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@admin thank you!!!

I didn’t go, but I wanted to. Besides the fact that my foot makes that kind of activity pretty much impossible these days, a long time ago Mr. SK asked me not to attend protests, because he worries that if something happened to me, he wouldn’t be able to help. Which makes sense.

My mother (almost 82 now) also wanted to go but didn’t (concerns about her age etc.)

So we support in other ways…

@jon-nyc that’s super interesting! Is it real?? I mean, I assume it is, but some of those words are particularly surprising.

@RealPlayer said:

Would it be hard to put in a border and add soil to level it?

Hmm, looking at the photos @andyd uploaded, I’m thinking it would be hard to do something that on your own… maybe @steve-miller has some advice?

@AdagioM thanks for those links, it looks like it was a great trip!

@Rontuner I like this approach to making the expectations clear. I think the worst thing for the audience is when they’re not sure.

Anyway it sounds like a great group! I’ll be curious to hear which director you end up with.

@Rontuner sounds like fun, challenges, but fun!

Let us know which dir story you end up with!

Happy Britney @andyd !!!

About that poem… given the state of the world, these day I prefer a little more comedy and less melancholy

I’m looking forward to their return. We’ll see what they come up with!

@Rontuner said:

I also have that phenomenon that I didn't know was "a thing"- when I close my eyes, I don't see black - more a reddish static)

Oh wow, I didn't know that was thing. I see a dark reddish brown static too. Huh. I don't really think about it much, but it's redder when I have a headache, and darker/blacker when I don't.

Hey, I'm all for using the placebo effect if it continues working - or maybe there is something to this?

I have always been of the opinion that if the placebo means it works, then that's all to the good!

I've had sporadic headaches since high school, but they increased in frequency in the early 2000s. I started with a triptan only in the last 7 years or so to take when I sense one coming which has given me days back - almost always stops it with just one dose, though there is a limit to how many to use/month and I was going over some months. (I used to lose days going back to bed or just suffering through) Started Qulipta about a year ago, but that hasn't changed frequency significantly - also some of the meds are hard on heart, liver or kidneys so trying to keep those numbers in range. Moved on to Botox treatments - had to go through all the other options first. I just had one treatment which they said may not do much. Second treatment is scheduled for the end of the month and that seems to be when most patients notice a reduction in frequency.

Good luck with the botox! I know someone who finds they really help her. I'm sorry Qulipta didn't do it for you. Have you tried Nurtec or any of the other newer meds?

I used relpax (which I think is generic name eletriptan) and the side effects got progressively worse. I also took amitriptyline as a preventative daily for a little over 10 years, and that one also had awful side effects. Getting off of those two and onto my current meds was such a huge improvement for me. They were awful.

Migraines? Clusters? I get the sense no one really knows for sure and they just guess and see if something helps.

Yep, that's my impression too, and I think cluster headaches are even less understood than traditional migraines.

Anyway, I hope the hat keeps helping you!

@Rontuner wow! So you’ve just been wearing the hat? All day long or only outside?

I didn’t realize you were a migraine sufferer. What kinds of medicine do you use for them? I started having regular migraines probably around 2006. In late 2022 I switched the new class of migraine medicines (I now take qulipta daily and ubrelvy if I get a headache or migraine). These medicines have been life changing for me, so I always recommend to anyone who hasn’t changed their treatment protocol in a few years that they consult with a physician, because there are now many more migraine-specific treatments than ever before.

@dolmansaxlil said:

I’m grateful we don’t have to worry about the financial ramifications of a serious medical issue on top of everything else.

This is so important!

I don’t know anything about seizures or their treatment, but I would imagine there many more options than in generations past, so that should be helpful as well. Best wishes that it is!!

I’m really sorry to hear this @dolmansaxlil

I hope you get some clarity soon and a good treatment plan!!

Yikes!! I had no idea!!

@wtg I’m so sorry. I hope things will improve over the next few days!

Sending you lots of positive energy and hugs!!

@Rontuner hmmm that's interesting to see.

So when you push down, the lever goes up, but I would need something where I push down, and then it pushes the pedal down... Mechanically, that seems more complicated.

Someone at PT wrote:

IMO anything with enough leverage to depress the right pedal from the left is going to be big and heavy and any slight bump is going to dislodge it or nick your pedal box/lyre.

There are probably a lot more logistical challenges than I realize....

Sending Mr WTG and you best wishes, hugs, and positive energy for healing!

@RealPlayer said:

Sounds like a great opportunity to practice Bach and other Baroque composers using only finger legato!

I know, I know… I would just rather make repertoire choices based on what I want to play, as opposed to have to make choices based on something I’m not able to do.

More to the point, that isn’t the kind of music I am motivated to play. Sorry, I don’t mean to whine, but the whole thing is depressing. I am certain to go stir crazy as it is, and not being able to play piano (the way I normally do) is just going to make it worse. I don’t know what I’m going to do with myself during that time.

Anyway, if nothing else, the impending immobility will hopefully compel me to polish and record all the things I’m working on beforehand.

@Bernard said:

This next bit is where you may have reservations:

Yikes, Bernard, I couldn't even read past that!! No holes in my piano!!

@rontuner what happened to your achilles? Did it rupture, or did you have a problem with your heel?

My problem is that the heel deformity apparently triggered achilles tendonopathy, so both the heel bone needs fixing and the achilles tendon itself.

Re a digital... I don't currently have one. My mother has one, but it's the furniture type, I'm not sure how easy it would be to move the pedal for that.

if this were longer term, I might consider just getting one. I wonder if you can attach an extra pedal to a furniture type and just override the sustain pedal....

@Mark said:

I was pedaling the same day of surgery, and every day since my total knee replacement on December 30th.

That's great! How are you doing now?

Trying to pedal with your left foot might prove to be less than ideal/accurate. Would it be akin to writing left handed if you're right handed?

What I noticed when I tried it yesterday was that I could get the pedal down, but I couldn't get go up and down... And I felt like my body was twisted. I don't know, maybe I can make it work some how...