I need answers, people. First, I have a physical problem. I've noticed that whenever I go on a long jog/walk (more walking than jogging, to be honest), my hands get all swollen. After awhile, it's super painful and I can't even make a fist. Today I went for a 4.5 mile walk along the lake after work and by the end of it, I had comically large hands. I tried walking with my hands above my head, but that kind of made me look like a crazy person. Plus I have a damn rotator cuff injury and it hurts to do that. I googled it and some psycho-runner site (like runners who run 100's of miles runners...freaks) went on and on about electrolytes and salt and blah blah, but then there was another answer I found that says it's because the blood goes to the legs and whatnot and the hands get all "wait, I want some blood, too!" and so they freak out and then they get too much blood and BLAM! all swoll up. (Whew! Crazy run on sentence!) I don't know what to think. Has anyone else encountered this? Can I do anything to alleviate the problem?
Next question: What does it say about me that I've stopped putting sheets on my bed and I'm just throwing a quilt down and lying on top of that at night? Is this a sign of depression or have I reverted to a college-age boy? Or is it just because the thought of changing the sheets hurts me? Because of the style of bed I have and my big, fat pillow top mattress, in order to put them on, I pretty much have to lift up the corners and I'd have to use my injured arm to do so. Lately the arm just makes me not want to do anything. Yet I can't seem to keep to the schedule of doing those stupid physical therapy exercises the doctor gave me. And the drugs work for a little while, but I can only take one pill per day and it sure as shit doesn't last anywhere close to 24 hours. Maybe I should just switch to regular Alleve, which I can take more than once per day, and see if it's strong enough.
Fuckety fuck fuck. Getting older sucks. I feel so frail and weak and lame.
Segunda-feira, Maio 18, 2009
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Yo! My hands swell up too and have done so for as long as I can remember. I think it's our bodies way of saying that we have delicate flower genetics and the only exercise we should be getting is snapping at the mist boy by the pool to come back over and do our other side.
I've found the best way to deal with the bed making thing is to never wash your sheets :D
I find the best way to deal with it is to run with my arms bent at a 90 degree angle, hands in a loose fist. And shaking them out "jazz hands" style or pumping your fists when you start to feel the swelling helps a bit too. (Though it's been, ahem, some time since I last ran, so take it all with a grain of salt!)
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