stupid wrist (boring minor medical peeve)

[rmd]

so, yesterday, i woke up with a very sore wrist. i assumed i'd slept with it bent weirdly or something. and so i generally tried to take it easy and not taunt the wrist.

well, apparently, i wasn't nice enough to it. i woke up this morning with my wrist so sore i don't think i can safely operate my car (my right wrist is the injured one and i drive a standard transmission stick shift car)

600mg of vitamin I hasn't made much of a dent in it. i'm icing it periodically, and i've moved my trackball to the lefthand side of my keyboard (and boy howdy that's a bit weird to operate)

i tried wrapping it but i'm not sure it actually helped. i'll try it again after the next icing. i may hop a cab over to mt auburn's walk in clinic later today, too, if it seems like the usual treatments aren't helping.

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[lyricae.livejournal.com]

If you can't recall doing anything to warrant the pain, you may have your doctor check for gout. It's my understanding that gout generally first appears in the feet, but not always. When I had the first flair up several months ago I thought I had somehow broken my foot and so did the ice thing for a day or so before going to the doc. Turns out that ice actually makes it worse. Anywho, just a thought.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

oh, that's a distressing idea.

happily (?) i finally vaguely remembered doing something before bed the other nite that made me go "ow, that hurt", so there's the possibility of trauma.

i may swing by the dr's today to say "hey, wtf"