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needlesandpins -> RE: I Admit It I........ (9/17/2016 9:43:23 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Gauge I admit that the nerve damage that I have suffered from my neck injury has significantly hampered my typing, and that I am now missing mistakes that I would not normally make. I admit that the numbness is pissing me off. I admit that I am trying to compensate for it, and I can only hope that I am doing it well. I admit that I can empathise with this from several different levels. First I had an accident that smashed the nerve from the spine to my right shoulder. Half a ton of horse smashing you in to a telegraph pole fence, then the floor and rolling over the top of you will do that. I stupidly carried on working with it because I'm a horse person, it's what we do, but I started to lose the use of my right hand, my strength, and rotation in my right shoulder. Two years later, because as a strong woman you're ignored when you start complaining of strength loss, I had no muscle left in my right shoulder, and I was with one of Britain top nerve specialists being told I was screwed. I had acupuncture for the scared nerve, and physio for the muscles. It's not perfect, and has messed up the way I walk because I compensated for the pain. I get referred Migraines too. Slowly it did get as good as it could be. The trouble was I also needed a carpal tunnel operation, and the screwed that up. Not good when you're an artist. I was in the middle of several commissions when I had it done, and because of what they did I couldn't even hold a brush for 8 years. It's only this last couple of years that I've started to manage to paint again. It's a struggle, but it's there. Now I don't know how bad your damage is, but sometimes whilst it may never be perfect again, it can at least get better over time. Needles
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