 Hello folks at home. Welcome back to the channel. I am Doing something a little different here today, and I am sitting in my cave I owe you guys an explanation from my Instagram where I have Stitches in my leg. So that's what we're gonna be explaining today and also answering some of your comments Before we get to all the explaining Would like to let all you fishing freaks know about The Guggen baits nuke punch now available Guggen squad dot com. 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I had an accident literally like right before the next day I had meetings and then I had to get on a plane and go to Mexico With this hole in my leg I did happen to get this on camera and I'm gonna show you the guys that But what I was doing I was trying to make a video because I saw some comments on my on my last Knife video about some of you wanted to see the sharpening process so I was going to do sort of a Basic overview of how I sharpened my knives and I needed to get one that was kind of like dull or really damaged to show how to Really sharpen the knife like profile the blade itself and I don't have any of those I keep all my knives really honed and sharpened And they're just all like, you know dang near mirror polish finishes in there So I was like I need to Get a knife that I don't really care that much about and I need to go damage it to show how to sharpen it so I grabbed one and Well, here you go check it out got some knots in here that might make this difficult to split. That's good pause for band-aids So as I walked off this scene there I turned off the camera. I went inside to go get a band-aid and Some alcohol and kind of clean the wound. I knew that it went through my Duluth trading fire hose Pants so when it's going through the fire hose pants, you know, it was is pretty good ding But I couldn't really see you through the pants. I knew it was bleeding a little bit And I had a little blood mark, but I was like, I'll go upstairs and just patch it up and I'll come back and I'll continue this video and The next thing I know I'm going upstairs. I'm getting a little little lightheaded a little woozy I'm like, okay. Well, you know, I just walked upstairs. That's a little more than usual I see Stephanie. She's with the kids and I'm like, hey, honey. I need some help Had an accident outside Can you give me some alcohol? Some some bandages and whatnot and I went we went into the bathroom and I sit down on the John And then this is not my best moment y'all, but I'm just gonna tell you how I went down I pulled my my pant leg down so I could see the wound and address it and and saw you know, there's a flap of meat going on and Then I started getting more woozy and I was like, hey Steph, I think I might pass out Just letting you know just giving you a heads up here. This could happen and then the next thing I know I'm waking up to EMTs in the bathroom So luckily we live really close to a fire station and the EMTs got there really quick I went out. I just I blacked out. I've never blacked out before and It was very scary for Stephanie She said I was convulsing and foaming at the mouth and all the stuff and I woke up and I Completely wet my pants. It was it was totally embarrassing And I'm sharing this with the internet right now, which is which is also embarrassing, but it was a scary moment and I feel like oh you guys an explanation because I just all of a sudden went to de Mexico and You know, I had this puncture wound in my leg. I just hadn't had time to really explain it So that's that's basically what happened with my leg I threw the knife at the stump it it just ricocheted. I was a very stupid Act on my part that drop point which is really like one of the only drop point knives I have which is very pokey just went what just went right in there went in an inch and a half So show you guys the knife you check this out went in there an inch and a half and You know, obviously there were dirt debris and all that stuff And I once I came to with the EMTs. I was I was pretty much with it They they checked it out and you know, they just said basically I had a nerve It's just like, you know getting knocked on the chin. It's like your body just says it's time It's time for you to go to sleep. So you don't bleed out. I woke up, you know, my Blood pressure was really low. It's just it's just a defense mechanism for your body basically so I Stephanie drove me to the hospital and then They were actually able to sew me up That was kind of a process because the hospitals are like so full right now The other people it was a long It was just a long night But I finally got stitched up and then yeah, I was in meetings all the next day and then went to Mexico So it's almost time to get the stitches out I have a giant bruise on the back of my leg now I guess from I don't know just nerve endings or something from going in there, but Thank God, I was not by myself like at the deer lease or something like that I was just in the backyard and Literally from like one minute from when I turned the camera off to going upstairs I was passing out so it can happen quick moral the story is You know, don't throw knives at Objects close to you. That's not a good idea And really be careful around sharp knives I'm surprised it's taking this long for me to have a have an incident like that I'm but I'm usually really careful and I keep my knife so sharp that I have a lot of respect for For my nice knives. I keep really sharp that one. I was just I'd never sharpened it. I was trying to dull it and Yeah, it was factory sharp and it was still very pokey and it poked a nice hole in my leg So I can officially go in to the list of Self-inflicted stab wound victims For my for my local county. That's that's good setting records over here So that's what happened and like I said, I went to Mexico. That's a whole another set of videos I'll be going at next but right now. I wanted to answer some of you guys's questions Because I haven't done this in a very long time Just just had a video where I answer some some comments. So let's go through a