Ian,
I am sure that you can understand what I went through because I remember -not long time ago- you telling us of a health problem of yours, one that took several months and two interventions to be solved.
In my case the problem kept me away from the music for more than two years because I was literally unable to press the keys and one of the reasons I bought the Casio was that I needed a weighed keyboard to re-educate my fingers.
Aside from that, I went through a phase of total emptiness or lack of energy and, even if I sat at the keyboard, the music refused to flow from inside out and after a while I just stopped trying.
So, the very fact that I am now making the effort required to play a song over and over and then record it means that I am slowly coming back to my old life.
I am glad to hear you're fighting your way back. Being sick really kills any enthusiasm.
I had a bowel abscess (non-cancerous) the size of an orange caused by acute diverticulitis, which perforated, causing peritonitis.
I had to have over a foot of my bowel removed, by emergency surgery, had a colostomy for several months, and then another major surgery to re-attach bowel and get rid of the colostomy.
The Doc told me that if I hadn't gone to the hospital when I did, I would have been dead in less than an hour...as it was, it took three blood transfusions and a load of antibiotics to sort me out. One thing I had in my favor was that because of my involvement in martial arts for many years, and being a non-drinker, non-smoker, I was able to survive what would have either killed me, or left me with permanent kidney and liver damage. Last checkup was excellent, with everything okay.
All in all, my ordeal was over about two and a half years, and having such a close call with death certainly changed my attitude towards life. Now I live for each day, and do not sweat the small stuff anymore. My music has become a far more important, but I also keep the "fun" factor firmly in place. In other words, I don't take myself too seriously anymore.
I am looking forward to hearing your music. I think it's great to have music being shared here.
Ian
PS...I'm working on a Boz Scaggs' tune called "Look What You've Done To Me" featured in the movie Urban Cowboy. Just finished the style this morning.
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