View Full Version : Get Well, LESLIE WEST
zildjian361
06-21-2011, 03:43 PM
missippie Queen Mountain Guatarist Leslie West lost his lower right leg to diabetes yesterday.:sleep:
Crash
06-21-2011, 04:57 PM
Saw him in 1980 down at the pier in New York opening up for Ian Hunter. He was a large man then and had to do the entire set sitting in a chair. But I had heard he lost a lot of weight recently. I had hoped he was doing better. But diabetes is a mother-fuck.
Get well soon big man. I always loved "Nantucket Sleigh Ride" and "Theme for an Imaginary Western".
Chigworthy
06-22-2011, 05:19 AM
Give me a good Mountain album for beginners. Emusic has 17 different ones.
http://www.emusic.com/artist/Mountain-MP3-Download/11590622.html
cougarjake13
06-22-2011, 06:01 PM
dont know much about it
but how did amputation save his life ??
wouldnt the diabetes still be a prob in rest of his body ??
PapaBear
06-22-2011, 07:38 PM
dont know much about it
but how did amputation save his life ??
wouldnt the diabetes still be a prob in rest of his body ??
The limb would most likely have been gangrenous. Not removing it would be a death sentence. It doesn't stop the diabetes from doing it to other limbs, but it's a "must do" procedure.
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