My stupid body. It is just letting me down. I expected the slow decay, but thought it would happen later than this. Whatever. The new trouble is my right wrist. About a month ago I strained it, and it has hurt off and on since then. Along with that, there has been a small lump on it on the ‘volar‘ (palm) side. It gets better with ice and ibuprofen, but there is still discomfort.
Our clinic has walk-in appointments on Saturdays. I seriously thought about just sleeping in instead, but I went in and saw a PA. She said it is probably tendinitis, and the lump is probably a cyst. She told me to wear a brace for 2-3 weeks and if it doesn’t get better, come back for a visit with the hand/wrist doctor. I said I was pretty sure we had a couple of braces at home. She said if I didn’t, call back she would leave one for me at the front desk.
I went home, and sure enough, we have two. Two left-hand braces. No right-hand braces. I went back to the clinic for my brace. My brace that will probably cost $200.
Woo-hoo.