First off......it will get better.............I've been dealing with it for
5 years plus now.........and had surgery
Second find a good doctor and get treatment immediately.......and do
research!
Third, analyze everything you do in your life.......aka.
what actions cause this.......limit those actions and/or find ways to lesson
the strain on your body.
Fourth, you don't have to be "crippled" if you take care of
yourself.......i'm not sure it ever get's 100 percent again but I've been
back to a decently normail somewhat pain free life the last couple years
but it takes effort.
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> Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 22:08:42 -0000
> From: "natashalah" <n_elder@...>
> Subject: New and um... scared
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> I just found out today that I have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and I am
> really scared and worried about it. My first symptoms started a few
> months ago, I would wake several times in the night with the thumb
> side of my left hand numb. It just got worse and worse. And now,
> my right wrist constantly hurts and interferes with my work. I was
> the department manager for Frozen/Chilled at a supermarket but as of
> next week I'll be working in the bakery.
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> I'm still kind of in shock about it, and I'm starting to cry.
> Carpal Tunnel never goes away does it? My wrists will always hurt.
> My hands will always go numb. This might be too much information
> but it's important to me. I'm a lesbian and this is going to
> seriously hurt my sex-life. My partner has tendonitis from piano,
> so we're already crippled. Oh my god, I'm crippled.
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> Please someone tell me it gets better.
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> Natasha
> (Inuvik, NWT, CANADA)
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