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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | It's not a huge deal, but it sure is inconvenient. I've been told by several relatives that I've been paying for a very active youth over the last several years. And I guess it's time for the next installment. I get to have a rotator tear and impingement repaired tomorrow on my dominant arm. Sooooo.......no guitar for a good while, among other things. The surgery looks pretty routine though, and I had the same issue fixed on my other arm several years ago with no serious complications. Wish me luck. And be patient with any posts I make in the near future. Typing with just my left index finger will be challenge enough, but I anticipate the pain meds raising the level of difficutly into humorous/embarrassing territory. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Pain meds and Facebook don't mix... trust me!
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Location: Boise, Idaho | If you had an inactive youth, you'd probably have died of a heart attack by now. You'll be fine if you do what the doctors tell you. Get well soon. |
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Location: Flahdaw | MWoody - 2015-06-15 1:55 PM
Pain meds and Facebook don't mix... trust me!
Neither do pain meds and this forum. Just ask DaveKell |
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Location: Jet City | MWoody - 2015-06-15 10:55 AM Pain meds and Facebook don't mix... works fine for me... y'all need some better meds get better soon! |
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Location: south east Michigan | I helped push a car out of a snowbank back in '79.
Shoulder has not been the same since.
My orthopedic doctor explained how the human skeletal system is a marvel of engineering.... except for the shoulders.
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Youth is wasted on the young.
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Location: Flahdaw | The low back seems to be a questionable "marvel of engineering" as well. |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Good Luck with your surgery, and a Fast and uneventful recovery!!!
Enjoy your pain meds, and get plenty of rest!
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Location: Denmark | Good luck, quick recovery. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Yes... hope things go well.
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You won't be playing guitars for a while but will you still be able to take pictures of guitars? |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | A friend of mine had that surgery a few years ago. He couldn't get his arm around an acoustic but he could play a solid body. |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | CanterburyStrings - 2015-06-15 5:42 PM A friend of mine had that surgery a few years ago. He couldn't get his arm around an acoustic but he could play a solid body. I knew I should have kept that Tamo Ash Viper!  |
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Location: Always beautiful canyon country of Utah | I always enjoy my pain meds. Nothing like an oxcodone/apap 5/325 to improve your outlook and brighten the tone of your day. Didn't John Prine address this fine issue a few short years ago with one of his songs?? Something like Illegal Smile. Although in this case it could definitely be labeled "Legal Smile"! |
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| Patch
I had rotator cuff surgery to repair a "massive tear" (actual medical term). The surgery went well. Pain meds needed for the first week and nice to have for the second (yea yea nice to have anytime). I did Physical Therapy for 6 months. The first two weeks are about range of motion and then you very very slooooowly work your strength back.
I had an ACL repair on my knee years back. For that repair you can do the PT and really "He Man" it and work through it as fast as you're motivated. For the rotator cuff you can't "He Man" it because your trying to work the small muscles under the bigger stronger ones. They will only heal so fast and you just have to do exactly as the Physical Therapist tells you. It's less about strength and more about precise form in doing the exercises. After a couple of weeks it's no longer painful but just plain boring. But your final outcome will depend on you doing it as long and as much as instructed.
As far as guitar goes, I wouldn't be surprise if after 2 weeks you get cleared to do some finger picking. If the Dr or PT person is unsure bring your guitar in and let them watch. But the position of your right arm for playing is to keep it out a bit from your body and that's the position that they'll want you to keep your arm in. Strumming might be too much but some light finger picking might just be fine.
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | nerdydave - 2015-06-15 9:40 PM
I always enjoy my pain meds. Nothing like an oxcodone/apap 5/325 to improve your outlook and brighten the tone of your day. Didn't John Prine address this fine issue a few short years ago with one of his songs?? Something like Illegal Smile. Although in this case it could definitely be labeled "Legal Smile"!
LMAO!!!!!!!!! That is Hilarious!!!!! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I've told this story many times, but be sure to ask your PT when you can play guitar. When I broke my wrist I finished my PT before I asked when I could start playing guitar again. She said she wished I had asked sooner because she could have worked the guitar playing into my therapy. I never did regain the range of motion in my left wrist. |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | It went fine. Thank you all kindly for the "well wishes."
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Location: south east Michigan | Yeah.. wait till tomorrow.
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Brad Durasa - 2015-06-16 8:08 PM
Yeah.. wait till tomorrow.
Don't wait for it to hurt to dose up.
