This has been a bad few months...first my parents' foreclosure and then this weekend, our new (as of 2006) water pump got fried when the well casing filled with melting snow run-off! So we're looking at $6,000 or so for a new one, PLUS the cost of putting in some additional French drains to prevent the new pump from meeting the same fate.
Another issue is that since late January, my wrist has been hurting. It started when I made a fleece knotted blanket for my grandmother for Christmas. Then it kind of went away. It came back when I jerked up too hard on a frozen water handle outside. Then went away. One morning, I woke up and it was incredibly painful. I waited two weeks and then went into the doctor. She was not even an MD but the only one I could see at the time. She x-rayed and said it may be sprained? Gave me a brace and told me to take Mortrin (I can't because I get ulcers). Anyway, she told me if it was not better in a couple of weeks, to come back and see the Orthopedic doctor. Three weeks later, it was worse than ever. The brace was a joke and I was wearing about 23.5 hours a day (only taking it off to shower). The new doctor said maybe it's tendonistis from computers? He said that there is nothing I could do besides ice/hot bath, aspirin, etc. He told me to go ahead and use my hand. After less than 24 hours it had swollen up so badly that the skin on the back of my hand SPLIT/CRACKED and was BLEEDING. I iced it and took some Motrin (with food) and it went away. I called back & asked for a referral to a specialist, which I have to drive to Wenatchee (3 hours round trip) to see. The doctor is out of the office until the 30th. So I had to leave a message with his nurse.
Frustrated, I called another clinic and they got me into a specialist on the 10th of April. So I'm going to Wenatchee then to have a "nerve conduction study" done. Sighs. I'm hoping it's not carpal tunnel but my husband thinks so. I spend nearly 40 hours a week on my computer with work.
Needless to say because of the pump and possible, upcoming surgery, I need to scale down a little bit. My original coop project I set up for this summer (tripling its' size) has been reduced to doubling the size.
Please keep me in your thoughts & prayers...
Another issue is that since late January, my wrist has been hurting. It started when I made a fleece knotted blanket for my grandmother for Christmas. Then it kind of went away. It came back when I jerked up too hard on a frozen water handle outside. Then went away. One morning, I woke up and it was incredibly painful. I waited two weeks and then went into the doctor. She was not even an MD but the only one I could see at the time. She x-rayed and said it may be sprained? Gave me a brace and told me to take Mortrin (I can't because I get ulcers). Anyway, she told me if it was not better in a couple of weeks, to come back and see the Orthopedic doctor. Three weeks later, it was worse than ever. The brace was a joke and I was wearing about 23.5 hours a day (only taking it off to shower). The new doctor said maybe it's tendonistis from computers? He said that there is nothing I could do besides ice/hot bath, aspirin, etc. He told me to go ahead and use my hand. After less than 24 hours it had swollen up so badly that the skin on the back of my hand SPLIT/CRACKED and was BLEEDING. I iced it and took some Motrin (with food) and it went away. I called back & asked for a referral to a specialist, which I have to drive to Wenatchee (3 hours round trip) to see. The doctor is out of the office until the 30th. So I had to leave a message with his nurse.
Frustrated, I called another clinic and they got me into a specialist on the 10th of April. So I'm going to Wenatchee then to have a "nerve conduction study" done. Sighs. I'm hoping it's not carpal tunnel but my husband thinks so. I spend nearly 40 hours a week on my computer with work.
Needless to say because of the pump and possible, upcoming surgery, I need to scale down a little bit. My original coop project I set up for this summer (tripling its' size) has been reduced to doubling the size.
Please keep me in your thoughts & prayers...
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