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John Mohan
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Wow! I am so sorry you had to go through this, but I am glad your recovery is going well. I urge you to stay away from doing any playing including buzzing the mouthpiece or even buzzing your lips for now. Give it the time to FULLY heal before you resume any playing. A few extra weeks off could very will prevent months of misery.
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Al Innella
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[quote="John Mohan"]Wow! I am so sorry you had to go through this, but I am glad your recovery is going well. I urge you to stay away from doing any playing including buzzing the mouthpiece or even buzzing your lips for now. Give it the time to FULLY heal before you resume any playing. A few extra weeks off could very will prevent months of misery.
Best wishes,
John Mohan, RN[/quote
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gbdeamer
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| John Mohan wrote: | Wow! I am so sorry you had to go through this, but I am glad your recovery is going well. I urge you to stay away from doing any playing including buzzing the mouthpiece or even buzzing your lips for now. Give it the time to FULLY heal before you resume any playing. A few extra weeks off could very will prevent months of misery.
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John Mohan, RN |
Thanks John.
Yeah, the mental struggle is real.
There's no manual that says after XXX days/weeks you're good to go, so my brain wants to start ASAP.
Surgery was one week ago yesterday, and I was hopeful that I'd be able to do some buzzing at this point, but there's still a LITTLE swelling, so I'm putting it off until the swelling is totally gone.
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gbdeamer
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[quote="Al Innella"] | John Mohan wrote: | Wow! I am so sorry you had to go through this, but I am glad your recovery is going well. I urge you to stay away from doing any playing including buzzing the mouthpiece or even buzzing your lips for now. Give it the time to FULLY heal before you resume any playing. A few extra weeks off could very will prevent months of misery.
Best wishes,
John Mohan, RN[/quote
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Thanks Al.
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gbdeamer
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Another update.
It was two weeks yesterday that surgery was done, and the lip is pretty much healed. There's a slight visible scar, but otherwise the swelling and pain are gone.
I started Sunday evening with light buzzing on a mouthpiece, and I did a very light practice session yesterday (mainly long tones, Clarke 1 and 2, and some easy scales).
Good news is that there is no pain or swelling from playing.
Bad news is that I took 3 weeks or so totally off from playing, so my chops were out of shape to begin with. Add to that the scar tissue that behaves differently than lip tissue, and a slight (permanent) bump from the end of the incision line, and I've found that my setup is a bit 'different'. Doesn't seem catastrophic, but there's a bit of a double buzz at times.
Biggest takeaway is that waiting the FULL 2 weeks was absolutely necessary. Even at 10 or 11 days there were still scabs on my lip, so it would have been easy to tear them open if I played too hard (or maybe at all).
Right now my chops just feel like their out of shape (from 3 weeks off) as opposed to injured).
Here's a pic:
https://i.imgur.com/tbLlh5T.jpeg
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