Dear So and So

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Originally Posted by indysteel

I'm sorry you're hurting. Do you think it could be a nerve issue, e.g., carpal tunnel? My palms still hurt from my days on the Moots, and I'm pretty sure it's all nerve related. There are some stretches you can do that can help a bit. For instance, hold your arm out in front with your palm face out and your fingers pointed up. With your other hand, gently stretch your fingers back toward you and hold. You should feel the stretch at the base of your hand/top of your wrist.

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I will try this, and for now the pain is gone. We do know that I have arthritis in my palms, it has been there for years and is part of the reason why I've such a poor hand grip. All of the mechanical tests for carpal tunnel I seem to pass with flying colors, which is amazing considering how much time I spend at a keyboard...I do strive for good ergonomics though which has to help.

Thankfully it doesn't flare too often, once a year or so as far as pain is concerned. Thankfully it had decreased enough by the weekend that I could ride, and I think I will be able to do my normal workout with my trainer this evening. I am thankful and it makes my heart go out to those who deal with something like this 24/7. Typically I don't have more than twinges...

Dear Sock Monster,
come on, cough it up. This house isn't very big and we have no pets or kids to blame. I know both of my favorite wool socks went into the wash, how is it possible that only one came out. grrrrr

Dear car,

I'm sorry for blaming you for what I suspected was mice all along.



Dear mice,

I could literally buy half a new car for what you've cost me over the years. There's a whole outdoors out there. Not only that, there are plenty of nooks and crannies in the garage where I'd never find you and you'd never bother my stuff. Stay out of my freakin' car.



Dear wiring harness manufacturers,

Seriously, do you really make enough profit off replacement wires that you continue to make housing that tastes good to mice, even though it's been a known problem for decades???

Oak, we have spent about $2,000 on fixing the damage that mice have done to both of our cars. My car is in the garage, so once it was fixed, we then had to fix the garage. For like 2 years, I kept smelling a burning smell when I started my car... they ate through the fuel pump :eek:.

to whom it may concern
so it really is true that some people actually fight cancer and win somewhat... on a cellular level! My DH has stage 4 cancer, but only 1 node is affected. all the other ones that should have been affected are clean clean clean. ON with the (reallyscary) surgery!

Please give my best wishes and blessings to RD Mimi, and to you too.

(((((((Mimi and RD)))))))

Wow, Mimi! Sounds like mixed news, if I understand you right?

Let us know if there's anything you need ...

Thinking of you and DH, Mimi.

Best healing thoughts for your husband, Mimi.

Kris Carr is somewhat infamous for having nontreatable cancer that she manages with a raw diet. She did a documentary about it called Crazy Sexy Cancer that I found interesting.

Sounds like good news, as that kind of news goes. When is his surgery?

Keeping you both in my thoughts.

Sending you and Don good vibes, Mimi.

More healing juju to RD, and big hugs to both Mimi and RD!

Don't understand the stage 4 diagnosis, but I am wishing you and Raleigh Don the very best outcome, Mimi. I know this must be scary. Positive thoughts!

Good thoughts to both of you! ((Mimi and RD))

I THINK it is better news than if they had said, no surgery. And then it presents yet another scary treatment. But I am still thrilled to hear ths.

Cheers to you and RD.

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Originally Posted by salsabike

I THINK it is better news than if they had said, no surgery. And then it presents yet another scary treatment. But I am still thrilled to hear ths.

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exactly. they're saying he has bad $hit but that they believe he can beat it. If they didn't believe he could beat it, they wouldn't do the surgery. Meeting with another of the doctors today so we ought to get the full results then.

Poor RD had a stiff neck from the 1 hour procedure what's he going to be like after an 8 hour procedure??? UGH :(:(

We have nothing to compare it to, we don't know anyone who had an 8 hour surgery to ask!

