I'm so glad to hear about your hands getting better! Having this kind of prolbem must be/ is sooo frustrating when one wants to write... I'm currently still getting used to my smaller netbook keyboard while avoiding pain in my right elbow/shoulder. I had some nerve/tendon sheath trouble there about 14 years ago, but it seems my body remembers the maltreatment back then only too well.
Also yay to having finished the uploads! :o) I've gotten all the notifications and thought each time how tedious it must be to re-upload so much...
Yep, "tedious" is a good word for it! But it's nice to have them all there now, and it's something I could do pretty easily without having to type much, so I could do it when I wasn't able to write -- which has been frustrating. :-) I really like the AO3 interface and options.
I got used to small keyboards back when I had a Vaio briefly, then followed by one of the early Fujitsu ultra small laptops -- it was a full laptop, but small & light (especially for the time, back in 2002 or 3), so it was easy to carry around, which I had to do daily. So when I got a netbook, the keyboard was one of the few things I didn't have to get used to -- the awkward screen resolution was more of an adjustment. It takes some getting used to the smaller keyboard, but when you do, the regular keyboard feels odd after a while. I do have small hands, though, so I imagine that might have made it easier.
I hope your shoulder eases up. Our bodies do seem to remember the insults that life gives them!
The size of the keyboard isn't the problem - I made sure that it's normal enough for comfortable typing, as I have relatively large hands. But everything is spaced closer together, and, of course, it sits differently in front of me. My problem is more the alignment of my hands and arms in combination with the recliner armrests and the lap cushion. Worked perfectly with the notebook I used until it died some weeks ago, but not so well yet with the netbook.
Our bodies do seem to remember the insults that life gives them! You can say so! I have done some SCD in late 2009 while visiting a friend without being in training. Combined with the unusual lot of walking we did during this visit it brougth me a very bad achille tendon inflammation on both sides which took most of three years to get rid of. Even now I often get a stiff ankle and tendon after just the tiniest bit more of walking than I do on the average and have to be super careful with the amoung of walking and hiking I do to not catch it again. *huffs* I had those tendonds
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Yes, being able to get the keyboard at the right height and angle is so important for being able to type comfortably. I hope you're able to work something out so that you can use the netbook easily without being aware of your shoulder, the angle, etc.! -- just being absorbed in what you're doing, instead.
It's hard giving up things you love because of physical changes. I find that it feels as though there's a sort of "gap" in who I am when I have to change, reduce, or give up some activity that I'd always taken for granted as one of the things I naturally do in life.
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Glad to hear the hands are a bit better.
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Also yay to having finished the uploads! :o) I've gotten all the notifications and thought each time how tedious it must be to re-upload so much...
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I got used to small keyboards back when I had a Vaio briefly, then followed by one of the early Fujitsu ultra small laptops -- it was a full laptop, but small & light (especially for the time, back in 2002 or 3), so it was easy to carry around, which I had to do daily. So when I got a netbook, the keyboard was one of the few things I didn't have to get used to -- the awkward screen resolution was more of an adjustment. It takes some getting used to the smaller keyboard, but when you do, the regular keyboard feels odd after a while. I do have small hands, though, so I imagine that might have made it easier.
I hope your shoulder eases up. Our bodies do seem to remember the insults that life gives them!
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Our bodies do seem to remember the insults that life gives them! You can say so! I have done some SCD in late 2009 while visiting a friend without being in training. Combined with the unusual lot of walking we did during this visit it brougth me a very bad achille tendon inflammation on both sides which took most of three years to get rid of. Even now I often get a stiff ankle and tendon after just the tiniest bit more of walking than I do on the average and have to be super careful with the amoung of walking and hiking I do to not catch it again. *huffs* I had those tendonds ( ... )
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It's hard giving up things you love because of physical changes. I find that it feels as though there's a sort of "gap" in who I am when I have to change, reduce, or give up some activity that I'd always taken for granted as one of the things I naturally do in life.
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Looking forward to reading more of ALVS when you're up to it.
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