Musicians who play high-resistance wind instruments may be predisposed to glaucoma, according to mounting evidence. I have glaucoma at two eyes and I'am not alowed to play the trombone anymore. That won't be easy after 60 years.
March 7th, 2025 was my eye surgery (Drainage Paul Implant) in my left eye. The healing was intense, today May 15th, 2025 is the first time that the eye works well and .. I no longer have double view. https://www.aao.org/.../diseases/glaucoma-drainage-implants.
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I was the proud owner of this beautiful handmade trombone by David Butler in Texas, USA.
--Butler C12 carbon fiber bass trombone, cut bell with aluminum bell rings, high luster finish.
My handmade Marcus Bonna case consists of a fiberglass shell with a durable nylon replaceable cover.
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A CAR RUN ME DOWN IN NOVEMBER 2020
MY PROJECTS FOR 2021, 2022 and 2023 ARE REHABILITATION!
On November 9, 2020, I took my car to the garage and I waited behind my car for a mechanic.
After three minutes, a mechanic drove his car backwards from the workshop and run me down.
I have injuries to knees, feet and left hand.
The recovery takes several years especially for my left hand and knees.
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MY HEALTH NOW
(some pictures taken in the hospital)
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EUROPEAN TOUR WITH PAUL ANKA
 
René played with the Paul Anka Band in Spain, Poland, Hungary, Finland & Belgium (2008)
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... R.I.P. MY GOOD FRIEND JOS L. kNAEPEN
Belgian born, Jos L. Knaepen, René Laanen's best friend, more commonly referred to as "The Jazzman," became interested in jazz at the age of seventeen, after purchasing his first LPs of Django Reinhart and Sidney Bechet in 1961. By the time he was 18, he was a regular attendee at the infamous Comblain La Tour where many jazz giants performed during their European tours. It was also during this period that his interest in photography began.
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Not having the money to purchase sophisticated photo equipment, it took several years of dedicated saving to be able to call himself a serious photographer. His professional photographic career began in the early seventies. Jos' photographic work continued during the early 1980s and his award-winning action photography was exhibited regularly throughout Belgium. By 1985, his professional photography career took a hiatus until 1990 when he began again, this time limiting his photography strictly to jazz, one of the great loves of his life.
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