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<blockquote data-quote="pnomanikon" data-source="post: 746367" data-attributes="member: 43342">I was doing OK until this summer when I lost a lifelong friend indirectly due to the pandemic.&nbsp; He was only 59 but had health problems related to diabetes. He had a rough couple of weeks and called his doctor for an appointment.&nbsp; The doctor was only seeing a limited number of patients face to face, so there was a 2-week wait to be seen at the hospital.&nbsp; He died the day before his appointment, collapsing behind the wheel of his car at a stop light. By the time the EMS got there and broke out the window, he was gone.&nbsp; That took all the wind out of my sails. He was an only child, and his father passed away 2 weeks after my mother passed in 2017.&nbsp; I've been trying to help his mother clean out his house.&nbsp; My piano recital is on hold. In additional to the loss of my friend, my arthritis has flared up to where I've lost the partial use of two fingers.&nbsp; I've hardly touched the piano since August.Not one of the happier times in my life right now, but at least I had one MAJOR piece of good news.&nbsp; On Oct 1st, I became a grandfather. Yay!&nbsp; Too bad they are 5 hours away, so we've only had 1 short visit. [ATTACH]347766[/ATTACH]&nbsp;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pnomanikon, post: 746367, member: 43342"] I was doing OK until this summer when I lost a lifelong friend indirectly due to the pandemic. He was only 59 but had health problems related to diabetes. He had a rough couple of weeks and called his doctor for an appointment. The doctor was only seeing a limited number of patients face to face, so there was a 2-week wait to be seen at the hospital. He died the day before his appointment, collapsing behind the wheel of his car at a stop light. By the time the EMS got there and broke out the window, he was gone. That took all the wind out of my sails. He was an only child, and his father passed away 2 weeks after my mother passed in 2017. I've been trying to help his mother clean out his house. My piano recital is on hold. In additional to the loss of my friend, my arthritis has flared up to where I've lost the partial use of two fingers. I've hardly touched the piano since August. Not one of the happier times in my life right now, but at least I had one MAJOR piece of good news. On Oct 1st, I became a grandfather. Yay! Too bad they are 5 hours away, so we've only had 1 short visit. [ATTACH=CONFIG]347766._xfImport[/ATTACH] . [/QUOTE]

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