(extremely annoyed voice) ok fine i’ll take care of myself

27 Oct, 2024

There’s an area on the back of my left hand that pinches when I tilt it back past ninety degrees and press a little. I’m no stranger to hand and wrist pain, but this one has remained for a few weeks, which is a little concerning. I can’t even do something as simple as a plank without it hurting.

I’ve not been doing anything new, laptop setup-, writing- and drawing-wise, so I’m inclined to believe I strained it at the gym some weeks ago and just thought it would go away with the rest of my soreness, but apparently not! I’m probably going to ask my trainer tomorrow what is up and what I can do for it, and if the pain continues to stay, see someone about it. I’d hate it so much if “not being able to put weight on one wrist” became a lifelong limitation.

I’m not very old but I think I am getting to that point in life where I’m like, oh crap, I really do have to be looking after my body, huh? Late nights have lasting impact on my energy, eating too much processed food makes me feel bad, and wrist pain doesn’t just magically go away. I’ve got to be a little more deliberate, a little less reckless about how I do things now knowing the effects.

To be fair, my body has faithfully carried me around for 26 years with very minimal damage despite how little care I’ve put into its upkeep. If I owned anything for 26 years before it started showing major signs of not being able to work like it used to without maintenance, I’d be very impressed with its engineering, so putting a little more care and attention into maintaining it is the least I can do.

Plus, the longer I try to deny it, the worse off I’ll be, I think. Even if this could just be me reading too far into concurrent occurrences, even if it turns out to be nothing, it’ll probably still pay off to problem-solve sooner than later¹ as soon as I notice something. It does make me feel a little loserish not being able to pull all-nighters like I used to though.