I haven’t, actually. There’s no reason why not though, guess I’ve not really given it any thought. Good suggestion, thank you. I’ll look at some, and see if it’ll be right for me.
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I have both of my hips replaced, both SI joints fused and everything in my lower back from L1 to S2 is fused so I don’t bend at all. I will tell you doing my physical therapy in a heated therapy pool did wonders for me. Just go for one PT session in a heated pool and then find a heated therapy pool and you can do your own therapy. Plus between different types of floats and small ankle weights you can get a really good work out in.
That nerve you are talking about that makes your left thigh numb and weak is behind your L3. I just had a calcified cyst removed from there and it’s made a huge difference for me. The removal of that cyst made my left leg almost as strong as my right.
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I know it depends on what you wear, and how walking goes, but a good shoulder rig allows you the gun on one side, and ammo on the other, though I have not tried it from uncontrolled fall positions, a shoulder rig allows you access to your gun under any other situation where you could still grab your chest, like sitting in a car or chair, and often allows for larger frames to be carried. I’d be specially interested too in finding a gun that had a natural fit to my hand that enhanced aiming. I discovered two pistols over the years, that just naturally settle into my hand in a way that has this uncanny ability to point right where I’m looking, and re-settle there during firing as well. I grant you it can be a lot of work to find that, but it can transform your shooting ability ten fold. I have even warmed up to a couple of guns I never took seriously because i considered them “gimmicky” and not serious tools. But when employed properly, with the right understanding, I suddenly discovered a tool that would work well when truly nothing else would. I won’t bore with examples here but I think you are on the right track, with all the options out there, and some trial and error, I’m pretty sure you can find that strategy that will cover you as well as can be done. I’ve even sewn my own holster out of other one’s I bought for the purpose, so I could carry the gun I felt was best, and carry it where it needed to be on my person.
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Envisioning a simple square Kydex that would strap around your back. Similar to a reverse backpack. Should be able to put a kydex holster, extra mags and a knife all in that square.
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Whew, that’s a lot of surgery. You describe exactly what I really hope to avoid, and it helps me to keep things in perspective. I’m going to be contacting my insurance this week to see about starting some PT; I have no idea why I never thought of it before. Your post and several others that have suggested it really have me thinking that it could make a marked improvement in my life, and I’m grateful for you all.
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