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Author: mkybrain
Date: 2004-09-02 21:19
i got them taken out yesterday, cut out that is. It was crazy, what ever they put in me, i went out in under a minute. Anyway.....
My face looks like what id look like 200 pounds heavier. It hurts....but its slowly getting better.
Im dying to practice....what can i do since i can't play. I feel useless and i feel like im falling behind every moment that i can't play.
Also, for any of u who had their wisdom teeth cut out, and had large roots like myself, how long would u say it took before u could play. I remember my jazz band teacher saying shje played 3-4 days after, and it hurt her pretty bad, but she was at indiana so she had to since it was so competetive.
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Author: John O'Janpa
Date: 2004-09-02 21:30
I'm certainly no expert on this one, but you would be much better off for the long haul to err on the side of waiting too long, rather than not waiting long enough. You want to be sure everything has healed properly.
John
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Author: mkybrain
Date: 2004-09-02 21:34
yea, im def. gonna wait untill all swelling and bleeding and what not are gone, since im not in college like my teacher was.....but what can i do if anything so somehow improve any quality of myself musically....i just asked my mom to go out and buy a cd of Weber 1 and carmen suite, since i am currently trying to memorize weber 1 and my youth symphony is playing carmen.
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Author: diz
Date: 2004-09-02 22:18
mky said:
but what can i do if anything so somehow improve any quality of myself musically
read The Grove's Dictionary ...
Without music, the world would be grey, very grey.
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Author: ron b
Date: 2004-09-02 23:40
I can't think of a better idea than the one you already came up with, mkybrain. Look at it as a wonderful opportunity to listen. It takes as much -- well, *almost* as much -- practice to learn to listen well as it does to learn to play well.
My wisdom teeth were excavated many years ago. I don't remember the details even though I was awake, but definitely not alert, during the procedure. I'd figure on a couple of weeks, maybe a little less if you're a fast recoverer.
Best wishes for a good recovery and, in the meantime...
Happy Listenin!
- r![[cool]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/cool.gif) n b -
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Author: Contra
Date: 2004-09-03 00:21
I'd gladly give up practicing for a while to get these teeth out. They annoy me to almost no end.
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Author: Brenda
Date: 2004-09-03 01:07
It's valuable to look at your music, really look at it. While you're healing is a good time for this (as is a long train or plane trip). The music that you're learning - why not listen to two or three different recordings of it while you're reading your sheet music? Then take your pencil and jot down some notes in your music to remind yourself of how you want to play it.
Also read your music without listening to a recording - listen to the music in your head, feel the sensation of playing it, and try out different tempos and so forth in your head. Sing your music to get the feel of it to try out different ideas of accelerando and diminuendo. If you can sing your music, you'll play it better.
Make notes of what you'd like to try when you get back to your instrument. Take note of recapitulations and see if they're exact copies of the beginning of the music, and exactly where it begins to deviate from before. That makes learning simpler since you'll only have to learn that section of music once.
And allow yourself time to really heal well! Oral surgery heals faster with a swish of salt water after every time you eat, 3 - 4 times a day and once before sleeping. The pressure of playing can open a seemingly healed incision if it's too soon.
Hope it goes well!
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Author: Jim E.
Date: 2004-09-03 04:31
I had them all out at the same time 35 years ago. 3 were impacted. It was a good week before I could stand anything harder than soup in my mouth, and around 3 weeks before I could play again. I did it over semester break in college.
My wife was playing the day after having them out, of course, she's a pianist!
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Author: GJC
Date: 2004-09-03 04:43
The best source for how long it will take you to get back on track is your surgeon. For me it ended up being a month - I had a complication at the end of my recovery period that tacked on another week.
The surgeon will be able to give you a better idea of how long your recovery time will be, and he'll certainly err on the side of caution.
With wisdom teeth, you'll almost certainly have a follow-up appointment at which that timetable can be adjusted (or removed entirely, if you're lucky).
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2004-09-03 06:46
My stupid teeth, err... I mean wisdom teeth were removed before they even started to grow out. Is that what they did to you too? It hurt like hell for about 2-3 days. After a week or so it was already much better and I think I could practice again after maybe 2 weeks, or a little more.
Hope you feel better.
Post Edited (2004-09-03 09:57)
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Author: 3dogmom
Date: 2004-09-04 16:02
It took me two weeks. You get back pressure in there which will keep your gums from healing properly. There's no way around it.
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Author: mkybrain
Date: 2004-09-04 16:33
well clarnibass, my bottom two were comingt in, my top two had not yet, but they had to do cutting on all of them, b/c i have really large roots. I got them out wed. and the pain was really bad the first night, but pain killers have subsided that, and this saturday morning, there is only a small amount of pain w/o pain killers. I guess it will be a while.
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Author: mkybrain
Date: 2004-09-04 16:34
im just in the state right now of....how will i know when im ready....i can hardly even imagine it going from what it is now to being to what i was before.
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Author: mkybrain
Date: 2004-09-04 23:36
ok, im really going to cry now, i can't eat mongolian beef
Post Edited (2004-09-05 19:55)
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Author: psychotic lil clarinet girl (don't as
Date: 2004-09-05 03:38
Get a drumpad and drumsticks and learn how to play the drums... HAHA! Much sympathy for you... I'm sorry, and I'm sure your clarinet (whatever it's name is if you have named it) misses you... Yep you could play the drums while going to see a psychiatrist to help you with your next audition (see "I HATE AUDITIONS!!") HAHAHA!!! Or you could always take up piano... Do something beneficial, and then you won't feel like you're falling behind...
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Author: mkybrain
Date: 2004-09-05 04:29
actually i am taking a keyboarding/piano class right now, and my brother has a really crappy keyboard, guess i could work on that some.....hehe i didn't name my clarinet....and i dont miss the crappy A clarinet that i was issued for youth symphony
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Author: Brenda
Date: 2004-09-06 02:25
Blend your mongolian beef and drink it! Hey, spaghetti blends up real well, too, it just looks like you-know-what. Oh well, close your eyes.
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Author: mkybrain
Date: 2004-09-06 02:28
heh, for the mean time ill stick with green jello, icecream that ive mixed up into a cream, or shake, and chicken and stars soup.......hot and sour suop is good too but i cant eat the vegis and etc in it
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Author: SomethingCopland
Date: 2004-09-07 23:58
I got my wisdom teeth out about 2 weeks ago. I was silly and thought that though my procedure according to my surgeon(a very good one) was going to be difficult, that I could practice as soon as 4 days afterwards. That was a huge mistake. I played for about 10 seconds and I developed a bulge on the left side of my cheek and my right side started bleeding profusely. I don't know, this response might be too late, but it was really tough trying to heal following my playing incident. I was only able to practice starting about 3 days ago, and I started bleeding again last night because I was creating too much pressure.
C'est la vie
Stanley, Sydney, Russ, Michelle, David, Deborah, Chuck, Jon, Ricardo, Marc, Sabine, Elsa, Laura, John, Larry, Robert, Paul---They all know Copland.
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Author: mkybrain
Date: 2004-09-08 00:21
got mine out last wed., havent played yet, my test to see if i can play is sticking a thumb in my mouth and blowing(sort of like a balloon, i guess), it still hurts to do that, so i don't play yet
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Author: mkybrain
Date: 2004-09-08 02:38
i get my stiches out tomorrow, anything i should expect like more soarness?
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2004-09-08 07:32
Don't play at all before getting your stiches out. What happened to me is that after they got the stiches out suddenly it swelled, and then started to heal which means my gums were like some weird creatures growing all over the place. A week after that everything got much better and I think 2 weeks it was almost back to normal.
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