John, The last time I came off my bike I only broke a collar bone. And guess how many of my aquaintances came out with the usual ''why dont you wear a helmet?''.... duhh. A couple of suggestions come to mind in addition to those made by others. There's a lot more highland pipers in the world than nsp players and some of these must have had some mishap affecting their (left) thumb, and I guess some of the mechanism involved is similar for either thumb. Maybe there's an internationally recognised Pipers Thumb specialist? More seriously, not having seen Hamish Moore for a long time, and, and not even knowing if he ever recovered from his finger disability (and of course aware this is different from your ailment), nevertheless I wonder how he got on with therapy, and if he could give any useful advise ? Good luck
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 5:10 PM Subject: [NSP] thumb injury > Last Saturday I crashed on my bicycle avoiding a couple of dogs at the > bottom of a long downhill. The worst of my injuries is a torn ligament > between my thumb and forefinger on my right hand. I was in the drops when > I hit the pavement and jammed my thumb against the handle bar, pushing it > in the opposite direction of its normal bent. It requires surgery to > reattach, which I'm scheduled to have next Monday. The orthopedic doctor > gave me some very bad news about how this will effect the movement of my > right thumb. He said I need physical therapy to do regular things like > typing on a key board, so I'm very concerned how this will effect my > ability to hit keys with my thumb. Has anyone here ever had this injury > and how did you get back up to speed on the pipes after surgery? I hope > the doctor was just giving me a worse case scenario. > > all the best, > > John Dally > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
