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Joined: Sep 23, 2014 Posts: 1400 Memphis, TN 
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Posted on Apr 25 2022 12:47 PM
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Posted on Apr 25 2022 04:01 PM
Super glad to hear that, Noel! The only way is up from here Albums: Changing label. https://magnatech.bandcamp.com |
Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Apr 25 2022 07:25 PM
Thank you all very, very much, every one! I can't say how much I appreciate all your encouraging and kind words.
This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. |
Joined: Jul 31, 2012 Posts: 4052 Nashville, TN.
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Posted on Apr 26 2022 10:20 PM
Noel, this is such great news! Cheers, http://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25540 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Apr 26 2022 10:22 PM
You got this Noel! Jeff(bigtikidude) |
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Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Jan 24 2023 08:55 AM
Things went badly south after my completely successful bone marrow transplant. First, my neuropathy was much worse, but I could still play guitar whenever I wanted, and things were looking up for the first seven days post-transplant. The most common side-effect is mucositis, which is the solidification of the mucus membrane in the mouth and digestive system. It prevents chewing and swallowing food and is extremely painful. It always requires hospitalization. It's standard practice to hook up patients to a morphine drip to control pain. I'm describing what followed as a cautionary tale. I never should have let them do it and I don't think anyone who's not young and in perfect health should either. I was confined to bed during the almost two weeks of treatment. I was not allowed to get out of bed at all for any reason. Then, when they told me to get up and out of bed I promptly fell and was put on a "Fall Risk" list. I could no longer walk. I walked into my hospital room, but that was the last time I walked without some sort of mechanical aide. This was followed by a month in a physical rehab facility in which I was also not allowed out of bed except to be escorted to the "necessity" and the rehab gym. Many months of physical and occupational therapy taught me how to compensate for and adapt to my new limitations. But thanks to nearly numb hands and fingers, and the almost total loss of balance, I could not play guitar. A search took me to a Doctor of Chinese medicine whose practice specializes in acupuncture treatments for severe neuropathy. The resulting improvements after only one month shocked both my therapists and I quickly exceeded all my performance goals. I started learning to play guitar again. I have a visiting guitar teacher and am making real progress. I'm starting to relearn the music I always used to play. I can once again sit on and get up from my 24" guitar stool and have set a goal of being ready to play out by late 2024. I know I look gaunt in this photograph. But I weigh exactly what I weighed in 1990, have the same 24" waist, and my BMI is actually upper-middle ideal. I'm also ready to start playing electric guitar again. Two three-month PET Scans again show no evidence of cancer. Would I do it all over again? Unhesitatingly yes, but without morphine. As always, thank you all for your encouragement and support.
This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. Last edited: Jan 24, 2023 09:21:16 |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25540 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Jan 24 2023 08:59 AM
You are a trooper Noel, Jeff(bigtikidude) |
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Posted on Jan 24 2023 09:18 AM
I follow you on fb, you are a real fighter! —Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki Lost Diver https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com |
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Posted on Jan 24 2023 09:20 AM
Best wishes for your continued progress. Anything I can think of pales in comparison to what you have gone through. |
Joined: Feb 02, 2008 Posts: 4425 Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
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Posted on Jan 24 2023 09:37 AM
Good on ya, mate. It sounds like you’re going to be playing Surf for a long time to come. —The artist formerly known as: Synchro When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar. |
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Posted on Jan 24 2023 10:12 AM
Noel, as I already said on facebook - I am really glad to hear you're doing so well, are active again and picking up guitar playing again! The cancer may have been strong, but you were stronger. Go get 'em tiger! You'll live to be (more than) a hundred years! J. —Albums: Changing label. https://magnatech.bandcamp.com |
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Posted on Jan 24 2023 11:07 AM
Hey Noel, from one Pittsburgh guy to another, keep rockin! I too have had Chinese acupuncture heal things that Western medicine couldn't touch. Keeping you in prayer. —Patrick |
Joined: Dec 11, 2013 Posts: 2533 Akron, Ohio
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Posted on Jan 24 2023 12:05 PM
I'm always inspired by your strength and attitude Noel! —The Kahuna Kings https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Kahuna-Kings/459752090818447 |
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11046 Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Jan 24 2023 02:52 PM
Hi Noel, thanks for the update and good news. I'm a little confused, was the mucositis a side effect of the morphine? EDIT: I see, it was a treatment for the mucositis and led to the other problems —Danny Snyder Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF Last edited: Jan 24, 2023 14:54:02 |
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Joined: Sep 23, 2014 Posts: 1400 Memphis, TN
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Posted on Jan 24 2023 03:15 PM
Noel, you are a strong man. I cannot wait to hear/see you play guitar toward the end of 2024. I am sure we are all very much looking forward to it! —MooreLoud.com - A tribute to Dick Dale. New Singles "Finish Line" and "Paradiso" on Bandcamp and website. |
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Joined: Apr 13, 2018 Posts: 1374 New Orleans
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Posted on Jan 25 2023 01:06 PM
Dang what a journey! I'm super stoked you can pick that geeter again!! —Daniel Deathtide |
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Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Jan 26 2023 06:46 AM
Thank you all, every one! This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. |
Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19266 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Jan 28 2023 02:38 PM
All the best Noel, you got this! —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
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Posted on Jan 28 2023 09:51 PM
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Good luck!
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