[TPIN] Re: TPIN Digest, Vol 34, Issue 112

[Gary Comingore]

Ed (and other trumpet players everywhere)
    Heart failure is a medical term, it is not whatever YOU want to 
define it as. People cannot consider themselves knowledgeable because 
they read the Reader's Digest or a couple of paragraphs from a work 
designed to explain complex issues in the simplest layman terms 
possible. There is no *rational* reason to think that the medical 
profession is trying to "put one over" on the public, or is 
systematically poisoning people to make a buck. Herbal, "natural" cures 
helped people live a life span significantly shorter than modern 
medicine and science currently allow. If you need beta blockers for a 
medical condition (such as heart failure), use them to enjoy life, 
trumpet playing and the rants of self professed experts for a 
significantly longer lifespan. I do.
I personally take a rather large amount of beta blockers every day (to 
control rather violent PACs), and still feel the adrenaline flow when I 
perform. I have not had significant problems with stage fright on more 
than a few occasions, and have been lucky enough to overcome those times 
without outside help or use of any substances. Stage fright, it seems to 
me, is for some folks a large problem that will not respond to rational 
thought. Does Streisand actually have a reason to experience stage 
fright when she does a live performance? With her talent, knowledge, 
experience and history, she gets scared to the point of vomiting before 
a live performance. That is not rational, but is a reality for her. So 
it goes. If a great performer faces great anxiety, and can find a benign 
solution for it, it is OK in my point of view. (I do not think that Babs 
uses anything but will power to perform in public.) Taking a beta 
blocker will not guarantee a great performance if the performer is 
mediocre. Nothing will help a mediocre performer give a great 
performance--come and hear me play for ample evidence. No matter what, 
you still gotta play.
My soapbox just crumbled,
Gary


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> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:36:20 -0500
> From: "Ed Taylor" <edtaylor at citcom.net>
> Subject: [TPIN] beta blockers and "heart failure"
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> Some may prefer not to call it induced heart failure but it's just a play on 
> words, here is what the Mayo Clinic says, " Beta blockers work by blocking 
> the effects of the hormone epinephrine, also known as adrenaline. As a 
> result, the heart beats more slowly and with less force, thereby reducing 
> blood pressure." And I might add that "with less force" means a bit of 
> induced heart failure and that is why many experience fatigue as a side 
> effect. Anxiety with public performance is not due to the body having a 
> deficiency of beta blockers so be careful what you play around with!
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> Ed Taylor 
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