Re: Minor pity party - and a request for suggestions...

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"Skip" <Skip@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> My hands hurt. There, I said it. This OA s*** really blows.
>
> I was happy in DenialLand but got kicked out today when I had to take
> extra pills to do the dishes. Ironically, my knees are stable for the
> first time ever.
>
> I'll be taking this up with my doc at my checkup - after years of quiet
> aches it seems both hands have gone into high gear over the summer and now
> that the colder weather is here.....
>
> How do I work with this!? I'm concerned that if I start resting my hands
> the way I have to my knees, I'll start losing mobility. It seems to me
> that now is the prime time to keep joints flexble. I'm dropping my car
> keys more often, typing is a distater until the stiffness works out and
> I'm not sure but sometimes things seem heavier than they should be.
>
> Sigh, at least here I know I'll be understood when I say I'd be glad to
> just ache.
>
> grumble whine wimper.
>
> Skip
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