Re-armed yuk yuk

[prog]

Doc ran battery of tests, and localized the pain source to my elbow. I was a little skeptical, but I must admit that it was the only place that actively hurt while we wrung out my whole armal region, from shoulder to wrist. And it hurt rather a lot.

He pronounced it as lateral something-or-other (feel dumb for not writing it down now), took X-rays to be sure I wasn't hosting any bone-gnawing alien symbiotes (negative), and prescribed anti-inflammatory pills, ice, and taking it easy until next week. I will do this.

He had nothing to say about my "sunburned" feeling except to keep an eye out for shingles. OK.

I am also self-medicating with a wrist brace from CVS. Yes, I know not to treat it as a cure-all, but it seems a not wholly unwise adjustment, just the same.

Blessings again to all who virtually frog-marched me into the doctor's office yesterday. I wasn't expecting to hear that, and therefore needed to hear that.

Comments

[kyroraz.livejournal.com]

Sunburned feeling. Shingles. Yeah, look out. I had that earlier this year, and just remembered that it did feel like a sunburn for a while. Hope it's not that.

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

Good luck! I hope rest and some short-term anti-inflammatories is all you need.

[daerr.livejournal.com]

Late to this party I know but...

What I was told, oh, 13 years ago or so when I had RSI-related wrist pain was to only wear the splint at night while I was sleeping. Non-intuitive I know...