The Clarinet BBoard

The Clarinet BBoard The C4 standard

New Topic | Go to Top | Go to Topic | Search | Help/Rules | Smileys/Notes | Log In

Previous Message | Next Message

Re: Migraines

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2014-06-22 00:30

While I certainly agree with all of the advice about getting these headaches evaluated by competent medical people and sharing the information about them with Lanie's parents, she doesn't say she hasn't done those things. She's asking about the importance of her clarinet teacher's knowing about them.

Assuming you've had these headaches medically evaluated and they have been competently diagnosed as migraines, I would say that as a private teacher I wouldn't be especially interested unless you begin to have them during lessons. Then, I'd want to know (a) that they are really medically diagnosed migraines, (b) what you need to do if one begins during a lesson and (c) what I can do to help.

To say I wouldn't be especially interested doesn't mean that I don't want to know on a personal level - it certainly doesn't need to be kept a secret. But if it isn't something I need to deal with actively, I wouldn't consider it of real importance for you to announce the problem at the first lesson. If the headaches came up in normal conversation, that would be fine.

Karl

Reply To Message | Avail. Forums | Flat View

Newer Topic | Older Topic

Topics

Author

Date

Migraines new

Lanie

2014-06-21 07:45