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Mon Dec-10-07 05:55 PM
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I think I need to see a Dr about my knuckle.... |
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It started about 6 weeks ago...I was in Printmaking class, and my lowest knuckle on the middle finger of my right hand got very red and painful. While I haven't engaged in the activity that I was doing when it started since (drypoint etching), every day now it gets red and painful, and now it is swelling with increased activity. It hurts when I write in class for more than 20 minutes. It hurts right now, while I type, and I'm barely bending the joint. I really don't want to know what's wrong with it. x(
I hate getting older.
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Mon Dec-10-07 05:56 PM
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Mon Dec-10-07 05:56 PM
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3. i'm thinking more like arthritis.... |
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Mon Dec-10-07 05:56 PM
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Knuckle, or all of them?
Just one is weird, all of them at one time is arthritis or similar? :hi:
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Mon Dec-10-07 06:00 PM
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4. Get thee to a doctor, hon. |
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Mon Dec-10-07 06:02 PM
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6. I'm a hypochondriac, I don't wanna go... |
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I probably have knuckle cancer. x(
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Mon Dec-10-07 06:05 PM
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8. baby, you don't have kunckle cancer |
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Mon Dec-10-07 06:08 PM
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Mon Dec-10-07 06:06 PM
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9. I know. gray told me. I am one too. |
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I always assume the worst. But I promise you it won't be. :*
If you don't, I shall get sniffa to kick your arse.
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Mon Dec-10-07 06:07 PM
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10. Being Hypo is *so* much fun... |
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:eyes:
:hug:
I'll just go to the Dr and get it over with....grrrr.
:loveya:
ps- all the cool kids are hypo :D
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Mon Dec-10-07 07:13 PM
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how's that hair cancer coming along?
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Mon Dec-10-07 07:17 PM
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19. I'm more concerned about my swollen |
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lymph node that I dreamed existed, but doesn't...thanks :pals:
:rofl: I'm not kidding.
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Mon Dec-10-07 06:02 PM
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I ignored an injury on the same knuckle of the index finger - wrenched it lifting an enameled pot with one finger, d'oh. The redness and swelling eventually went away, but six years later I now have a limited range of motion in that finger, and I have a lump on that tendon the size of a kidney bean.
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Mon Dec-10-07 06:03 PM
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7. Hmmm....I will take your advice. |
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I have 6 weeks off soon, I'll get to it. Thanks :pals:
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Mon Dec-10-07 06:07 PM
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11. I know what you mean. |
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I will be 30 in Feb. and some days my knees ache so badly.
All that dancing as a youngster. Guess I should've skipped a few of those raves. :) ;) :)
:hi:
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Mon Dec-10-07 06:09 PM
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13. I'll be 31 in...19 days. |
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x(
Yeah, I hear you...my left knee was "making its presence known" this afternoon :P
:hi:
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Mon Dec-10-07 07:06 PM
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14. sorry about your knuckle, bb |
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:hug: that sucks. hope the doc can help provide some answers.
I laughed at your "getting older" line. What are ya, like, 30?? :D
Just wait til peri-menopause, babe. Now that's some fun stuff. :eyes:
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Mon Dec-10-07 07:11 PM
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Let me wallow in about to turn 31-ish ness!! :rofl:
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Mon Dec-10-07 07:20 PM
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heh. Oh, excuuuuuse me..... |
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wow, 31. yeah, you're really getting up there. :eyes: NOT.
Are you a Sagg or a Cap? My hubby's bd is on Wed. It can be argued that December babies get a bum deal b/c they have a lifetime of those combo birthday/holiday gifts. :D
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Mon Dec-10-07 07:22 PM
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22. December 29th, the crappiest.... |
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Btwn Xmas and New Years...D'oh! x(
I'm used to it now... :)
:hi:
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Mon Dec-10-07 07:10 PM
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15. It sounds like a busted vein. |
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Mon Dec-10-07 07:20 PM
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20. Am sure you're taking an anti-inflammatory for it...? |
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Edited on Mon Dec-10-07 07:21 PM by Whoa_Nelly
You can ice it off and on, and if that doesn't help, try low heat (10 min. on/20 min. off)
Sounds like you overused your hand, and that was the pressure point that received the brunt of the work done. You may have ruptured a tendon. Definitely needs a doc to check it all out
Maybe a hand brace will help relieve some of the strain, too. :hi: :hug:
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Mon Dec-10-07 07:21 PM
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No, not taking anything, b/c I'm trying to avoid substances of any kind for a very particular reason ;)
But yes, that is very possible. Thanks! :hug:
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Mon Dec-10-07 07:25 PM
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23. Printmaking class, bah. I know how it happened. |
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Edited on Mon Dec-10-07 07:25 PM by Gormy Cuss
Too much flippin' of teh bird at Masshole drivers. :P
I hope it gets better soon.
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Mon Dec-10-07 07:26 PM
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and it does hurt to flip people off....Damnit! x(
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Mon Dec-10-07 07:27 PM
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1. A Tumor 2. Beginning stages of rheumatoid arthritis 3. Broken 4. Infected 5. or whatever it is, it's fucking death threatening
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Mon Dec-10-07 07:28 PM
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26. OMG, that's exactly my thought process... |
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I mean, *exactly* :scared:
and, :rofl:
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