bodia
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Yep, all over them/him. If you're in to DT, you should check out Bad Salad.Bodia, if you haven't checked out Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree/etc. you should!
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Yikes! I'm sorry I never replied when you told me about that ticket. We were out of town at the time and I wasn't sure how close that was to when they are in Cincinnati. It's one week from their date in Cincy, so I won't be able to make it. Someone needs to take Bodia up on this. The VIP tickets were sold out in Cincy before I found anyone to go. In fact, I still haven't so I may be going by myself...
bodia
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No worries! Enjoy the Cincy show. Chicago show is now sold out. Read some great reviews from the European shows.
So back to the topic of ME (it's all about me, isn't it?) for a moment...
Today an amazing thing happened.
I was SO depressed yesterday when I tried playing, the hand muscles were simply not working at all, and by that I mean, they wouldn't even form open chords, I couldn't bend a string, nothing. I could only play single notes. And it was the third day in a row that it seemed to get weaker.
My head was ready to explode. I actually called my son in LA and said, "I'm going to send you any of my guitars/amps that you want, and I'm going to sell the rest and buy a Moog Modular synth so I can have some fun for a change." And I moped around the house all evening. A very sad, old puppy was I.
You know this from my posts. I'm sure my being upset and bummed out was a downer for Aristotle's thread.
Last night I did the nerve flossing exercises I do every day, that one of my physicians taught me. I felt hopeless, but I did it anyway. And I took some NSAIDs - ibuprofen. I had gotten permission from my cardio doc to take it for a short time.
So this morning when I got up, I didn't have pain and cramping in the hand, and I decided to try playing. Anyway, for the past hour I picked up the Northern Lights guitar that's the easiest one I have to play (probably because it's the newest and in the best adjustment). And...I was able to play. Not as well as I used to, but not too badly -- certainly much better than yesterday or the past few days.
The NSAIDs (I did take two instead of one last night) obviously reduced the inflammation. I think that must mean that the muscles are still not too wasted to play, though they are weaker for sure. But that alone is good news (assuming for the moment I'm right, but I don't see how the hand could play if the muscles weren't still functional).
This has renewed my hopefulness - if I could play today, it means the muscle wasting might not be as bad as I had feared, and that there might still be time to fix the nerve situation before the muscles get too much worse. My doc had told me he thought that clinically I had a good chance for recovery, but the past few days I'd given up completely because it seemed to be deteriorating so rapidly.
Just goes to show ya...as JustRob said, I guess one should never give up!
BTW, my son turned down my offer and suggested I hang onto the guitars.
Today an amazing thing happened.
I was SO depressed yesterday when I tried playing, the hand muscles were simply not working at all, and by that I mean, they wouldn't even form open chords, I couldn't bend a string, nothing. I could only play single notes. And it was the third day in a row that it seemed to get weaker.
My head was ready to explode. I actually called my son in LA and said, "I'm going to send you any of my guitars/amps that you want, and I'm going to sell the rest and buy a Moog Modular synth so I can have some fun for a change." And I moped around the house all evening. A very sad, old puppy was I.
You know this from my posts. I'm sure my being upset and bummed out was a downer for Aristotle's thread.
Last night I did the nerve flossing exercises I do every day, that one of my physicians taught me. I felt hopeless, but I did it anyway. And I took some NSAIDs - ibuprofen. I had gotten permission from my cardio doc to take it for a short time.
So this morning when I got up, I didn't have pain and cramping in the hand, and I decided to try playing. Anyway, for the past hour I picked up the Northern Lights guitar that's the easiest one I have to play (probably because it's the newest and in the best adjustment). And...I was able to play. Not as well as I used to, but not too badly -- certainly much better than yesterday or the past few days.
The NSAIDs (I did take two instead of one last night) obviously reduced the inflammation. I think that must mean that the muscles are still not too wasted to play, though they are weaker for sure. But that alone is good news (assuming for the moment I'm right, but I don't see how the hand could play if the muscles weren't still functional).
This has renewed my hopefulness - if I could play today, it means the muscle wasting might not be as bad as I had feared, and that there might still be time to fix the nerve situation before the muscles get too much worse. My doc had told me he thought that clinically I had a good chance for recovery, but the past few days I'd given up completely because it seemed to be deteriorating so rapidly.