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Originally Posted by Catrin

I will try this, and for now the pain is gone. We do know that I have arthritis in my palms, it has been there for years and is part of the reason why I've such a poor hand grip. All of the mechanical tests for carpal tunnel I seem to pass with flying colors, which is amazing considering how much time I spend at a keyboard...I do strive for good ergonomics though which has to help.

Thankfully it doesn't flare too often, once a year or so as far as pain is concerned. Thankfully it had decreased enough by the weekend that I could ride, and I think I will be able to do my normal workout with my trainer this evening. I am thankful and it makes my heart go out to those who deal with something like this 24/7. Typically I don't have more than twinges...

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Catrin - do you have CMC joint issues? That pain is at the base of your thumb joint as it enters your wrist. Have they only checked you for carpal tunnel? They just need to take an xray to see if it is CMC. The things that will cause you pain the most when you have this is any kind of pinching action.

I've read that it's common for pain originating in the CMC joints to be referred to the MCP joints, and vice versa, too. It's most common in the thumb joint, but I don't see why any of the CMC joints couldn't be arthritic.

Mimi: Always thinking of you and your hubby! Hang in there.

Mimi- more hugs from me and Chuck. I hope the surgery goes well. RD is one tough guy and you two are staying focused where you need to be.
Sharon

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Originally Posted by spokewench

Catrin - do you have CMC joint issues? That pain is at the base of your thumb joint as it enters your wrist. Have they only checked you for carpal tunnel? They just need to take an xray to see if it is CMC. The things that will cause you pain the most when you have this is any kind of pinching action.

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Originally Posted by OakLeaf

I've read that it's common for pain originating in the CMC joints to be referred to the MCP joints, and vice versa, too. It's most common in the thumb joint, but I don't see why any of the CMC joints couldn't be arthritic.

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CMC joints? Will look that up and see where those are

Spokewrench, while sometimes I do have pain there, a pinching action doesn't bother me. Really, 99% of it is right in the middle of my palms, just last week it was really bad...but THIS week there isn't a bit of pain at all, for which I am thankful. My fingers are always a bit cranky, but am so used to that I am hardly aware of it... Of course it doesn't mean the pain isn't referred to my palms from elsewhere.

I am considering asking my doctor about it the next time, I need to see him about my dog bite anyway which still isn't quite healed... I just hate to say something and get a bunch of co-pays for tests to only find out that I need to take ibuprofen for it...

Mimi, well wishes for you and Don. May he recover quickly after his surgery and beat the cancer.

Catrin, well wishes to you, too. Hopefully, your doctor can get some answers for you and a treatment that works.


Dear Time Keepers,

Would it be possible for me to have an hour a day to myself that is outside of normal time?

Thanks,

Not enough hours in a day

Dear Saddle,

Thank you for hurting right then, because that's why I decided to pull over and adjust your tension. Had I been on the road, rather than on the side, I suspect that SUV with the idiot, driving so erratically, probably going 80 in a 25 mph zone, driving so stupidly fast he almost lost complete control as he passed me, well, you know where I'm going with this. Thanks.

Thanks also for feeling better after I made the adjustment.

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Originally Posted by Catrin

CMC joints? Will look that up and see where those are

Spokewrench, while sometimes I do have pain there, a pinching action doesn't bother me. Really, 99% of it is right in the middle of my palms, just last week it was really bad...but THIS week there isn't a bit of pain at all, for which I am thankful. My fingers are always a bit cranky, but am so used to that I am hardly aware of it... Of course it doesn't mean the pain isn't referred to my palms from elsewhere.

I am considering asking my doctor about it the next time, I need to see him about my dog bite anyway which still isn't quite healed... I just hate to say something and get a bunch of co-pays for tests to only find out that I need to take ibuprofen for it...