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| Brad Durasa - 2015-06-16 9:08 PM
Don't wait for it to hurt to dose up.
You're supposed to wait? |
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Location: Always beautiful canyon country of Utah | I am all for staying ahead of the pain. As medical sometimes professionals that is how we were trained to educate our patients with PCA's and all that stuff. Currently I am somewhere around 3 years ahead of the next pain which I might incur!!
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | How are you doing Patch??? Just checking in! |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Thanks for asking Nancy. It's greatly appreciated. I'm healing steadily and even managing to type with two hands at the moment. The best news though is that I didn't realize I was trading for a therapy guitar when I acquired my custom parlor, this year's September poster child. Last night, I figured I could do worse than try to get my arm around its smaller body, and discovered that if I was very careful, I could manage some finger-picking for a short while. It was definitely good for the soul. So hopefully, healing will contiue apace. It stilll hurts, and the range of motion is severely limited, but it gets a little better every day. Thanks everyone for all the well wishes. I've been here every day, but not up to typing anything, and this little note has already made up my mind to get the sling back on ASAP. I'm definitely looking forward to having my right arm get useful again....and teaching my son how to throw a football this autumn. |
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| Slow and steady wins the race on this one Patch. Maybe your finger picking will benefit from this in the long run. When I had mine done I couldn't play pickup basketball for 6 months. In the interim I practiced my left handed layup and now I can shoot that shot pretty well.
Don't think you're getting out of putting together another one of those wonderful calendars for 2016. |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Hi Patch! Great to hear from you, and that you are feeling a wee bit better!
I was wondering if one of those Palour Guitars would work for you - but I didn't know if you had one or not, or an ultra slim guitar - you wouldn't have to put your arm out as far, but I don't know if the position of the full face would hurt your shoulder, most likely! I am glad you have your Palour to keep you out of trouble! (Well, as much as that is possible!)
The 12 oz arm curls are good for you too, but I don't know if you can mix that with your pain pills! It does make the time go faster! LOL!!!! You have goals to achieve, and that incentive will help you get through this hard part! My goal was to be able to reach up to the top of the cupboards to get my bird down, it was the incentive I needed to work at it every day!
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | naellis58 - 2015-06-23 4:26 PM I was wondering if one of those Palour Guitars would work for you - but I didn't know if you had one or not... Ovation's parlor concept is, IMHO, one of their very best ideas. I schemed for years to build a custom one, but alas, the factory was shut down before the opportunity fully coalesced. Then, very soon after Fender stabbed all of us in the back and then spit on the factory's grave for good measure (Animosity? What do you mean, animosity?), this one showed up on Craig's List of all places, and was even within an hour's driving distance of my home! I was broke. So I traded my pristine 1987-4 Collector's for it. I have no regrets at all. Hopefully I can replace that 87C someday though. Take a look Nancy. Ovation has not built a finer instrument.  1997-X Collector's |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | patchmcg - 2015-06-24 10:21 AM
naellis58 - 2015-06-23 4:26 PM I was wondering if one of those Palour Guitars would work for you - but I didn't know if you had one or not... Ovation's parlor concept is, IMHO, one of their very best ideas. I schemed for years to build a custom one, but alas, the factory was shut down before the opportunity fully coalesced. Then, very soon after Fender stabbed all of us in the back and then spit on the factory's grave for good measure (Animosity? What do you mean, animosity?), this one showed up on Craig's List of all places, and was even within an hour's driving distance of my home! I was broke. So I traded my pristine 1987-4 Collector's for it. I have no regrets at all. Hopefully I can replace that 87C someday though. Take a look Nancy. Ovation has not built a finer instrument. 1997-X Collector's
HOLY BUCKETS BATMAN!!! That is GORGEOUS Patch!!!!
Their line Guitars are Gorgeous, every single one of them, but Boy Howdy! their Customs show their talents in building exceptional pieces!!!! I am getting mine together piece by piece, and when they are able, and I have the money, I will be sending in for one of these Magnificent Customs! Then I will send it to you to photograph, okay?? That Parlor is INCREDIBLE!!! |
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Location: Muenster/Germany | Hi Patch, I´ve just read this...I´m feeling with you, had a bad impingement syndrome a couple of years ago, was not even able to dress myself but nevertheless had to work. And no deep-bowl guitars for quite a time, that was the worst of it. I wish you a quick and complete recovery! |
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Time to pay the piper.....Getting slung up tomorrow.