Things Change In The Wink Of An Eye

And...here it is in front of me. I haven't written much about the problems I've been having since August with my hands and wrists. Long story short, I somehow got inflammation in both hands mostly likely due to overuse with the computer. After much time spent running through various tests to pinpoint the problem, I wound up at a hand specialist who diagnosed tendon sheath inflammation in the palms of my hands. I got cortisone injections in the right hand which pretty much stopped the inflammation in my right hand, although I still have stiffness and weakness there. The left hand is still a problem and I started with a physical therapist at the doctor's recommendation.

Yesterday was my assessment. The PT wants to treat me with stretching, ice and rest to start. Then she'll move into ultrasound, a splint and whatever next week. But the thing that totally brought my world to a halt was her request that I stop weight training while I'm being treated which will be around 4-6 weeks. I almost had a twitchy fit right there in front of her. I didn't say yes but I think it would be counterproductive not to follow her advice. What was that fourth step of the New Year Revolution? Oh yeah, shut up and listen! Well, I guess I need to do that if I want to get over this thing. I'm assuming I'll wind up getting injections in my left hand anyway when I see the doctor again in three weeks, but I'd like to give the PT a chance to work since I'm paying good money for it.

So Rog and I will be discussing this next Monday. I really have no idea what to do instead or how this affects the nutrition plan he gave me. I really don't want to do 1500 calories of low carb every single day for the next month or so but I guess if I'm not training I might have to. But I'll let the guru make that call (step four again!). So for now it's stretching and ice packs three times a day and we'll see how it goes.

Just as an update, I haven't mentioned anything about weight stats (and still haven't done pictures, sorry!). So...my starting weight on January 1 was 237.4 lbs (darn Christmas goodies) and by January 3 it was 234 lbs. The low carb has taken out a lot of water pretty quickly. I'll weigh again tomorrow and then twice a week thereafter. I don't want to be a slave to the scale but I think this diet will take the weight off fairly quickly so I want to keep track of the progress. And maybe pictures once a month will be more revealing this time so I'll do that too.