Occupational therapy

I saw the occupational therapist this afternoon, and told her how my wrist has been feeling, etc.

There has only been occasional wrist pain, and I have been wearing the wrist brace to sleep and only occasionally while awake. However, as I noted, I also use naproxen for hip and knee pain, and if I take an NSAID, it's also going to ease inflammation in my arm.

I may be buying a device to use so I can massage the relevant bits of my right hand without straining my left hand. The therapist had me try it out during the session, and it seemed plausible.

For the next couple of weeks, I will either stick to using the one-pound weight for the strengthening exercises, or start using the two-pound weight, one kind of exercise at a time, and fewer repetitions: 8-10 instead of 20-25, and back off if it hurts.

I now have appointments on November 16 and 30, and December 14. After the Nov. 16 appointment, she will ask the insurance company to approve a few more sessions, before the count resets on January 1. If they say no, I will pay out of pocket--with this insurance plan, my copay is half of what the therapist would charge me if I didn't have insurance, which I can handle for a few appointments.


[I want this written down somewhere, before I forget.]

Wednesday reading keeps forgetting to update

Several weeks' reading:

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