Re: Calling in for sickness
David, I feel so stupid, all messages from this list are directed to a folder and I'm reading this shocking news ten days too late! Please take your time to recover, I wish you best of possible lucks. 2017-05-15 18:42 GMT+02:00 David Kastrup: > l > Hi folks, > > had a sort of apoplexy and will not be able to do anything while > recovering. I am hospitalized at the moment, CRT and MRT did not show > any specific anomalies but my right side is hampered and I cannot yet > swallow or cough which is sort of inconvenient. > > Hope this gets to you. > > Hopefully I can be back soonish. > > -- > David Kastrup > > ___ > lilypond-devel mailing list > lilypond-devel@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel -- Francisco Vila. Badajoz (Spain) paconet.org , csmbadajoz.com ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
Re: Calling in for sickness
David, what a shock; and I hope you recover quickly and fully. best wishes, On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 10:20 PM, Bockett Hunter <bockett1.hun...@gmail.com> wrote: > Attitude in rehab really matters. My father-in-law had a > stroke at about age 80 and went into a really good rehab program. > He did much better than some lads in their 30s because of his > determination. > > Best wishes for a speedy and full recovery! > And, of course, thank you for all the good work on LilyPond! > > On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Graeme St.Clair < > graeme_st_cl...@atlanticbb.net> wrote: > >> Stroke: been there, but I think not so bad as yours. Probably superfluous >> advice, but do take your rehab work seriously - when I was doing that, I >> saw so many people who just seemed to be going through the motions. I >> found my right hand suffered the most (of course, I was and am r-handed!), >> so getting my writing hand going again was important, tho it took about 3 >> months - my writing now has a bit of a tremor, but is recognisable again as >> my handwriting. >> >> One of the things that would have been useful, but was not exercised, was >> simply pouring - milk, coffee, whatever. Also, grasping with the bad hand >> is OK, because you quickly learn to be careful, but letting go of something >> *also* needs care - I've lost count of the number of times I've nearly >> dragged something back off the shelf I just put it on. Yes, you will >> likely need to use a handrail on stairs. I've found it most convenient to >> walk around the house barefoot (my foot Dr doesn't like this!), but this >> does make steps a little tricky. Some kind of footwear makes stairs a lot >> easier. >> >> The subtlest effect was on my voice - I can no longer whistle (! - and I >> used to be good at it), my singing voice (bass), which was pretty solid >> even at low volume, really now only sounds good at 'f' or above - lost 2 or >> 3 top notes too. I should probably have paid more attention to the various >> tongue exercises that were given. >> >> HTH, with very best wishes for a good recovery, GFStC, Altoona, PA. >> >> -Original Message- From: David Kastrup >> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2017 5:38 AM >> To: Thomas Morley >> Cc: lilypond-devel ; lilypond-u...@gnu.org >> Subject: Re: Calling in for sickness >> >> >> Thomas Morley <thomasmorle...@gmail.com> writes: >> >> Dear David, >>> >>> 2017-05-15 18:42 GMT+02:00 David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org>: >>> >>> l >>>> Hi folks, >>>> >>>> had a sort of apoplexy and will not be able to do anything while >>>> recovering. I am hospitalized at the moment, CRT and MRT did not show >>>> any specific anomalies but my right side is hampered and I cannot yet >>>> swallow or cough which is sort of inconvenient. >>>> >>>> >>> terrible news. >>> >>> I wish you all the best and I hope you'll get better soon. >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hope this gets to you. >>>> >>>> >>> With one day delay. >>> >> >> I set the computer up to send the message on Monday and handed it over >> but wasn't successful at first attempt. >> >> Now out of the hospital for a few days, then I'll be into "Reha" >> (physical therapy) for some weeks. >> >> It was a stroke in the limbic region. Mouth and left side are no longer >> temperature sensitive (and there is a loss of pain in some regions >> resulting in a loss of protective reflexes), motor balance is off (I >> keel to the right when walking, left when crawling), smile is more >> skewed than before, right face half feels somewhat rigid and numb. >> >> Swallowing is business now or things will get stuck. Which is >> particularly inconvenient since coughing still doesn't work, becoming >> more of a wheeze. >> >> Walking is quite impaired, bicycling not yet back on the radar. >> >> Accordion works better than feared but the right hand cramps up when >> doing "weird" hand shapes typical for button accordion. I'll probably >> need to practice scales a lot. >> >> I need to relearn some habits to deal with the changes: when walking >> upstairs the first time in the hospital I glanced at a magazine in the >> right hand and just went for the stairs without bothering about the >> handrail. Wasn't thinking anything really. Quite embarrassing to >> explain to the people bearing witness to the result. >>
