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Glad to hear you're playing and I wish you a good recover! Whatever you mean by "in their league" - musical inspiration or hair style - is cool. Over here I got struck by colon cancer right after having bought my first Stick four years ago. A five-days-on-a-row radiation treatment followed by a huge surgery to take out 30 cm intestine including the cancer spot (by then efficiently killed off by the photon radiation). Unfortunately I had to stop playing Stick completely for almost a year because the vibrations through the belt hook played havoc with my mending interior. After the surgery I felt totally slammed, doctors said it is normal with a three months post surgery chock, but nevertheless the chock state I kept on playing the EWI and did a gig with a West African band only three weeks after leaving the hospital. Well, that was tough, never felt that heavy and tired before in my entire life - but blowing air into a plastic hose and tapping touch sensitive plates seemed to be ok, unlike Stick playing.

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Per - Congrats!

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You'll come through this and be stronger than before. Everyone here has you in their thoughts and prayers,and that will speed up the recovery.


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Great sens of humour...love that. That will keep you sane.

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Mon Jun 09, 2014 3:06 pm
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Yeah man, what not yet Stick said. :arrow: WARRIOR!

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Cheers to all the survivors in this Stick family and beyond. Your courage, perseverance and humor are extremely admirable.
Standing ovation from these parts.
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Mon Jun 09, 2014 4:51 pm
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I want to second what Steve said. When you are in the middle, you sometimes feel you are alone. It is always good to hear from others, regardless of where they are in the journey. I met some wonderful folks in chemotherapy, and their stories were very inspirational. Per, you went through much more than I have or probably will. Yet here you are. I have nothing but hope that some of the feeling will return to my fingers, and I will once again be able to make what I called music on the Stick. I am thinking of setting up a Skype lesson with one of the mentors to see if they can help me in getting around the liabilities the neuropathy has caused. Until then, on with the journey.

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Jim,
My heart and prayers are with you! Per has sage advice on thinking well. Positive thinking, not a trite phrase in its true meaning, will help you recover.

Well, look no more, soul search no futher, THIS SKYPE MENTOR is giving you a FREE lesson. Long ago, I had an individual who was in a serious car crash and developed neuropathy and loss of sensation and could never play the guitar again. He came over my house with one of my students, I strapped a Stick on him, and he played and music came out I will never forget his face of hope and joy.

I want to do the same for you and get you playing again.
I am "dbrosky1" on SKYPE.

We are all here for you!
Dave Brosky

ps. I can wear a "bald wig" if that helps! :D


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Hey man, my thoughts go out to you. Keep fighting the good fight. Harnessing the power of your newfound baldness should help though. How do you think Steve, Tom, Tony and Glenn got so good (aside from the years of hard work and practice)?

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Thumbs up to DBrosky for that offer. You are a class act.

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