Not happy. Was making a cake and caught my right index finger in the blender (don't ask how!) and now can't play any instruments for a week. Then I'm going for a back operation next Tuesday and still won't be able to play for a while. I'm so frustrated - IT'S NOT FAIR!!!

p.s. it's so hard typing with my left hand!

You poor thing! I'm so sorry - hope your finger recovers sooner than expected!
Take care,
Jo

Thats horrible, and clearly painful.get it better soon!

How did the cake turn out?!

Seriously, I hope your finger is better soon. That must be every muscians nightmare, losing a finger...

Take Care,
Craig

Ouch!! I feel so sorry for you!!
I hope it gets better reeeeeeeeeeeeeally quickly!!

QUOTE (sutty_73 @ Aug 10 2004, 12:18 PM)

How did the cake turn out?!

Ah it's great to see a post which actually makes me laugh, they're very rare round here

The cake was fine thanks - unfortunately the butter cream went a bit pink!

a few months ago...the director of music caught his finger in a steering wheel... auch...that hurts... but he still kept playing the organ and the piano...this hurt further... it took him a month ro recover finally...anyway...just take care of yourself...expecially your finger...

QUOTE (Appassionata @ Aug 10 2004, 03:47 PM)

The cake was fine thanks - unfortunately the butter cream went a bit pink!

Urgh! Well, at least that's your daily serving of iron.

Take care of the finger and don't over-work it, or else it might just take much longer to recover than expected, as liebe_klavier said. I now how you feel about practice withdrawal though.

Get well soon!
That's a rotten thing to happen.

omg!

at least you didnt lose your finger totally!! *phew*

get well soon + look foward to playing more music!

Do you use Arnica to help with healing? It's worth a go, I've found it fairly miraculous in the past.

And by the way, which finger??
I get my violin students to work on tone with Amazing Grace if they arrive with an injured left hand finger as if you start on D string the melody dosn't need (violin) finger 2....if it's a different finger just transpose...

my dad won't let me to do ANYTHING that puts my fingers in danger.... including cutting bread....

I remember once trying to play the flute with one of my fingers bandaged up (I use to bend fingers back all the time when playing basketball in school). It was just about managable but I kept catching one of the trill keys. Saying that, correct me if anyone has found a way, but playing the recorder with wrapped fingers is impossible~ you just can't cover the holes properly.

Perhaps those of us with a tendancy to mutilate our fingers should just try learning the trombone, I mean, I think you could probably manage to play that with half your hand tied together!

Well grant yourself lucky..... i am a professional musician and i broke my hand the day before a major concert at the proms.....it wasn;t as though i was even a common violin (sorry to all you violinists! ).

and to any of you that have heard Dvorak New World Symphony...... i had the major COR ANGLAIS SOLO!!!!!

Thanks to everyone for their advice and support. Arnica is certainly very good! I am now able to play the violin as I can hold the bow without using my index finger - but clarinet and sax are a bit more tricky at the moment. I been working on left hand scales on the piano - they will be the best they've ever been at this rate!



I wish you all the best James Brookmyre and hope your hand gets better soon.

Ouch - poor Appassionata - I really hope your finger gets better soon..

I know just how you feel - I had a pretty horrific accident a few years ago, where I ripped my left middle finger on a fence. 3 days in hospital, a general anaesthetic and 12 stitches later...

It's still numb and sort of weird and tingly, but miraculously I still have 80-90% of my prebious ability left and I suppose it could have been a lot worse (the cut just missed a tendon by a millimetre). The damage is nerve damage plus a tendency to achiness and stiifness just before it rains heavily - a great built-in barometer!

Hope you get better soon anyway.

Violinia

how is your 'blended finger' doing eh?
back in '95 i had not one, but two ingrown fingernails! they hurt like sin! anyway, i had to get them both removed and i was out of action for a few months. so i do sympathise with you.
wish u better.

Hello. "Blended" finger is much better thanks. However had an operation on my back yesterday, so can't really move that much at the moment. Hopefully i'll be back playing asap. I've just bought a new soprano sax and I'm itching to play it!

just take care....and u'll be fine...

I hope it will get better soon!

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~tremolololo~

I hope you will get well soon

God Bless

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The damage is nerve damage plus a tendency to achiness and stiifness just before it rains heavily

Bit off topic but I broke my clavicle in a judo lesson a while ago and it does that too...any knowledge as to why?

QUOTE (Appassionata @ Aug 18 2004, 05:55 PM)

I've just bought a new soprano sax and I'm itching to play it!

(grand choeur hands Appassionata antihistamines for that troublesome itch)

lol...

I have developed the most awful joint problems so it really hurts to play violin and piano because it's all in my fingers and wrists and elbows and shoulders and I've spent the summer in and out of hospital...

We're not such a healthy lot here are we?!?

QUOTE (cecilia @ Aug 21 2004, 10:39 PM)

lol... I have developed the most awful joint problems so it really hurts to play violin and piano because it's all in my fingers and wrists and elbows and shoulders and I've spent the summer in and out of hospital... We're not such a healthy lot here are we?!?

I can't stand up without excruciating pain. I have a family history of exercise addiction, and today proved the doctors right for going for a run with a sore back. Not sensible, since now I'll have to sit while practising, and rest my saxophone on the chair!

QUOTE (cecilia @ Aug 21 2004, 06:39 PM)

lol... I have developed the most awful joint problems so it really hurts to play violin and piano because it's all in my fingers and wrists and elbows and shoulders and I've spent the summer in and out of hospital... We're not such a healthy lot here are we?!?

methinks you lot should visit me in the Caribbean

QUOTE (grand choeur @ Aug 22 2004, 01:34 AM)

methinks you lot should visit me in the Caribbean

Sounds like a great idea! Do you really live there? Wow! You lucky thing...

Ergh, it sounds really painful - I would be like you too wanting to play so much Hope you are back to playing soon

QUOTE (cecilia @ Aug 21 2004, 10:39 PM)

I have developed the most awful joint problems so it really hurts to play violin and piano because it's all in my fingers and wrists and elbows and shoulders and I've spent the summer in and out of hospital...

hope u get better soon...i hope the pain will ease...

QUOTE (carys @ Aug 21 2004, 08:43 PM)

QUOTE (grand choeur @ Aug 22 2004, 01:34 AM) methinks you lot should visit me in the Caribbean  :D Sounds like a great idea! Do you really live there? Wow! You lucky thing...

yes, carys, i do live in the glorius sunny Caribbean, complete with a steady year round temperature and balmy breezes. shall u be making your travel arrangements?

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hope u get better soon...i hope the pain will ease...

Thanks liebe_klavier... and one good thing is that it means I can get off P.E. at school as long as I have it