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Catrin, your problem may be totally different than mine, but since I've had CMC joint issues for a long, long time, I'll give you some advice on arthritis in your hands and riding mountain bikes, etc. I road and raced mountain bikes and road bikes and I know you have started riding mountain bikes. The abuse your hands take on a mountain bike is actually quite a lot. I'm not telling you to quit, because I never quit doing stuff i like to do; but you might try (even if it sounds a bit counterintuitive), wearing just a neoprene wrist band for support. I found that early in my development of cmc joint pain and arthritis that this actually helped me keep from hurting so much. If you do have cmc pain and joint arthritis, there are splints just for that as well; they are just neoprene soft supports. I'm actually wearing one right now on my right hand. (That's my worst hand because I'm right handed.) I have it in my other one too!

Wrist supports, etc. are really cheap ways to help you mitigate the pain; so maybe it would be worth a try. If it does not work, you are not out much.

I will check it out Spokewrench, doesn't sound like an expensive test. I've not noted that things have gotten worse since I started mountain biking, I think last week I did something wrong when tossing weights around. My Endura full-finger gloves aren't too tight around my wrist to prevent a thin support...

Wow Red. Spooky. Glad you weren't in that person's path!

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Originally Posted by OakLeaf

Wow Red. Spooky. Glad you weren't in that person's path!

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Thanks! So am I! He came so fast that I didn't even hear him until it was too late to get his plate. I really thought he was going to flip from overcompensating while passing me (and I was standing on the side of the road, not in the road). He was driving like someone who just got fired, or was dumped by his girlfriend, or some other great enraging trauma.

The funny thing was, I didn't have my multi tool with me, and had to wait until I got home to fix my saddle, and I was 99% sure it was on my other bike at the time, so yeah, spooky indeed.

Dear potential advisor:
Please get rid of the reed diffuser. If not, change scents to something that is not patchouli or open the door. I was in your office for an hour yesterday and nearly suffocated.

Dear hardwood floors:

I know you need refinished, but that 3/4 inch splinter you shoved into my foot (when you knew I'd been missing the tweezers for a week!) was a rude reminder. For that, I may just cover you in carpet again. Hmph. :mad:

Dear Catrin,

How did you do this again? You make too much money to have THIS tight a budget. You swore you would never get in this position again and, here you are. There again. You are old enough to know better!

Dear self:
This is what we are going to do:
1)We are going to put the dishes in the drying rack away.
2) We are going to wash the dishes from yesterday, with the possible exception of the glass baking dish.
3) We are going to get packed up and head over to Starbucks for some quality time with our notes, no computers allowed.
4)Once we are at a good place with our homework, we are going to come back and spend some quality time with the trainer, possibly with Young Frankenstein at the same time. :D
Then there will be dinner and bedtime at a reasonable hour. Please note that 1am is not a reasonable hour!

to all my good TE Buddies.
DH and I are going to the ocean for an overnight wednesday :D:D:D Who knows the next time he's going to feel like traveling? Then, this weekend with our sons we are going to have a ceremony for his esophagus that he will be losing next week in surgery. sounds odd, but my kids are um.. well, they're our kids and they're into it. D-I-Law is going to make a flammable esophagus to burn in effigy.
And for the surgery day, two biker ladies i know have volunteered to hang out with me for part of the day. How cool is that?
and the rest?? O OOOO scary.

x

A flammable esophagus in effigy sounds pretty darn cathartic. Have a wonderful time at the coast. We'll be here pulling for you for what lies ahead. Sending you good thoughts.

Mimi, if you're willing to share, please let us know when the big day is so we can send extra super healing thoughts to RD and major karmic support to all the doctors and nurses who will be taking care of him that day!

8 hours of surgery on the 26th of October! (new moon!)

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Originally Posted by Biciclista

8 hours of surgery on the 26th of October! (new moon!)

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We will start the good vibes the night before and keep them coming all that day!

Mimi- we will be thinking of you and your husband as you get ready for this.

Mimi, give a hug to Raleigh Don and what super kids you have. Glad you have a support team/sag wagon to be there for all of you