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[needlegrrl]

i feel better - I slept on a sobe green tea bottle for a while, and that helped. I love doctors that help. Still - I'm going to grab breakfast food, and get ready, and go to the health center - I have way too much to do this week to be incapacitated by my neck/shoulder. I *can't* just rest it, unfortunately.

josh's mom called and woke us up, although it was quite late enough for us to be awake. and she's cleaning out his grandmother's house, and wanted to know if we wanted anything - she's making a pile for me, and some of it sounds pretty cool. hee. so I'll have stuff when I get back from saint louis and michigan, i suppose.

off to prepare to go and sit in a room for a while. (sigh)

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[weirdpixie.livejournal.com]

I hope that you've been able to treat the pain and are on your way to recovery.

Please tell me more about sleeping on a Sobe green tea bottle. Did you actually sleep on the bottle or did you drink the contents? I'm very curious. :)

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[needlegrrl]

hee hee. I got muscle relaxers, and I just took one, so I am definately on the way to fixing the pain. I actually slept on one - It's full, hasn't been opened. I put it under my neck, and slept for a little while - you can also use a jar of some sort, or a rolled up towel - it puts the natural curve back into your neck and helps it to hurt less. :) They told me to do it in chapel hill, and they were right - it really does help.

[weirdpixie.livejournal.com]

Muscle relaxers. :) I'm sure you're feeling pretty good right now.

The bottle thing is so cool! I will squirrel away that bit of information for later use.

And, on the subject of pain, do you have any problems with your hands or arms from repetative motion? I started thinking about it a few weeks ago when I went on a crazy knitting spree and found that I couldn't use my hand as well as normal. I read up on different sewing and knitting sites and found that some people wear special support gloves while working to prevent long term effects. I'm curious to hear if it's an issue with you and your colleagues.

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[needlegrrl]

oh, it's absolutely an issue! A lot of us wear wrist braces and such - if you start doing a lot of handwork, you might consider getting a wrist brace, and wearing it at night when you sleep, because that will help. I find I can't do much with it on, which I am sure is the point, but it doesn't help me get my work done. There are also little elastic glove type things available at fabric stores, without fingers - they have a thicker elastic band around the wrist, and they are supposed to help, as well. I also take a good bit of advil, for the anti-inflammatory as well as painkilling.Most of us have tendonitis, and some of us have carpal tunnel. (us being the graduate students and workers in the shop right now.)