For a number of weeks, I have had a problem with my right middle finger. It catches and clicks, especially when I first wake up, it can be completely locked until I work it loose.
At first it was painless. I thought it was because of working on the computer so much. Tried stretching my hand, doing exercises. Pulled out my old squeeze type exerciser.
Then it became more painful. Not excruciating but definitely felt it. Exercise was not helping. Started wondering if I was getting arthritis.
Then I noticed there was a knot or bulge at the base of the finger, below the joint where it meets the hand. Could be an abscess. It's the same hand where the cat bit me and the finger next to the one bitten. Plus the problem started around the time the cat bite healed up. Or it could be a ganglion cyst. I had one once before, more than a decade ago, on the opposite hand. But this one is not in a spot I could aspirate it like before.
So, last few days I've been massaging it. Sometimes stretching and massaging at the same time. It seems to be decreasing in size and the locking is less severe. I think in a couple more days it should be gone at this rate.
Always seems to be something lately. Oh, well. Overall, I am still in improving health now than this time last year.
Able to tolerate my lower dentures again. Had started using them, then had a couple of small residual tooth shards start working their way out of my gums from the pressure. So had to lay them aside again for a while. Plus the gum abscess, now gone. Face was so swollen for a couple of days I looked like a cartoon character.
Not sure what New Year is going to be like. Daughter has not been keen on getting out in the cold last couple of years and doing fireworks. And I am NOT going to the fireworks display at Balloon Fiesta Park in that temperature. Have to talk with daughter this weekend and see what she wants to do. Last year, she preferred staying at home with her mother and doing sparklers. I know they can see at least a small part of the fireworks of the Balloon Park from their house. I think it may make her feel more grown up, also.
At first it was painless. I thought it was because of working on the computer so much. Tried stretching my hand, doing exercises. Pulled out my old squeeze type exerciser.
Then it became more painful. Not excruciating but definitely felt it. Exercise was not helping. Started wondering if I was getting arthritis.
Then I noticed there was a knot or bulge at the base of the finger, below the joint where it meets the hand. Could be an abscess. It's the same hand where the cat bit me and the finger next to the one bitten. Plus the problem started around the time the cat bite healed up. Or it could be a ganglion cyst. I had one once before, more than a decade ago, on the opposite hand. But this one is not in a spot I could aspirate it like before.
So, last few days I've been massaging it. Sometimes stretching and massaging at the same time. It seems to be decreasing in size and the locking is less severe. I think in a couple more days it should be gone at this rate.
Always seems to be something lately. Oh, well. Overall, I am still in improving health now than this time last year.
Able to tolerate my lower dentures again. Had started using them, then had a couple of small residual tooth shards start working their way out of my gums from the pressure. So had to lay them aside again for a while. Plus the gum abscess, now gone. Face was so swollen for a couple of days I looked like a cartoon character.
Not sure what New Year is going to be like. Daughter has not been keen on getting out in the cold last couple of years and doing fireworks. And I am NOT going to the fireworks display at Balloon Fiesta Park in that temperature. Have to talk with daughter this weekend and see what she wants to do. Last year, she preferred staying at home with her mother and doing sparklers. I know they can see at least a small part of the fireworks of the Balloon Park from their house. I think it may make her feel more grown up, also.
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