Music Therapy helps Robin Gibb

Ah, that is good news that he's out of the coma. Hopefully he is now on a full recovery road.

It would make sense I suppose that the music has helped so much considering how much it has been part of Robin's life.

An early appearance

what caused his llappse into coma?
Was he in an accident or is it from some illness? If its associated with an acute illness. Going in and out of coma can be part of terminal disease etiology. My mom was in a coma and out and in and out several times at the end and we were all given hope, just to have it dashed when she slipped back into a coma.

Interesting. If music didn't help Gibb recover then probably nothing would. I mean, he's a musician, for Pete's sake.

Exactly - kinda gives hope for a lot of people - would the clicking of knitting needles help someone who knits? Would the sounds (and perhaps smells) of a therapy dog help a life-long pet owner?

He has I think liver cancer.

oh. seems that many of the sounds of the 60's are disappearing.I notice that guys of the 50's (my moms favorites) Like Julius LaRosa are stil kicking. I wonder if their "lifestyles " had any relevance

I still have my fonograf records of the 1950s & 60s.
I shud listen to them more.





David

"In an interview published in The Mail on Sunday on 22 January 2012, Gibb spoke for the first time of the cancer."


"For more than 18 months, I had lived with an inflammation of the colon; then I was diagnosed with colon cancer, which spread to the liver. I have undergone chemotherapy, however, and the results – to quote my doctor – have been ‘spectacular’. It’s taken a toll, naturally, but the strange thing is that I’ve never felt seriously ill. I’ve mostly felt great. There have been many false claims around, which I’d like to dispel. I am not and have never been ‘at death’s door’. Nor do I have a team of alternative doctors working on my health. That’s not true, although I’m not averse to healthy remedies for any illness. I feel they can go together with conventional medicine. I do eat health foods and drink herbal teas made for me by Dwina, my wife and RJ’s mother. Other than that, I am under the care of Dr Peter Harper at The London Clinic".

On 4 March 2012 it was announced that Gibb was in remission from cancer

On 28 March 2012, Gibb's publicist announced that he had been hospitalised for intestinal surgery and was recovering and cancelled scheduled appearances.

On 14 April 2012, it was reported that Gibb was "fighting for his life" after contracting pneumonia and was in a coma in a Chelsea hospital. Gibb's three oldest children, his wife Dwina, his brother Barry and his mother were at his bedside.

On April 20, 2012, It was reported that Gibb was out of his coma. He is now making remarkable progress according to reports from his family."

It wouldn't shock me - Levon Helm had, what, throat cancer? Was he a smoker? I think it's starting to come down, for a lot of them, to long-term habits - smoking, obesity, drug abuse, whatever. Not accusing Gibb of anything, just an observation/speculation.

For a lot of his adult life Helm was a chain smoker and had other substance issues in the past, sadly.

Rock & Roll (and working on the road) lifestyle is a killer. The higher you go, the greater the temptations and the need for diversion...and the steeper the fall. No one seems to make it much past 60. Keith Richards is one of the few exceptions to the rule. He just [url]looks like he died[/url].

The Gibbs family had some very bad luck and perhaps some unfortunate genes (intestinal issues). To my knowledge it was only Andy, the youngest, that had succumbed to complications from drug abuse issues (alcohol and cocaine) .

Sad to say, Robin is now, I imagine, singing a duet with Donna Summer.

The disco ball's a little less bright and shiny, methinks.

Gawd, I love that song as well as the way the sing it. They don't make 'em like that anymore. Listening to it now. They harmonize like they are one being.

Also - one of my faves is this one:

Sad to see him go.

Part of my childhood has ended....so sad those icons you had as a child .... damn makes you feel old.