I can’t quite believe that today is the 1st December, I’m not really sure where November went, and that the month of Christmas is upon us. Above is a pic from school where the trees have been wrapped in lights; when it is quiet and dark in the evening, or the calm gloom of morning, it is peaceful and magical. At home, today I put up our Christmas lights outside.
I continue to ache. At times it has been my neck, at times my shoulder, but I think the route cause of the problem is RSI through using a computer, with pain coursing through and up my right arm. Using a mouse, in particular, seems to be particularly triggering, my right first finger is often tingling and sore. I have ordered myself a “vertical mouse” – arriving on Tuesday – to see if that helps relieve the symptoms.
And, to add insult to injury, lying in bed last night/this morning, I could feel a pain in my lower left back, in a similar position to where I hurt it 4 years ago (same time of year – I wonder if general tiredness, run down-nes, a long term sat in front of a computer are factors?) so I didn’t run this morning, and spent a few hours with my back brace on. It seems to have helped, but I must be cautious as the last thing I want is for my back to “go” again – that was hugely debilitating and painful. Think I have hatched a new years resolution already – when all these current aches and pains have gone away, I need to develop a regular daily stretching regime to shake out the kinks and twists of daily life.
And just for info, today I swapped the dimmer switch in “my room” for a normal on/off switch – a simple task, but no more flickering lights.