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WooHoo – Played after 3 months — Soul Asylum’s Runaway Train
I thought this day would never come. I owe so many people in this group a HUGE THANK YOU for supporting me, being there for me, and offering me words of encouragement throughout my ups and downs of recovery, since my accident. I still have a ways to go. But I was given permission to start. I’ve seen if I could play anything.<div>So here you go, my first try.
<div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Having played daily for nearly 4 years, I was waylaid from a fall and severe breaks and dislocations in my fretting hand/wrist, and PTSD carpal tunnel syndrome from the force of the fall causing the nerve shaft to fill with blood. Having no pain medication at the scene of the accident, in the ambulance, nor the trauma center (thanks to ridiculous state and federal regulations because of addicts and and doctors that prescribed irresponsibly; enduring traction to my fingers, hand and wrist, an unsuccessful attempt to push the dislocations back in, enduring the pain from a cast that was put on too tightly by the hospital, causing severe swelling and lack of bloodflow and restriction to my hand and fingers for 5 days, never hearing from the surgeon the hospital said would be contacting me, and then having to have emergency surgery when I found a surgeon. I’ve endured 2 surgeries to repair 3 breaks, 4 dislocations and the PTSD carpal tunnel syndrome; having a fixator placed under the skin at the top of my hand to the forearm to keep my wrist from moving for nearly 2 months; Then a 2nd surgery to remove the fixator, only to find out that they put another plate in the forearm, because the breaks and dislocations were the worst kind, considered unstable, I was told after the second surgery that I still couldnt bend the wrist for several weeks, and now dealing with added arthritis, multiple levels of pain in fingers, hand, wrist, forearm, and the numbness from the nerves being unhappy after the surgeries (and the acute discomfort from the nerves starting to recover – all requiring another 4-6 week recovery,
AND FINALLY, I got to play!! There is still quite a bit of pain and discomfort, so I’m not pushing it. The surgeon said to let life simply be my therapy. He said that because I played guitar, and because that was one of my biggest motivators to get better that i was well ahead of most of his patients that go through this type of surgery. I still have the long road. That will probably require some changes to my playing habits, such as I wear a compression glove now to keep swelling to a minimum too compress the nerves that are coming back to life because it’s so uncomfortable. And I can’t have things brush against my underside of the wrist and palm and thumb. I’ll probably need steroid injections and other things as I continue to play. I’ve always believed in shorter periods of playing so that probably won’t change much. I’ll just have multiple practice periods.
https://youtu.be/G-gBrPDClPg?si=7QHqSCQWHa0–j-8
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18 Replies
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Great job…you have been through a rough time lately…glad your better…
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Thanks for your support @Rodeo747 !
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YAY! I am happy for you. Its tough trying to heal. Good job!
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Appreciate it @Tricia_Lynn ! I still have.a ways to go, but it’s a start.
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Way to go!
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Thanks so much @John_Bolling_Hall . It’s a start, which I’m happy with.
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So good to have you back!
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Ah, but I never went anywhere. I was simply a bystander and cheerleader the last several months. I truly appreciate your support.
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Welcome back and you sounded great!
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I really appreciate that @cwglazemusic !!
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Today is a good day Loraine! I celebrate your return to the practice of playing!
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Thanks, Jeff! I think it will be short-lived. I see the surgeon tomorrow because I had another fall at the airport in SC on Christmas Eve. I had X-rays Christmas day, and there were no new fractures, but the wrist and hand are still pretty painful. I’m being a rebel by playing, But it’s a tease to say try it only to be told to stop again.
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I could see the joy on your face. So good to see you playing again. I’m sure you still have a long road ahead of you, but at least you can play.
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<font style=”vertical-align: inherit;”><font style=”vertical-align: inherit;”>Thanks. It really was great. See my message to JumpnJeff above. I hope that’s not the case, but it is painful to play and feels worse than it did before. </font></font>
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Way to go! Good to see you playing again.
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Thanks Phil! Hope to be able to keep playing. It’s pretty painful though.
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So happy for you Loraine! Back to the thing you clearly love to do. Wishing you a full, pain free recovery.
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Really appreciate your support through this entire thing. I still have quite a bit to get over. The pain is a show stopper most days.
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