According to today's doctor, the tingling in the hands is likely from tennis elbow, which is ironic given my lack of athletic activity (my wife said "From what?" when I told her) and the fact I'm not a big tennis fan. Now, rotator cuff surgery? I'm all over that. That'd at least have that "baseball pitcher" cache with it. But I digress.
Anyway, he asks if I've got an ergonomically correct work area. I basically laughed at him. The desk my computer is on is built in. If I put my feet on the floor and sit at a 90 degree angle, as he said it should be, my knees just about hit the drawers under the table top, and that's because I have the lowest-riding chair in the office. A regular chair and my knees wouldn't fit underneath it. My elbows are well underneath my keyboard, not above it. And I'm not sure there's much we can do about it, since this is built in and that's the only place where I can connect to the server.
As for my toes, he wasn't sure, so they X-rayed my back because it could be "degenerative disc disease" or something like that. What people hate so much about doctors, I think, is the fact that they tell you something like that, then you get the X-rays, then you have to wait for the doctor to come back, which means you basically can go through all the worse case scenarios in your head. I was trying to figure out how Meron would handle Benjamin if I had back surgery and had to be out for weeks when he came in and said the back was fine. Thanks, but next time, don't let me stew like that.
(The good part about the X-rays was that I got to lie down for that. The way Benjamin's been the last couple of nights, if she'd taken about 2 minutes longer to run them, I'd have fallen asleep.)
Anyway, he's sending me somewhere else for a "nerve conduction study" or something like that, to see if there are nerves being pinched or something. I'm leaning toward waiting on that for a week or so, seeing if maybe it goes away on its own.
So now I've got to get an elbow splint and see if I can talk the boss into remodeling my office. Always a good way to spend a Monday!
stayin alive
12 years ago
4 comments:
Hey Buddy,
I don't know the details of your situation, but it sounds like we need to list you as day-to-day. Hopefully we won't need to move you to the 15-day DL anytime soon.
Merry Christmas and get better soon.
C, I'm currently concocting a special little Dana remedy for you. Now I can't give away all my secrets, but it does involve the Moonwalk and a ferret. ;)
Get better soon!
Dana, that scares me just a little--nope, make that a lot.
Bob, thanks. Sorry I've not been in touch. Will hopefully call this week. I'm thinking the DL might be the safest place for me!
I haven't visited a doctor or a doctor's office in 8 years. When I'm thinking about what might be wrong, I end up on the floor. It's not good. Give me a moonwalking ferret remedy anyday.
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