I should know better...
... but I Googled some symptoms, and now I'm pretty sure I have carpal tunnel.
I've known for some time that something was up with my hand as I've been experiencing occasional pain and numbness in my right thumb. This morning when I was making breakfast, I dropped two different things within a short span. The first was a measuring cup of milk. I had meant to pour 120g of milk into it, and had gone a bit over while pouring. I went to put some back into the carton and the cup slipped out of my fingers and sent milk everywhere. Fortunately, I was holding it over the sink when it happened, so most of it went down the train, but an appreciable amount splashed onto me and the floor.
I was just recovering from that when I dropped a jar of ghee on my foot while I was opening it. It is a plastic jar, so other than hurting a bit, there was no serious damage done. I admit that I have become clumsier over the past decade, but it's usually a "drop or knock over something every week or two" kind of clumsy. Two events like this in the same day, especially combined with my thumb feeling a bit number than usual, got me a bit concerned.
Some of my clumsiness can probably be ascribed to the fact that I am operating on very little sleep today - I tossed and turned until nearly 3 before I finally managed to doze off. Even then, I slept badly, and woke up well before atara. I've been sleeping pretty well lately, so I guess I was due for a bad night.
But getting back on point, after breakfast I looked up the symptoms on Google and the top result was carpal tunnel. I am usually leery of results you get from looking up symptoms online, but the result does not surprise me either. I am spending far too much time at my computer, and my posture is not great, so it would not come as a shock to learn that I am developing carpal tunnel in my mouse hand.
I'll be seeing my GP in less than a month, so I'll bring it up with him when I see him. I'll mention the clumsiness too. Mom was recently diagnosed with Parkinson's, and though it's unusual, it can manifest genetically.
On the plus side, the ankle I damaged when I was in engineer training has not bothered me in well over a year. Here's hoping it doesn't come back to haunt me again like my knee.
Getting old sucks.
I've known for some time that something was up with my hand as I've been experiencing occasional pain and numbness in my right thumb. This morning when I was making breakfast, I dropped two different things within a short span. The first was a measuring cup of milk. I had meant to pour 120g of milk into it, and had gone a bit over while pouring. I went to put some back into the carton and the cup slipped out of my fingers and sent milk everywhere. Fortunately, I was holding it over the sink when it happened, so most of it went down the train, but an appreciable amount splashed onto me and the floor.
I was just recovering from that when I dropped a jar of ghee on my foot while I was opening it. It is a plastic jar, so other than hurting a bit, there was no serious damage done. I admit that I have become clumsier over the past decade, but it's usually a "drop or knock over something every week or two" kind of clumsy. Two events like this in the same day, especially combined with my thumb feeling a bit number than usual, got me a bit concerned.
Some of my clumsiness can probably be ascribed to the fact that I am operating on very little sleep today - I tossed and turned until nearly 3 before I finally managed to doze off. Even then, I slept badly, and woke up well before atara. I've been sleeping pretty well lately, so I guess I was due for a bad night.
But getting back on point, after breakfast I looked up the symptoms on Google and the top result was carpal tunnel. I am usually leery of results you get from looking up symptoms online, but the result does not surprise me either. I am spending far too much time at my computer, and my posture is not great, so it would not come as a shock to learn that I am developing carpal tunnel in my mouse hand.
I'll be seeing my GP in less than a month, so I'll bring it up with him when I see him. I'll mention the clumsiness too. Mom was recently diagnosed with Parkinson's, and though it's unusual, it can manifest genetically.
On the plus side, the ankle I damaged when I was in engineer training has not bothered me in well over a year. Here's hoping it doesn't come back to haunt me again like my knee.
Getting old sucks.