WBRepo-Ship of Thieves-Remember the Magic Pt 13

[katypop]

This week at work something very ironic happened, while working on a workers' compensation claims project, I went to HR to file a potential workers' compensation issue.

Beginning around Tuesday, I started to experience pins & needles in my fight hand and pain shooting up my right arm, over and around my shoulder and down my back and side.

It got so bad on Thursday, that by 4 pm, I could not use my right hand and had to move my trackerball with my left hand. When I got home, I couldn't even open a jar.

Our risk control guy visited me and my desk is being redone, to change my set up,

My hand and are are still rather painful, but given that for most of the coming week, I won't be at work and then on vacation, I'm hoping it will go away.

On the plus side, from this project, I'm now familiar with state workers' compensation forms in 23 states.

You know? I had these symptoms before our Lanzarote vacation in February. I am on this laptop a lot, and have a mouse on the chair arm beside me. I didn't like the pins and needles at all and as you said the pain up the arm, It took me some time to realise what it was.

Fortunately the rest away from the computer eased it, so I hope it does the same for you. Now I try not to be on as much or hold the mouse as much.

Ohhhh Sweetie... welcome to my H E L L....

you're bothering one of your nerves. (probably Carpal Tunnel...)

I on the other hand have nerve impingements. (in other words MY nerves are already stuck in scar tissue...) (I had 6 surgeries to get rid of what I could...)

It sort of feels like pins and needles and if it feels like you hit your funny bone, then it's the ulnar nerve. Which fingers did you feel it and what side of the arm can you feel it? Front, back top of the fingers? Believe it or not... I killed all 3 major nerves in my right arm. I have that pain every day. From my finger tips up to my neck.

Trick is to catch it early and often.

Best thing is to ice it on the palm side of the wrist.... Do not leave it on if it starts to hurt - too much exposure. Also ice where ever it is hurting on the rest of the arm.

Also.. you might want to make sure you have a good wrist pad (gel) for your computer. I use one with the mousepad attached to the gel pad. (Belkin - Amazon has it...)

There are also excercises... I will look it up and post them... they are just simple stretching (I do them without thinking...) but they help.

AND... take some Tylenol, Motrin... an anti inflamatory... take it for a couple of days. It will also help.

Hope that helps... let me know if you need anything else...

Ian, I hope your arm is better soon There are a lot of common repetitive injuries these days. I have had carpal tunnel since my early 20's. I finally had surgery on both wrists, one last summer and the other the summer before that. Oh my gosh, what an improvement. It used to wake me up all night (now other things wake me up all night ) and cause a lot of pain during the day. My hands would go numb all of the time. You can't even see the scars from the surgeries and I am really pleased with the results, although I'm not usually someone who would opt for this route. I was really afraid of the surgery and put it off for many years. So...the last two summers I had a month and a bit off work...sure wish I had a third hand

Kathe

 

[HollyTyler]

Oh my gosh, my splurge today was a Red Baron french bread pepperoni pizza. I just finished it. Yummy!!!! It really hit the spot.

I sort of cheated and weighed myself at my friends house earlier tonight. My weigh in day is Monday, but she wanted me to weigh today to prove to me this is going to work. I don't want to get excited though, because her scale isn't the one I usually weigh on, and could be calibrated a bit differently, so I'm going to wait until I'm on my usual scale on Monday before I get excited.

 

[katypop]

Oh my gosh, my splurge today was a Red Baron french bread pepperoni pizza. I just finished it. Yummy!!!! It really hit the spot.

I sort of cheated and weighed myself at my friends house earlier tonight. My weigh in day is Monday, but she wanted me to weigh today to prove to me this is going to work. I don't want to get excited though, because her scale isn't the one I usually weigh on, and could be calibrated a bit differently, so I'm going to wait until I'm on my usual scale on Monday before I get excited.

Mmmm...that pizza sounds good Holly! Good luck on Monday!

Kathe

 

[HollyTyler]

Mmmm...that pizza sounds good Holly! Good luck on Monday!

Kathe

It was really good, especially since I haven't had one in a while. I used to eat them a few times a week but now know they're not a good choice to have too often, but good for a treat once in a while.

