I had three stents put in all at once. I was almost completely plugged in two arteries and 83% in the third. I was riding my ATV with my doctor's permission four days later. She said go ahead and shoot all you want. I had Lasik done on both eyes and was told to wait a couple of weeks to shoot my 45-70s. No problems. I just recently had cataract lens replacement and was told to wait a week. A month ago I had PRK in one of the eyes to "tweak" the vision and that was horrible (pain, redness, watering, sore, the who nine yards) and was told to wait until I could see good enough to shoot and then just go and shoot. It took about three weeks to see well enough to shoot. Unbelievable what they can do now days. I've got 20/20 in one eye and 20/15 in the other. I'm 66 and can walk all day hunting. About the Plavix and shooting........it's gonna look bad but it's not dangerous. You'll sometimes get some huge bruises. Oddly enough, sometimes you don't. Don't know why that is but sometimes you bruise worse than others. I was told not to worry about it so I don't.