Re: Calling in for sickness
Attitude in rehab really matters. My father-in-law had a stroke at about age 80 and went into a really good rehab program. He did much better than some lads in their 30s because of his determination. Best wishes for a speedy and full recovery! And, of course, thank you for all the good work on LilyPond! On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Graeme St.Clair < graeme_st_cl...@atlanticbb.net> wrote: > Stroke: been there, but I think not so bad as yours. Probably superfluous > advice, but do take your rehab work seriously - when I was doing that, I > saw so many people who just seemed to be going through the motions. I > found my right hand suffered the most (of course, I was and am r-handed!), > so getting my writing hand going again was important, tho it took about 3 > months - my writing now has a bit of a tremor, but is recognisable again as > my handwriting. > > One of the things that would have been useful, but was not exercised, was > simply pouring - milk, coffee, whatever. Also, grasping with the bad hand > is OK, because you quickly learn to be careful, but letting go of something > *also* needs care - I've lost count of the number of times I've nearly > dragged something back off the shelf I just put it on. Yes, you will > likely need to use a handrail on stairs. I've found it most convenient to > walk around the house barefoot (my foot Dr doesn't like this!), but this > does make steps a little tricky. Some kind of footwear makes stairs a lot > easier. > > The subtlest effect was on my voice - I can no longer whistle (! - and I > used to be good at it), my singing voice (bass), which was pretty solid > even at low volume, really now only sounds good at 'f' or above - lost 2 or > 3 top notes too. I should probably have paid more attention to the various > tongue exercises that were given. > > HTH, with very best wishes for a good recovery, GFStC, Altoona, PA. > > -Original Message- From: David Kastrup > Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2017 5:38 AM > To: Thomas Morley > Cc: lilypond-devel ; lilypond-u...@gnu.org > Subject: Re: Calling in for sickness > > > Thomas Morley <thomasmorle...@gmail.com> writes: > > Dear David, >> >> 2017-05-15 18:42 GMT+02:00 David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org>: >> >> l >>> Hi folks, >>> >>> had a sort of apoplexy and will not be able to do anything while >>> recovering. I am hospitalized at the moment, CRT and MRT did not show >>> any specific anomalies but my right side is hampered and I cannot yet >>> swallow or cough which is sort of inconvenient. >>> >>> >> terrible news. >> >> I wish you all the best and I hope you'll get better soon. >> >> >> >>> Hope this gets to you. >>> >>> >> With one day delay. >> > > I set the computer up to send the message on Monday and handed it over > but wasn't successful at first attempt. > > Now out of the hospital for a few days, then I'll be into "Reha" > (physical therapy) for some weeks. > > It was a stroke in the limbic region. Mouth and left side are no longer > temperature sensitive (and there is a loss of pain in some regions > resulting in a loss of protective reflexes), motor balance is off (I > keel to the right when walking, left when crawling), smile is more > skewed than before, right face half feels somewhat rigid and numb. > > Swallowing is business now or things will get stuck. Which is > particularly inconvenient since coughing still doesn't work, becoming > more of a wheeze. > > Walking is quite impaired, bicycling not yet back on the radar. > > Accordion works better than feared but the right hand cramps up when > doing "weird" hand shapes typical for button accordion. I'll probably > need to practice scales a lot. > > I need to relearn some habits to deal with the changes: when walking > upstairs the first time in the hospital I glanced at a magazine in the > right hand and just went for the stairs without bothering about the > handrail. Wasn't thinking anything really. Quite embarrassing to > explain to the people bearing witness to the result. > > The day before yesterday, I shaved again with a straight razor. With > the reduced motor control, I expected the largest danger to be from > cutting myself. That part actually went without a hitch: but trying to > temperate the water for making shaving foam got me to notice the > complete absence of heat sensitivity in the left hand. Fortunately, > hospital bathroom water does not reach scalding temperatures. > > Retraining motor skills in order to regain some of the lost capacities > is really exhausting, and there is a bit of competiti
Re: Calling in for sickness
