Brace Yourselves

Today I saw an Occupational Therapist (OT) about the clawing and movement of my hand. He watched me move my hand, wrist and fingers and did some comparisons to my strength and movement between now and when I visited him three years ago after my last operation. Apparently my finger strength has decreased slighty in that time, but surprisingly consistently (i.e. each finger has lost the same amount of strength). The interesting thing is that the problems with my fingers are actually stemming from my wrist - one half of the system (flexors?) works stronger than the other now, causing my wrist to cock back and causing my fingers to curl.
I'm now wearing a wrist brace to help me type. When my wrist is held straight I have not only better movement of my fingers, but power. I was really struggling to have enough power to even depress a key on a keyboard, but with the wrist brace on I can now use all but my index finger to type. My typing speed and accuracy have marekedly improved, to the point where I'd say I'm at about 90% of where I was at before things deteriorated. I've had a short go at using the mouse, but the brace seems to make gripping it a bit hard. I'll keep trying though.

I'm also back ay my desk full time, 5 days a week. The physio really helped in working out all the tension that was stopping me being upright all day. I'm now doing a bunch of daily exercises to try and build up some muscle in my shoulders and neck, which should help me get more use out of my arm and less discomfort.

Thursday: An MRI! Just like playing Space Invaders in a confined space without the controls or screen!