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Desperate: Is there any hope for neuropathy?
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Dear Bobby, I was so touched to read your letter. You have been through so much, I feel I don’t have a right to complain. And to lose your ability to play guitar. I sure wish I could hear you play. At the age of 57, I decided to take up my dream and take guitar lessons. My husband, 62 at the time, joined me in this endeavor. We took lessons for five years until the pandemic hit when we moved up to Northern Michigan at our cottage. I decided to retire (hubby retired several years prior), and the lessons stopped. I played four instruments at various times in my life, but guitar was the only one that gave me such joy. It was also the most challenging and I admire people like yourself who are accomplished at this most difficult instrument. I can just get lost in it. Practice time never seemed like work, it was more like therapy. Three hours could pass and it seemed like no time at all. Unrelated to guitar but since this PN started, my finger tips are starting to feel not numb but tingly and I’m wondering what I should do before this gets any worse. Have your doctors given you any treatment suggestions? Thanks again for this letter - the kindness of people like you, especially during times like this, lifts my spirits more than you can know.
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Hi Cecelia, yes I did have my doctor here in Key West, Dr. Jennifer Charity sent me to a specialist but nothing came of it. I had to give up so many--GIGS--and being a local person from here, a lot of people know me, I was so sorry for all the people that used to follow me to all the places I played. At my age--83--I play "OLDIES" but I have been playing along time and it became my second job. i also play Piano, I took two years of piano lessons when I was about--40--I kind of was interested in it. I never did a job using just the piano, but I did include it in some of my jobs, I used a computer soft ware {Lap Top} called--Cakewalk 9.0 so if any one out there wants to follow up doing a complete entertainment by your selves this is the gear you need. There is also another soft ware called---Band In A Box--which is good--but not as good as Cakewalk. I know I'm going to miss playing music but I can still play piano at home, as you said it is not only fun but it's like having therapy--you know. We have four girls--one son, 8 grand children--only two girls live here in Key West which is a beautiful place to live and--grow up in--BUT-- it's become very expensive to live here and -for sure, we worry about hurricanes. Thank you all for contacting me and I hope--EVERY ONE OUT there with health problems ,good luck and to heal soon. If any one wants more information on the music etc--just email me, it's ok I don't mind. It's really sad in a way as I mentioned before, we all should be enjoying our selves at these age's you know but it's what--GOD--has in all our lives. We don't travel any more which my wife really misses, all our children mostly moved to Orlando, Fl. it's too big for us though. She is from Newark, De--we met in 1974--she was in the US Navy here. OK--I have made this too long--an old habit I formed being a mail man. God bless you all--I knew there were good people out there, Bobby Pazo