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Location: Stevens Point, WI | Hey gang,
What a rough year for me! As many of you know last June I had a L4-L5 fusion last year and I wasn't able fish at all, definately a bummer of a year for me. The good news is that I'm completely pain free and feel better than I have since I injured it firefighting in 2003. Fast forward to April 2010. Things were looking good for the start of this season until I had two horrible bout of Diverticulitis, the first in February and then again on Easter Sunday. I spent 11 days in the hospital and ended up having a Sigmoid Colectomy done where they took out about 16" of my large intestine. I was literally cut open from nuts to sternum. As of yesterday I am pretty much fully healed and will be going back to work this weekend. Finally I am healthy and am going to hit the water with reckless abandon. The Tuffy is suffering from some severe slime withdrawls along with me. Thanks again to everyone for their thoughts and prayers this past year and I hope to share my boat again with many of you this season. As usual I have off Mon-Thur every week and I always welcome people to come fish the WI River with me or head up to Oneida and Vilas counties. Watch out muskie's.... MuskieMedic is back! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Medic, glad to see you back in action. Give me a rattle, I need to hold down a back seat some day soon. |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | Will do Steve! |
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Location: South East Wisconsin | Good to hear! I had back surgery back in Nov. I know how you feel. Good Luck this season. |
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Location: Stevens Point, Wi. | great news Derek- glad you're doing better |
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Location: NW WI | If we'd combine our two "Collectomy's" you (Sigmoid) and me (Right Hemi) would have very little colon left.....not a pleasant thought!!!
Glad to hear you're doing OK and getting back on the water. Word to the wise....if you even feel a twitch of a #2 coming on, make sure you're close to a john!!!! It comes a lot faster than it used to!!!!
Edited by Ifishskis 5/25/2010 6:40 PM
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Location: APPLETON, WI | Glad to hear you're doing better. Good luck this year!! |
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Location: Eau Claire | Good to hear your doing well, I put a big on back in below dam x. She should be a monster for you this year! |
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | Great to hear your feeling no pain in your back, but wait until those triceps start burning from reeling all day. Now that's a pain you can live with. Go get those fish you missed last year.
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Location: Racine, Wi | Great news Derek! Glad to hear all is doing better. Now get out there next week and slam some slime!
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Location: Greenfield, WI | It is a well known fact that after an extended time off, every follow and catch for you will be over 45.375" for atleast the next year!
Keep your hat tipped back to keep the shadows off your face for the pictures!
Good Luck!
Edited by Steve Van Lieshout 5/27/2010 5:51 PM
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Location: Wheeling, IL. | Derek
Glad your feeling well. I am just recovering from my third neck fusion at 4 levels, C3 through 7.
Hopefully I can get in a boat later this summer.
Catch a big one for us invalids!
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Location: Norway | Good to hear Derek! I was just browsing thru pictures from WI 2007  Next year Im done with the payments of my boat, and then I have to come back...
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| Derek, great to hear you are back in action. Let's get out and fish again sometime.
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | SVL, that would be awesome if my follows averaged that. I'll hold you responsible if they don't. LOL. Let me know Michael when you plan on coming to WI again, I would be great to share a boat with you again. You could stay at our house to help save some cash. Muskyboy, let's hit Shawano one of these days. I have a feeling my arms will be killing me at first since I'm out of muskie shape. Probably will take awhile to ease into throwing big tens. |
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| Glad to here you are back in action. Give those river muskies hell! |
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Location: oswego, il | Derek glad to hear you are you are doing better. My dad has about 1/2 of his colon left after they mismarked what section they had to take out but like I tell him he's not as full of crap as he used to be. I hope you slime up first trip out. |
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Back in the Saddle Again!