few. Well, I am reminded of why I Don't always read comments right now Little bit of shade being thrown. Okay. This is a very interesting question. So someone asked is my middle name armistead Very historical they say that's from heavy diesel Yes, it is the armistead name Does have some historical significance. I know that there was a general armistead from the Civil War and I believe there was a spy for Washington that's two Instances I've heard that name. This is a good comment that I'm just reading from Ben Fennel is he's digging the crappie videos And he said he's second. So I guess someone else also comment about this Doing some more crappie videos like from the bank or a dock or a kayak without the electronics I I like this and spring is a perfect time to do this if you're if you're getting into crappie fishing The crappie will actually move up before the bass and spawn and you can catch them on throwing the cover and It's it's really fun. So I will definitely be doing some videos like that without the electronics You know the live scoping and all that stuff. It's it's a really easy way to catch them And yeah, I understand not everyone has life scopes. So I will definitely be doing some of that this year Someone asked the last knife video whatever happened to your gamma knife treatment I'm having a meningiome. I'm removed next week and Also uncertain on whether the entire thing will be removed All right, I actually need to respond to this comment. This is important. So I had I had gamma knife Which is a radiation a concentrated radiation? Procedure For my brain. So I have a certain part of my tumor in my brain that it just can't be operated on it's Bumps up on my optic nerve and the carotid artery and anything around the carotid artery. You cannot touch. So The surgeon that did my brain surgeon He that did it originally He knew he was gonna leave that in there and this and I would probably need to get a gamma knife and I waited about a year and Saw that there was just there was just a little bit of growth on the tumor So they went ahead and get and did the gamma knife since my last examination six months ago, I Haven't I haven't had any growth on the tumor yet. So that's great So I I think I'm scheduled to go down to like one scan a year now I got a CT scan when I after I busted off my leg with the knife they they did a CT scan because I Did have some confulsions and some seizure like behavior. They just wanted to make sure my brain Wasn't acting up again. So I Got a CT scan and they said everything was they saw my tumor in there But said nothing looked crazy, which was a big relief. So that was nice But to answer your question the this person says that they have a meningioma What they do is they just take whatever they can out and then They do the gamma knife, you know about a year later if they need to so maybe you won't have to have Someone asked what my filet knife was in that last knife video and that that's a It's not a fully custom filet knife. I bought it at a store when I was up in Escanaba Not bark River is actually a store called rapid River knives and it has a like 30 degree angle blade on the back and Then on the front of blade, obviously, it's got it's got a 20 degree maybe be less than that but it's CPM 154 steel and It's like I forget what kind of maple. It's like some sort of light colored maple handle It's really nice and I use it all the time. I love it. So you can actually buy them online From rapid River Some people are saying they want me to get back to fishing. I Have I have just gone five days deep Into a lake I have never been to in Mexico and it was good times Caught hundreds of bass so Bass action is about to be had. I will just say though. I I think it's important to pass on general outdoor information as a whole on this channel and you know even after I am Gone from YouTube one day. I that's that's important to me to pass on some of these things that I think are important to be a total outdoorsman So hunting fishing obviously camping, you know general just outdoorsmanship woodsmanship and Just anything I learn from great outdoorsmen. I try to pass along so I just think those are important skills to have that You know kind of doing one of these days Joe be Gallagher says maybe a backpacking trip with OSG or something would be cool to see Man, we have talked about that so much and want to do it right now. We are just with the two little kiddos right now It's tough. I love it. I know Stephanie would love it and So we definitely want to do do some of that take our take our big camper and And go to some of these places and then go in from there and do hiking and I'm hoping this fall that I'm gonna be able to do some Some just pack in fishing trips in Colorado and places like that And I'll probably do some more backpack hunting this year. Everybody seems to love my dad My dad is very loved Especially by me so LFD will be making some some more appearances in 2022, of course I actually tried to get him to go to Mexico with me, but it was busy at the beginning of the year If you guys want me to answer more comments Leave them in this video. I will start answering some comments Maybe at the start of every video just answering a couple and then getting into the juice of the video so Anyway, I just wanted to share what happened to my leg and Kind of give you guys a look at it right now Pretty much ready to go ready to stand on a boat though did that worked out great because of in Mexico I wear shorts let this thing air out get a little, you know sunshine some vitamin D ski and and Next trip, I believe I am going to Florida to the big O and And get on some more bass. So just kicking off 22 some good old bass dangling y'all Snipped a bunch this week. So all that action coming up next and go ahead and smash that like button for me Just being alive survived a lot. You know what I mean? Two kids knives tumors The occasional hater on YouTube Nothing can stop this Absolute tenured man. So thank you guys for being here. God bless you guys be in the grand outdoors. I'll see you soon