It Hurts to Type

Post by **neohx_7** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:33 am

racketboy wrote:Still having issues.
My wrist braces are helping my arms and I'm wearing something on my finger to cusion it for typing.
It still has the pain on the fingertip though.
I have a doctor appointment on Monday

How'd it go?

Post by **racketboy** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:06 pm

neohx_7 wrote:
racketboy wrote:Still having issues.
My wrist braces are helping my arms and I'm wearing something on my finger to cusion it for typing.
It still has the pain on the fingertip though.
I have a doctor appointment on Monday
How'd it go?

Not as good as I hoped. He thinks its a skin thing.
I need to get some anti-inflamitory oinment.

If that doesn't work, he'll do an X-Ray

Post by **CurulleanCat** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:22 pm

racketboy wrote:
neohx_7 wrote:
racketboy wrote:Still having issues.
My wrist braces are helping my arms and I'm wearing something on my finger to cusion it for typing.
It still has the pain on the fingertip though.
I have a doctor appointment on Monday
How'd it go?
Not as good as I hoped. He thinks its a skin thing.
I need to get some anti-inflamitory oinment.

If that doesn't work, he'll do an X-Ray

Funny My doctor took the xray first when my wrist was hurting.....

Im surprised yours didnt do that as well.

Post by **Ivo** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:44 am

CurulleanCat wrote:
Funny My doctor took the xray first when my wrist was hurting.....

Im surprised yours didnt do that as well.

Doctors have been seriously cutting back on X-raying unless it is deemed necessary. I don't know if it is just because it is expensive, I think it is more because they consider the low (but existing) risks of the exposure worse than trying other means of diagnostics first, and only resorting to it later. Fact is, the more X-rays you do, the more dosage you get. The "annual" checkups used to include X-raying, but as far as I know they don't anymore.

You actually get about the same exposure in a cruise-altitude flight IIRC, and with many people doing lots of those it makes sense to cut on other exposures.