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clarinet playing after brain surgery

Author: PattyW
Date: 2013-11-09 15:56

Hi all,
I am an active symphony clarinetist and had brain surgery on Sept 25 to remove a Meningioma tumor. Thankfully, my surgery was successful and I am home recovering from this life-changing event. None of my Doctors are musicians so they don't understand the back pressure we, as clarinet players, experience when we play and therefore, they have not been able to give me a time-line or any advice/knowledge about how to return to playing. I'm reaching out here to see if there are any other clarinet players who have had brain surgery... and ask what your experiences were like when you returned to playing? How long did you wait until you tried playing again? How did your head feel?
As you would imagine, going through brain surgery is a "whole new world" for me... I want to get back to playing eventually, but I want to do so in the safest way possible to ensure I don't do anything to jeopardize my recovery. Any advice is appreciated. Thank you!
Patty

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