Certainly, Sir!

Well, sorry for going silent. Starting on Monday, my arm went a little numb, tingly and hurt like hell, and didn’t improve until Friday morning. Typing kind of sucked. Well, it was painful actually, so I was trying not to do it any more than was absolutely necessary. My work certainly suffered, since I would type, then rest, then type, then rest.

Most of the time, I rested. Wouldn’t you?

My company makes voice recognition software, so I fully expected to have to use it for the rest of my life to deal with what I assumed was repetitive strain injury or carpel tunnel. Mind you, I was less than thrilled with this, since I hate the idea of people listening to every. blasted. word. I. type.

I’d be stuck in my office, headset on, like Julie from Time Life. Remember Julie? I’m pretty sure all she said was, “Certainly, sir!” as some C celebrity like Sally Struthers hawked the latest wares. I wonder if I could say anything other than “Certainly, sir!”

So, I went to the doctor yesterday, and discovered that it’s three pinched nerves and a slipped disc. And there ain’t nothing we can do about it except shift my typing position and wait for relief.

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