Really sorry Keith. Hopefully the recovery will go better than expected. Myself I am almost 72 and still do 35-40 shows a year. But I have dupuytren's contracture in both hands (worse in left). So far it hasn't advanced past nodules but that could change tomorrow, or may never. Just keep on keeping on and moving !!!
Warning to everybody, local insurance stats in an a project i worked on showed that most household fatalities where from falls off ladder or roofs under 13feet.