My Dr. says the earliest I should consider attempting to catch fish would be May 1st.  I told him I'd likely be on the water some time in April. He said that he new I was hard of hearing, but didn't know I was hard headed. "I heard you just fine and you can ask anyone, I'm not hard headed. I just don't figure I'll catch anything, so why hold off until May?"

lol hope your health is doing fine. still have to get out with you this year sometime. 

Funny....very funny...thanks for the smiles.  Remember last year when I had the acute pancreatitis.  Doctor never said anything about not going fishing but it was sure hard to fish when I was bent over most of the time waiting for the pain.  Remember fishing a couple hours a day and resting for two or three days.  Then I caught a couple big stripers and held them up for pic and added a double hernia operation to the mix.  That one slowed me the most....ouch.

Funny....very funny...thanks for the smiles.  Remember last year when I had the acute pancreatitis.  Doctor never said anything about not going fishing but it was sure hard to fish when I was bent over most of the time waiting for the pain.  Remember fishing a couple hours a day and resting for two or three days.  Then I caught a couple big stripers and held them up for pic and added a double hernia operation to the mix.  That one slowed me the most....ouch.

 

OUCH!

I am listening to him and have fishing to thank for the motivation to do my physical therapy. I will say that I will never have three procedures done at once again. By the time I finish all the therapy, it's time to start again. On the plus side, the drugs are great and I don't have to worry about keeping myself occupied  You guys can get your mind out of the gutter, I'm not THAT old.