I may not blog properly for a while. Not that I'm that great at doing it anyway, but I have been diagnosed with Carpal Tunnel syndrome this week. If you don't know, that's a thing where one of the nerves that runs through your hands becomes compressed in the carpal tunnel (at the base of your palm), and it makes some of your fingers (thumb, index finger, middle finger and half of the ring finger) become numb/tingly/painful, and that part of your hand and wrist too. It can get really really bad, and quite a lot of people end up having surgery for it. Luckily I only have it very mildly at the moment.
BUT I think probably one of the contributing factors to me getting it is using the computer as much as I do (it's the only thing I can really think of), so I want to cut down and rest my hands as much as possible. My job, which is pretty much 100% computer based, really has to take priority, so I'm probably only going to be posting here on days where I have little to no work. (If that, because let's face it, I'm hardly a prolific blogger in the first place!)
Hopefully once I've figured out how to manage my symptoms and have made my computer setup a bit more wrist friendly I will stop having issues when typing. In the meantime though I'm still going to be reading other blogs.
Now I need to find hobbies that don't involve me using my hands!
I have never had CT, but I know that it can be a really painful experience! Take it easy and I hope you're on the path to a quick recovery! Maybe you can listen to audiobooks and take up hiking in the meantime so you can still get your literary fix without having to turn the pages :)
返信削除I'm sorry this reply is so late!!!
削除Audiobooks and hiking... that sounds good even now that I seem to have got my carpal tunnel under control! Thank you! :D
Oh no! I know a tiny bit about Carpal Tunnel and it can be really painful, not to mention inconvenient.
返信削除Have you tried getting a wrist support for when you're using a computer? And taking frequent rest breaks, and all the other things they tell you to do (which none of us ever do).
I hope you're feeling better soon.
Take up foot-painting or something!
Oops. This is Hanna from Booking in Heels, but I'm working on my boyfriend's website and forgot to log out :p
削除Ahh sorry this reply is so late! It really sucks, but luckily my hands seem much better now (lots of time away from the computer, hand exercises and acupuncture seem to have worked!) I was just using my laptop before with no external keyboard which was probably the worst thing I could do for my wrists. Of course, I didn't think about it before the symptoms started! I now have a much better set-up with an ergonomic keyboard and other things with built in wrist support, and I have been taking frequent breaks! Thank you!
削除Hmmm, foot painting! I kind of suck at hand painting, but at least if I sucked at foot painting I'd have more of an excuse. :D