Comments on: Music and stroke recovery: a first-hand account (part 2 of 2) http://www.parttimemusician.com/2009/06/06/music-stroke-recovery-2/ A day job is there to support a playing addiction Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:59:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Audrey Cimino http://www.parttimemusician.com/2009/06/06/music-stroke-recovery-2/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Audrey Cimino Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:28:55 +0000 http://www.parttimemusician.com/?p=212#comment-53 Peggy, Thank you for referring me to parttimemusician.com. I enjoyed the articles and now have even more respect for your courage and abilities. Your Carroll Strings Project will be a success because it it so important to you and I'm honored to help you with it. Audrey Peggy, Thank you for referring me to parttimemusician.com. I enjoyed the articles and now have even more respect for your courage and abilities. Your Carroll Strings Project will be a success because it it so important to you and I’m honored to help you with it. Audrey

]]> By: Mark Pfannschmidt http://www.parttimemusician.com/2009/06/06/music-stroke-recovery-2/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Mark Pfannschmidt Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:31:27 +0000 http://www.parttimemusician.com/?p=212#comment-52 Peggy, Thanks for sharing your path to recovery. It is an exciting time to be a musician and teacher, with so much being learned about how the brain functions, and especially the much greater plasticity of the adult brain than was previously thought possible. Your gracious persistence and tenacity are well-known to those of us who know and love you. I was so delighted to see you recently at a teacher event and see how well you are doing! All the best, Mark Pf... Peggy,

Thanks for sharing your path to recovery. It is an exciting time to be a musician and teacher, with so much being learned about how the brain functions, and especially the much greater plasticity of the adult brain than was previously thought possible.

Your gracious persistence and tenacity are well-known to those of us who know and love you. I was so delighted to see you recently at a teacher event and see how well you are doing!

All the best,

Mark Pf…

]]> By: Peggy Ward http://www.parttimemusician.com/2009/06/06/music-stroke-recovery-2/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Peggy Ward Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:11:24 +0000 http://www.parttimemusician.com/?p=212#comment-48 Hi Anne-Marie, After four months, my doctor said,"if you were a normal person, I would consider you fully recovered". I said, "it's good to know you consider me abnormal" We both had a good laugh and we both knew that I would not consider myself fully recovered until I had regained every ability I had ever enjoyed as a full-time musician. No, I didn't practice long and hard enough to solo with the symphony agqain, but after recovering enough to demonstrate most of the beginning and intermediate students that I taught, I decided I had other things that were even more important than practicing the violin or viola. Remember, I am now in my eighties and have achieved many of life's goals. There are still a few things I want to do with what's left of my life, but I don't think that practicing four hours a day is one of them.--peggy Hi Anne-Marie,
After four months, my doctor said,”if you were a normal person, I would consider you fully recovered”. I said, “it’s good to know you consider me abnormal” We both had a good laugh and we both knew that I would not consider myself fully recovered until I had regained every ability I had ever enjoyed as a full-time musician. No, I didn’t practice long and hard enough to solo with the symphony agqain, but after recovering enough to demonstrate most of the beginning and intermediate students that I taught, I decided I had other things that were even more important than practicing the violin or viola. Remember, I am now in my eighties and have achieved many of life’s goals. There are still a few things I want to do with what’s left of my life, but I don’t think that practicing four hours a day is one of them.–peggy

]]> By: Anne-Marie http://www.parttimemusician.com/2009/06/06/music-stroke-recovery-2/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Anne-Marie Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:58:16 +0000 http://www.parttimemusician.com/?p=212#comment-47 Thank you Peggy and Mark. I'm interested to know if Peggy considers herself fully recovered and if so how long it eventually took? Thank you Peggy and Mark. I’m interested to know if Peggy considers herself fully recovered and if so how long it eventually took?

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