Just goes to show ya...as JustRob said, I guess one should never give up!
BTW, my son turned down my offer and suggested I hang onto the guitars.
bodia
Authorities said.....best leave it.....unsolved
JustRob
Zombie Six, DFZ
Smart kid. Probably gets it from his father.
Remember, you can always give up later. Just save it for the LAST thing you do.
Remember, you can always give up later. Just save it for the LAST thing you do.
Thx guys.
Nah, he gets that from his mother. I'd have taken the guitars and amps in a heartbeat!
Smart kid. Probably gets it from his father.
Nah, he gets that from his mother. I'd have taken the guitars and amps in a heartbeat!
Alan Manning
Well Love a Duck Mary Poppins.!!!
Very pleased for you
veinbuster
Zombie Three, DFZ
Excellent news Les. I wouldn't have taken your guitars yet either (if I was your son).
He is a very sweet, unselfish, guy.
CoreyT
PRS Addiction
Les, I knew your hand was going to get better.
We are still waiting on Les's Greatest Hits album.
We are still waiting on Les's Greatest Hits album.
So is Les. I'm also waiting for Les' Only Hit album. But I think the only guy in my family who will have hits is my son Jamie.
I'm good with that - can't wait for them to release his band's full-length record. I've heard it, and it's really good. Here's video links for both of the singles, but you can't buy the music yet it's still streaming-only. Still, it's getting good reviews...they're doing a few industry showcases at SXSW in a couple of weeks.
http://partybabymusic.com
http://diymag.com/2015/08/04/partybaby-explode-into-life-with-everythings-all-right
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So am I, but I was going to ask you to adopt me!
Don't give up, Les. I did it once and couldn't play for 10 years, and it drove me crazy. Once I finally got to where I could play again, WITH PAIN, but I could play, I started playing again immediately!
andy474x
Knows the Drill
What a good son! Considering dad's collection, a fool, but a good son.
I kid, of course.
Glad to hear you had a good day Les. When depressed and/or not feeling well, playing really is the best medicine!
I kid, of course.
Glad to hear you had a good day Les. When depressed and/or not feeling well, playing really is the best medicine!
Dusty Chalk
alberngruppenführer
Good news is good! Sounds like the inflamation has been impeding your motion -- I would definitely bring that up with the doctor, he can prescribe you something more accurate.
When I sliced my finger open, my doctor was worried about the scar tissue that would build up, so he prescribed me a bag of rice -- I was to put my hand in it, and reach around in it, like I was looking for something (I tried to imagine something different every time -- my favourite was someone's hand who was buried in rice-like quicksand -- that got me going). Is that what these nerve flossing exercises are like, or am I way off base?
Cheers and best wishes for more future successes.
When I sliced my finger open, my doctor was worried about the scar tissue that would build up, so he prescribed me a bag of rice -- I was to put my hand in it, and reach around in it, like I was looking for something (I tried to imagine something different every time -- my favourite was someone's hand who was buried in rice-like quicksand -- that got me going). Is that what these nerve flossing exercises are like, or am I way off base?
Cheers and best wishes for more future successes.
What a good son! Considering dad's collection, a fool, but a good son.
Well, at least he has good taste in friends...
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Lets be honest... what he should have done, is said that he would in fact take all the guitars and amps. He should have done that ONLY to make sure you didn't sell any of them. Then, he should have prodded, nagged, and annoyed you every single day until you started playing again and took them all back.
Please give me his email address, because next time you're down, I'm going to tell him this so he and all your brothers here can make sure you don't quit!
Please give me his email address, because next time you're down, I'm going to tell him this so he and all your brothers here can make sure you don't quit!
andy474x
Knows the Drill
Well, at least he has good taste in friends...
Now there's something you don't say no to!
So here's the hand update. The second EMG that I had today confirmed my subjective feeling that the hand in fact did grow weaker over the past few weeks, and that surgery is clearly indicated.
That'll happen later this month. Meantime, the hope is that it's stable for a couple more weeks.
That'll happen later this month. Meantime, the hope is that it's stable for a couple more weeks.
