Carpal Tunnel is Fun

Yesterday I had a doctor's appointment to get my hand treated with a cortisone injection to treat carpal tunnel - to see whether or not my persistent hand pain was in fact carpal tunnel related, or another sort of repetitive stress injury.

The one thing I hadn't counted on was that there would be a fairly hefty lidocaine injection along with the cortisone - which certainly made the drive home interesting. Manual trans, and not able to feel what my right hand is doing - odd combination.

Of course, this morning I wake up to a fairly nasty bruise (which has cleared up pretty quickly), and no pain at all. My hand is very happy now. Cortisone is some seriously powerful stuff.

Now I get to look forward to having the next hand done on January 3rd!