Aidan Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Gary, just read your update, and am heartened to hear your news. I hope all goes well with the surgery and that you get the best possible outcome from this. Take care of yourself, mate. Yamaha: P515, CP88, Genos 1, HX1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Link Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 If I was living where you are, I'd comp the anesthesia charges (~$1,200 typically) I'm working in the wrong part of the country! aka âmisterdregsâ Nord Electro 5D 73 Yamaha P105 Kurzweil PC3LE7 Motion Sound KP200S Schimmel 6-10LE QSC CP-12 Westone AM Pro 30 IEMs Rolls PM55P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorayM Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Best of luck with the surgery! Look after yourself and keep us posted. Cephid - Progressive Electro Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary75 Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 Wonderful responses and heartening to have many angles responding from Yoga suggestion (which I would love as my only exvercise these days are walking the dogs) to someone who does these surgical procedures! I'd like to have my technique analysed by you all as I'm self taught. I don't believe it's too bad but I want it to be spot on from this day forwards. If there is anything wrong in my technique I can rely on you all to tell me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 If it's a carpal tunnel issue, with the potential to cure surgically, then that's likely good news. I've had five EMG/nerve conduction tests - on all four of my limbs - and they indeed suck. Unfortunately, I've been diagnosed with something called CIDP (chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy). Basically, my immune system is attacking my peripheral nervous system... My feet are almost totally numb, and it's affecting the motor nerves in my legs. The docs tell me that it will slowly creep into my fingers and hands, which would suck even more. There's apparently no cure for the very rare affliction I have, so again... If you've got a pretty good chance of a 'fix' with surgery, that sounds like good news to me. Best of luck to you! Michael Montage 8, Logic Pro X, Omnisphere, Diva, Zebra 2, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 If I was living where you are, I'd comp the anesthesia charges (~$1,200 typically) I'm working in the wrong part of the country! The secret is that it is a "neurological" procedure as it frees a nerve. As such, it is considered more risky than an orthopedic procedure and, well you guessed it, the billing goes up. I didn't set the cost, our friends at HHS (Medicare) did. But it is nice to reap what they sowed. Don "Yes, on occasion I do talk to myself, sometimes I need an expert's opinion." Alesis DG8, ARP(Korg)Odyssey Mk.1, Roland JU-06 & Keystation61. Stratocaster if I get tired of sitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary75 Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 I had my surgery yesterday, surgeon said the median nerve actually looked good, didn't look red and angry, just tight as there was quite a thick band compressing it. So all being well I should have no long term effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Good news. Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudyS Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Good to hear that. Have a good recovery! Rudy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickd Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-missRichardTee Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Good news for sure. As I have aged, I have naturally been led to playing less notes. Some call it minimalist ... Maybe this idea, creatively applied, will help when you start to play again. Using more space. or less chording.. these two concepts come to mind. Melody is still at the top of my hierarchy in music. But this up to you. edit A world class musician Pablo Casals, was devoted to Bach's music. He was quite old and suffered arthritis yet when he played Bach on piano his body would invigorate and he would be able to play. The elevated music was a catalyst for a nearly miraculous temporary revisitation of youth; at least in his painfully crippled hands. You don't have ideas, ideas have you We see the world, not as it is, but as we are. "One mans food is another mans poison". I defend your right to speak hate. Tolerance to a point, not agreement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 I had my surgery yesterday, surgeon said the median nerve actually looked good, didn't look red and angry, just tight as there was quite a thick band compressing it. So all being well I should have no long term effects. Excellent news. When the bandages come off, make sure you slowly increase the movement so that you don't form any adhesions. You will do well. Don "Yes, on occasion I do talk to myself, sometimes I need an expert's opinion." Alesis DG8, ARP(Korg)Odyssey Mk.1, Roland JU-06 & Keystation61. Stratocaster if I get tired of sitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Wright Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Good news! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckW Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Every good wish! Classical piano exercise caused my problem. Had 2 radial nerve decompressions, no luck. Had to give up keys to save my day job as a programmer for decades. Now I'm retired, returning to the keys but the pain is still there so I'm way limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary75 Posted July 15, 2017 Author Share Posted July 15, 2017 Thanks for the well wishes guys. Bit sore but certainly not as restrictive as tendon surgery. Taking the large padded bandage off tonight as per instructions so I'll be left with just a light dressing so I can get some movement back. Thankfully I'm not as dedicated a musician as I used to be, other things have come into my life from the 8 hour practice days I would have in my mainly jobless 20s. So I'm not going to be working my hands hard with practice regimes anymore. I have developed a bit of a hobby fixing up my Ford coupe. Been out of gigging three years, I'm keen to do it again purely just for some mortgage money but have not been able to commit the last year as I knew I'd be out of action with multiple surgical procedures. I think I have another couple of procedures to go so am unlikely to be doing any gigs this year now, but aside from the money I'm not actually missing the 1am get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pa Gherkin Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Really good to hear that things are looking up for you. Sounds like you have a very healthy perspective. Best of luck with future procedures. Ford coupe,huh? Now you're talking my language. I have an old Ford coupe too. Getting nice and greasy can be quite therapeutic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyM Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Hey Gary, I'm glad that you received good news following your surgery. I had carpel tunnel in both hands, but very minor in the right. I've had endoscopic surgery on the left hand at the top of the year. It was so bad I couldn't feel change in my pocket (a real needles and pins feeling). I wanted to mention it because even though it was bad (particularly in the thumb), I've regained almost all the feeling that I had lost and months later have only a slight tingling or numbness remaining in the fingers of my left hand. So, I wanted to reassure you that in some cases it may take a little while for the feeling to come back (after the median nerve is uncompressed), but that it is usual. Best of luck with your recovery! ~ Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary75 Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 Hey thanks it's much appreciated. I'm now 8 days post surgery, and I'm having to work on packing for a house move. Trying to stay off the hand as much as possible but actually I think it may have helped doing some movement with it. Haven't managed to pop any stitches yet! Stitches due out Monday. For those of you interested in seeing the aftermath (and I know some are squeamish) of carpal tunnel surgery 5 days after, there is a link below of my hand. No thumbnail! It's a bit gruesome but on the other hand (heh heh) it looks really neat. https://ibb.co/bZYoVQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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