im pathetic
Yipes!
Think of it this way... tons of lefties learn to be right handed, so worst case scenario you have to learn to be left handed, correct?
I buggered up my right shoulder years ago and still can't lift it straight up... I gotta be honest, I don't know what I'd choose, but a lifetime of pain doesn't sound so awesome either. (assuming that there is no way to manage the pain?)
Think of it this way... tons of lefties learn to be right handed, so worst case scenario you have to learn to be left handed, correct?
I buggered up my right shoulder years ago and still can't lift it straight up... I gotta be honest, I don't know what I'd choose, but a lifetime of pain doesn't sound so awesome either. (assuming that there is no way to manage the pain?)
I know but it would take me years to train my left side to do as my right side had...my choice of career and ability to draw like I do in my style would be fucked...and those two things are important to me...everytime I think about it...I think it would be like losing a part of who I am? I'd never be the same if that happened?
*begin motivational speech*
One of the greatest guitar players of all time, Django Reinhardt, was the child of gypsys. He worked long and hard to learn on his own and became quite a sensation as a child. One cold night, the tent he was sleeping in caught fire and he escaped with his life, but his left hand was permanantly damaged and disfigured. With the use of 2 fingers, and the remains of his 3rd and 4th (which were fused together) he relearned to play his instrument and continued to excel. He moved to paris and began a partnership with Stephane Grappeli, a violinist, and together the created a style of music often referred to as "cafe jazz" that is still heard in Paris today.
*end motivational speech*
An artistic gift exists on its' own. Constantly changing, adapting and evolving. Be careful you don't confuse "dexterity" with "style" and always remember there is a difference between "craftsman" (or woman) and "artisan".
One of the greatest guitar players of all time, Django Reinhardt, was the child of gypsys. He worked long and hard to learn on his own and became quite a sensation as a child. One cold night, the tent he was sleeping in caught fire and he escaped with his life, but his left hand was permanantly damaged and disfigured. With the use of 2 fingers, and the remains of his 3rd and 4th (which were fused together) he relearned to play his instrument and continued to excel. He moved to paris and began a partnership with Stephane Grappeli, a violinist, and together the created a style of music often referred to as "cafe jazz" that is still heard in Paris today.
*end motivational speech*
An artistic gift exists on its' own. Constantly changing, adapting and evolving. Be careful you don't confuse "dexterity" with "style" and always remember there is a difference between "craftsman" (or woman) and "artisan".
I understand this, I really do...but I mean my style...what an artist is most valued for...I do all my comp work with a mouse not a wacom tablet this which requires the control and coordination I've self learned and honed for a long time...more then half of the students in my classes can't even function without a wacom tablet...this makes me special...my style of drawing is a style I've self learned since I was old enough to pick up a pencil...this makes me special...to learn how to do all that with my left hand would seriously ruin me...I'm not ambidextorous in the slightest...it would take years and years to learn how just to write legibly...
maybe you understand now what I was trying to say...
maybe you understand now what I was trying to say...
i say wait till the summer is over and try sugery then.... if you can handle the pain. i know not a good solution but can you go all summer without being able to do anything?hugs to you
we want to do it in the begining of summer because if anything goes wrong I'll have the summer to figure out what I'm going to do, and if nothing goes wrong I'll have the summer for physical therapy and be ready to go when the next school year starts.
ah i see now... understandable
yeah >_> so I'm just a tish scared...I wish I wasn't
to me it seems like your two options are more like; extreme pain, or mobility. Without really a huge risk in the surgery, but an even bigger one without it. There are always risks, like getting hit by a bus, or falling and breaking something. It might seem like im oversimplifying but really think about it. If you leave it until the end of the summer you might cause more damage to your arm, that can't be repaired and then where would you be?
Yeah you could lose the feeling in your right hand, but what about not being able to move your arm at all if you don't go through with the surgery?
I don't know. Personally I'm terrified of surgery, but you'll do damage to yourself either way. If it was me I know which option I'd pick. But then again it's up to you.
Best of luck on your decision, and Goddess Bless.
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Yeah you could lose the feeling in your right hand, but what about not being able to move your arm at all if you don't go through with the surgery?
I don't know. Personally I'm terrified of surgery, but you'll do damage to yourself either way. If it was me I know which option I'd pick. But then again it's up to you.
Best of luck on your decision, and Goddess Bless.
<3
Thats a good point of view...I'm just scared that if things go bad I'll never be able to draw again...not how I can now? Even if I trained myself to use my left hand...it would never be the same? I've just lived with the pain so long I guess it would bother me but wouldn't really faze me till it got much worse...my mom and I had a long talk about it...and she said I'd feel more comfortable after I talk to the Surgeon and learn the statistics and things...It will be at the begining of summer to make time for the physical therapy and stuff.
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