Dear So and So

[spokewench]

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...

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.

[Catrin]

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...

[OakLeaf]

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

[redrhodie]

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

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.

[Owlie]

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.

[jessmarimba]

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.

[Catrin]

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!

[Owlie]

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.
Then there will be dinner and bedtime at a reasonable hour. Please note that 1am is not a reasonable hour!

[Biciclista]

to all my good TE Buddies.
DH and I are going to the ocean for an overnight wednesday 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

[indysteel]

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.

[NbyNW]

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!

[Biciclista]

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

[PamNY]

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

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

[azfiddle]

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

[Sky King]

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