Carpal tunnel

I don’t think this is carpal tunnel.  I actually have carpal tunnel in my right arm.  But man, if what I had over the weekend was carpal tunnel – then I certainly need to do something.  It was crippling, hide in the bathroom, hypeventilate and cry type of pain.  The pain radiated from the shoulder blade and soon it would out of nowhere, pinch the nerve and my entire arm, hand and fingers would go into a tight spasm, my arm was hard as rock!

I went to the ER and then during the week, so my regular doc.  I need to start physical therapy – or see a chiro and massage therapist.  He talked about how tight my shoulders were.  We’ll see.  That all takes moolah and will have to wait a few weeks.  Until then, I’m working on stretching and trying to keep my stress levels down.  It definitely does have something to do with a pinched nerve, though, maybe also stress induced.

Anywho – recently I stumbled onto this blog, and read a few of her 100 reasons she was being successful in her health goals.  And I realized that I’m definitely in the “victim” phase.  But at least I’m realizing it and am looking forward to leaving that thought process behind!  I am planning on doing Weight Watchers and having my husband weigh me.  If it feels uncomfortable or doesn’t work out, I’m open to joining meetings, too – just not in the next month as we’ve got to realy watch our coins for the next few weeks.

Anywho – that’s where I am!  The weather is lovely and I’m looking forward to getting on my bike again.  We plan on teaching our 5 year old how to ride a regular bike soon.  Up til now, she’s been using a balance bike, which has been awesome, but you have to like walk when she uses it lol, but if she’s able to keep up a bit, I’ll be able to install a seat on my bike for the youngest and we’ll all three be able to get out.  Should be great!