Carpal Tunnel....

I've been recently diagnosed with this thing called Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and its cause is from putting strain on the wrists causing a pinch nerve or something so...in laymen's terms its from typing...yes I know I'm typing this, but I'm using 1 hand ;)...anyways, here's the real description from the net.....Carpal tunnel syndrome is pressure on the median nerve -- the nerve in the wrist that supplies feeling and movement to parts of the hand. It can lead to numbness, tingling, weakness, or muscle damage in the hand and fingers (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth).

So I have it in both hands but the left hand is worse...sooooo glad I'm right handed :)....its unbelievable however because something as light as the telephone receiver can drop out of my hands....almost did today too while I was taking a call....to me there isn't much pain but more a constant discomfort -- the numbness, tingling and weakness -- every once in a while I feel a sharp pain and I find I have to take pain killers, strong ones, to relief the pain but they don't always work....today is just one of those days it didn't work....I have to get myself 2 braces to see if that will help...how ugly it would be to walk around with 2 braces :( also have to get those balls to exercise my hands..the left hand needs a soft or extra soft (thats how bad it is) and the right a medium.

Sooooo the million $$$ question...How am I gonna get out of this mess?????.....Answer: I don't know...for crying out loud, the economy is bad, jobs are hard to find, and guess what I'm receptionist and typist at my job...you saw correct...I'm the Typist *smh*....