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mrcBass w/Shakedown at Jack's 75th 9/25

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Richland123 said:
I wish you very well with your surgery. I had a hernia surgery back in 2003 from lifting my bass cabinet. I ended up with a long incision and 14 staples. My hernia was really bad. After your surgery, do not overdo anything with lifting things. It will take a while to recover and possibly irritate you for months depending how severe the surgery is. If it can be done laparoscopically, it will be better. :thumbsup:
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Thanks.

They tell me I actually have hernias on both sides (I can only feel one) and we're fixing them both with one arthro/lapro scopic event. I'm supposed to have a couple of incision holes under my naval and nothing near the actual issues. They tell me to expect a month of limited physical activity after the surgery.

I've already been limiting my lifts to about 30 lbs, and have my gear set up so that no one thing is more than 26. I think I'll be OK, just a bit slower than usual due to being very careful with every lift and not being able to carry multiple things at once..
 
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mrcbass said:
Thanks.

They tell me I actually have hernias on both sides (I can only feel one) and we're fixing them both with one arthro/lapro scopic event. I'm supposed to have a couple of incision holes under my naval and nothing near the actual issues. They tell me to expect a month of limited physical activity after the surgery.

I've already been limiting my lifts to about 30 lbs, and have my gear set up so that no one thing is more than 26. I think I'll be OK, just a bit slower than usual due to being very careful with every lift and not being able to carry multiple things at once..
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I was on a 10 lb. lifting limit for a couple months. My bass weighs 9 lbs. The mesh that was put in was stretching and body healing over it for a while with discomfort but I had a long incision. :eek:
 
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Richland123 said:
I wish you very well with your surgery. I had a hernia surgery back in 2003 from lifting my bass cabinet. I ended up with a long incision and 14 staples. My hernia was really bad. After your surgery, do not overdo anything with lifting things. It will take a while to recover and possibly irritate you for months depending how severe the surgery is. If it can be done laparoscopically, it will be better. :thumbsup:
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This!
I just went through it. Taking it easy isn't always easy.Every time I caught myself with a little extra adrenaline I reminded myself I wanted to be here next year.
 
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richntiff said:
Great report! How dare you play well known popular songs that people dance to? Some on TB would read you the riot act for committing such a cardinal sin! Seriously though - sounds like a band that will be hitting on all cylinders!
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Our mantra is all about shaking butts and taking names. We bill ourselves as a "party band" and we won't limit ourselves based our desire to not want to play something. There are probably a half dozen songs in our set that I really don't care to ever play again - but that's not what it's about. Yes, I execute my duty bound groan when one of these gets pitched for consideration, but then we play the damn song.

Once I started gigging, my thought process became: any song is my favorite song when the dance floor fills.
 
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mrcbass said:
Our mantra is all about shaking butts and taking names. We bill ourselves as a "party band" and we won't limit ourselves based our desire to not want to play something. There are probably a half dozen songs in our set that I really don't care to ever play again - but that's not what it's about. Yes, I execute my duty bound groan when one of these gets pitched for consideration, but then we play the damn song.

Once I started gigging, my thought process became: any song is my favorite song when the dance floor fills.
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this is The Way.
 
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BargeOn said:
This!
I just went through it. Taking it easy isn't always easy.Every time I caught myself with a little extra adrenaline I reminded myself I wanted to be here next year.
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When my hernia started, I thought I just pulled a groin muscle and continued to play gigs, lift gear, and do all my normal stuff while dealing with a pain like a hot knife in my gut. Finally, I went to a doctor who checked me out and said I needed to see a urologist and have surgery. The urologist checked me out and said that I had a really bad hernia and if I did not have surgery it could kill me. My response was, "When can you do the surgery?"
 
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Richland123 said:
When my hernia started, I thought I just pulled a groin muscle and continued to play gigs, lift gear, and do all my normal stuff while dealing with a pain like a hot knife in my gut. Finally, I went to a doctor who checked me out and said I needed to see a urologist and have surgery. The urologist checked me out and said that I had a really bad hernia and if I did not have surgery it could kill me. My response was, "When can you do the surgery?"
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When I first started feeling the pain, and I could feel my intestines through my groin - it didn't take me long to figure out that it was a hernia, having graduated from Google med school and all. :thumbsdown:

I only toughed it out for a couple of weeks before going to see my doctor who promptly sent me for consults with the surgery department who promptly said they'd get me into surgery when they could squeeze me in. I was "lucky" that this health care facility was doing elective surgeries at all because many aren't. It doesn't feel very elective to me. I was kind of expecting a "cancel your plans for the next month, you need surgery now!" kind of response - which would have had me patched up before my gigs started stacking up. TRhewy kind of laughed when I told them I didn't want to get to the point to have to cart my guts into an emergency room in a wheelbarrow like I've seen on TV.

I'm sure this wonderful Covid thing has something to do with it. Luckily, I found a truss that helps a lot. I can do some stuff for a little while without the pain. Without it, standing long enough to make a meal is painful.
 

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