 

[HollyTyler]

I should be cleaning since we're having a friend over tomorrow, and Tyler's dad will be coming inside because Tyler wants to show him the guinea pig. But I just feel too lazy to do it. I'll probably just pick up a few things before and after church, then while Tyler's at scouts tomorrow afternoon I'll do a bit more before his friend comes over.

I think I'm headed to bed. Goodnight all!

 

[HollyTyler]

Oh....one more thing. Marilyn, I showed Tyler the previews of that Disney movie, G Force. He loved it so much, he asked me to play it at our friends' house tonight too. They loved it too, now we all can't wait to see it! So thanks for posting it!

 

[Tink rules]

Michelle, I'm sorry you've gone through and are going through all of that, but grateful that you have so many helpful tips to share with Ian (and anybody else here who may need it).

Missed my previous post, eh?

You turning Mexicanadian?

Spring is over.

It was a very warm day here in the upper '70's.

I was outside a little while ago and it was really warm and humid. I ran out to the drugstore to pick up some stuff for the trip. It was raining, but nothing severe. They didn't have what I wanted so I decided to walk over about 6 blocks to another drugstore.

During my walk, it sudden felt like someone had turned on the air conditioning. At first there were little bursts of cold air and then WHOOSH! It sudden got rather chilly, all in the space of about 7 minutes.

I was out in just a t-shirt.

I did find what I wanted but then had about a 12 block walk home. I think it must have dropped from about 75 to 50 degrees in that space of 8 minutes or so.

That happened to me once at Epcot... I was at Japan having dinner and when I came out a storm front had gone through and the temps dropped - this was back in the 90's and the only place to get a sweatshirt was the two shops at the beginning of WS...I made a run for it and I still have that sweatshirt today...

Ian, I hope your arm is better soon There are a lot of common repetitive injuries these days. I have had carpal tunnel since my early 20's. I finally had surgery on both wrists, one last summer and the other the summer before that. Oh my gosh, what an improvement. It used to wake me up all night (now other things wake me up all night ) and cause a lot of pain during the day. My hands would go numb all of the time. You can't even see the scars from the surgeries and I am really pleased with the results, although I'm not usually someone who would opt for this route. I was really afraid of the surgery and put it off for many years. So...the last two summers I had a month and a bit off work...sure wish I had a third hand

Kathe

Courtesy of my surgeon... my fate line now goes down to the middle of my wrist...

 

[granmaz]

Good morning.

Beautiful day here, but the good weather is going tomorrow and it is going to be wet, breezy with odd periods of sunshine - all week. I think I might just fly off to somewhere warmer.

 

[Bilbo UK]

Good Morning

The sun is shining brightly. We are just leaving to pick up Monica & her Dad from their hotel at Heathrow and them to Dover.

Ann

 

[Tink rules]

Morning Marilyn... & Deborah... ​

 

[Tink rules]

Good Morning

The sun is shining brightly. We are just leaving to pick up Monica & her Dad from their hotel at Heathrow and them to Dover.

Ann

Hi Ann!!!!

Thanks so much for taking such good care of Monica for us!!! Give her a hug and tell her we miss her!!! (and that we still believe that she is vacationing at home to avoid all of us!!!)

Hello to Albert!!!

 

[scottishwee35]

Good morning.

Beautiful day here, but the good weather is going tomorrow and it is going to be wet, breezy with odd periods of sunshine - all week. I think I might just fly off to somewhere warmer.

same here and I got list for school holiday as 2011 - 8th April for two weeks, 2010 - 2nd April, for 2 weeks...

Good Morning

The sun is shining brightly. We are just leaving to pick up Monica & her Dad from their hotel at Heathrow and them to Dover.

Ann

Please give my hug to Monica and hope you are well...

Scottishwee35

Morning Marilyn... & Deborah... ​

Good Morning Tink rules

 

[granmaz]

Say HI to Monica!!!

 

[iankh]

Ian, I hope your arm is better soon There are a lot of common repetitive injuries these days. I have had carpal tunnel since my early 20's. I finally had surgery on both wrists, one last summer and the other the summer before that. Oh my gosh, what an improvement. It used to wake me up all night (now other things wake me up all night ) and cause a lot of pain during the day. My hands would go numb all of the time. You can't even see the scars from the surgeries and I am really pleased with the results, although I'm not usually someone who would opt for this route. I was really afraid of the surgery and put it off for many years. So...the last two summers I had a month and a bit off work...sure wish I had a third hand

Kathe

I feel much better having had a rest from work. Oddly enough, what really made my arm feel better was carrying groceries back home from the supermarket, using those reusable bag. It's a 5 block walk and I think it sort of stretched out the muscles.

