> Any experience of this?
Yes. I feel your pain! My left arm has been going progressively numb for the last three weeks. I went to the orthopedic hospital on Friday. They say I have a narrow space between vertebrae in my neck. That has been causing pain in my right arm and upper quadrant of my back for a year or so. Every time something new happens to my hands or arms I think it might be the one that will make me stop playing. If this numbness keeps progressing at this rate, I won't be able to play in a month. I'm hoping it will be like most things in the past and I'll just go through this but still be able to play. These are the times I kick myself for not recording some piece or other when it was at it's peak, you know? I work up a piece but don't record it because I know it could be better, but then something else comes along and my interest shifts and before I know it the other piece has slid down the bell curve and is not as close as it was to peak condition and slipping ever away. I certainly wish you a speedy recovery, Rob. On Jan 27, 2008, at 5:56 AM, Rob wrote: > Bad news. I'm typing with one hand only as I seem to have a problem > with my > left. For the past five days I've had muscular pain in my upper > left arm. I > thought I must have knocked it, but couldn't remember doing so. I > did teach > a percussion class last Monday, but hardly used my left arm at > all. Anyway, > I could still play the lute - no problem with fingers, tendons, carpal > tunnels, etc. I thought the pain would pass. But it hasn't. In > fact, today > it has got a lot worse. I nearly crashed the car because I suddenly > lost the > use of the left arm. Luckily I was close to home. Later I picked up > a book > and dropped it immediately - the pain was too much. So, I'm really > worried. > I can still wiggle my fingers - no problem at all there - but I can't > drive, or lift my instrument with the left arm. I'm still hopeful > it will > all disappear tomorrow, but I plan to go to hospital emergency if it > doesn't. Every movement is painful, but it still feels like a muscular > problem. > > > > Any experience of this? Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
