Possible new diagnosis for my hands

Well, I gave in this week and called the doctor about my hands. I went in today. The doctor I saw was new (to me, at least), and the records from my 2005 nerve conduction study apparently are not in my file. (the results apparently showed no carpal tunnel damage, but she wants to make sure that they tested my hands/thumbs)

She said that I probably have arthritis in my hands (tonight we have 100% relative humidity, so maybe the weather has really been setting it off). Interesting, considering that both of my parents have arthritis. Also interesting that my left hand hurts more than my right– when I was arrested at at Reclaim the Streets-type protest 2 years ago, the cops injured my hands. She said something about “fascia” running under the whole hand, and that that’s why, even if the arthritis is just in my thumbs, i feel all this awful pain in my fingers. Great! I think pot has been helping a bit tonight, but sadly it hurts my thumb to use the lighter to ignite my little Vapor Genie.

I also tried to talk to her about my feet. She said that the pain and numbness there could be neuropathy. Fabulous. It’d be so great to be a fat person who can’t walk or use the exercise machines at the gym. Especially with what could be arthritis in my shoulder/s, too, which would keep me from being able to swim sometimes.

My hands hurt so much tonight that I didn’t go to the gym or get any indymedia work done. I need a typist!

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