Thanks donr

Let me see-- about a year from now I should be climbing the high Indiana dunes again!

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Flute Tootin'

by flutetooter - 2014-03-02 02:03:21

I have discovered that my PM is place perfectly to avoid being seen, bumped, twisted, etc. -- everything but the fact that to the play the flute, the left arm has its elbow in a downward V, the point of which is about at the belly button, and the hand and fingers reach across the chest to about the right shoulder to reach the first set of keys on the flute. That motion sort of pushes the PM pocket further in toward the center of the chest. The right arm reaches to the right of the body to catch the furthest set of keys. I'll put off practing until the pocket heals a bit more, but am excited about getting back to playing musicm now that it won't make me dizzy. "We Shall Overcome" notes, notes, notes - this is not a music keyboard.

He's right about condition

by Theknotguy - 2014-03-02 06:03:27

You gotta keep moving. DonR is right. I was in a coma for six days. Came out at the level of a six month old baby. So you gotta keep moving and doing.

And yes, Don, Indiana has hills higher than a flight of stairs. If you aren't sure go to Pokagon.

Theknotguy

Iknow all about flute toootin'...

by donr - 2014-03-02 07:03:24

...My wife was a HS flute player & our #1 Daughter played, also - she dabbled w/ piccolo, also. #2 Daughter played Clarinet & was pretty good by the time she finished HS.

Me, I was a half baked clarinet player who did better at being an electrician than playing the clarinet. So I spent most of my HS band career doing props & lights for shows.

We lived in Miami. Fla, Henry Fillmore's final home town. I think he was originally a Hoosier, also. Every HS kid in town knew him. Our band even had the opportunity to do the first performance of one of his marches "North-South"

Donr

HIgh Dunes?

by donr - 2014-03-02 11:03:15

I did not think there was anything in Indiana higher than a single flight of stairs!

I'd not say it's that bad, but he sure hammered home to me that my expectations for recovery from "De-conditioning" were too high.

I discovered from a 2 week setback wherein I was forced to do nothing all day but sit in a chair set me back far more than I imagined! Very noticeable.

My cardio showed me a couple graphs of the effects of inactivity on condition & recovery time when you pass about 75. They were dramatic - First he drew a graph for me showing how fast you LOSE conditioning - While drawing, he said that you can feel it happening after about 2 days. YEP!!!!! I remembered that. Then he sprung the 4 for 1 ratio for recovery & I have noticed that was being very realistic. That period starts AFTER you have recovered from what put you down - a surgery or an illness. For me it was an abdominal evisceration & it was actually more like 30 days before I can clearly state that I was over the surgery & attendant aftereffects.

Just keep tootin' your Flute & you'll make it!

Donr

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