My Busted Arm

So, I might have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. What fun for me.

My right wrist and forearm started bothering me a couple weeks ago. I twittered about it at some point, and the illustrious Brian Flores sent me some info on stretches he does and gave me advice on my desk setup. I did get a new keyboard and mouse for the office, and I’m still trying to learn how to type properly. Over the years, I developed my own frantic, flailing means of typing, which probably caused this mess to begin with.

This past Thursday, I saw a doctor about it, and it only took her a minute to decide it was properly carpal tunnel. She prescribed an anti-inflammatory med and told me to get a wrist brace. If those don’t help in the next couple weeks, I have to see an orthopedic surgeon.

Now, I’m trying to type the right way, while wearing a wrist brace, so it’s both slow AND uncomfortable. I find myself reluctant to open anything that will require typing – e-mail, blog posts, code – because it’s frustrating either way. If I don’t wear the brace, my wrist hurts like hell. If I do wear the brace, I can barely function. Everything is a pain in the ass. Hopefully, the meds and brace will help get me back to normal, and I’ll get used to typing the right way.

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Published:: 10.12.08 / 11am

Category:: Life

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My name is Brock.

I am a web developer, an atheist, a DC resident, and a bit of a movie enthusiast. I try to write about those topics at least now and again, but this site is mostly just a bunch of crap about my life.

I grew up outside Buffalo, NY, and went to RIT. In November 2005, I moved to the Washington, DC metro area. For the most part, it’s been pretty good to me. These days, I live a couple blocks from Chinatown in DC with my lovely wife Erin and our Bichon, Lola May, and work for a PR firm downtown.

You can contact me by e-mail at brock@brockboland.com.

penguin_hunter 10.13.08 / 9pm

I had to resign myself to the fact that I will need surgery down the road, most likely. I have the "bothering" in both hands, the numbness, the pain and the loss of strength (can’t open most of my own beer bottles). but I’m stubborn and don’t wanna go for surgery yet, it will take me out of commission and work and you know, work will crash without me (yeah right, lol)

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palleon 10.14.08 / 11am

See if your doctor would recommend physical therapy, when I hurt my Ulnar Nerve (which is basically carpal tunnel, but for the other 3 fingers), I did PT for a few months and came out of it 95% better (still lack a little response and feeling in my left pinkie and ring finger but otherwise it’s all better). Might be something to consider instead of jumping right into surgery, because it may help a great deal.

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