They gave me a new chair at work and ordered a keyboard tray, which will eliminate my needing to reach to my trackball.

I think that vacation will help. No typing for a while, or at least reduced typing.

 

[iankh]

Oh my gosh, my splurge today was a Red Baron french bread pepperoni pizza. I just finished it. Yummy!!!! It really hit the spot.

I sort of cheated and weighed myself at my friends house earlier tonight. My weigh in day is Monday, but she wanted me to weigh today to prove to me this is going to work. I don't want to get excited though, because her scale isn't the one I usually weigh on, and could be calibrated a bit differently, so I'm going to wait until I'm on my usual scale on Monday before I get excited.

I recommend that you stick to one scale only and weigh yourself on the same day, same time of day every week. Our weight can fluctuate by as much as 2 pounds during the course of a day.

When I attending meetings (rather than leading them), my day was Sunday mornings. I attended 8:30 AM meetings (different location), and that is the only time I weighed in.

I still weigh myself every Sunday morning, before I start my meetings (after a quick change into gym shorts and a t-shirt in the stock room). I never step on a scale otherwise.

I think that by keeping it regular, I just never drove myself crazy with any unaccountable variances.

The program is designed to produce a maximum loss of 2 pound a week. Though it varies.

Over time, I learned my weight loss pattern, which was not consistent from week to week.

Typically I had a bigger loss, a little over 2 pounds, followed by a week with a small loss, about .2 pounds, followed by no loss or a .5 pound gain, followed by a big loss again. Then the patter would repeat for another 3 weeks.

As I always tell members, track, track, track and the scale will eventually follow the behavior. The scale ALWAY eventually follows the behavior, no matter what the behavior is (as evidenced by my 20 years of progressively gaining weight, followed by getting myself on track and reaching goal).

I'm sure you did GREAT this week.



PS - Avoid having overly salty foods, or salty meals the day before weigh in. Salty food can cause some water retention which could impact results.











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[iankh]

Good morning.

Beautiful day here, but the good weather is going tomorrow and it is going to be wet, breezy with odd periods of sunshine - all week. I think I might just fly off to somewhere warmer.

Or don't you mean periods of odd sunshine?

 

[granmaz]

Or don't you mean periods of odd sunshine?

Might just be!!

 

[LisaG520]

Kathe,
Most the grocery stores in my town are pushing the reusable bags. Our Save On foods doesn't charge for using plastic bags, but you earn reward points for using reusable bags or reusing your plastic bags. I really like the reusable bags, because they hold more and don't tip over

Have a good night, I'm off to curl up in bed and watch Numbers

Plus they are easier to carry. Our targets gave us a 5 cent credit for each reusable bag we used the other day.

 

[LisaG520]

This week at work something very ironic happened, while working on a workers' compensation claims project, I went to HR to file a potential workers' compensation issue.

Beginning around Tuesday, I started to experience pins & needles in my fight hand and pain shooting up my right arm, over and around my shoulder and down my back and side.

It got so bad on Thursday, that by 4 pm, I could not use my right hand and had to move my trackerball with my left hand. When I got home, I couldn't even open a jar.

Our risk control guy visited me and my desk is being redone, to change my set up,

My hand and are are still rather painful, but given that for most of the coming week, I won't be at work and then on vacation, I'm hoping it will go away.

On the plus side, from this project, I'm now familiar with state workers' compensation forms in 23 states.

I had similar symptoms a couple of years ago (not the shold or cak pains though) - turned out to be tendonitis of the tendon that runs from the thumb up the arm. I now sleep with braces on my hands and at work rotate the mouse between hands to prevent it from coming back. It took me 6 weeks of pt and exercises to go away - pt through workers comp (not a fun thing to deal with).

Hope you are feeling better soon!

 

[LisaG520]

Off to go sort pictures. Other than out cruise I haven ot done much with any other picutres from 2008 so I need to put thme in order and notate where and when for each group. I have a couple of all day crops coming up so need to get ready.

Have a great Sunday everyone!!