Disabilities

[Bucky205]

As some of you have probably noticed I occasionally drop a letter from a word, or misspell something a 5th grader should know.  LOL, "Winy Days", I did go to school, BS from UAB in Computer Science. Nineteen years of military service left me almost completely blind in my right eye, anything that requires vision is more difficult.  Not complaining, happy to be on this side of the grass and still fishing. Crossed my mind that maybe sharing how we adapt and still participate may help someone else enjoy the sport with a similar disability. 

 

  Mine is being blind in my right eye.  Having one eye makes balance in a boat and depth perception when casting more difficult.  Daylight is not so bad, night time is tough. One of the things I do at night is cast underhand (pitch).  Pitching doesn't help me hang up any less, but when I do hang it's not fifteen feet up in a tree and I can get my lure back.  Pitching at night I find to be more accurate for me, pitching a 1/2 oz bait I can pitch it far enough to be effective. Flipping also helps with the depth perception, on a 7 ft rod I can tell how far the bait is going to go by the line remaining in my left hand, then I only have to judge the left right. Balance at night I keep my butt on the seat.  I still catch a few fish and have placed or won several local tournaments this year, so I'm still in the game.

 

I think that there are a lot of people out there with disabilities that can still enjoy fishing.  Maybe discussing how we overcome our own limitations can help someone else with a disability enjoy a great sport.

[jbw252]

Don't sweat the small stuff.   Everyone can occasionally misspell or mistype a word.  Some folks don't care & others can't wait to point out a mistake.  That's the way of the world.  You are part of this community, so enjoy reading and contributing in the forums.  Thank you for your dedicated service for our country.  

[WRB]

I have no excuses for spelling and grammar errors and make them too often because I don't take the time to spell check or proof read what I am posting. I understood the winy days post and didn't give it a second thought, when you live in a glass house you don't throw stones!

Tom

[jbmaine]

Don't sweat the spelling, I can't spell for crap.

 As for disabilities, my wife has several. She is also blind in one eye, but what makes fishing hard for her is tendinitis in both hands, arms. She has very little strength in her hands and arms. To overcome this we work as a team. She can only use a spin cast reel with a lite lure ( a weightless senko). Her cast is kind of a two handed lob that seldom goes where she wants. When she catches a fish I have to reel it in for her. I have spent a lot of time getting her untangled from bushes, branches, on the shore line.

   She has had to give up many things , but to help her continue to fish and be out on the water ( both of which she absolutely loves) is one of the great joys in my life. I wouldn't dream of going out without her. And yes, She can still out fish me at times.

 I would look at it as only a disability if it keeps you from doing something. And overcoming it makes you all the better for it.

                                                                                        Jim

[slonezp]

I set the hook like a girl .  5 years ago I tore the trapezius and rhomboid muscles off my left shoulder blade among other things. They have since been reattached but I am still limited as to what I can do with my left arm as well as the whole pain thing. Anyway, I used to have a jig hookset that would rock the boat. Now, when I set the hook it's reminiscent of Elaine from Seinfeld dancing.

 

[RoLo]

54 minutes ago, slonezp said:

I set the hook like a girl .  5 years ago I tore the trapezius and rhomboid muscles off my left shoulder blade among other things. They have since been reattached but I am still limited as to what I can do with my left arm as well as the whole pain thing. Anyway, I used to have a jig hookset that would rock the boat. Now, when I set the hook it's reminiscent of Elaine from Seinfeld dancing.

 

 

 

As many times as I've seen that skit, it still Cracks Me Up!

 

Roger 

 

[NHBull]

19 years of military experience earns you the right scribble if you choose!

 

Semper-Fi 

[lo n slo]

guilty as charged over here too

 

edit: slone is an idiot ? 

 

 

that is all

[lonnie g]

thanks for your service . I'm glad you are on this side as well, nice story. I am left disabled due to bad truck wreck that crushed the nerves in my neck and lower back. I to still love to fish, just can't take it for over a couple of hours at a time. and the meds they have me on seems to make me miss spell and reverse things. I like you enjoy what I can, and appreciate being able to stay positive.

