completely unfandom related...
29 Apr 2007 01:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kaigouAnyone on my flist a nurse, med student, or married/living with one?
I've been doing huge amounts of work straightening up/arranging my garage/workshop, which means moving a lot of large, heavy pieces of wood and various equipment. I know, I know, that's the danger kind of moving, when the weight might tilt from one side to another, unbalanced, as you carry it... and guess what, a 2' by 8' stretch of 3/4" plywood isn't just heavy, it's always imbalanced. I did a lot of "whoa! almost lost it!" with quick jerks and sudden rotations to keep things from falling.
Anyway, I sprained my wrists (at minimum) and possibly pulled muscles in my back, although the latter hurt the worst only this past Friday, and previously I'd felt aches but not serious twinges. It's all in my hands. It started with me waking up in the morning with just my left fingers numb-tingly, and then over a week became both hands. Now when I wake up, both hands are tingly-numb, my elbows hurt, and no position seems to make it easier or lessen the effect. Even brushing my teeth is difficult, because that means bending my elbow up at sharp angle and after about a count of three, it hurts too much (and my fingers start going numb again).
I'm thinking pinched nerve and/or vein, which is possible given the limited amount of cartilege I know I have in all joints (thanks to my jock-days, I'm told). My wrists ache, my elbows ache, and just sitting at the computer to type (or driving in the car) makes my fingers go back to numb-tingly again. The only relief I can get is to let my arms hang down, lax, straight at my sides, and then I can feel the blood rushing back into my hands and bringing back feeling. (This is possibly going to make not just flying on the plane, but having to get up and get ready for work/meetings all week, quite a bit of hell.)
On the plus side, it usually fades to just simple aches in my wrists & elbows, once I've been awake for about two hours and using my muscles, moving around, and basically pushing through the discomfort to get stuff done. (The tingly-numb will set back in, though, within minutes of sitting back down at the computer, even though I now have books stacked in front of the laptop so my wrists are straight-flat at the keyboard; that's helped but only minimally.)
Should I wrap my wrists to force them flat for several days? Heating pad for a few hours? Pack o' ice? Anyone?
I've been doing huge amounts of work straightening up/arranging my garage/workshop, which means moving a lot of large, heavy pieces of wood and various equipment. I know, I know, that's the danger kind of moving, when the weight might tilt from one side to another, unbalanced, as you carry it... and guess what, a 2' by 8' stretch of 3/4" plywood isn't just heavy, it's always imbalanced. I did a lot of "whoa! almost lost it!" with quick jerks and sudden rotations to keep things from falling.
Anyway, I sprained my wrists (at minimum) and possibly pulled muscles in my back, although the latter hurt the worst only this past Friday, and previously I'd felt aches but not serious twinges. It's all in my hands. It started with me waking up in the morning with just my left fingers numb-tingly, and then over a week became both hands. Now when I wake up, both hands are tingly-numb, my elbows hurt, and no position seems to make it easier or lessen the effect. Even brushing my teeth is difficult, because that means bending my elbow up at sharp angle and after about a count of three, it hurts too much (and my fingers start going numb again).
I'm thinking pinched nerve and/or vein, which is possible given the limited amount of cartilege I know I have in all joints (thanks to my jock-days, I'm told). My wrists ache, my elbows ache, and just sitting at the computer to type (or driving in the car) makes my fingers go back to numb-tingly again. The only relief I can get is to let my arms hang down, lax, straight at my sides, and then I can feel the blood rushing back into my hands and bringing back feeling. (This is possibly going to make not just flying on the plane, but having to get up and get ready for work/meetings all week, quite a bit of hell.)
On the plus side, it usually fades to just simple aches in my wrists & elbows, once I've been awake for about two hours and using my muscles, moving around, and basically pushing through the discomfort to get stuff done. (The tingly-numb will set back in, though, within minutes of sitting back down at the computer, even though I now have books stacked in front of the laptop so my wrists are straight-flat at the keyboard; that's helped but only minimally.)
Should I wrap my wrists to force them flat for several days? Heating pad for a few hours? Pack o' ice? Anyone?
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Date: 30 Apr 2007 02:20 am (UTC)*hugs* hope it feels better soon.
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Date: 1 May 2007 12:23 am (UTC)