Carpal and Ulnar

Theses nerves are getting on my nerves.

A lady at church qualified the success of her surgery to the apparent failure of mine by saying, "I stopped doing all of the things that bothered mine."

My inner response?
a)  if you STOPPED doing all of the things that irritated the nerves in the first place, your surgery might have been an utter failure too.
b)  if you STOPPED doing all of the things that irritated the nerves in the first place, you must not have very much to do.

For all of you that believe that typing this blog is the only thing causing a problem, here's my list.

All of the Things

buttoning buttons

zipping zippers

jewelry clasps

hair brushes

tweasers

holding a book

turning a page -- every page

holding a pen

or a pencil

texting

holding a phone

folding laundry

(especially socks)

scrubbing
whisking
curling
peeling

holding the stearing wheel

braiding hair 

holding a camera

pressing the shutter button

applying chapstick

holding a fork

(or spoon or knife)

shoveling the snow

scraping the windshield

cuddling with my husband

holding my son

(and my daughters...for long periods of time)

giving massages

putting on socks

(and taking them off again)

taking out the garbage

raising my arms above my head

making a fist

(all right, I can't actually make a fist anymore)

sleeping

This list may not be all of the things, but when you read it, you may notice that my nerves are getting in the way of many of my favorite things.  What helps?  Daily yoga, dancing (with lots of long arm styling), ice, and ulnar glide stretches.  

Now, if only people would realize their perspective is just that -- their own.