wrist surgery

[mercman]

had my support hand wrist surgery to correct an on the job injury from 201i1. i had to have several stainless steel pins inserted in the small bones of that wrist which will give me limited mobility, maybe even pain under certain motions, i am conncerned about how this will br resovrd.

i do have a new 11-87P and may have to go to that,

hope this is making sense, a bit doped up.

[mercman]

[alloyrat]

Ouch! That looks painful. Not trying to make you feel worse but I went thru something similar and the surgery is the easy part. The real pain is the weeks/months of therapy. Well wishes on your healing.

[mercman]

yeah, 10 weeks before the pins come out and then the pt starts. they are talking about a fusion. in the muliple shot pics in the upper right corner is where a ligament was supposed to have hole in it when in fact its vaporized.

[logume]

Keep the faith that it will get better. I broke both bones in my left forearm in multiple pieces and fractured my right upper arm and shoulder. The fracture was in the entire length of the bone. Well five hours of surgery and lots of stainless steel and tons of screws I was put back together. After surgery my left hand was numb and I couldn't move the fingers in that hand and could only partially raise my right arm. One year later all fingers were working good enough to play my guitars again and I could raise my right arm 80%. It's six years now since my motorcycle accident my right is totally normal and my left arm and fingers work good. I just don't pick up real heavy objects with my left arm due to the nature of the injury You should see the x-rays before and after. Tons of stainless supports and screws everywhere holding the stainless to the bones.

Just be patient recovery can take a long time for nasty bone fractures and soft tissue damage to heal completely. Give it a year after your last surgery and I bet you'll be find. In the mean time enjoy your 11-87, real nice auto & you'll have less recoil.

[DeaconKC]

Broke my dominant hand several years ago and can only sympathize. Start off with light recoiling stuff! Maybe borrow a 20 gauge auto to start?

[Synchronizor]

Gauge really doesn't play directly into recoil, apart from the fact that smaller gauges tend to have lighter payloads. Take that away, and the same mass of shot at the same velocity will transfer virtually the same momentum regardless of the gauge. In fact, for the same shot mass & velocity, a 12ga gun will generally recoil less since it likely has more mass than a 20ga gun.

If you reload, or know someone who reloads, light 12ga loads are easy to whip up. There are also some low-recoil offerings from major ammo manufacturers. I believe I remember seeing an ultra-light subsonic Winchester AA target load in a sporting goods store last week. Not sure how those cycle in an 11-87, though.

[DeaconKC]

Now Synchro, if you are going bring things like facts and logic into this.......

[mercman]

I forgot about this site and this post and found it again when I was trolling for some repair parts.

Still in PT for the wrist surgery and the Drs. project as much recovery as I'll get in the next 4-5 months. I ended up retiring from the Sheriff's Dept. and took a job with the Department of Energy and the new job is much less demanding physically. I should be getting back up to speed on the 870 and did bring one down to Colorado with me but haven't shot it since the surgery.

Not much posting going on over here it seems. This post was only on page 3 of my search.

[bbull311]

Watch this video. This man appears to have a disabled support hand and he runs the 11-87 police like a champ. With some work, ingenuity, and a little help you can overcome almost anything. Good luck brother and help is only a post away.
Remington Shotguns (11-87 Police): https://youtu.be/vWwuPoMEn8w