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Author: m1964
Date: 2019-09-01 23:30
Tony F wrote:
"It looks as though I'm going to have to give up the clarinet, at least for a while. When I was about 12 I was fooling around with some other kids on a lakeside jetty. I dived off and managed to bury my head in a sandbar that was not visible due to the turbidity of the water. I had a stiff neck for a couple of weeks but thought no more of it. Recently I started having pain and violent tingling down the right arm and hand, and a study of the various scans and Xrays shows that I actually fractured a vertebrae at that time. Now, at the age of 80 it has come home to roost. I'm having some surgery next week to replace some damaged discs, stabilize the neck and open up the nerve passages, and hopefully this will enable me to play again. I do hope so, as playing clarinet keeps me young. I really don't look forward to the clarinet as a spectator sport."
HI Tony,
Good luck and I hope you found a very good surgeon.
Remember to use ice/cold packs after the surgery as much as possible. Playing the clarinet gives you the advantage of having lung function better than average. However, after the surgery you should ask your nurse to give you an incentive spirometer. Try to use it every hour. They should check your vitals often (4-6 hours) apart. Watch for temperatures above 100.5 F/37.5C degrees.
These spinal decompresions are not easy to do but they have been done for many years. The surgeons know what to do (usually). I hope you will do well, will have no intrasurgical or post-surgical complications and be able to come back to playing clarinet in 6-8 week.
Good luck.
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