The doctor is offering me Motrin 600 at an office visit, and then telling me I should schedule surgery soon cause it is only going to get worse. Well that's great and all but I don't have the thousands of dollars surgery costs or the time to spend away from any type of work financially right now. So i am double screwed...
Hell Puppy, it feels like the following
A) From the center of my wrist towards the side where my palm is a 15 pound force is being pushed from the inside out. On the side facing the other way about 1/2 that strength. That is from the crap getting all swollen up on my wrist and punching my nerves in that area...
C) There is a pain that shoot to all five fingers, which means it is carpel tunnel and some other crap, maybe tendonitis? I know I have tendonitis as well regardless if that isn't what it is.
It feels like a non stop tingling pain that gets progressively worse as the day goes on. When the day starts my hands are fairly comfotable in a "typing position" but all other positions still hurt like a bitch right away in the am.. As the day goes on the same is the case for the 'typing position'
C) Look at the back of your right hand where your wrist is, see that little bone that looks like a bump? That thing feels like it is cracked, they say it is from the swollen nerves expanding and creating a 'wave effect' of the pain... All I know is it sucks, pry the least painful part though
D) From my wrist to my elbow the pain is very bad as well ... It isn't shooting, it is piercing, pry the worst part because it is constant through the whole day unless it gets worse no matter what position I hold my arm/hand in. Usually with the carpel tunnel if it gets EXTEMELY painful even on the Ibuprofen stuff I can find a position to hold my hand for 10 - 20 minutes till the thumping pains go away... There are also excercises that help make it less painful, with this there is NOTHING I can do.
E) The final wonderful part of it all is the arthritic pain I feel now. Missy has the same thing and now when she moves her fingers you can hear them pop. Since she didn't have the surgery done she lost portions of cartilidge (sp?) in between her joints on her fingers. That is the next stage of progression the doc told me (FUN!)
And now lucky me it is starting on the left side with the pain from the elbow to the wrist... weirdly enough not the carpel tunnel as it is the last three fingers on the my hand that are the worst not the thumb. Guess that's what I get for putting up with the mild pain for 3 years...
If anyone wants to give me the 10 grand and pay my bills for a month while I recoup I will glady take it and get the surgery done.. LOL. Till I get health insurance and can afford the time off from any sort of work I don't have a choice but to do the best I can to cope with the pain, and to be honest physicians in real life could give two shits less if you are going through pain, they are giving me friggin Ibuprofen for christ sakes, when I run out I grab my bottle of 500 pills at 200 mg's a piece and pop 6 of them... I.E. 1200 mg's IBUPROFEN. Same thing the doctors prescribe me, what a crock...
Oh well... Maybe I'll hit the slots with the old lady at the boat tonight and I cna get the crap done LOL...
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