About a year ago I endured a series of doctors visits because “my wrist hurts and keeps making weird popping noises.” Multiple examinations, x-rays, and touch tests (among other things) determined that my tendons had little cuts in them that were infected, causing swelling which squished my wrist bones together which caused the pain and the popping noises …aka Tendonitis.
Who wants me? Seriously, that is HOT.
I spent the next 10 days in an arm brace and popping prescription Naproxen. And was explicitly told “Do not switch between a desktop and a laptop computer. Try and depend more on your right hand. Do not do any heavy lifting (ever). If I feel the pain again, begin alternately icing/heating the wrist and sleep with the wrist brace.”
Obviously I ignored most, if not all of this.
Last week my wrist felt a little off. So decided the best thing to do would be to move 65 boxes in our office myself, not take any Naproxen and sleep with my wrist all curled up under my chin. My wrist pretty much hated me all weekend so I ….. IGNORED IT. I’m a tough broad.
Sorta.
Last night it finally got to a point where I had to start icing/heating my wrist. Slept with the wrist brace. Woke up late, threw on some clothes, ran to the train where I noticed my arm was pretty itchy.
Cut to about 20 minutes ago. I had to take the brace off momentarily because it was SO itchy.
And also? SWELLED UP AND ALL RED AND SPLOTCHY.
I am obviously having some weird allergic reaction to my wrist brace. Which I put back on and began typing this entry with my two pointer fingers.
Boys. Seriously, start the line over here. I am hot and you totally want me. If you’re lucky maybe I’ll rub my rash on you.
(I think that is the hottest thing I’ve ever said.)
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Lo! The mighty aids bird takes flight.
Wow. Way to make tendonitis sound like a venereal disease. Please don’t ever blog about getting herpes.
Yum.
Hope the wrist stops acting up pronto!
Just wondering… have you ever washed the wrist brace?
haha YES. otherwise, that would be GROSS.
but I do have weird reactions to some detergents — and I actually think thats what happened. so its a CLEAN rash.
You can get this stuff called moleskin in the first aid department and line the brace with that, it’s kind of like flannel. Gross in the summer but fine for winter.
Good luck with the open sores…
Did they give you any ‘ointment’? ;)
don’t know what’s hotter – a girl with a sweet rash on the wrist or a girl that might just hop into bed with a wrist brace.
I think both are pretty damn hot. Don’t make them compete!