Tee-Cee
Senior Member
I haven't fished since May.....seems like a major loss not to have fished the wonderful months of summer but I still cannot get myself going at the moment.....and this from fishing several times a week..
Problems started when I tore the tendon to the top joint in my ring finger(it ended up just limply hanging down)and I had to wear a Mallet Splint for 8 weeks to keep the joint stiff.The injury was caused by removing a sock(at the hospital!)where I was being treated for a serious foot problem which turned out to be a Mortons Neuroma which caused sudden massive pain when out walking(my other major passion)and could stop me in my tracks until the pain subsided.
In the last week or so the foot has been injected which has helped with the pain and the finger-well,a bit of a disaster really as whilst its healed I will always have a slightly bent joint which(until my brain gets used to it)will mentally play on my mind and will take some getting used to with fishing etc....
All this,along with serious bouts of(major long standing)depression which drag me down for days at a time,is made worse because I could not walk or fish,both of which help me fight this scourge..
Several times I've got to the river bank only to turn around and go home again-I just cannot tackle-up for some reason-and its got to the point where I'm thinking"do I really want to go fishing again?"
It's amazing really that I find myself in this position(at 67 years old)where I can do what I want,when I want,when my life is otherwise very good with a great wife and no money worries and yet its all at a standstill simply because I cannot get to the river bank...semingly at a standstill because I cannot do the one thing I love so much.........
Anyway,in an attempt to break the cycle we are going away for a weeks holiday to a very decent hotel,with good food and the opportunity to walk til we drop and rivers like the Wye to rekindle the desire-a chance to be away from all the problems that get in the way and seem insurmountable at times.
With any luck I hope the fire and passion will return and I can be back on the river bank in a week or two..........
As others have said,its a time to re-evaluate and move on from what has been a torrid time and from what,physically,I've never faced before..
In a way its good to see others with similar problems(its easy to become buried in ones own mire)and it helps to realise I'm not alone in facing these battles.
Its also feels pretty good to be able to unload-particularly onto understanding fellow fishermen on FM.............
Good luck to all those above-hope to see you on the bank soon!!!
Problems started when I tore the tendon to the top joint in my ring finger(it ended up just limply hanging down)and I had to wear a Mallet Splint for 8 weeks to keep the joint stiff.The injury was caused by removing a sock(at the hospital!)where I was being treated for a serious foot problem which turned out to be a Mortons Neuroma which caused sudden massive pain when out walking(my other major passion)and could stop me in my tracks until the pain subsided.
In the last week or so the foot has been injected which has helped with the pain and the finger-well,a bit of a disaster really as whilst its healed I will always have a slightly bent joint which(until my brain gets used to it)will mentally play on my mind and will take some getting used to with fishing etc....
All this,along with serious bouts of(major long standing)depression which drag me down for days at a time,is made worse because I could not walk or fish,both of which help me fight this scourge..
Several times I've got to the river bank only to turn around and go home again-I just cannot tackle-up for some reason-and its got to the point where I'm thinking"do I really want to go fishing again?"
It's amazing really that I find myself in this position(at 67 years old)where I can do what I want,when I want,when my life is otherwise very good with a great wife and no money worries and yet its all at a standstill simply because I cannot get to the river bank...semingly at a standstill because I cannot do the one thing I love so much.........
Anyway,in an attempt to break the cycle we are going away for a weeks holiday to a very decent hotel,with good food and the opportunity to walk til we drop and rivers like the Wye to rekindle the desire-a chance to be away from all the problems that get in the way and seem insurmountable at times.
With any luck I hope the fire and passion will return and I can be back on the river bank in a week or two..........
As others have said,its a time to re-evaluate and move on from what has been a torrid time and from what,physically,I've never faced before..
In a way its good to see others with similar problems(its easy to become buried in ones own mire)and it helps to realise I'm not alone in facing these battles.
Its also feels pretty good to be able to unload-particularly onto understanding fellow fishermen on FM.............
Good luck to all those above-hope to see you on the bank soon!!!
