Stroman
Platinum Member
I bet THAT was a pain in the... throne.
Worst injuries or sickness you've had and you still played?
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roncadillac
Member
I wasn't great haha. This situation involved the band I currently play with being the 'backing band' for a bunch of local hip hop artists so it was a lot of steady 4/4 backbeat stuff without much else required by me. If was actually a fun show regardless of my personal circumstances but I certainly was feeling it the next day.
rhumbagirl
Senior Member
For some reason, I never let a scrape on a knuckle stop me from continuing on. Usually happens playing someone else's kit. And I don't understand how the body heals in that situation. This is dirty metal that a lot of other people are touching with their own bacteria and fungi. Especially cymbals. And no, I don't recall any conscious effort to wash my hands during the break, although I probably do because it's a typical restroom break, so maybe that's it.
To answer the OP, I had an infected knuckle on the middle finger of my dominant hand. I played the rehearsal and was told by our frontman to go get it fixed before I return next time. I think it took 6 weeks for me to fully recover from that injury. I probably over attended to the thing by soaking it every few hours in scalding hot salty water**. Every week I'd call home to mom and ask her to pray that I wouldn't lose my finger - the middle finger on a match grip is pretty necessary.
**EDIT: If you soak a finger too frequently, it starts to turn white and looks real dead to the naked eye.
To answer the OP, I had an infected knuckle on the middle finger of my dominant hand. I played the rehearsal and was told by our frontman to go get it fixed before I return next time. I think it took 6 weeks for me to fully recover from that injury. I probably over attended to the thing by soaking it every few hours in scalding hot salty water**. Every week I'd call home to mom and ask her to pray that I wouldn't lose my finger - the middle finger on a match grip is pretty necessary.
**EDIT: If you soak a finger too frequently, it starts to turn white and looks real dead to the naked eye.
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PorkPieGuy
Platinum Member
I've played A LOT of church gigs sick and hurt. The worst was I got the flu on Easter Sunday. At the time, I was the only drummer for a congregation of about 500. Man, it sucked so freakin' bad and missing was not an option on that day.
drumnut87
Silver Member
did my right ankle in after tripping over. was told to rest my foot for 4 weeks, instead of cancelling my gigs, i readjusted my setup so i played left foot on bass drum, snare and toms were set up for a right handed kit, had two hi hats, one i could adjust on the fly, and one permanantly partially-open.
force3005
Silver Member
Did you have a well padded throne or a doughnut to sit on ?
roncadillac
Member
I have a Tama round rider xl, it has a very wide and thick cushion. It still wasn't fun as far as the sitting part was concerned but the quality throne helped in addition to it being a pretty low key gig.
Nictarine
Silver Member
Damn!!! I was really hoping you at least made it to the bathroom in time! I know how awful those band uniforms can be, I grew up in coastal Texas where it's hot and humid and for some reason, the band uniform is made out of the hottest and itchiest fabric imaginable!
Did anyone in your band know? Luckily your parents were there, mine never gave enough of a shit about my drumming to see me play.
MrLeadFoot
Silver Member
I did a pretty big-deal worship gig with penumonia once. I was in a fog the whole time, likely due to a little lack of oxygen in my system due to the penumonia. It kind of felt like I was in my own world, which I actually was, being that I use IEMs and was behind a drum shield already. 
Xstr8edgtnrdrmrX
Diamond Member
ohh yeah...the whole band knew...my issues with IBS were notorious so it was sort of not a surprise...plus, I didn't end up riding the bus home. Of course I got made fun of for it, but as mentioned above, it was a known thing...one of my nicknames in band was "Schlitz"...and it was NOT b/c I drank the beer
MrLeadFoot
Silver Member
So YOU are the girl onstage they have that commercial about nowadays about the medication for IBS or Crohn's Disease, or whatever it is.
Xstr8edgtnrdrmrX
Diamond Member
So YOU are the girl onstage they have that commercial about nowadays about the medication for IBS or Crohn's Disease, or whatever it is.
sort of...they know I will be there, but I do sometimes have to delay the beginning of a set
thoughh after I turned 40, it has happened less and less...I KNOW that I eat better now than I did in my 20's and 30's, but nerves will still do a number on my stomach if I am not careful
MrLeadFoot
Silver Member
Seriously, though, I am sorry to hear of your troubles. That must really suck!
Xstr8edgtnrdrmrX
Diamond Member
Seriously, though, I am sorry to hear of your troubles. That must really suck!
I have learned to live with it....and recently, it has not been that much of an issue
in the past, I would have to make all plans around how close to restrooms I was. If I could not get to a bathroom within a minute of my stomach gurgling, I would not do something. It made vacationing real interesting, especially b/c I LOVE to backwoods/remote camp and do outdoors stuff
force3005
Silver Member
I like the cute little nickname and that you can look back and have a little fun about it.
I am glad that it is getting somewhat better. My sister and I both have it but not as bad as you.
Dibalo Jonze
Member
I've played gigs minus each of my four limbs at some point:
-Left wrist fractured bones
-Left ankle broken
-Right knee ACL repairs
-Dozens without my right hand during recovery from a right hand partial amputation
I hardly play out any more, but other than those every gig I've played since 2007 has been with chronic pain, and limitation, in my right hand.
Focusing on simplicity and the joy of note placement usually saves the day. I spend a lot of time on coordination and sometimes what I call limb-reassignment techniques, and adaptability seems to follow. Necessity is the mother of invention after all, not that I recommend forcing yourself to play while injured or in pain.
-Left wrist fractured bones
-Left ankle broken
-Right knee ACL repairs
-Dozens without my right hand during recovery from a right hand partial amputation
I hardly play out any more, but other than those every gig I've played since 2007 has been with chronic pain, and limitation, in my right hand.
Focusing on simplicity and the joy of note placement usually saves the day. I spend a lot of time on coordination and sometimes what I call limb-reassignment techniques, and adaptability seems to follow. Necessity is the mother of invention after all, not that I recommend forcing yourself to play while injured or in pain.
Club Date
Junior Member
I passed a gallstone, or at least began to pass it, during a gig once. Started to feel pretty bad--very bloated, etc., during the first half of the show. Thinking I just had really bad gas, I laid down in my dressing room at intermission, then finished out the gig in a fair amount of discomfort, loaded the car and climbed into the back seat, in a fetal position, until my wife arrived and drove us back to the surgeon’s home where we were staying. The next several hours were, I’ve heard, as close to the pain of giving birth as a man will ever experience. Next morning the doctor asked where the pain had been (and still was) and then told me I’d passed a stone. I could see the evidence of that stone for days afterwards.
Also played a gig four days after prostate cancer surgery. Of course, I played my cocktail kit, standing up!
Also played a gig four days after prostate cancer surgery. Of course, I played my cocktail kit, standing up!
Oleg Vostyakov
Member
Died of what?
