Pity Poor Me

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Pity me. Please do. For I am in. Massive. Pain.

I woke up yesterday and my left wrist was throbbing like it's never ached before. Sharp, stabbing pains combined with the raw aching of the carpal tunnel. I was unable to even wash my hair with this hand so I slapped my wrist brace on and spent the remainder of the day trying to type (impossible!) and sucking down the extra strength pain relief.

Today is no better. Took the brace off to give myself a break for a few and wowee. That was a mistake. Within 30 seconds I managed to bend it just slightly the wrong way and the pain was like a lightning bolt down my wrist and into my forearm. Brace is back on now and my head is aching with the pain from my wrist (how is that even possible?).

I don't know how I'm going to get any work done. It's taken me 15 minutes just to type this post out as the brace keeps hitting the TAB and SHIFT keys. Oh, there it hit the OPTION key. Yeah, I can't code with this on - who knows the havoc that would cause!

This is one of the first times I've really missed having health insurance. If we did, I'd be at the Dr now finding out what's wrong with me and getting it fixed. Instead, I'll just be gritting my teeth and dealing with it until I'm back to normal.

So, pity me. Please. I deserve it!