Stroke: been there, but I think not so bad as yours. Probably superfluous advice, but do take your rehab work seriously - when I was doing that, I saw so many people who just seemed to be going through the motions. I found my right hand suffered the most (of course, I was and am r-handed!), so getting my writing hand going again was important, tho it took about 3 months - my writing now has a bit of a tremor, but is recognisable again as my handwriting. One of the things that would have been useful, but was not exercised, was simply pouring - milk, coffee, whatever. Also, grasping with the bad hand is OK, because you quickly learn to be careful, but letting go of something *also* needs care - I've lost count of the number of times I've nearly dragged something back off the shelf I just put it on. Yes, you will likely need to use a handrail on stairs. I've found it most convenient to walk around the house barefoot (my foot Dr doesn't like this!), but this does make steps a little tricky. Some kind of footwear makes stairs a lot easier. The subtlest effect was on my voice - I can no longer whistle (! - and I used to be good at it), my singing voice (bass), which was pretty solid even at low volume, really now only sounds good at 'f' or above - lost 2 or 3 top notes too. I should probably have paid more attention to the various tongue exercises that were given. HTH, with very best wishes for a good recovery, GFStC, Altoona, PA. -Original Message- From: David Kastrup Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2017 5:38 AM To: Thomas Morley Cc: lilypond-devel ; lilypond-u...@gnu.org Subject: Re: Calling in for sickness Thomas Morley <thomasmorle...@gmail.com> writes: Dear David, 2017-05-15 18:42 GMT+02:00 David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org>: l Hi folks, had a sort of apoplexy and will not be able to do anything while recovering. I am hospitalized at the moment, CRT and MRT did not show any specific anomalies but my right side is hampered and I cannot yet swallow or cough which is sort of inconvenient. terrible news. I wish you all the best and I hope you'll get better soon. Hope this gets to you. With one day delay. I set the computer up to send the message on Monday and handed it over but wasn't successful at first attempt. Now out of the hospital for a few days, then I'll be into "Reha" (physical therapy) for some weeks. It was a stroke in the limbic region. Mouth and left side are no longer temperature sensitive (and there is a loss of pain in some regions resulting in a loss of protective reflexes), motor balance is off (I keel to the right when walking, left when crawling), smile is more skewed than before, right face half feels somewhat rigid and numb. Swallowing is business now or things will get stuck. Which is particularly inconvenient since coughing still doesn't work, becoming more of a wheeze. Walking is quite impaired, bicycling not yet back on the radar. Accordion works better than feared but the right hand cramps up when doing "weird" hand shapes typical for button accordion. I'll probably need to practice scales a lot. I need to relearn some habits to deal with the changes: when walking upstairs the first time in the hospital I glanced at a magazine in the right hand and just went for the stairs without bothering about the handrail. Wasn't thinking anything really. Quite embarrassing to explain to the people bearing witness to the result. The day before yesterday, I shaved again with a straight razor. With the reduced motor control, I expected the largest danger to be from cutting myself. That part actually went without a hitch: but trying to temperate the water for making shaving foam got me to notice the complete absence of heat sensitivity in the left hand. Fortunately, hospital bathroom water does not reach scalding temperatures. Retraining motor skills in order to regain some of the lost capacities is really exhausting, and there is a bit of competition for brain space after the small section shut down: as some things get a bit more back on track, others not obviously related take a hit (like the cramping-up business when playing accordion, also developing in some other departments). So one needs to fool around a lot in order to keep capacity loss in check and balanced with ongoing interests and priorities. Hopefully I can be back soonish. Please, take your time (_and_ some more) to recover, I don't want to see you here before !! Even now before formal physical therapy I don't have that much time I can spend with the computer since an hour sitting down is an hour wasted for getting the new brain stem configuration rewired before it settles down again. And even if I considered computer work my top priority: I need to get enough physical capacity back in order to be able to integrate some exercise regimen into my daily life or the next comparable incident is bound to stop the computer work short as w
Re: Calling in for sickness
