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| Re: Paris Mix [message #89384 is a reply to message #89376] |
Thu, 06 September 2007 21:49   |
Tom Bruhl
Messages: 1368
Registered: June 2007
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osing a
> larger part of it, which is better when it comes to a
> prosthesis, because I want to look into that, as well. The Doc
> says any of these methods would work in my case, because of
> where it's located & that it's still small in size & hasn't
> spread much, so I don't really have to be concerned
> about "which one will be most effective?" IOW, I need to find
> out how much is not enough, how much is too much, and how much
> is "just right" for being able to effectively employ a
> prosthesis from a musician's standpoint. Might help me make a
> more educated decision.
>
> Anyway, if anybody knows of anyone, that'd be great; I'd sure
> appreciate it. Lemme know!
>
> Neil
I tuned into a late night bluegrass show not too long ago and spotted
a guy playing banjo with only 1 finger (from the top side). I've heard
many banjo players and this guy could hang with any of them.
I play guit and banjo, but have started using fingerpicks with the guitar.
It was a little weird at first but I can do things with the finger picks
and I cannot with a standard plectrum. I mean high speed stuff.
Music comes from your heart. I'd learn to play with my toes if I had to.
Cancer sucks. I hope everything goes well.
db"Neil" <OIOIU@OIU.com> wrote in message news:470da20c$1@linux...
>
> I guess a little background is in order... for awhile now I've
> had this (what I and three Dr.'s thought was) an infection on
> my right index finger underneath the nail... tried a number of
> things attacking both viral and bacterial possibilities - never
> healed. Got referred to a different dermatologist last week &
> he examined it & immediately wanted to take a biopsy - lab
> results came back today: Squamus-Cell skin cancer. It's
> confirmed - he got five different opinions on it. So now I have
> to lose all or part of that finger.
>
> Good news is, of course, this is nothing life-threatening or
> anything like that - I mean, it's just a finger, and this type
> of cancer is very unlikely to spread. Bad news is - well, it's
> what you hold the guitar pick with, so SOMETHING's gonna have
> to change there... i'm sure i'll still be able to play, but
> probably not like I can now. Right-hand stuff on the keyboard's
> gonna be even tougher, since that's not my main instrument
> to begin with, but it's what I mostly write on. Anyway, it's
> not like I'm losing a whole hand, I'm just a bit pissed (OK,
> MASSIVELY pissed) that I'm not going to be able to play
> anything at the level I currently am able to - in which case,
> what's the point?
>
> Anyway, here's the Weird Question part: I'm going in for the
> surgical consult on Tuesday, and the Doc is going to give me
> three different options, essentially (he gave me a run-down
> over the phone) and what I need to decide is "How much of my
> finger do I want to lose?" The least-invasive is a thing called
> Mohs' Surgery, for which he has a specialist at his practice
> (whom I'll get to talk to on Tuesday). It takes off the least
> amount of tissue, and in the case of my particular situation,
> wouldn't remove any bone, either. Two other options would
> involve complete surgical romoval of a portion of the entire
> section of the finger, down past the first joint, or even
> further.
> SO... the wierd question is: Do any of you know any musicians
> with a prosthetic finger? Doesn't matter what instrument they
> play at this stage, I'm just trying to get an idea of if I have
> to make a choice of losing a small part of it or losing a
> larger part of it, which is better when it comes to a
> prosthesis, because I want to look into that, as well. The Doc
> says any of these methods would work in my case, because of
> where it's located & that it's still small in size & hasn't
> spread much, so I don't really have to be concerned
> about "which one will be most effective?" IOW, I need to find
> out how much is not enough, how much is too much, and how much
> is "just right" for being able to effec
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| Re: Paris Mix [message #89450 is a reply to message #89409] |
Fri, 07 September 2007 14:27 |
Sarah
Messages: 608
Registered: February 2007
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ard's
>gonna be even tougher, since that's not my main instrument
>to begin with, but it's what I mostly write on. Anyway, it's
>not like I'm losing a whole hand, I'm just a bit pissed (OK,
>MASSIVELY pissed) that I'm not going to be able to play
>anything at the level I currently am able to - in which case,
>what's the point?
>
>Anyway, here's the Weird Question part: I'm going in for the
>surgical consult on Tuesday, and the Doc is going to give me
>three different options, essentially (he gave me a run-down
>over the phone) and what I need to decide is "How much of my
>finger do I want to lose?" The least-invasive is a thing called
>Mohs' Surgery, for which he has a specialist at his practice
>(whom I'll get to talk to on Tuesday). It takes off the least
>amount of tissue, and in the case of my particular situation,
>wouldn't remove any bone, either. Two other options would
>involve complete surgical romoval of a portion of the entire
>section of the finger, down past the first joint, or even
>further.
>SO... the wierd question is: Do any of you know any musicians
>with a prosthetic finger? Doesn't matter what instrument they
>play at this stage, I'm just trying to get an idea of if I have
>to make a choice of losing a small part of it or losing a
>larger part of it, which is better when it comes to a
>prosthesis, because I want to look into that, as well. The D
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