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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Aug 28 2015, 12:14am
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I haven't started official therapy after my stroke yet, but
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I figured out a good project would be to re-learn the harp. It's challenging but fun. Good for training the brain and good for the soul too. Of course, working on LOTR music :-)
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elf_wannabee
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Aug 28 2015, 12:28am
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Best wishes for a speedy recovery Aunt Dora! May Eru bless you!//
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Aug 28 2015, 12:59am
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Pun intended, of course - and we know how important music is, for the intellect! 
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Eruwestial37
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Aug 28 2015, 4:07am
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I've been worried about you and sending healing vibes as often as I can. I know the harp can help.
I just started learning to play this year and it has made a very big difference in my mood and health. My doctors are even commenting on it. Harps are magic!
I'm sure you will have bad days, but through it all, remember we're here for you.
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Aug 28 2015, 4:21am
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Join us every weekend in the Hobbit movie forum for this week's CHOW (Chapter of the Week) discussion!
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Aug 28 2015, 5:09am
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Actually, my mood has been great.
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I'm thrilled to be alive and relatively unhurt. And time off work is a good retreat time.
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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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Aug 28 2015, 7:20am
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So glad to see you back dear ADB
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I think you're already pretty good at the harp, so I'll look forward to what new LOTR music you'll come up with after more practice 
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Ciars
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Aug 28 2015, 7:29am
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I'm sure you will be gliding through your harp strings before you know it! So glad that you are on the road to recovery. Your positivity is inspiring!
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dijomaja
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Aug 28 2015, 11:36am
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...and you're right, the music will help. As noted over on the other post, I'm a musician and music therapist and music can do some pretty amazing things to heal and help maintain health.
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Elarie
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Aug 28 2015, 11:56am
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I hope you're feeling better and enjoy reconnecting with your harp.
And if any cute dwarves wink at you....wink back. 
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Gold is the strife of kinsmen,
and fire of the flood-tide,
and the path of the serpent.
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Ethel Duath
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Aug 28 2015, 2:35pm
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your next recording!
I once talked to a brain specialist about a student of mine who had recently joined an orchestra, and who'd had water on the brain as a baby. (Brillliant child, but just those unpredictable, glitchy things that can happen with brain trauma.) He said that being in the student orchestra was one of the best things she could possibly do to help with brain function.
Maybe you should get a whole harp ensemble together . . .
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Arandiel
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Aug 28 2015, 4:38pm
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We have some excellent physical and occupational therapy facilities here in town - here's to you getting the full benefit of their care!
And I'm relieved to hear that you're jumping back in to making music - it's such a powerful way to heal.
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Dame Ioreth
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Aug 28 2015, 5:05pm
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And such beautiful music too. That, in itself, is healing. Rest up and recover. Glad to hear your spirits are high!
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Aug 28 2015, 5:30pm
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Yay! Virtual cake and ice cream
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are on the approved stroke diet :-D
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Aug 28 2015, 5:36pm
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Yep. We're waiting on a referral.
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The hospital's only half a mile from here.
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Riven Delve
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Aug 28 2015, 5:37pm
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“Tollers,” Lewis said to Tolkien, “there is too little of what we really like in stories. I am afraid we shall have to try and write some ourselves.”
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Aug 28 2015, 5:40pm
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I'm definitely more awkward than I was, partly because my right hand is numb. I have to use my eyes to guide it. If I close my eyes I can't tell where the strings are at all. But I love a musical challenge.
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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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Ethel Duath
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Aug 28 2015, 8:23pm
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at my hand therapy center (where I used to practically live, before I found out about manual physical therapy) says that touching and manipulating different shapes and textures with the hand is the best way to bring back a nerve. Granted, those are local nerves; but still, with different string thicknesses and positions (and are some wound strings and some not?) should be just the ticket. Time, and persistence, of course are the other ingredients, but you have both of those, as a hiker and musician.
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Aug 28 2015, 8:35pm
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As you say, good for both mind and soul. Enjoy it - but be patient with yourself, too.
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Aug 28 2015, 8:56pm
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Nothing but support here. As you well know, if you need a 'upper', this place will have your back.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Aug 28 2015, 10:11pm
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One of my therapies is to fill a bowl with dried rice and another with dried beans, and hide loose change in there and try to feel the differences. So far nothing; it's like having novocaine in that hand. But I'm told it will come.
Today I tried playing my guitar and got pretty weepy, which I view as a good thing: it's about time I got some rain, and music helps. I can't help grieving a bit when my right hand feels like a claw and my singing comes out garbled. I've been so euphoric about being alive that's it's taken a week to acknowedge those other feelings. (To heck with the spelling. That will come back in time.)
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zarabia
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Aug 29 2015, 7:58am
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I've been there with my leg. After surgery last year my right leg was all but completely numb. But, as the doctor told me it would, the sensory cortex from the other hemisphere eventually took over. It's not 100%, but definitely better than it was.
Have a good cry and then get back to playing. You'll get there. {{{Hugs}}}
You realize that life goes fast
It's hard to make the good things last
You realize the sun doesn't go down
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning 'round
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Aug 29 2015, 9:47am
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Good to see you back on the boards!
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With patience and perseverance you'll win through. Good luck!
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Eruvandi
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Aug 29 2015, 6:04pm
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 Oh dear! Busy brain has been busy with my RL projects and I hadn't checked TORn for a while, so this is the first I've heard about this. I'm so very glad you're...well...alive! *bear hugs*
My grandma had a stroke a few years ago and it was scary, but she recovered well and I hope the same speedy recovery happens for you! *even more hugs*
Take care of yourself Auntie Baggins!
Lord I give you everything, Anything you want from me
Take my past and my future I lay it at your feet
Yeah, I'm after your heart, you've stolen mine
I give you my all 'cause you gave up your life
I'm not who I was simply because, Oh, you set me free
And you change me from what I used to be
Opened my eyes, now I can see
You're making this life so beautiful
So beautiful
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