Comments on: Hand Saga Part 2: Repetitive Strain and Referrals http://maastrichtminutiae.com/2009/11/02/hand-saga-part-2-repetitive-strain-and-referrals/ Spotlights on the adventure and realities of expat life in Maastricht. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:11:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: locusta http://maastrichtminutiae.com/2009/11/02/hand-saga-part-2-repetitive-strain-and-referrals/comment-page-1/#comment-154 locusta Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:20:39 +0000 http://maastrichtminutiae.com/?p=1154#comment-154 I'm not sure why we are skipping physical therapy but the anti-inflammatory pills didn't work so I guess my doctor felt that we need to jump straight to the cortisone shot. Since I don't work, I don't mind them picking the date for my appointment. I'm very bad at making appointments with doctors even if I really really need one. I’m not sure why we are skipping physical therapy but the anti-inflammatory pills didn’t work so I guess my doctor felt that we need to jump straight to the cortisone shot. Since I don’t work, I don’t mind them picking the date for my appointment. I’m very bad at making appointments with doctors even if I really really need one.

]]> By: Renée http://maastrichtminutiae.com/2009/11/02/hand-saga-part-2-repetitive-strain-and-referrals/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Renée Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:15:28 +0000 http://maastrichtminutiae.com/?p=1154#comment-153 maybe I missed it, but why do you need to go straight to surgery instead of doing physio for a while? what sort of surgery do you need? I will go through your posts again to see if I just didn't read everything properly what is going on with your hand/wrist/thumb. In the meantime, my experience with these referrels is that the letter does actually come rather quickly, unless it's in the summer when everyone is on vacation. I had physio a few times and got appts right away and now with my foot I actually got an appt with the ortho doc right away as well. It was getting the surgery date that took so long and that was mainly my fault plus never getting the elusive letter telling me when my surgery was. What I do find annoying is hospitals, doctors, etc., telling the patients when they have an appt, rather than being able to just make one. So you get the letter and if it's not good, then you can call and make an appt. Seems kind of inefficient. But hey, what do I know? Anyway, good luck and I sure hope you get an appt soon and get things resolved quickly. maybe I missed it, but why do you need to go straight to surgery instead of doing physio for a while? what sort of surgery do you need? I will go through your posts again to see if I just didn’t read everything properly what is going on with your hand/wrist/thumb.

In the meantime, my experience with these referrels is that the letter does actually come rather quickly, unless it’s in the summer when everyone is on vacation. I had physio a few times and got appts right away and now with my foot I actually got an appt with the ortho doc right away as well. It was getting the surgery date that took so long and that was mainly my fault plus never getting the elusive letter telling me when my surgery was.

What I do find annoying is hospitals, doctors, etc., telling the patients when they have an appt, rather than being able to just make one. So you get the letter and if it’s not good, then you can call and make an appt. Seems kind of inefficient. But hey, what do I know?

Anyway, good luck and I sure hope you get an appt soon and get things resolved quickly.

]]> By: locusta http://maastrichtminutiae.com/2009/11/02/hand-saga-part-2-repetitive-strain-and-referrals/comment-page-1/#comment-152 locusta Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:33:15 +0000 http://maastrichtminutiae.com/?p=1154#comment-152 Hello. I hope you are able to keep the RSI at bay for your NaNoWriMo novel. I find that frequent breaks, Ibuprofen and occasional icing over the years has helped. I've actually suffered from carpal tunnel for years, so its generally par for the course for me. This year its a bit different; a tendon injury in my thumb is exacerbating the repetitive strain problem which is why I've made the switch to dictation software this year. I get too many breaks. :-/ I'm not confident to work on my novel when my husband is home and can hear me. Cheers! Hello. I hope you are able to keep the RSI at bay for your NaNoWriMo novel. I find that frequent breaks, Ibuprofen and occasional icing over the years has helped. I’ve actually suffered from carpal tunnel for years, so its generally par for the course for me. This year its a bit different; a tendon injury in my thumb is exacerbating the repetitive strain problem which is why I’ve made the switch to dictation software this year. I get too many breaks. :-/ I’m not confident to work on my novel when my husband is home and can hear me.

Cheers!

]]> By: ChingChuan http://maastrichtminutiae.com/2009/11/02/hand-saga-part-2-repetitive-strain-and-referrals/comment-page-1/#comment-151 ChingChuan Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:00:23 +0000 http://maastrichtminutiae.com/?p=1154#comment-151 Hi! I'm 'glad' I'm not the only one with RSI during November... I haven't gone to the doctor yet buy I'm considering going to a physiotherapist if my thumb keeps hurting. The symptoms first started during my second nano. It wasn't really bad back then, but during my third one, it started to hurt so I had to stop writing for about a week or so. This year, I developed symptoms on day three... (I do experience some symptoms - tingling fingers, a bit of friction pain in the flexors/extensors of the lower arm region etc - when I'm typing longer things like essays but during November it will actually hurt to type. *sigh*). Do you already have a 'break' program? It forces you to take a break every 30 minuters (you can decide yourself how frequent you want a break). Very useful when caught up in wordwars... That probably a good idea, too - wordwars are really bad when you've got RSI :(. Good luck, anyway ;). Hi!

I’m ‘glad’ I’m not the only one with RSI during November… I haven’t gone to the doctor yet buy I’m considering going to a physiotherapist if my thumb keeps hurting. The symptoms first started during my second nano. It wasn’t really bad back then, but during my third one, it started to hurt so I had to stop writing for about a week or so. This year, I developed symptoms on day three…
(I do experience some symptoms – tingling fingers, a bit of friction pain in the flexors/extensors of the lower arm region etc – when I’m typing longer things like essays but during November it will actually hurt to type. *sigh*).

Do you already have a ‘break’ program? It forces you to take a break every 30 minuters (you can decide yourself how frequent you want a break). Very useful when caught up in wordwars… That probably a good idea, too – wordwars are really bad when you’ve got RSI :( .

Good luck, anyway ;) .

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