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Green light to play
Well believe it or not, 2 1/2 weeks out of surgery and the surgeon gave me permission to start playing guitar and just living life so that is the therapy for my hand and wrist.
I was a little shocked to say the least. The surgery didn’t resolve any of my pain issues. In fact it added to it. They took a plate out that was pressing on a nerve and a tendon, and they weren’t repairing any breaks this time or drilling into my bones or anything so I guess it’s considered minor ha ha hurt like hell. I will have chronic pain in my hand and wrist going forward and it’s very bothersome-
There’s a fourth surgery that will happen within the next year. My hand is deformed from the force of the fall. It pushed all the finger and hand bones back and to the left. There were a lot of breaks a nd dislocations, and the finger and wrist bones all got shoved to the right and displaced. . The surgeon repaired multiple breaks and the dislocations on the underside ,and the PTSD carpal tunnel, where my nerve shaft was filled with blood and compromise the nerve. , but they didn’t do anything with the displaced bones. The large outer wrist bone sticks up quite a bit, and it is very painful to touch and the top of the hand in the top of the fingers are very painful now. I really thought the surgery was going to relieve some of that.
To do the fourth surgery, he said it’s a very complicated issue they have to literally cut a large section of my bone out and somehow they’ll be able to use hardware and you know rods or whatever to move it off over to the left and the finger bones which are all shifted over too I guess they would move those too. Just very depressing and I have major PTSD over walking now I’m so afraid of falling. It’s pretty serious. It’s amazing to me to think something like a trip and fall could be so major and cause so many problems.
So I will give it a go with a guitar and try to remind myself too be kind and take it slowly. Problem is I don’t know how to do anything small ha ha. Decomposition is something I have to work at all the time because I have anxiety and trouble focusing and I have ADHD and often depression it’s very hard for me too Break things down into manageable chunks. I absolutely love playing the guitar, and it is so therapeutic and so many ways physically emotionally spiritually. I get lost on it.
I have no clue why I write so much it’s just how I’ve always been so I appreciate everyone putting up with my long posts
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You’ve been through a lot, so the mental gymnastics that work out with our emotions will be popping up. For any of us; when we go through tough stuff; I think especially as we move into the mature years of our life (at least for me); and have more limitations in ways physically; we can be overcome. You sound like you know what hinders you in these ways as you seek to gain and use your physical abilities. Write it out; read it; remind yourself how to work through or around the hindrances; and walk out daily a path toward your goals. The speed of recovery or progress is not what is most important. Keep moving toward them. Involve what support system you can. The best to you Loraine. You are thought of and prayed for. Keep well; and keep on truckin’.
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When I was a lad I had to hoe sugar beets on our farm. When you look at a half mile square (160 acres) of rows 18” apart and half mile long. At 13 years old it seems like an insurmountable task. But you just do it one weed and one step at time. @Loraine you have a “long row to hoe”, but you seem to understand what it takes. 3 weeks out of surgery and you have music in your heart. Bless you heart (in a nice way).
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You’re lucky to have the best therapy ever. Your guitar. It’s inspiring to see you persevere.
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Hey Loraine. So sorry to hear about your accident and injury….really sucks. Good news is that this surgery is now behind you and you are slowly on the mend…and getting the green light to pick up your guitar is huge! A little over ten years ago and only a little while into my own guitar journey, I took a header down some stairs and badly broke my left wrist. Required surgery, plates and pins to fix and hurt like hell for weeks. When I started physio and got the green light to start playing again, the therapist told me that playing would be excellent for healing and would speed up my recovery. Very slow going but after a few months made noticable progress. You got this sister…embrace your favourite guitar and stick to the program… you’ll get stronger and stronger and before long you’ll be rockin again.
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Don’t worry about us Loraine, if you need to come on here to vent, no matter how many characters you put down in your post, we’ll read ’em! Always here for you, sister!
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@philb @Skyman911 @albert_d @Braden @petelanger Thank you all for always putting up with my long posts. I truly appreciate the support, words of encouragement, and your own personal journeys with something similar. I’m not sure I tried playing with the best choice o song – haha. I am working on Lay Lady Lay by Dylan, and there is a barre chord in it. It still hurts too much to press down to barre, but it sounds pretty good with what noise I do make. Lol
Onward and upward. Keep on plunking.
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