For months I've been struggling with an ailment that I first thought to be arthritis. I am one of America's uninsured and I find it ridiculous to pay upwards of a hundred (with ex-rays, because you know they will take at least one) dollars for a visit for a hurt finger.
Anyway, it's the ring finger of my right hand and it started to lock. I would bend it and it would get stuck cricked over and I would have to straighten it with my other hand. It was annoying but not overly painful until recently.
When the pain got to be too much I went online to look up my symptoms. The real name is called Stenosing Tenosynovitis. The tendon or tendon sheath becomes inflamed and swells, this causes the locking and snapping effect. Lucky for me, to fix it I just need to immobilize that finger and take ibuprofen. After six weeks the literature says the tendon will heal and I will be able to use it again.
And so my writing will progress even slower now that my finger is taped between two popsicle sticks. Slow, but hopefully still steady.
Upside is the kids are doing dishes. :)
*sigh* I think I heard a crash
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