Ed has surgery on left hand

[WARF]

More Smoke & Mirrors, Unless we see a pic of the said injury/stiches,

Katie, come back to bed... and give your Daddy some LOVIN!!!

[katie]

Katie, come back to bed... and give your Daddy some LOVIN!!!

Not until you get your haemorrhoids sorted!

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[WARF]

Not until you get your haemorrhoids sorted!

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[Diamondjimi]

“During the last leg of our tour, I started developing pain in my thumb and my pinky. I didn’t think much of it at the time,” the guitarist says. “It got progressively worse to the point that about three months ago I wasn’t able to play at all. My pinky and my thumb were totally locked up and felt like there was something broken.”

Couple that with 5 or 6 bottles of Smoking Loon puored into Gatorade bottles on stage may help explain such dazzling highlights as this from the last tour...
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[Terry]

Perhaps a partial reason why he was playing under par when I saw them, although he looked half in the bag on top of it.

[VH Drummer]

Odd how he noticed this in the final leg when they played their best.

[VAiN]

Perhaps a partial reason why he was playing under par when I saw them, although he looked half in the bag on top of it.

Yeah, I agree... I will say this, the article and the fact that eddie makes mention of 'playing like i'm 18 again' makes it sound like he's moving ahead and working on music, so who knows, maybe there's hope in VH land?

I'll be right back, gonna go take another bong hit...

[GAR]

He might get a nasty staph infection if he tries to give his new bride 'the shocker'.

Soo.. he in no way would be seeing someone at UCLA's radiology for something of far graver incidence.

No way! That's because UCLA is not in Germany. It says right there in the article "cyst" removed, not tumor.

[ForeverDLR/VH]

I'm just wondering if this was the reason the tour was delayed... The "I didn't think much of it at the time" comment makes me think it was not...

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Exclusive: Eddie Van Halen Recovering After Hand Surgery : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily

Exclusive: Eddie Van Halen Recovering After Hand Surgery
7/23/09, 3:02 pm EST

Eddie Van Halen is said to be on the mend after undergoing surgery to treat increasing pain in his left hand.

“During the last leg of our tour, I started developing pain in my thumb and my pinky. I didn’t think much of it at the time,” the guitarist says. “It got progressively worse to the point that about three months ago I wasn’t able to play at all. My pinky and my thumb were totally locked up and felt like there was something broken.”

Van Halen sought out specialists in Düsseldorf, Germany, who initially began treating the guitarist for arthritis, but soon discovered a bone spur, twisted tendon and a cyst in the joint of his left thumb.

“They said the only way to fix it was surgery, which of course scared the shit out of me, but I was told it was the only way to fix it,” Van Halen says. “Surgery was a success, now I just have to let it heal. I am totally jazzed that they found the problem, fixed it and in about four months my hand will feel like I am 18 again. Thank God.”


Van Halen is said to be recovering nicely, having already regained his reach and full spread of his hand. He’s said to be taking his recovery slowly, however, to insure he heals properly. His rehabilitation should be complete in 4-6 months.

“In the meantime I am able to write a bit, but can not overexert my hand because it needs to heal properly,” the guitarist says.

His stitches come out in a few days, and he’s confident he’ll be able to play at maximum intensity when he completes his recovery.

At least this puts rumors of a split between Dave and VH to a rest for the time being! Eddie needs to cut back on the drinking and smoking, his not 25 anymore!

[Panamark]

Those spurs can be fuckers of things, he was probably too drunk to notice
it was even fucking with him for years.. Now he is supposedly sober,
and just had a fretting hand re-bore, could be good news..
Even if he hangs with the Loon again, he might surprise us once more..
I dont get these Dave split rumours ? WTF ?? They just had their most
successful tour **EVER** with Dave... (Did you read that Sammy
and your fans ??) Dave aint going nowhere !

[jhale667]

Bone spurs suck. Wishing EVH a speedy recovery.

[VanHalener]

All I have to say is that hand better recover or I am going to put that doctor in a hurt locker.

OWWWWWW!

[Baby's On Fire]

These useless pricks are never gonna make a new album. One thing after another.

Next Alex's neck is gonna fall off.

[DaveTheScott]

Ha

All this time Eddie needed a handjob?!?

Buahahahaha! Damn.

[DaveTheScott]

Well, now the sisters have the excuse they need to blow us all off for another two years.

Looks like the only thing left is for Dave to go kick Spammy's ass and take over Chickenfuck.

With Mikey's hot sauce going down the tube, he needs the dough. Nah, he'd probably get kicked out of that band too.