lloyds younger sister. Father she has cancer on her spine in four places. Please guide her physicians that will treat her. Please guide the health specialists that will attend to her other needs. Father please remove any fear and allow her to face this ordeal with the assurance that You are in charge and that You can heal her. Father, I recognize that all is possible through You so please wrap your loving arms around his sister and carry her through her challenge! Amen....Paul

[ncbearman]

Hope your doin ok Lloyd. My challenge to you.......go from 12,000 posts to 25,000. You can do it!

[w5pv]

Prayers sent for a successful surgery and a quick recover.

[blackthorn]

Prayers for your sister from our house.

Ralph & Gail

[cpileri]

Lloyd, sorry im late to this.
Said one,a nd will keep you in my prayers.
C-

[Markbo]

Lloyd you got it brother. What is your Sister's 1st name?

[Lloyd Smale]

here name is Marcia Hart.

[Geraldo]

Lloyd, prayers for you and your sister. I'll get some friends on that as well.

[Markbo]

Prayers sent up

[Lloyd Smale]

some bad news. She went into surgery this morning and they couldn't remove the tumors. Surgeon said they were to imbedded in her spine. Now she has to hope the chemo and radiation will kill them. Keep the prayers coming guys.

[Bo1]

Prayers lifted up in Jesus' name.....