Mom and Shooting

SuckLead · 08-06-2007, 11:16 PM

My mom is becoming a bit disabled. Unfortunetly she got a bit older without me realizing (isn't that always so? Parents aren't suppossed to get old). She's got horrible arthritis and now a spinal issue. Tonight she had trouble just getting out of her seat, took 10 minutes for her to get upright. So she's losing stability quickly.

She only recently began shooting and just joined the Single Action Shooting Society. She went to her first shoot with SASS a month ago and she had a wonderful time. But this was before her back started to seize up and her legs began to lose feeling, that's only recently.

Can anyone offer any advice on keeping her motivated to stay with it, to let her know this doesn't have to hold her back? She's a stubborn lady, but she can be stubborn on the wrong side and not allow anyone to tell her things aren't completely over. I want her to keep going to SASS because she needs a little fun in her life, something to get excited about and I think she found it. I joined up recently myself so I could go to meets with her... but I work weekends and can't always go. How do I get her to not give up and keep going, even without me?

Thanks. I'm really worried about her.

Cyrille · 08-07-2007, 08:14 AM

As you probably know the Cass community are a bunch of very friendly, helpful hombres and ladies. Take or bring your mother to the next meet and introduce her to a 'possie' that is near your lo-cal. Get to know those people and shoot with them as often as possable, enjoy the after event fun time with them And (hopefully) when a meet is held on a weekend when you are working ask if someone from your 'possie' would mind bringing your mother to the event. I'll be willing to bet that she'll get a ride!
just my 2 cents worth.

dave375hh · 08-07-2007, 01:47 PM

Tell mom to get to a pain management clinic. What hurts now will not get better by itself, I know because I'm there now. Going to CASS shoots will be the least of what she may miss out on. They're are many pain management procedures other than surgery that could help her. Drugs, electro/muscular units, etc that can help. The longer she waits the harder it will be to reverse the disability or block the pain.

ArkansasHunter · 08-07-2007, 02:04 PM

I agree with dave375hh sounds like your mother may have a buldging disc pressing on the scyotic nerve (spelled wrong). or her vertabra disc joints have detereated due to age and may be causeing her problems.
Need to take her to a Doctor. You didn't mention her age. I do hope your Mom does better I will say a pray for her healing...A.H

SuckLead · 08-07-2007, 09:12 PM

She isn't going to get better I am afraid. She is under the supervision of plenty of doctors right now and has said to me that the pills she takes every morning actually fill her up so she doesn't eat breakfast. Right now she's taking muscle relaxers which seem to be helping out some, but this keeps happening. She's got arthritis everywhere, Lupis, and spinal stenosis. The doctors have tried to get her to get knee and hip replacements, but it was explained that her bones are breaking apart so badly that they'll need to do the replacements again a few years later and the max she can get done are two replacements. So she's scared.

I'm currently trying to get her to do stuff she's always wanted to do and never had. She owned a motorcycle for about two months before her back got too bad to ride it. She went cyacking last summer. I bought her the first brand new guitar she's ever owned a few years ago (she's played guitar since she was a teen, but her only guitar is this thing she got in a pawn shop back then and it is now starting to rot a little, it smells awful) with the hopes of keeping her hands and arms excersised. And I am a major reason she finally joined SASS. She's at a point now where she won't heal, they're just trying to keep her moving as long as she can move. And I'm trying to keep her spirits up so she doesn't give up.

Mom just turned 58 this June.

08-06-2007, 11:16 PM	#1
SuckLead Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: USA Posts: 518	Mom and Shooting My mom is becoming a bit disabled. Unfortunetly she got a bit older without me realizing (isn't that always so? Parents aren't suppossed to get old). She's got horrible arthritis and now a spinal issue. Tonight she had trouble just getting out of her seat, took 10 minutes for her to get upright. So she's losing stability quickly. She only recently began shooting and just joined the Single Action Shooting Society. She went to her first shoot with SASS a month ago and she had a wonderful time. But this was before her back started to seize up and her legs began to lose feeling, that's only recently. Can anyone offer any advice on keeping her motivated to stay with it, to let her know this doesn't have to hold her back? She's a stubborn lady, but she can be stubborn on the wrong side and not allow anyone to tell her things aren't completely over. I want her to keep going to SASS because she needs a little fun in her life, something to get excited about and I think she found it. I joined up recently myself so I could go to meets with her... but I work weekends and can't always go. How do I get her to not give up and keep going, even without me? Thanks. I'm really worried about her.

08-07-2007, 01:47 PM	#3
dave375hh Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 587	Tell mom to get to a pain management clinic. What hurts now will not get better by itself, I know because I'm there now. Going to CASS shoots will be the least of what she may miss out on. They're are many pain management procedures other than surgery that could help her. Drugs, electro/muscular units, etc that can help. The longer she waits the harder it will be to reverse the disability or block the pain. __________________ Dave 375 H&H

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08-07-2007, 08:14 AM	#2
Cyrille Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: South Louisiana Posts: 1,310	As you probably know the Cass community are a bunch of very friendly, helpful hombres and ladies. Take or bring your mother to the next meet and introduce her to a 'possie' that is near your lo-cal. Get to know those people and shoot with them as often as possable, enjoy the after event fun time with them And (hopefully) when a meet is held on a weekend when you are working ask if someone from your 'possie' would mind bringing your mother to the event. I'll be willing to bet that she'll get a ride! just my 2 cents worth.

08-07-2007, 02:04 PM	#4
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 9,872	I agree with dave375hh sounds like your mother may have a buldging disc pressing on the scyotic nerve (spelled wrong). or her vertabra disc joints have detereated due to age and may be causeing her problems. Need to take her to a Doctor. You didn't mention her age. I do hope your Mom does better I will say a pray for her healing...A.H

08-07-2007, 09:12 PM	#5
SuckLead Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: USA Posts: 518	She isn't going to get better I am afraid. She is under the supervision of plenty of doctors right now and has said to me that the pills she takes every morning actually fill her up so she doesn't eat breakfast. Right now she's taking muscle relaxers which seem to be helping out some, but this keeps happening. She's got arthritis everywhere, Lupis, and spinal stenosis. The doctors have tried to get her to get knee and hip replacements, but it was explained that her bones are breaking apart so badly that they'll need to do the replacements again a few years later and the max she can get done are two replacements. So she's scared. I'm currently trying to get her to do stuff she's always wanted to do and never had. She owned a motorcycle for about two months before her back got too bad to ride it. She went cyacking last summer. I bought her the first brand new guitar she's ever owned a few years ago (she's played guitar since she was a teen, but her only guitar is this thing she got in a pawn shop back then and it is now starting to rot a little, it smells awful) with the hopes of keeping her hands and arms excersised. And I am a major reason she finally joined SASS. She's at a point now where she won't heal, they're just trying to keep her moving as long as she can move. And I'm trying to keep her spirits up so she doesn't give up. Mom just turned 58 this June.