thank you all so much. doc said it was a "classic" case of carpal tunnel. so my tile days are gone now. I know if i tried to do the kitchen, even after this lets up, it'd flare up again. and kitchen is one room thats hard to do without till it lets up. Uh, how long does it take before it lets up? Im being as good as I can.
I done the unthinable today, hired someone to do the ceramic in the kitchen. rest of the stuff here, most is finishing up on things, and that will have to wait. I diddn't budget for hiring folks.
Over the pity party though. Learning to do with my left hand, and its getting easier. Now pouring coffee with left hand, milk too. Cleaning house, washing clothes....all with one hand (not behind my back though, lol)
typing does bother it, but its the ONLY thing at all I do with right hand except to bathe. and shift with right pinky...eww almost impossible. so my puntuation and captialazations really sux right now.
been reading posts a lot, but not responding like I used to cause the typing hurts if I do much of it.
been wearing the wrist brace, and doc also said 100mg of vitamin B6 a day. says it takes a few months to get the full effect of it. Says carpal tunnel is a B6 defencity (sp). said to keep wearing the brace, gave me 800mg of ibuprofen 2x a day.
been sleeping all night long without wake up since I been wearing the wrist brace. big improvement from last Thurs night! |