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They are expensive, but is it worth the price?

Finally the last glowworm turned of the light.
She was surrounded by a dark dark night.
The spider promised her paradise on earth
With a nice offer, that sounded allright and worth

The glowworm, now a dark worm wasn't shy
He promised her to become a fire fly
Singing and burning as a sparkling star
the spider smashed her dead with his guitar

HOW MUCH SHOULD ONE GET FROM "YESTERDAY" on a year base: 1 SONG!! and every minute somewhere on the radio.
IS IT REALLY POSSIBLE TO LIVE AFTER WRITING A SONG?
REG PRESLEY, the leading man in the band "THE TROGGS" (Wild Thing), told that thanks to that one hit "LOVE IS ALL AROUND" a SMASH-HIT for WET WET WET in the movie "FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL" that he and his family didn't need to work.

Why this topic?
- A LOT OF PEOPLE DO HAVE PROBLEMS, PHYSICAL PROBLEMS and add some PSYCHOLOGICAL too.

THIS TOPIC CAN BE USEFUL OR HELPFUL IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS, CAUSING DIFFICULTIES TO PLAY AN INSTRUMENT

1) MY PROBLEM: since August 2009, I have a "crushed nerve" in my elbow, resulting in a loss of power, sensitivity, and BECAUSE IT'S MY LEFT HAND = 1/2 middlefinger + ring finger and my pinky. RESULT: I can't play guitar, which a catastrophe because I am already disabled.
TREATMENT:
- rest + avoiding my elbow & fingers
- I'll try "PHYSIOTHERAPY" electric stimulation, BUT that nerve can be 50% "destroyed"

SO, THIS TOPIC IS ABOUT HAVING MEDICAL SITUATIONS & PROBLEMS
Q: is it difficult to learn playing guitar using your left hand to strum and the right fingers to play A, B, C...E..?

We all have seen people born = CONGENITAL or ACCIDENTS who miss a bodypart(s)on TV, in shows, amazing and brave like loss of your arms and they even are able to do laundry, repairing clothes...
-1) CONGENITAL: YOU ARE BORN WITH A HANDICAP, blind, "malformation of legs and arms.
-2) ACQUIRED: same problem BUT caused by accident or disease.
THE THREAD IS OR I HOPE IT WILL BE A POSITIVE APPROACH "never give up, your life doesn't stop, it ain't always easy, but think about the things The Lord has given to us

WHAT IS THE BIG DIFFERENCE: It takes a lot of courage to start over your life, because 2) knows what it is to have all functions, anyway it is dramatic.
Being a doc, I saw a lot, I have a medical file 1000 pages, and I swear the last 9 years weren't easy: personal, relation, finances, the whole 9 yards.
Glad to inform that with a lot of character, a positive mentality and a lot of friends here on chordie did give me PRICELESS ADVISE.
So I feel good (DR. FEELGOOD), I am a lot more open, "materialistic" is no longer an option, day by day, and I leave for New Zealand next week, I do enjoy AGAIN life, and the best way to tell this: FINISHED BEING A "WILLOW" but head up and smile "POPLAR"

Despite all changes, I am still struggling to play guitar.  So much tunes, and no way to play. Indeed I wrote about a tennis elbow, but my in case it is the other site of the elbow (golf-elbow) resulting in 2.5 fingers (thumb index and half my mid finger) refusing to do their job, even driving is more difficult AND THERE AIN'T NO CURE FOR THIS SUMMERTIME BLUES. It is weird: happy, but sad everytime I try to play. Since I used every possible "classic" medication, I can only hope that when I'm down under and avoiding to use my left arm it will heal.
IF YOU HAVE A MEDICAL /MUSIC PROBLEM, DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT ME (and it's for free :d)
LOVE YA ALL

I suffer from a tendinitis.
You know, the "pain points:
1) The more classic (75-80%) are the they a "tennis elbow" the symptoms are, a sleeping arm and it cut's 1/2 your finger/hand.
2)Here it is the other side of the fingers like pink...) called a GOLF elbow. Resulting in no grip, on the neck of the guitars. PAIN: I can't take a guitar + fingers: from pinky, ring fingers again to the other half. 
I CAN'T PLAY GUITAR!!!!

I often read that drummers are very popular in "women land"
IS THIS SO and IF YES: REASON

BEACH BOYS: Wilson brothers.
CCR: FOGERTY BROTHERS
DIRE STRAITS: Mark + David KNOPFLER

All famous bands, but "JEALOUSY" is a real killer.
CCR, started with Tom Fogerty and the blue velvets. Add John who wrote better songs, problem: Tom Leaves.

Are there others?