[XpressJeff]

No worries Bucky!

 

I have had 3 knee replacements and a bad back not surgically repairable. Not a big deal.

 

I am grateful I can still stand up and grab my butt with both hands. Many young and women cannot when they come home!

 

Occasionally I get a hard time for being slow while launching or recovering. I just laugh at their ignorance! 

 

I figure the good Lord has something for me to do yet before he takes me home. Be kind to others, you never know what challenges they face.

 

 

[J Francho]

I have deafness in my right ear.  Cataracts in my left eye.  I also have T1D.  I have to be careful on the water, and have emergency snacks just in case I get low blood glucose.

[12poundbass]

1 hour ago, XpressJeff said:

No worries Bucky!

 

I have had 3 knee replacements and a bad back not surgically repairable. Not a big deal.

 

I am grateful I can still stand up and grab my butt with both hands. Many young and women cannot when they come home!

 

Occasionally I get a hard time for being slow while launching or recovering. I just laugh at their ignorance! 

 

I figure the good Lord has something for me to do yet before he takes me home. Be kind to others, you never know what challenges they face.

 

 

3 knees? If they removed one then you'd only have 2 bad knees instead of 3! I'm glad I could help. ?

[XpressJeff]

Revision (2nd replacement) on the L knee is the 3rd. 

 

I do more than sit around and I am a "Full Figured" girl!

[NHBull]

7 knee surgery's 

Torn/ detached quad

Torn Achilles

Repaired aortic aneurysm

Rebuilt shoulder 

Early onset alzheimer's

.....and can still wipe my own ass.  

 

.....I set a low bar.

 

Living a full life.

 

 

[XpressJeff]

Weren't you married to Farrah Fawcett Bull?

 

Or should I call you Million Dollar Man?

[Turkey sandwich]

3 hours ago, J Francho said:

I have deafness in my right ear.  Cataracts in my left eye.  I also have T1D.  I have to be careful on the water, and have emergency snacks just in case I get low blood glucose.

 

That has to make playing music rough.  A good friend that I grew up playing with has been a touring jazz musician for the better part of the past 10 years.  He had a stroke at 28 and had partial hearing loss in one ear.  Luckily, he's since recovered.  That has make hearing the rest of the band a nightmare.

 

As for me...

knee surgery (medial meniscus) that left a lot of scar tissue and complications, two hernia repairs, torn labrum (left shoulder) repaired twice without surgery, 7 herniated/degenerated discs in cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine with L5-S1 being fused. From the disc injuries, I also have some pretty funky nerve problems that pop up from time to time where I can't feel limbs.  Almost 2 years out of back surgery, I'm starting to feel improvement, but I still have good days and bad days.  It's really frustrating dealing with the back and neck injuries after taking care of myself as an athlete for so long, all because a girl stopped paying attention on the road and rear ended me.  

 

 

[J Francho]

9 minutes ago, Turkey sandwich said:

That has make hearing the rest of the band a nightmare.

 

Not really.  It's like 50%-60%.  Left ear is fine.  I use these for protection: http://www.discovervibes.com/

They're the best I've found.  They don't reduce the sound quality like foam plugs, but still protect you from the high decibel exposure.  I've tried in ear monitoring, but I don't like the disconnected feeling that brings. 

[Turkey sandwich]

3 minutes ago, J Francho said:

 

Not really.  It's like 50%-60%.  Left ear is fine.  I use these for protection: http://www.discovervibes.com/

They're the best I've found.  They don't reduce the sound quality like foam plugs, but still protect you from the high decibel exposure.  I've tried in ear monitoring, but I don't like the disconnected feeling that brings. 

In ear monitoring just seems like a nightmare between feedback, delay, and just overall feel.  Everything about them would seem to make playing feel totally inorganic.

[J Francho]

Done right, it's amazing.  Unfortunately, that's an expensive proposal.  Done half-bassed, yeah...delays, feedback, the potential to actually HARM your ears....meh.  There's supposed to be a toy released at NAMM this year that allows you to splice into the back of the house monitor wedge, and control the volume separately to a set of in ear.  Supposedly going to really help the small club musician.

