Spent the day yesterday working in the garden (filled two 8yd skips with fences, tree roots, hedges etc – so quite some stuff shifted).

During the afternoon my right wrist started to lose strength and I couldn’t grip properly. I hobbled on and got most of what I wanted done. This morning it still hurt but as the day has gone on the pain has got worse and worse (barely able to grip a nappy hard enough to put it on my daughter). I can lift okay, it’s just the gripping/twisting that is incredibly painful.

I have lathered it in that muscle gel but that isn’t working – I THINK it is some kind of tendinitis (it sometimes flares up on a long day riding but never like this). But it is also swollen so paranoia is saying I have done something worse.

So – do I waste the docs time or just dose up on painkillers?

Sounds like tendinitis which does tickle, anti-inflamtories, pain killers and rest but keep it moving gently too. If it becomes very painful then walk in centre or minor injuries unit.

your doc will laugh and tell you to MTFU

For some reason i read that as

Spent the day yesterday w**king in the garden

My advice would have been to change hands. 😉

Anti whateries??? Are we talking anti inflammatory like ibuprofen?

Dirty mind 🙂

I would give it a couple of days rest and see how it is. If no better, see your GP.

Aye MF my iPhone went a bit mad.

Coffee and ibuprofen administered. At least I can rest this afternoon now 😉 (still have loads to do)

Could be carpal tunnel irritated by repetitive and loaded tasks.

Try max dose over the counter ibuprofen (400mg) and get some decent pain killers (8mg codeine / 500mg paracetamol) and rest the affected wrist.

Give it a few days and if it doesn’t improve / resolve then go see your GP.

On the codeine and Stella now 😈

Opiates and Wifebeater, I guess they ‘might’ balance each other out 😯

Doesn’t say anything about not drinking on the packet. It does say I will be an addict if I take them for more than three days though! 😮

From the NHS site…
Taking opioid painkillers can cause drowsiness and hypotension (low blood pressure), and drinking alcohol while taking them will increase these effects. If you’re affected, do not drink any alcohol while taking opioid painkillers.

Coedine and alcohol is not a great idea but can have a rather nice effect.

MTFU MTFU MTFU MTFU MTFU MTFU MTFU MTFU MTFU MTFU 8)

I take it you’re an office worker?

I’m not exactly going mad – just a small bottle of beer 🙂 bed now…

Codeine and alcohol = second that.

Just been to the Docs – I have De Quervais Tenosynovitis. Or ‘Washer woman’s wrist’.

Ibuprofen, rest and pray I don’t need to have a cortizone injection was his recommendation.

Nice

AKA W**ker’s Wrist

LOL

As a friend just said on Facebook…

Ah, just looked it up. W*****s wrist.