The one thing you have going for you is that you have never played the saxophone. That will help with #2 unless you were scaring others before the surgery.
Seriously, recovery time is going to vary per person, and this would best be a question put to your cardiologist. There's some major healing that needs to take place, and he/she is the one to tell you just how much. Any experiences you hear on this list will be purely anecdotal. For example, I'm told Bud Herseth (former CSO principal trumpet) was playing double high Cs while still in the hospital. I'm sure there are others who never picked up their instrument again. Best wishes for a quick and full recovery. John Baumgart ----- Original Message ----- From: "Curt Austin" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 7:13:05 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [Hornlist] Recovery time after bypass surgery I regret I must ask: how long after bypass surgery can you 1) blow on your horn without wincing, 2) attend weekly rehearsals without scaring people, and 3) play a high C again? For context, I'm the same age as Bill Clinton when he got his, 58, but I never played the saxophone. Curt Austin, Horn 3 Lake George Community Band (New York) _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/john.baumgart%40comcast.net _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
