After 4 months of constant headaches that escalate to excrutiating and slowly becoming dyslexia, the Dr. has determined that I have too much pressure on my brain.[shock] The medical name for this is Hydrocephalus and the only recommended treatmet is to have a valve and small tube inserted in my brain, draining into my abdomen. The outcome is expected to be 100% recovery with no ill effects, after an initial 3 month period of being very careful about hitting my head.[grenade] The wife and I have pryed about this and are pretty comfortable (read- nervous as hell but putting in God's hands).
Now to my problem, I had signed up for my New Mexico state sanctioned CCW class for permit and I had to call the instructor to reschedule due to the surgery date. The instructor advised me to find out if my condition and surgery would keep me from obtaining a CCW due to medical reasons.
Does anyone out there have any personal information, websites, e-mail addresses, telephone numbers or even mailing addresses that I could use to answer this question. Our state is filled to the rim with Liberal gun hating politicians and it took us 7 tries on the ballot until the State government finally listened to the people but....
1. They allowed each city to allow/disallow CCW in that city. (currently being fought in NM Supreme Court as to State Constitutionality.. I think we will win)
2. They also drug their feet as much as possible regarding the specifics of the bill. i.e. the bill was passed in the 2000 session, the criteria for training was not made available to the instructors until October 2001. (the rest of the bills passed in that session were enacted in June, 2000)
Suffice to say that the information I am requesting is difficult if not impossible to find. Also I am nervous about contacting the wrong official and opening a can of worms. ("Oh, we didn't think of that, hmmm.....no you cannot have the permit").
Sorry for dragging on, guess I'm just a little nervous and don't want this surgery to impact my life any more than it has. I am only 33 years old, way too young to have an incurable disease and I am scared about what else I may not be able to do. Shooting, Motocross, Skiing, Snowboarding and anything else I love.
And I can think of no other place that I could go to get this information. In looking over this site, I have been amazed at the extended 'family' atmosphere found here. It was a major factor in my coming to a bunch of strangers with this problem.
Thank you in advance for letting me be ramble on about my fears on your site, and for the information.
[%(] ...rage against the dying of the light