 

Sorry for the off topic stuff.

[Turkey sandwich]

1 hour ago, J Francho said:

Done right, it's amazing.  Unfortunately, that's an expensive proposal.  Done half-bassed, yeah...delays, feedback, the potential to actually HARM your ears....meh.  There's supposed to be a toy released at NAMM this year that allows you to splice into the back of the house monitor wedge, and control the volume separately to a set of in ear.  Supposedly going to really help the small club musician.

 

Sorry for the off topic stuff.

At least this is the everything else forum.  If that happens, without a weird delay, that sounds kind of awesome.  Monitors in different clubs can be really inconsistent, and a bad sound guy can make playing miserable as it is.  I miss playing live.  I do not miss trying to fix sound issues/not being able to hear what I need to hear.  

[halochef]

The wife.  bone spur broke off and punctured Her spinal cord.  2 8 inch rods in her back.  thought she would never walk again 2 months in a re-hab hospital.  walks now with a waker.  3 years later having problem with her legs.  doc goes in scraps the bone 2-3-4 5 vertabraes.  16 screws.  while taking stitches out doc says "oh boy"  infection.  was supposed to be in 1 week.  4 weeks later home and giving her 5 tube of antibiotic each lasting betwee 45 mins and 90 mins.  6 weeks later all clear.  takes a med called Baclofin which prevents spasms.  largest dose one can take before they put a pump in  200mg.  recently gets a blood clot on her lung..in the hospital pharmacy will not give her the meds.  says its too much.  but they did.  we will not talk about XARELTO

[jbsoonerfan]

I have OCD so fishing can become more of an organizing event for a few minutes when the boat gets to the point where I just about have a meltdown lol. Other than that, nothing physical, but mental nonetheless.

[N Florida Mike]

My biggest problem on here with spelling is with this dang spellcheck.It takes the word I want and " corrects " it to what it thinks would be best.

Like turning senko into senior.

I  also have a bad right eye,and don't see well at night,although much better with strong contacts.I like night fishing,but by about 9 o'clock my contacts start acting up.I can take them out but then can't see good ,and you feel kind of goofy..My right wrist and thumb hurt a lot due to an accident involving an oak tree and a drunk driving friend when I was 19.( And all the fishing keeps it aggravated)

My back kills me if I stay out too long in my Jon boat which doesn't have seats with a back.

But other than that I m still good to go.

 

I hope things go well with you.Thanks for your service.

[Turkey sandwich]

3 hours ago, halochef said:

The wife.  bone spur broke off and punctured Her spinal cord.  2 8 inch rods in her back.  thought she would never walk again 2 months in a re-hab hospital.  walks now with a waker.  3 years later having problem with her legs.  doc goes in scraps the bone 2-3-4 5 vertabraes.  16 screws.  while taking stitches out doc says "oh boy"  infection.  was supposed to be in 1 week.  4 weeks later home and giving her 5 tube of antibiotic each lasting betwee 45 mins and 90 mins.  6 weeks later all clear.  takes a med called Baclofin which prevents spasms.  largest dose one can take before they put a pump in  200mg.  recently gets a blood clot on her lung..in the hospital pharmacy will not give her the meds.  says its too much.  but they did.  we will not talk about XARELTO

 

d**n.  I'm so sorry to hear that she's had to go through that.  Back surgery is a nightmare enough on its own.  A bacterial infection on top of it just seems unbearable.  Not even getting into the blood clot in her lungs, that is terrifying enough and enough to make a lot of people just want to quit.  Your wife sounds like a remarkably tough cookie.

[Bucky205]

15 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said:

My biggest problem on here with spelling is with this dang spellcheck.It takes the word I want and " corrects " it to what it thinks would be best.

 

LOL, Spell check happens to me a lot also. There is a site on the web that show some spell check corrections that went horribly wrong.  I'm jealous of where you live.  I spent time in Jacksonville back in the 90s.  Between the St Johns River, and Rodman Reservoir you have some of the best bass fishing in the US.