clayton86

@Gundog Yeah it’s killing me not being able to be out doing stuff or working but I think I’ll be cleared to work again soon. PT is done and I seen my neurologist earlier in the week and they are don’t with me also said I don’t need to be seen again. Few more doctors to see in a week like 3 in one day and I’m sure they will all fee the same since I’m bouncing back rather fast considering the condition I was in

Oh yeah I’ve been buying a ton of new gear for fishing to use this season being stuck home and not working or able to do much has been painful on the wallet lol. Even that coyote hunt was my first time out all year I managed a few duck hunts before the accident but missed all of deer season and late duck. The coyote spots were all park and short walks like 50yards across flat level terrain.

We start at sun down and hunt till sun up but we have thermal scopes and night vision on our guns and scan with thermal scanners. During the day works also some states don’t allow night hunting. Our season closes at the end of the month. Heck Saturday night we didn’t go right out even though it was dark but it was snowing bad good and even with thermal it’s hard to see through the snow and even harder with night vision.

Yeah it felt great to get out. Waiting for all this ice and snow to go away so I can fish. We had to keep all the stands close to where we parked the truck since walking through snow was kinda tricky I still have a pretty good limp that who knows if it will ever go away it has been getting better though till I’m tired or been working it a lot walking.

Spent the weekend coyote hunting with my buddy. We do the NYS contest every year came in tied for second this year so it went to total weight and we won by 30lbs. My first time out all season after getting hit by a F150 at work busting me all up.

Yeah I had my first PT today I’m definitely sore and feeling it but in a good way. Don’t see the PT lasting long though not at appointments being once every 2 weeks they have me down for because I did so well on day 1. Now just to lose the weight I put back on since leaving the hospital can’t get out and stay active like I used to be between the injury and these freezing temps.

Yeah the relearning the walk part has been kinda goofy I’m slow now my 3 year old definitely out runs me lol

Just got X-rays and word from the doctor today that bolted me back together that I’m good to go for walking. Now to start small and rebuild my legs to put up with some of the conditions that and my lungs could probably use some work to after pneumonia and the one being deflated in the wreck.

We got hammered here my wheelchair ramp off the porch disappeared it’s completely covered and the snow is level with how high the porch is. Kinda felt bad my gf had to shovel out our driveway I can’t right now and it took her hours

I go to rehab twice a week currently but had my last speech therapy today my memory and brain functions are all back and good to go. I’ve got 1 more occupational therapy left to get test to see if I can drive again since I’ve passed all the other tests with flying colors she cut my last 3 appointments of the schedule. I’m just waiting on getting cleared to walk again on the 22nd and I can start physical therapy more than what they have me doing at home. Hopefully won’t be much longer that I’m out of everything.

Still being one with the whole healing process though I shouldn’t be lol.

Yeah I guess I ripped mine out also along with the tube going into my lungs. Apparently I tried ripping out the catheter also but didn’t get to but almost lol glad they stopped that one. I was fighting everything they had me hooked up to they had to pin me down with 5 people and then strap me to the bed. All kinds of stubborn when trying to get healed up.

Thats my goal i think I’ll be good to go my recovery so fars been ahead of schedule other than walking they want me to keep weight off my legs/hips/pelvis while all the plates and screws are setting in my pelvis. Supposed to go January 22nd to see when I can try walking and being more active.

And stubborn lol. I guess I kept trying to rip out my lung tube that was keeping me alive and all the hoses taped to me along with a catheter I almost ripped it all out or off but it took a bunch of nurses to hold me down I guess. I don’t remember any of it other than once I was up trying to lose the neck brace. But yeah took a 99 F150 on the side of 390s @50mph which sent me 60yards down the road.

Yeah that’s been tough I do my exercises each day like they said to not walking or standing very long has been tough since my pain levels are way down. Certain movements of my legs and pelvis almost bring tears to my eyes others are fine and pain free.

I own a ford doesn’t help but I plan on going to the auction with work for a new truck the Ranger needs to go

Thanks everyone I’ve been released from the hospital but still recovering and unable to walk I’m suppose to stay off the legs/pelvis till the 22nd of January. Got a bunch of new fancy scars lol. I’ll include some pics of me in coma and once I was woke

How I spent November after stopping with my body a F150 that was spinning out

If any of you follow me on FB or Instagram you might of heard or seen that I was recently(November 13th) I was involved in a bad accident while at work or of your from WNY heard about it on the news or radio. a little background I’m a tow truck operator and was finishing up winnching out a vehicle from a ditch on the side the road on 390 in Rochester NY. I had finished with the struck vehicle when a F150 hit some black ice stared to fish wait went off the road at 50mph and struck me as I was putting stuff away in my tow truck. Sent me flying down the highway about 60yards my mom said. shattered my pelvis in 4 spots, broke the two little bones on my skull that connects it to the spine, ruptured a kidney, spleen, liver and suffered severe brain injurie. Spent 5 weeks in the hospital 15 days of which was in enduced coma. My memory was shot when I first woke up but is slowly coming back more and more every day still struggle with short term but long is coming back stronger every day. I’m still in a wheel chair till the 22nd of January when I find out if i can put pressure on my legs more than the stand and pivot I can do now to change seats. Which I think that appointment will go good I feel great considering the situation. They sent me home just before Christmas which was cool being home but pretty immobile considering how I used to be. End goal is to be up and walking in time to bust the kayak out when the weather snaps out of the cold funk and do some fishing. Heres some one pics of me hooked up to all the machines keeping me alive at first then when I woke up and gave my boss some thumbs up about how I was feeling. And then coming home to my 3 year old who was missing me like crazy.

Would’ve been easy this season that just ended. Last season I was top 5 every event and cashed a check 3/4 the time. This season was a major fail for me I did every event and never finished above 15th till the very last one that was on my home waters I took 2nd after leaving a active school thinking I had 1st locked in and a 4 mile paddle ahead of me to get back I left earlier than I needed to.

Benn shoot me a message if ya like I can point ya in the direction of some spots I’m only 10 minutes from the BP campus I live in holley

I’ve got a bunch of KO sWaver 168s I really like swim identical to my R2S wavers

In NY it depends on the water. If both sides of the water are posted you can’t even anchor you can float an fish but cannot anchor or wade. I got into argument over a land owner earlier in the year about this. Called the NYDEC and was told if the land is privately owned on both sides I can float threw but cannot anchor and fish there

Orleans county here I’ve been down to Chautauqua twice in the last month bass fishing on Chautauqua lake was miserable but Walleye out of Barcelona harbor was awesome caught over 30 Walleye.

I built a phenix usb790h that I use for all my bull shad/wake/gills. I fish out of a kayak 90% of the time I built it with a 13” handle it works well from the kayak. I would look into one built on that blank or order the factory rod offered in it