Ralph Palmerwrites: > On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 5:38 AM, David Kastrup wrote: > >> Thomas Morley writes: >> >> > Dear David, >> >> Hi folks, >> >> >> >> had a sort of apoplexy and will not be able to do anything while >> >> recovering. I am hospitalized at the moment, CRT and MRT did not show >> >> any specific anomalies but my right side is hampered and I cannot yet >> >> swallow or cough which is sort of inconvenient. >> >> Thanks for all your efforts, and for your understanding, for your words >> and deeds of support, and for your contributions in making LilyPond >> prosper as a great piece of Free Software for articulating beautiful >> music. >> > > Thanks for the message, David. And Thomas Morley, you have my > gratitude and best wishes. Well, mine too. > You will be in my (and many others', I'm sure) thoughts. And rightfully so. Nevertheless I cannot help avoid the impression that I should have edited the quoting better in order to reflect that thankfully Thomas has (as far as my knowledge goes of course) not suffered any major setbacks regarding his health recently. Particularly since I Bcc-ed my private list of past financial sponsors with that message. Too bad. Looks like I should better get back to my crawling and walking exercises rather than trying to compose mail. All the best, and have success! -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
Re: Calling in for sickness
On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 5:38 AM, David Kastrupwrote: > Thomas Morley writes: > > > Dear David, > >> Hi folks, > >> > >> had a sort of apoplexy and will not be able to do anything while > >> recovering. I am hospitalized at the moment, CRT and MRT did not show > >> any specific anomalies but my right side is hampered and I cannot yet > >> swallow or cough which is sort of inconvenient. > > Thanks for all your efforts, and for your understanding, for your words > and deeds of support, and for your contributions in making LilyPond > prosper as a great piece of Free Software for articulating beautiful > music. > > -- > David Kastrup Thanks for the message, David. And Thomas Morley, you have my gratitude and best wishes. You will be in my (and many others', I'm sure) thoughts. Ralph -- Ralph Palmer Brattleboro, VT USA palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
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Thomas Morleywrites: > Dear David, > > 2017-05-15 18:42 GMT+02:00 David Kastrup : > >> l >> Hi folks, >> >> had a sort of apoplexy and will not be able to do anything while >> recovering. I am hospitalized at the moment, CRT and MRT did not show >> any specific anomalies but my right side is hampered and I cannot yet >> swallow or cough which is sort of inconvenient. >> > > terrible news. > > I wish you all the best and I hope you'll get better soon. > > >> >> Hope this gets to you. >> > > With one day delay. I set the computer up to send the message on Monday and handed it over but wasn't successful at first attempt. Now out of the hospital for a few days, then I'll be into "Reha" (physical therapy) for some weeks. It was a stroke in the limbic region. Mouth and left side are no longer temperature sensitive (and there is a loss of pain in some regions resulting in a loss of protective reflexes), motor balance is off (I keel to the right when walking, left when crawling), smile is more skewed than before, right face half feels somewhat rigid and numb. Swallowing is business now or things will get stuck. Which is particularly inconvenient since coughing still doesn't work, becoming more of a wheeze. Walking is quite impaired, bicycling not yet back on the radar. Accordion works better than feared but the right hand cramps up when doing "weird" hand shapes typical for button accordion. I'll probably need to practice scales a lot. I need to relearn some habits to deal with the changes: when walking upstairs the first time in the hospital I glanced at a magazine in the right hand and just went for the stairs without bothering about the handrail. Wasn't thinking anything really. Quite embarrassing to explain to the people bearing witness to the result. The day before yesterday, I shaved again with a straight razor. With the reduced motor control, I expected the largest danger to be from cutting myself. That part actually went without a hitch: but trying to temperate the water for making shaving foam got me to notice the complete absence of heat sensitivity in the left hand. Fortunately, hospital bathroom water does not reach scalding temperatures. Retraining motor skills in order to regain some of the lost capacities is really exhausting, and there is a bit of competition for brain space after the small section shut down: as some things get a bit more back on track, others not obviously related take a hit (like the cramping-up business when playing accordion, also developing in some other departments). So one needs to fool around a lot in order to keep capacity loss in check and balanced with ongoing interests and priorities. >> Hopefully I can be back soonish. >> > > Please, take your time (_and_ some more) to recover, I