Seriously. Today was probably the most ‘wasted’ day of my summer yet, and even it started with a walk out on the bog, and ended with a sushi dinner with Andy. So, yeah. Please, send help! I’m sooooo tortured.
In between I spent an inordinate amount of time in the mall with my mother, trying to convince here that cards for men are never read, and most people only care about a card if it’s acting as a check delivery device. So really, we can leave the fucking Hallmark ANY TIME NOW. The Hallmark store is the last place on earth I’d ever want to be, and right after that comes the show&handbag department of Filene’s . . . where we went next. Sigh.
After they left town, I ended up taking a big, big nap –an under the covers, more than an hour nap — and reading a bit, and watching some Oprah before Dave got home. I went with Andy to the sushi place, and then picked up groceries and came home.
I also started researching a weird hand thing I’ve been having in my left hand. It’s been happening for a while, falling asleep — but only the ring and pinky fingers — and hurting to bear weight on it. TOnight, it even hurt to close the hatch on my Outback as I was loading and unloading it, so I started googling and came up with Carpal Tunnel’s little sister, Cubital Tunnel Syndrome. Sounds like exactly what I have, and basically, I just need to not bend my arm so much, especially when I sleep, I’m guessing. I sleep with that arm folded up under me, and apparently that’s no good. So, yeah. Whatever.
Also, stuffy nose is gone, and still tired and zitty and stuff. WHo knows. Argh.
Gretchen:
I have both carpal tunnel and cubital tunnel. I’ve developed carpal tunnel from years of keyboarding. My cubital tunnel is the result of an accident. For me carpal tunnel makes my thumb and first fingers tired/tingly. Also my inner wrist hurts. For cubital tunnel, the thumb and pinkie go number and my arms is very sore throughout the wrist all the way to just above the elbow. It has gotten to the point where if I need to do a lot of typing for school – and this week I will – I have to wear my full wrist brace the next day and I use a wrist band style brace while typing.
I also do the whole sleep with my arm curled under me and I definitely tell when I’ve done it.
Ouch. My sympathies.
I really can’t type today.
“the thumb and pinkie go number and my arms is very sore throughout the wrist all the way to just above the elbow.”
SHOULD be this:
“the ring finger and pinkie go numb and my arm is very sore throughout the wrist, all the way to just above the elbow.”