don't want to > see you here before !! Even now before formal physical therapy I don't have that much time I can spend with the computer since an hour sitting down is an hour wasted for getting the new brain stem configuration rewired before it settles down again. And even if I considered computer work my top priority: I need to get enough physical capacity back in order to be able to integrate some exercise regimen into my daily life or the next comparable incident is bound to stop the computer work short as well. So in short: I need to ask you to hang in with me while I regain my footing here. I won't likely be able to contribute anything timely or of significance until the end of physical therapy (facilities for that are far enough away that I'll have to sleep in). After that, I should at least be available again for some guidance in programming matters (I managed to glance over the user list yesterday and noticed several threads which might have warranted some reply from me in order to move to the best track for a satisfactory solution dealing with the users' needs but have to postpone for now). There are some things I want to finish work on, but I think that the next point will be for me to branch for 2.20: I think that even with the current situation, it makes sense for me to try shaping the final efforts once I am back at the desk. I'll have to take score of everything that has been done without my attention in place (which does include some past work) and decide which parts would be more prudent to revert in the branch for the sake of a stable release. So now would be a good time for documentors and translators to step up their efforts. Thanks for all your efforts, and for your understanding, for your words and deeds of support, and for your contributions in making LilyPond prosper as a great piece of Free Software for articulating beautiful music. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
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Hi David, I'm really sorry to hear your news and I hope your health improves. All my best, -Paul ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
Re: Calling in for sickness
David, On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 11:42 AM, David Kastrupwrote: > l > Hi folks, > > had a sort of apoplexy and will not be able to do anything while > recovering. I am hospitalized at the moment, CRT and MRT did not show > any specific anomalies but my right side is hampered and I cannot yet > swallow or cough which is sort of inconvenient. > > Hope this gets to you. > > Hopefully I can be back soonish. > So sorry to hear about this! I hope you are doing better. Please take your time before even thinking about returning to Lilypond work -- your health is so much more important. All my wishes for a speedy recovery-- David ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
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David, you wrote Monday, May 15, 2017 5:42 PM > had a sort of apoplexy and will not be able to do anything while > recovering. I am hospitalized at the moment, CRT and MRT did not show > any specific anomalies but my right side is hampered and I cannot yet > swallow or cough which is sort of inconvenient. Please take things easy for a while and make sure you are fully better before starting work on LP again. Your health is more important! But do keep us informed about your progress back to health. With my best wishes for a speedy recovery, Trevor --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
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> I am hospitalized at the moment, CRT and MRT did not show any > specific anomalies but my right side is hampered and I cannot yet > swallow or cough which is sort of inconvenient. ... sort of inconvenient... What an understatement! :-) All the best to you! Werner ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
Re: Calling in for sickness
Dear David, 2017-05-15 18:42 GMT+02:00 David Kastrup: > l > Hi folks, > > had a sort of apoplexy and will not be able to do anything while > recovering. I am hospitalized at the moment, CRT and MRT did not show > any specific anomalies but my right side is hampered and I cannot yet > swallow or cough which is sort of inconvenient. > terrible news. I wish you all the best and I hope you'll get better soon. > > Hope this gets to you. > With one day delay. > > Hopefully I can be back soonish. > Please, take your time (_and_ some more) to recover, I don't want to see you here before !! All the best, Harm ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
Calling in for sickness
l Hi folks, had a sort of apoplexy and will not be able to do anything while recovering. I am hospitalized at the moment, CRT and MRT did not show any specific anomalies but my right side is hampered and I cannot yet swallow or cough which is sort of inconvenient. Hope this gets to you. Hopefully I can be back soonish. -- David Kastrup ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel